Dammam vs Shangqiu - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Dammam	Shangqiu
🚶 Cost of living one person	$989	$775
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2504	$2025
🏠 One person rent	$419	$391
🏘️ Family rent	$757	$679
🍽️ Food expenses	$327	$236
🚐 Transport expenses	$128	$72.6
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$2391	$679
😷 Air quality	Bad	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	19 km	17 km
🎓 Higher education	39	24
😀 Quality of life	73	38
🏙️ Population	903K	7.82M

The cost of living in Dammam is 27% more expensive than in Shangqiu. Cities ranked 5777th and 6542nd ($989 vs $775) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 4th and 43rd in Saudi Arabia and China, respectively. Check Saudi Arabia vs China comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 2.4 months in Dammam compared to 0.9 months in Shangqiu. Dammam ranked 3rd best city to live in Saudi Arabia vs Shangqiu ranked 316th in China, while ranked 1641st and 7163rd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Dammam vs Shangqiu

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	Dammam	Shangqiu
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$6.51	$4.07
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$40.2	$20.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.92	$5.82
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.72	$1.13
☕ Cappuccino	$4.01	$3.17
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.82	$0.52
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$285	$312
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$281	$353
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$662	$494
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$560	$645
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$73.5	$34.7
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$113	$53.5
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$63.5	$11.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4.01%	4.21%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1159	$3237
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1119	$2037
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.06	$0.31
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$33.2	$17
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$24.7	$3.85
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.62	$1.16
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.69	$2.02
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.43	$1.56
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.1	$0.86
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.49	$1.54
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.16	$12.4
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.46	$2.96
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.3	$11.8
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.26	$1.62
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.62	$1.19
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.51	$1.54
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.74	$1.12
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.44	$0.69
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.3	$0.81
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.41	$0.41
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.32	$1.19
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$2.13	$14.5
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.72	$0.74
🚬 Cigarette pack	$8.06	$3.22
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.16	$4.19
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.91	$3.86
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.57	$2.24
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.35	$1.35
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$77.9	$40
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$16.5	$5.92
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$30.1	$27.6
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.76	$4.29
👖 Brand Jeans	$67.7	$52.6
👟 Brand Sneakers	$86.6	$76.4
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$417	$432
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$8345	$18304

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Cities near Dammam

Distance	City	Cost of living
19 km or 12 mi	Dhahran	$870
53 km or 33 mi	Isa Town	$1226
54 km or 33 mi	Manama	$1267
56 km or 35 mi	Qatif	$878
57 km or 35 mi	Riffa	$1218
76 km or 47 mi	Jubail	$928
119 km or 74 mi	Al-Mubarraz	$783
163 km or 101 mi	Al Khor	$1719
191 km or 119 mi	Doha	$1810
291 km or 181 mi	Bushehr	$548
325 km or 202 mi	Al Wafrah	$1268
334 km or 207 mi	Borazjan	$541
385 km or 239 mi	Kazerun	$537
388 km or 241 mi	Kuwait City	$1457
394 km or 245 mi	Riyadh	$1586
411 km or 256 mi	Jahrom	$561
425 km or 264 mi	Al-Faw	$713
427 km or 265 mi	Shiraz	$558
447 km or 278 mi	Fasa	$556
453 km or 282 mi	Umm Qasr	$716
463 km or 288 mi	Behbahan	$507
465 km or 289 mi	Marvdasht	$546
467 km or 290 mi	Bandar-e Mahshahr	$542
468 km or 291 mi	Abadan	$557
473 km or 294 mi	Madinat Zayed	$1630
481 km or 299 mi	Abu Dhabi	$1802
483 km or 300 mi	Khorramshahr	$552
492 km or 306 mi	Yasuj	$489
498 km or 310 mi	Az Zubayr	$705
503 km or 313 mi	Basra	$879
537 km or 334 mi	Dubai	$2309
543 km or 337 mi	Sharjah	$1503
550 km or 342 mi	Ajman	$2084
554 km or 344 mi	Umm al-Quwain	$1768
561 km or 349 mi	Ahvaz	$588
601 km or 374 mi	Izeh	$490
604 km or 376 mi	Ras al-Khaimah	$1603
610 km or 379 mi	Unaizah	$940
616 km or 383 mi	Bandar Abbas	$728
616 km or 383 mi	Masjed Soleyman	$547

Cities near Shangqiu

Distance	City	Cost of living
92 km or 57 mi	Yongcheng	$633
92 km or 57 mi	Heze	$1433
117 km or 73 mi	Huaibei	$613
121 km or 75 mi	Changyuan	$819
126 km or 79 mi	Kaifeng	$623
128 km or 79 mi	Zoucheng	$688
128 km or 80 mi	Zhoukou	$599
129 km or 80 mi	Xiangcheng	$598
132 km or 82 mi	Jieshou	$619
137 km or 85 mi	Jining	$670
142 km or 89 mi	Xuzhou	$528
150 km or 93 mi	Suzhou	$639
156 km or 97 mi	Tengzhou	$630
159 km or 99 mi	Puyang	$826
170 km or 106 mi	Fuyang	$673
174 km or 108 mi	Xuchang	$610
174 km or 108 mi	Changge	$568
176 km or 110 mi	Xinzheng	$559
178 km or 110 mi	Luohe	$612
178 km or 111 mi	Qufu	$620
181 km or 112 mi	Zaozhuang	$623
181 km or 113 mi	Weihui	$586
185 km or 115 mi	Zhengzhou	$522
188 km or 117 mi	Xinxiang	$588
192 km or 119 mi	Hebi	$648
202 km or 126 mi	Yuzhou	$571
204 km or 127 mi	Huixian	$565
208 km or 129 mi	Xinmi	$541
210 km or 131 mi	Xingyang	$531
217 km or 135 mi	Pizhou	$612
220 km or 137 mi	Anyang	$602
220 km or 137 mi	Zhumadian	$659
221 km or 137 mi	Feicheng	$593
227 km or 141 mi	Liaocheng	$538
229 km or 142 mi	Bengbu	$524
229 km or 143 mi	Pingdingshan	$611
233 km or 145 mi	Wugang	$587
236 km or 147 mi	Tai'an	$580
238 km or 148 mi	Jiaozuo	$502
240 km or 149 mi	Dengfeng	$542