Dammam vs Taoyuan - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Dammam	Taoyuan
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1056	$875
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2577	$2361
🏠 One person rent	$475	$353
🏘️ Family rent	$789	$658
🍽️ Food expenses	$338	$320
🚐 Transport expenses	$130	$100
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$2468	$1050
😷 Air quality	Bad	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	19 km	2 km
🎓 Higher education	40	93
😀 Quality of life	74	83
🏙️ Population	903K	2.33M

The cost of living in Dammam is 21% more expensive than in Taoyuan. Cities ranked 5127th and 6171st ($1056 vs $875) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 6th and 7th 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 1.2 months in Taoyuan. Dammam ranked 3rd best city to live in Saudi Arabia vs Taoyuan ranked 5th in Taiwan, while ranked 1259th and 418th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Dammam vs Taoyuan

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	Dammam	Taoyuan
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$6.65	$4.58
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$53.5	$24.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.94	$4.63
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.88	$1.49
☕ 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	$360
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$341	$284
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$748	$749
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$598	$545
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$63.8	$36
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$97.8	$55.1
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$62.9	$17.4
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.96%	1.99%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1147	$7669
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1112	$4912
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.93	$0.61
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$33.6	$36.8
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$25.3	$8.62
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.62	$0.92
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.7	$3.02
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.42	$1.3
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.27	$2.41
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.48	$2.2
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.93	$8.14
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.06	$6.66
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.2	$14.1
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.27	$2.93
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.6	$1.75
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.56	$2.02
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.69	$2.66
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.34	$1.56
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.27	$1.69
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.4	$0.53
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.47	$1.73
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$2.12	$9.07
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.73	$1.53
🚬 Cigarette pack	$7.94	$3.65
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.18	$9.61
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.86	$7.6
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.54	$1.61
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.36	$2.6
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$71.3	$37
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$16.5	$9.24
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$29.9	$33.8
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.82	$15
👖 Brand Jeans	$68.1	$73.7
👟 Brand Sneakers	$83.3	$75.8
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$439	$256
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$8339	$18619

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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 Taoyuan

Distance	City	Cost of living
21 km or 13 mi	Zhubei	$821
25 km or 16 mi	Hsinchu	$897
29 km or 18 mi	New Taipei	$1073
39 km or 24 mi	Taipei	$1181
51 km or 32 mi	Miaoli	$728
55 km or 34 mi	Yilan	$731
61 km or 38 mi	Keelung	$967
96 km or 59 mi	Taichung	$894
111 km or 69 mi	Changhua	$813
117 km or 73 mi	Nantou	$796
144 km or 90 mi	Douliu	$770
171 km or 106 mi	Chiayi	$747
232 km or 144 mi	Putian	$625
233 km or 145 mi	Tainan	$814
233 km or 145 mi	Taitung	$788
237 km or 147 mi	Fuzhou	$669
264 km or 164 mi	Ningde	$648
265 km or 165 mi	Kaohsiung	$956
265 km or 165 mi	Quanzhou	$644
266 km or 165 mi	Jinjiang	$627
295 km or 183 mi	Kinmen	$823
302 km or 188 mi	Ishigaki	$1155
319 km or 198 mi	Xiamen	$688
330 km or 205 mi	Rui'an	$681
355 km or 220 mi	Wenzhou	$726
361 km or 224 mi	Zhangzhou	$664
364 km or 226 mi	Nanping	$630
393 km or 244 mi	Wenling	$671
393 km or 244 mi	Sanming	$603
410 km or 255 mi	Miyakojima	$1154
421 km or 261 mi	Lishui	$682
423 km or 263 mi	Longyan	$649
445 km or 277 mi	Linhai	$661
453 km or 282 mi	Wuyishan	$601
483 km or 300 mi	Chaozhou	$451
487 km or 303 mi	Shantou	$581
498 km or 309 mi	Jinhua	$587
509 km or 316 mi	Yiwu	$677
512 km or 318 mi	Quzhou	$616
513 km or 319 mi	Jieyang	$443