Dammam vs Taichung - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Dammam	Taichung
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1056	$894
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2577	$2706
🏠 One person rent	$475	$308
🏘️ Family rent	$789	$820
🍽️ Food expenses	$338	$351
🚐 Transport expenses	$130	$123
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$2468	$1355
😷 Air quality	Bad	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	19 km	14 km
🎓 Higher education	40	84
😀 Quality of life	74	81
🏙️ Population	903K	3.03M

The cost of living in Dammam is 18% more expensive than in Taichung. Cities ranked 5127th and 6071st ($1056 vs $894) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 6th and 6th in Saudi Arabia and Taiwan, respectively. Check Saudi Arabia vs Taiwan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 2.3 months in Dammam compared to 1.5 months in Taichung. Dammam ranked 3rd best city to live in Saudi Arabia vs Taichung ranked 7th in Taiwan, while ranked 1259th and 521st 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	$6.65	$4.57
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$53.5	$24.3
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.94	$4.69
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.88	$2.43
☕ Cappuccino	$3.9	$2.61
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.89	$1.03
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$375	$306
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$341	$237
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$748	$1000
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$598	$676
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$63.8	$39.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$97.8	$61.8
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$62.9	$17.5
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.96%	2.05%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1147	$5817
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1112	$3737
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.93	$0.7
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$33.6	$33.7
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$25.3	$12.4
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.62	$0.92
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.7	$3.67
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.42	$1.73
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.27	$2.39
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.48	$2.98
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.93	$13.1
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.06	$6.63
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.2	$14
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.27	$4.07
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.6	$1.95
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.56	$2.01
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.69	$2.84
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.34	$1.55
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.27	$1.8
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.4	$0.62
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.47	$1.73
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$2.12	$15.2
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.73	$1.52
🚬 Cigarette pack	$7.94	$3.66
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.18	$10.3
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.86	$6.83
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.54	$1.82
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.36	$2.43
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$71.3	$31.5
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$16.5	$9.53
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$29.9	$38.8
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.82	$13.3
👖 Brand Jeans	$68.1	$90.4
👟 Brand Sneakers	$83.3	$91.4
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$439	$256
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$8339	$18658

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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 Taichung

Distance	City	Cost of living
16 km or 10 mi	Changhua	$813
26 km or 16 mi	Nantou	$796
49 km or 31 mi	Miaoli	$728
51 km or 32 mi	Douliu	$770
78 km or 48 mi	Chiayi	$747
79 km or 49 mi	Hsinchu	$897
84 km or 52 mi	Zhubei	$821
96 km or 59 mi	Taoyuan	$875
124 km or 77 mi	New Taipei	$1073
129 km or 80 mi	Yilan	$731
133 km or 82 mi	Taipei	$1181
139 km or 86 mi	Tainan	$814
154 km or 96 mi	Keelung	$967
162 km or 101 mi	Taitung	$788
175 km or 108 mi	Kaohsiung	$956
220 km or 137 mi	Putian	$625
224 km or 139 mi	Jinjiang	$627
227 km or 141 mi	Quanzhou	$644
239 km or 149 mi	Kinmen	$823
255 km or 159 mi	Fuzhou	$669
264 km or 164 mi	Xiamen	$688
303 km or 188 mi	Ningde	$648
307 km or 191 mi	Zhangzhou	$664
354 km or 220 mi	Ishigaki	$1155
374 km or 232 mi	Nanping	$630
383 km or 238 mi	Longyan	$649
385 km or 239 mi	Sanming	$603
403 km or 251 mi	Rui'an	$681
413 km or 257 mi	Shantou	$581
414 km or 257 mi	Chaozhou	$451
428 km or 266 mi	Wenzhou	$726
442 km or 275 mi	Jieyang	$443
461 km or 287 mi	Meizhou	$655
467 km or 290 mi	Puning	$569
473 km or 294 mi	Miyakojima	$1154
476 km or 295 mi	Wenling	$671
480 km or 298 mi	Wuyishan	$601
484 km or 301 mi	Lishui	$682
525 km or 326 mi	Linhai	$661
548 km or 341 mi	Shangrao	$671