Dammam vs Sarajevo - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Dammam	Sarajevo
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1056	$796
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2577	$1933
🏠 One person rent	$475	$368
🏘️ Family rent	$789	$658
🍽️ Food expenses	$338	$296
🚐 Transport expenses	$130	$44.3
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$2468	$794
😷 Air quality	Bad	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	19 km	8 km
🎓 Higher education	40	47
😀 Quality of life	74	62
🏙️ Population	903K	276K

The cost of living in Dammam is 33% more expensive than in Sarajevo. Cities ranked 5127th and 6461st ($1056 vs $796) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 6th and 2nd in Saudi Arabia and Bosnia and Herzegovina, respectively. Check Saudi Arabia vs Bosnia and Herzegovina comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 2.3 months in Dammam compared to 1 months in Sarajevo. Dammam ranked 3rd best city to live in Saudi Arabia vs Sarajevo ranked 1st in Bosnia and Herzegovina, while ranked 1259th and 4897th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Dammam vs Sarajevo

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	Dammam	Sarajevo
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$6.65	$7.03
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$53.5	$26.3
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.94	$7.13
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.88	$2.22
☕ Cappuccino	$3.9	$1.88
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.89	$1.82
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$375	$320
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$341	$225
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$748	$640
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$598	$438
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$63.8	$102
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$97.8	$156
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$62.9	$22.7
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.96%	3.5%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1147	$3005
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1112	$1953
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.93	$0.97
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$33.6	$27.6
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$25.3	$7.55
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.62	$1.42
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.7	$1.21
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.42	$0.93
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.27	$1.5
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.48	$2.74
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.93	$9.46
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.06	$6.85
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.2	$11.1
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.27	$1.25
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.6	$1.81
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.56	$1.67
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.69	$1.97
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.34	$0.92
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.27	$1.06
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.4	$0.43
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.47	$1.52
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$2.12	$7.96
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.73	$0.96
🚬 Cigarette pack	$7.94	$3.41
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.18	$8.09
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.86	$2.98
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.54	$1.24
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.36	$1.96
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$71.3	$28.8
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$16.5	$5.07
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$29.9	$26.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.82	$3.81
👖 Brand Jeans	$68.1	$86.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$83.3	$94.8
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$439	$228
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$8339	$2856

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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 Sarajevo

Distance	City	Cost of living
55 km or 34 mi	Zenica	$559
75 km or 47 mi	Mostar	$693
77 km or 48 mi	Tuzla	$636
99 km or 61 mi	Doboj	$603
117 km or 73 mi	Bijeljina	$661
125 km or 78 mi	Valjevo	$776
138 km or 86 mi	Mojkovac	$1070
139 km or 86 mi	Dubrovnik	$1227
140 km or 87 mi	Banja Luka	$803
144 km or 89 mi	Cavtat	$1187
147 km or 91 mi	Slavonski Brod	$847
155 km or 96 mi	Cacak	$759
163 km or 101 mi	Kotor	$1150
163 km or 101 mi	Split	$1337
163 km or 101 mi	Berane	$1070
169 km or 105 mi	Cetinje	$816
171 km or 106 mi	Kastela	$1266
171 km or 107 mi	Sanski Most	$558
173 km or 107 mi	Podgorica	$975
177 km or 110 mi	Hvar	$1274
179 km or 111 mi	Budva	$1117
183 km or 114 mi	Prijedor	$659
187 km or 116 mi	Novi Pazar	$662
188 km or 117 mi	Plav	$1030
189 km or 118 mi	Osijek	$958
192 km or 119 mi	Novi Sad	$1012
194 km or 121 mi	Belgrade	$1160
203 km or 126 mi	Kragujevac	$807
203 km or 126 mi	Sibenik	$1053
204 km or 127 mi	Bar	$972
219 km or 136 mi	Shkoder	$679
225 km or 140 mi	Ulcinj	$965
226 km or 141 mi	Mitrovica	$463
229 km or 142 mi	Bihac	$556
246 km or 153 mi	Pecs	$848
257 km or 160 mi	Zadar	$1122
258 km or 160 mi	Bjelovar	$1008
260 km or 161 mi	Pristina	$595
261 km or 162 mi	Baja	$692
267 km or 166 mi	Subotica	$768