Dammam vs Shangrao - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Dammam	Shangrao
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1008	$650
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2457	$1953
🏠 One person rent	$458	$238
🏘️ Family rent	$760	$414
🍽️ Food expenses	$307	$241
🚐 Transport expenses	$133	$85
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$2256	$767
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	19 km	7 km
🎓 Higher education	40	20
😀 Quality of life	78	46
🏙️ Population	903K	6.44M

The cost of living in Dammam is 55% more expensive than in Shangrao. Cities ranked 5502nd and 7433rd ($1008 vs $650) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 7th and 94th in Saudi Arabia and China, respectively. Check Saudi Arabia vs China comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 2.2 months in Dammam compared to 1.2 months in Shangrao. Dammam ranked 3rd best city to live in Saudi Arabia vs Shangrao ranked 207th in China, while ranked 1077th and 6933rd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Dammam vs Shangrao

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	Dammam	Shangrao
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$6.42	$3.48
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$34.4	$28
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.76	$4.22
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.87	$0.7
☕ Cappuccino	$2.72	$2.12
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.8	$0.52
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$377	$270
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$321	$174
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$667	$491
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$578	$320
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$71	$26.7
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$109	$41.6
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$54.8	$18
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4.32%	3.67%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1114	$4322
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$988	$2245
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.92	$0.32
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$40.4	$20.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$24.7	$5.2
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.63	$1.15
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.69	$1.98
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.26	$1.83
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.86	$0.99
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.21	$1.78
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.38	$15.5
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.86	$3.08
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.4	$10.5
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.24	$2.04
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.55	$1.64
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.4	$1.67
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.57	$1.27
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.26	$0.79
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.38	$0.9
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.38	$0.34
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.47	$1.19
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$2.13	$12.7
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.02	$0.73
🚬 Cigarette pack	$7.93	$4.22
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.17	$5.37
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.9	$5
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.57	$1.66
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.35	$1.75
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$71.4	$32.3
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$13.9	$6.52
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$30.2	$43.3
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.79	$5.95
👖 Brand Jeans	$68.5	$54.8
👟 Brand Sneakers	$92.5	$73.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$418	$415
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$8640	$28686

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Cities near Dammam

Distance	City	Cost of living
19 km or 12 mi	Dhahran	$908
53 km or 33 mi	Isa Town	$1230
54 km or 33 mi	Manama	$1237
56 km or 35 mi	Qatif	$873
57 km or 35 mi	Riffa	$1201
76 km or 47 mi	Jubail	$930
119 km or 74 mi	Al-Mubarraz	$806
163 km or 101 mi	Al Khor	$1770
191 km or 119 mi	Doha	$1849
291 km or 181 mi	Bushehr	$453
325 km or 202 mi	Al Wafrah	$1283
334 km or 207 mi	Borazjan	$477
385 km or 239 mi	Kazerun	$503
388 km or 241 mi	Kuwait City	$1454
394 km or 245 mi	Riyadh	$1627
411 km or 256 mi	Jahrom	$530
425 km or 264 mi	Al-Faw	$730
427 km or 265 mi	Shiraz	$553
447 km or 278 mi	Fasa	$529
453 km or 282 mi	Umm Qasr	$726
463 km or 288 mi	Behbahan	$483
465 km or 289 mi	Marvdasht	$530
467 km or 290 mi	Bandar-e Mahshahr	$521
468 km or 291 mi	Abadan	$549
473 km or 294 mi	Madinat Zayed	$1730
481 km or 299 mi	Abu Dhabi	$1942
483 km or 300 mi	Khorramshahr	$542
492 km or 306 mi	Yasuj	$463
498 km or 310 mi	Az Zubayr	$719
503 km or 313 mi	Basra	$889
537 km or 334 mi	Dubai	$2514
543 km or 337 mi	Sharjah	$1419
550 km or 342 mi	Ajman	$2521
554 km or 344 mi	Umm al-Quwain	$1183
561 km or 349 mi	Ahvaz	$571
601 km or 374 mi	Izeh	$459
604 km or 376 mi	Ras al-Khaimah	$1398
610 km or 379 mi	Unaizah	$967
616 km or 383 mi	Bandar Abbas	$632
616 km or 383 mi	Masjed Soleyman	$517

Cities near Shangrao

Distance	City	Cost of living
76 km or 47 mi	Guixi	$578
77 km or 48 mi	Wuyishan	$600
97 km or 60 mi	Yingtan	$586
106 km or 66 mi	Quzhou	$604
120 km or 75 mi	Jingdezhen	$436
145 km or 90 mi	Huangshan	$620
165 km or 103 mi	Fuzhou	$589
180 km or 112 mi	Jinhua	$586
191 km or 119 mi	Lishui	$696
201 km or 125 mi	Nanping	$671
205 km or 127 mi	Nanchang	$526
227 km or 141 mi	Yiwu	$672
237 km or 147 mi	Jiujiang	$604
246 km or 153 mi	Anqing	$532
246 km or 153 mi	Sanming	$616
250 km or 155 mi	Ningde	$628
251 km or 156 mi	Chizhou	$617
262 km or 163 mi	Ningguo	$637
268 km or 167 mi	Wenzhou	$753
274 km or 170 mi	Rui'an	$700
278 km or 173 mi	Tongling	$629
279 km or 174 mi	Qianshan	$567
282 km or 175 mi	Wuxue	$598
289 km or 179 mi	Xuancheng	$659
293 km or 182 mi	Hangzhou	$826
294 km or 183 mi	Fuzhou	$628
306 km or 190 mi	Tongcheng	$592
307 km or 191 mi	Guangde	$642
307 km or 191 mi	Xinyu	$593
308 km or 191 mi	Shaoxing	$740
313 km or 195 mi	Linhai	$666
324 km or 201 mi	Wuhu	$672
328 km or 204 mi	Ji'an	$660
333 km or 207 mi	Wenling	$677
340 km or 211 mi	Huzhou	$631
344 km or 214 mi	Daye	$638
345 km or 214 mi	Huangshi	$671
350 km or 217 mi	Putian	$634
358 km or 223 mi	Yichun	$618
361 km or 224 mi	Chaohu	$620