Dammam vs Shenzhen - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Dammam	Shenzhen
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1056	$916
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2577	$2694
🏠 One person rent	$475	$478
🏘️ Family rent	$789	$1142
🍽️ Food expenses	$338	$261
🚐 Transport expenses	$130	$85.2
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$2468	$1771
😷 Air quality	Bad	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	19 km	11 km
🎓 Higher education	40	96
😀 Quality of life	74	80
🏙️ Population	903K	17.7M

The cost of living in Dammam is 15% more expensive than in Shenzhen. Cities ranked 5127th and 5950th ($1056 vs $916) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 6th and 12th in Saudi Arabia and China, respectively. Check Saudi Arabia vs China comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 2.3 months in Dammam compared to 1.9 months in Shenzhen. Dammam ranked 3rd best city to live in Saudi Arabia vs Shenzhen ranked 3rd in China, while ranked 1259th and 545th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Dammam vs Shenzhen

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	Dammam	Shenzhen
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$6.65	$3.06
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$53.5	$27.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.94	$5.23
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.88	$1.11
☕ Cappuccino	$3.9	$3.03
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.89	$0.46
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$375	$667
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$341	$360
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$748	$1650
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$598	$917
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$63.8	$43.2
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$97.8	$65.5
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$62.9	$13.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.96%	4.36%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1147	$12583
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1112	$6551
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.93	$0.41
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$33.6	$23.1
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$25.3	$4.51
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.62	$1.13
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.7	$1.87
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.42	$1.89
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.27	$1.18
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.48	$1.89
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.93	$13
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.06	$4.43
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.2	$13.7
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.27	$1.9
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.6	$1.4
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.56	$1.73
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.69	$1.5
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.34	$1.08
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.27	$1.28
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.4	$0.4
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.47	$1.05
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$2.12	$12.1
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.73	$0.9
🚬 Cigarette pack	$7.94	$3.79
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.18	$5.27
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.86	$6
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.54	$1.63
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.36	$1.91
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$71.3	$48.5
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$16.5	$6.86
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$29.9	$33.3
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.82	$9.6
👖 Brand Jeans	$68.1	$60.7
👟 Brand Sneakers	$83.3	$78
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$439	$502
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$8339	$22267

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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 Shenzhen

Distance	City	Cost of living
28 km or 17 mi	Kowloon	$2432
30 km or 19 mi	Hong Kong	$2737
58 km or 36 mi	Zhuhai	$653
65 km or 40 mi	Dongguan	$656
66 km or 41 mi	Macau	$1588
72 km or 45 mi	Zhongshan	$461
74 km or 46 mi	Huizhou	$601
100 km or 62 mi	Jiangmen	$804
105 km or 65 mi	Guangzhou	$774
112 km or 69 mi	Foshan	$611
134 km or 83 mi	Shanwei	$936
142 km or 88 mi	Kaiping	$812
150 km or 93 mi	Heyuan	$764
164 km or 102 mi	Qingyuan	$794
174 km or 108 mi	Zhaoqing	$793
212 km or 131 mi	Yunfu	$823
228 km or 142 mi	Yangjiang	$877
233 km or 145 mi	Puning	$569
256 km or 159 mi	Shaoguan	$818
262 km or 163 mi	Jieyang	$443
286 km or 178 mi	Shantou	$581
288 km or 179 mi	Meizhou	$655
292 km or 182 mi	Chaozhou	$451
299 km or 186 mi	Wuzhou	$803
303 km or 188 mi	Lianzhou	$755
330 km or 205 mi	Hezhou	$758
337 km or 209 mi	Gaozhou	$761
337 km or 210 mi	Maoming	$756
377 km or 234 mi	Ganzhou	$761
378 km or 235 mi	Chenzhou	$724
401 km or 249 mi	Yulin	$771
405 km or 252 mi	Zhanjiang	$764
415 km or 258 mi	Longyan	$649
428 km or 266 mi	Zhangzhou	$664
460 km or 286 mi	Guigang	$702
464 km or 288 mi	Xiamen	$688
477 km or 297 mi	Haikou	$650
485 km or 301 mi	Kinmen	$823
489 km or 304 mi	Guilin	$522
502 km or 312 mi	Yongzhou	$609