Dammam vs Taichung - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Dammam	Taichung
🚶 Cost of living one person	$989	$931
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2504	$2751
🏠 One person rent	$419	$346
🏘️ Family rent	$757	$902
🍽️ Food expenses	$327	$369
🚐 Transport expenses	$128	$99.9
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$2391	$1368
😷 Air quality	Bad	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	19 km	14 km
🎓 Higher education	39	84
😀 Quality of life	73	80
🏙️ Population	903K	3.03M

The cost of living in Dammam is 6% more expensive than in Taichung. Cities ranked 5777th and 6052nd ($989 vs $931) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 4th and 5th in Saudi Arabia and Taiwan, respectively. Check Saudi Arabia vs Taiwan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 2.4 months in Dammam compared to 1.5 months in Taichung. Dammam ranked 3rd best city to live in Saudi Arabia vs Taichung ranked 6th in Taiwan, while ranked 1641st and 496th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Dammam vs Taichung

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	Dammam	Taichung
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$6.51	$3.77
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$40.2	$31.5
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.92	$5.03
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.72	$2.5
☕ Cappuccino	$4.01	$2.85
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.82	$0.94
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$285	$346
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$281	$265
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$662	$984
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$560	$770
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$73.5	$45.6
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$113	$70.2
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$63.5	$18.7
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4.01%	1.97%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1159	$6258
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1119	$4300
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.06	$0.75
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$33.2	$28.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$24.7	$8.9
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.62	$0.96
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.69	$3.82
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.43	$1.95
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.1	$2.97
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.49	$3.34
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.16	$13.1
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.46	$5.74
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.3	$16.7
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.26	$4.09
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.62	$1.65
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.51	$2.28
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.74	$3.13
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.44	$2.65
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.3	$1.99
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.41	$0.62
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.32	$1.71
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$2.13	$15.7
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.72	$1.57
🚬 Cigarette pack	$8.06	$3.79
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.16	$10.6
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.91	$6.85
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.57	$1.87
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.35	$2.52
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$77.9	$32.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$16.5	$10.1
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$30.1	$42.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.76	$13.8
👖 Brand Jeans	$67.7	$93.6
👟 Brand Sneakers	$86.6	$91.1
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$417	$313
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$8345	$13638

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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 Taichung

Distance	City	Cost of living
16 km or 10 mi	Changhua	$841
26 km or 16 mi	Nantou	$818
49 km or 31 mi	Miaoli	$698
51 km or 32 mi	Douliu	$761
78 km or 48 mi	Chiayi	$707
79 km or 49 mi	Hsinchu	$864
84 km or 52 mi	Zhubei	$828
96 km or 59 mi	Taoyuan	$868
124 km or 77 mi	New Taipei	$1060
129 km or 80 mi	Yilan	$745
133 km or 82 mi	Taipei	$1158
139 km or 86 mi	Tainan	$841
154 km or 96 mi	Keelung	$1028
162 km or 101 mi	Taitung	$801
175 km or 108 mi	Kaohsiung	$932
220 km or 137 mi	Putian	$661
224 km or 139 mi	Jinjiang	$654
227 km or 141 mi	Quanzhou	$666
239 km or 149 mi	Kinmen	$821
255 km or 159 mi	Fuzhou	$706
264 km or 164 mi	Xiamen	$807
303 km or 188 mi	Ningde	$683
307 km or 191 mi	Zhangzhou	$731
354 km or 220 mi	Ishigaki	$1229
374 km or 232 mi	Nanping	$673
383 km or 238 mi	Longyan	$713
385 km or 239 mi	Sanming	$642
403 km or 251 mi	Rui'an	$719
413 km or 257 mi	Shantou	$605
414 km or 257 mi	Chaozhou	$592
428 km or 266 mi	Wenzhou	$776
442 km or 275 mi	Jieyang	$691
461 km or 287 mi	Meizhou	$795
467 km or 290 mi	Puning	$726
473 km or 294 mi	Miyakojima	$1231
476 km or 295 mi	Wenling	$712
480 km or 298 mi	Wuyishan	$643
484 km or 301 mi	Lishui	$719
525 km or 326 mi	Linhai	$702
548 km or 341 mi	Shangrao	$716