Dammam vs Tainan - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Dammam	Tainan
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1056	$814
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2577	$2436
🏠 One person rent	$475	$241
🏘️ Family rent	$789	$723
🍽️ Food expenses	$338	$393
🚐 Transport expenses	$130	$76.6
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$2468	$1362
😷 Air quality	Bad	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	19 km	4 km
🎓 Higher education	40	73
😀 Quality of life	74	81
🏙️ Population	903K	1.87M

The cost of living in Dammam is 30% more expensive than in Tainan. Cities ranked 5127th and 6380th ($1056 vs $814) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 6th and 10th 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 1.7 months in Tainan. Dammam ranked 3rd best city to live in Saudi Arabia vs Tainan ranked 6th in Taiwan, while ranked 1259th and 498th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Dammam vs Tainan

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	Dammam	Tainan
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$6.65	$5.44
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$53.5	$24.3
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.94	$4.59
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.88	$2.84
☕ Cappuccino	$3.9	$3.07
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.89	$1
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$375	$266
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$341	$158
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$748	$623
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$598	$643
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$63.8	$41.4
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$97.8	$63.5
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$62.9	$20.5
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.96%	1.75%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1147	$3010
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1112	$2215
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.93	$0.55
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$33.6	$20
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$25.3	$8.63
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.62	$0.94
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.7	$2.82
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.42	$1.75
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.27	$2.74
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.48	$2.59
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.93	$17.8
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.06	$9.01
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.2	$19.2
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.27	$3.86
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.6	$2.45
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.56	$2.6
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.69	$3.6
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.34	$2.68
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.27	$2.21
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.4	$0.65
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.47	$1.69
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$2.12	$12.1
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.73	$1.62
🚬 Cigarette pack	$7.94	$3.64
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.18	$11.4
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.86	$5.08
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.54	$2.13
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.36	$2.15
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$71.3	$35.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$16.5	$9.82
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$29.9	$47.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.82	$9.6
👖 Brand Jeans	$68.1	$56.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$83.3	$85.7
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$439	$244
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$8339	$6108

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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 Tainan

Distance	City	Cost of living
42 km or 26 mi	Kaohsiung	$956
62 km or 38 mi	Chiayi	$747
89 km or 55 mi	Douliu	$770
102 km or 63 mi	Taitung	$788
116 km or 72 mi	Nantou	$796
126 km or 78 mi	Changhua	$813
139 km or 86 mi	Taichung	$894
188 km or 117 mi	Miaoli	$728
218 km or 135 mi	Hsinchu	$897
222 km or 138 mi	Zhubei	$821
233 km or 145 mi	Taoyuan	$875
249 km or 155 mi	Kinmen	$823
254 km or 158 mi	Yilan	$731
259 km or 161 mi	New Taipei	$1073
261 km or 162 mi	Jinjiang	$627
267 km or 166 mi	Taipei	$1181
269 km or 167 mi	Quanzhou	$644
271 km or 168 mi	Xiamen	$688
286 km or 178 mi	Keelung	$967
298 km or 185 mi	Putian	$625
308 km or 191 mi	Zhangzhou	$664
356 km or 221 mi	Fuzhou	$669
359 km or 223 mi	Shantou	$581
371 km or 230 mi	Chaozhou	$451
395 km or 246 mi	Jieyang	$443
397 km or 247 mi	Longyan	$649
412 km or 256 mi	Puning	$569
415 km or 258 mi	Ningde	$648
431 km or 268 mi	Ishigaki	$1155
439 km or 273 mi	Meizhou	$655
446 km or 277 mi	Sanming	$603
455 km or 283 mi	Nanping	$630
497 km or 309 mi	Shanwei	$936
535 km or 333 mi	Rui'an	$681
556 km or 346 mi	Miyakojima	$1154
560 km or 348 mi	Wenzhou	$726
567 km or 352 mi	Heyuan	$764
573 km or 356 mi	Wuyishan	$601
590 km or 367 mi	Huizhou	$601
608 km or 378 mi	Lishui	$682