Dammam vs Tashkent - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Dammam	Tashkent
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1056	$853
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2577	$2186
🏠 One person rent	$475	$474
🏘️ Family rent	$789	$929
🍽️ Food expenses	$338	$249
🚐 Transport expenses	$130	$44.6
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$2468	$522
😷 Air quality	Bad	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	19 km	5 km
🎓 Higher education	40	46
😀 Quality of life	74	55
🏙️ Population	903K	2.96M

The cost of living in Dammam is 24% more expensive than in Tashkent. Cities ranked 5127th and 6253rd ($1056 vs $853) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 6th and 1st in Saudi Arabia and Uzbekistan, respectively. Check Saudi Arabia vs Uzbekistan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 2.3 months in Dammam compared to 0.6 months in Tashkent. Dammam ranked 3rd best city to live in Saudi Arabia vs Tashkent ranked 1st in Uzbekistan, while ranked 1259th and 5872nd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Dammam vs Tashkent

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	Dammam	Tashkent
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$6.65	$4.98
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$53.5	$30.2
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.94	$4.32
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.88	$1.16
☕ Cappuccino	$3.9	$1.7
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.89	$0.59
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$375	$599
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$341	$396
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$748	$1255
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$598	$783
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$63.8	$25.9
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$97.8	$39.6
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$62.9	$11.6
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.96%	22.03%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1147	$1748
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1112	$965
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.93	$0.16
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$33.6	$9.83
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$25.3	$3.04
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.62	$0.99
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.7	$1.07
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.42	$0.47
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.27	$1.72
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.48	$1.6
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.93	$7.42
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.06	$4
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.2	$8.23
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.27	$1.3
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.6	$1.71
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.56	$2.14
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.69	$1.43
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.34	$0.48
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.27	$0.33
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.4	$0.25
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.47	$1.5
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$2.12	$6.24
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.73	$1.12
🚬 Cigarette pack	$7.94	$1.98
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.18	$13.8
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.86	$3.62
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.54	$1.31
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.36	$1.68
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$71.3	$47.3
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$16.5	$5.19
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$29.9	$20.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.82	$8.85
👖 Brand Jeans	$68.1	$50
👟 Brand Sneakers	$83.3	$105
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$439	$295
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$8339	$9301

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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 Tashkent

Distance	City	Cost of living
32 km or 20 mi	Chirchiq	$444
87 km or 54 mi	Istiklol	$613
115 km or 71 mi	Shymkent	$569
117 km or 73 mi	Khujand	$623
123 km or 77 mi	Buston	$615
127 km or 79 mi	Ghafurov	$614
149 km or 92 mi	Konibodom	$613
156 km or 97 mi	Istaravshan	$613
178 km or 110 mi	Jizzakh	$507
204 km or 127 mi	Namangan	$538
226 km or 140 mi	Margilan	$591
235 km or 146 mi	Fergana	$626
238 km or 148 mi	Turkistan	$512
244 km or 152 mi	Panjakent	$602
247 km or 153 mi	Taraz	$441
254 km or 158 mi	Kentau	$501
267 km or 166 mi	Andijan	$430
267 km or 166 mi	Samarkand	$472
280 km or 174 mi	Talas	$623
306 km or 190 mi	Dushanbe	$605
308 km or 191 mi	Osh	$477
313 km or 195 mi	Toktogul	$607
314 km or 195 mi	Jalal-Abad	$538
322 km or 200 mi	Tursunzoda	$593
387 km or 241 mi	Qurghonteppa	$596
400 km or 249 mi	Qarshi	$484
443 km or 275 mi	Bukhara	$431
471 km or 292 mi	Bishkek	$713
493 km or 306 mi	Kant	$674
499 km or 310 mi	Kyzylorda	$518
510 km or 317 mi	Kunduz	$394
526 km or 327 mi	Tokmok	$667
542 km or 337 mi	Turkmenabat	$1523
544 km or 338 mi	Mazar-i-Sharif	$408
562 km or 349 mi	Naryn	$637
597 km or 371 mi	Puli Khumri	$381
598 km or 372 mi	Sheberghan	$414
605 km or 376 mi	Kashgar	$634
610 km or 379 mi	Artux	$619
641 km or 398 mi	Kaskelen	$785