Dammam vs Sofia - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Dammam	Sofia
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1056	$1037
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2577	$2570
🏠 One person rent	$475	$499
🏘️ Family rent	$789	$871
🍽️ Food expenses	$338	$357
🚐 Transport expenses	$130	$79.9
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$2468	$1394
😷 Air quality	Bad	Good
✈️ Airport proximity	19 km	8 km
🎓 Higher education	40	70
😀 Quality of life	74	78
🏙️ Population	903K	1.4M

The cost of living in Dammam is 2% more expensive than in Sofia. Cities ranked 5127th and 5261st ($1056 vs $1037) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 6th and 1st in Saudi Arabia and Bulgaria, respectively. Check Saudi Arabia vs Bulgaria comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 2.3 months in Dammam compared to 1.3 months in Sofia. Dammam ranked 3rd best city to live in Saudi Arabia vs Sofia ranked 1st in Bulgaria, while ranked 1259th and 723rd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Dammam vs Sofia

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	Dammam	Sofia
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$6.65	$9.19
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$53.5	$42.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.94	$8.07
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.88	$2.53
☕ Cappuccino	$3.9	$2.48
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.89	$1.59
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$375	$500
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$341	$376
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$748	$979
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$598	$663
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$63.8	$85.5
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$97.8	$132
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$62.9	$12.5
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.96%	3.16%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1147	$3192
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1112	$2153
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.93	$0.87
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$33.6	$25.7
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$25.3	$7.59
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.62	$1.41
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.7	$1.75
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.42	$0.94
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.27	$1.52
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.48	$3.7
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.93	$11
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.06	$8.43
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.2	$12
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.27	$1.6
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.6	$1.81
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.56	$1.83
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.69	$2.44
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.34	$1.1
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.27	$0.98
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.4	$0.42
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.47	$1.46
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$2.12	$7.58
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.73	$1.04
🚬 Cigarette pack	$7.94	$3.69
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.18	$9.3
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.86	$3.11
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.54	$1.88
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.36	$2.55
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$71.3	$33.8
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$16.5	$7.97
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$29.9	$39.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.82	$10.4
👖 Brand Jeans	$68.1	$61.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$83.3	$99.2
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$439	$538
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$8339	$6749

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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 Sofia

Distance	City	Cost of living
26 km or 16 mi	Pernik	$682
59 km or 37 mi	Vratsa	$687
77 km or 48 mi	Blagoevgrad	$576
97 km or 60 mi	Bansko	$866
100 km or 62 mi	Pazardzhik	$667
132 km or 82 mi	Pleven	$594
132 km or 82 mi	Plovdiv	$734
135 km or 84 mi	Nis	$711
142 km or 88 mi	Stip	$561
146 km or 91 mi	Kumanovo	$588
148 km or 92 mi	Vidin	$605
149 km or 92 mi	Asenovgrad	$616
151 km or 94 mi	Strumica	$612
164 km or 102 mi	Gabrovo	$598
168 km or 104 mi	Veles	$545
175 km or 108 mi	Skopje	$772
176 km or 110 mi	Pristina	$595
178 km or 110 mi	Kavadarci	$556
180 km or 112 mi	Serres	$988
185 km or 115 mi	Drama	$891
186 km or 116 mi	Craiova	$848
191 km or 119 mi	Stara Zagora	$646
193 km or 120 mi	Veliko Tarnovo	$731
202 km or 125 mi	Mitrovica	$463
202 km or 126 mi	Haskovo	$619
208 km or 129 mi	Tetovo	$682
210 km or 130 mi	Prilep	$537
210 km or 131 mi	Slatina	$623
215 km or 134 mi	Kavala	$930
215 km or 134 mi	Alexandria	$629
217 km or 135 mi	Xanthi	$948
222 km or 138 mi	Drobeta-Turnu Severin	$663
224 km or 139 mi	Giannitsa	$1028
232 km or 144 mi	Thessaloniki	$1106
234 km or 145 mi	Novi Pazar	$662
242 km or 150 mi	Kragujevac	$807
245 km or 152 mi	Sliven	$631
246 km or 153 mi	Komotini	$899
248 km or 154 mi	Bitola	$635
248 km or 154 mi	Ruse	$633