Dammam vs Sapporo - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Dammam	Sapporo
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1056	$1204
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2577	$2904
🏠 One person rent	$475	$530
🏘️ Family rent	$789	$905
🍽️ Food expenses	$338	$415
🚐 Transport expenses	$130	$163
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$2468	$1450
😷 Air quality	Bad	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	19 km	7 km
🎓 Higher education	40	73
😀 Quality of life	74	87
🏙️ Population	903K	1.96M

The cost of living in Dammam is 12% less expensive than in Sapporo. Cities ranked 5127th and 4470th ($1056 vs $1204) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 6th and 39th in Saudi Arabia and Japan, respectively. Check Saudi Arabia vs Japan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 2.3 months in Dammam compared to 1.2 months in Sapporo. Dammam ranked 3rd best city to live in Saudi Arabia vs Sapporo ranked 9th in Japan, while ranked 1259th and 262nd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Dammam vs Sapporo

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	Dammam	Sapporo
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$6.65	$9.41
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$53.5	$26.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.94	$5.01
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.88	$2.85
☕ Cappuccino	$3.9	$3.65
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.89	$0.92
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$375	$451
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$341	$266
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$748	$723
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$598	$537
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$63.8	$185
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$97.8	$288
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$62.9	$42.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.96%	1.84%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1147	$2347
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1112	$1657
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.93	$1.65
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$33.6	$49.7
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$25.3	$18.3
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.62	$1.16
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.7	$1.49
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.42	$1.25
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.27	$8.36
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.48	$1.76
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.93	$8.4
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.06	$6.95
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.2	$20.1
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.27	$3.32
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.6	$2.94
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.56	$4.04
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.69	$3.76
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.34	$2.71
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.27	$2.17
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.4	$0.5
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.47	$1.57
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$2.12	$6.72
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.73	$2.02
🚬 Cigarette pack	$7.94	$2.95
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.18	$8.14
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.86	$8.03
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.54	$3.51
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.36	$2.5
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$71.3	$52
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$16.5	$11.9
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$29.9	$26.8
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.82	$20.1
👖 Brand Jeans	$68.1	$42.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$83.3	$53.4
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$439	$265
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$8339	$10781

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Cost of Living in the nearest cities

Cities near Dammam

Distance	City	Cost of living
19 km or 12 mi	Dhahran	$1068
53 km or 33 mi	Isa Town	$1243
54 km or 33 mi	Manama	$1280
56 km or 35 mi	Qatif	$897
57 km or 35 mi	Riffa	$1223
76 km or 47 mi	Jubail	$901
119 km or 74 mi	Al-Mubarraz	$804
163 km or 101 mi	Al Khor	$1709
191 km or 119 mi	Doha	$1779
291 km or 181 mi	Bushehr	$551
325 km or 202 mi	Al Wafrah	$1210
334 km or 207 mi	Borazjan	$546
385 km or 239 mi	Kazerun	$557
388 km or 241 mi	Kuwait City	$1393
394 km or 245 mi	Riyadh	$1637
411 km or 256 mi	Jahrom	$547
425 km or 264 mi	Al-Faw	$736
427 km or 265 mi	Shiraz	$589
447 km or 278 mi	Fasa	$548
453 km or 282 mi	Umm Qasr	$740
463 km or 288 mi	Behbahan	$536
465 km or 289 mi	Marvdasht	$563
467 km or 290 mi	Bandar-e Mahshahr	$548
468 km or 291 mi	Abadan	$547
473 km or 294 mi	Madinat Zayed	$1721
481 km or 299 mi	Abu Dhabi	$1828
483 km or 300 mi	Khorramshahr	$544
492 km or 306 mi	Yasuj	$529
498 km or 310 mi	Az Zubayr	$723
503 km or 313 mi	Basra	$904
537 km or 334 mi	Dubai	$2379
543 km or 337 mi	Sharjah	$1494
550 km or 342 mi	Ajman	$2240
554 km or 344 mi	Umm al-Quwain	$1196
561 km or 349 mi	Ahvaz	$597
601 km or 374 mi	Izeh	$525
604 km or 376 mi	Ras al-Khaimah	$1540
610 km or 379 mi	Unaizah	$969
616 km or 383 mi	Bandar Abbas	$634
616 km or 383 mi	Masjed Soleyman	$552

Cities near Sapporo

Distance	City	Cost of living
13 km or 8.4 mi	Ishikari	$1071
15 km or 9.6 mi	Ebetsu	$1070
19 km or 12 mi	Kitahiroshima	$1068
27 km or 17 mi	Eniwa	$1068
32 km or 20 mi	Otaru	$1067
36 km or 23 mi	Chitose	$1061
37 km or 23 mi	Iwamizawa	$1048
50 km or 31 mi	Bibai	$1014
52 km or 32 mi	Tomakomai	$1073
71 km or 44 mi	Takikawa	$966
75 km or 47 mi	Noboribetsu	$1069
77 km or 48 mi	Date	$1073
89 km or 55 mi	Muroran	$1078
89 km or 55 mi	Furano	$954
93 km or 58 mi	Fukagawa	$933
100 km or 62 mi	Rumoi	$966
113 km or 70 mi	Asahikawa	$933
115 km or 72 mi	Shinhidaka	$1039
141 km or 87 mi	Nanae	$1083
149 km or 93 mi	Hokuto	$1081
150 km or 93 mi	Otofuke	$972
151 km or 94 mi	Obihiro	$988
152 km or 95 mi	Hakodate	$1119
164 km or 102 mi	Makubetsu	$976
169 km or 105 mi	Nayoro	$941
197 km or 123 mi	Mutsu	$1082
216 km or 134 mi	Monbetsu	$947
220 km or 137 mi	Kushiro	$971
221 km or 137 mi	Kitami	$953
254 km or 158 mi	Aomori	$1114
258 km or 160 mi	Abashiri	$958
261 km or 162 mi	Wakkanai	$976
262 km or 163 mi	Goshogawara	$1065
263 km or 164 mi	Tsugaru	$1064
265 km or 164 mi	Misawa	$1082
273 km or 169 mi	Towada	$1085
274 km or 170 mi	Oirase	$1090
276 km or 172 mi	Kuroishi	$1079
283 km or 176 mi	Hirakawa	$1082
283 km or 176 mi	Hirosaki	$1088