Dammam vs Tehran - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Dammam	Tehran
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1056	$788
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2577	$2156
🏠 One person rent	$475	$367
🏘️ Family rent	$789	$796
🍽️ Food expenses	$338	$229
🚐 Transport expenses	$130	$47.5
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$2468	$264
😷 Air quality	Bad	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	19 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	40	96
😀 Quality of life	74	60
🏙️ Population	903K	8.69M

The cost of living in Dammam is 34% more expensive than in Tehran. Cities ranked 5127th and 6486th ($1056 vs $788) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 6th and 4th in Saudi Arabia and Iran, respectively. Check Saudi Arabia vs Iran comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 2.3 months in Dammam compared to 0.3 months in Tehran. Dammam ranked 3rd best city to live in Saudi Arabia vs Tehran ranked 1st in Iran, while ranked 1259th and 5221st among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Dammam vs Tehran

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	Dammam	Tehran
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$6.65	$4
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$53.5	$19.9
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.94	$4.99
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.88	$0.6
☕ Cappuccino	$3.9	$1.38
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.89	$0.44
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$375	$464
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$341	$324
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$748	$1087
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$598	$698
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$63.8	$9.45
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$97.8	$14.6
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$62.9	$5.99
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.96%	24.96%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1147	$1992
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1112	$1351
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.93	$0.26
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$33.6	$10
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$25.3	$2.74
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.62	$0.75
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.7	$0.61
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.42	$0.55
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.27	$1.88
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.48	$1.21
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.93	$3.38
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.06	$3.5
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.2	$11.8
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.27	$0.91
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.6	$1.41
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.56	$0.86
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.69	$0.65
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.34	$0.55
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.27	$0.54
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.4	$0.15
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.47	$1.68
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$2.12	$0.99
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.73	$0.53
🚬 Cigarette pack	$7.94	$2.5
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.18	$19.5
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.86	$4.69
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.54	$2.57
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.36	$1.51
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$71.3	$23.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$16.5	$1.5
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$29.9	$118
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.82	$28.7
👖 Brand Jeans	$68.1	$32.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$83.3	$130
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$439	$128
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$8339	$1951

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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 Tehran

Distance	City	Cost of living
9.8 km or 6.1 mi	Golestan	$714
12 km or 7.6 mi	Ray	$710
27 km or 17 mi	Eslamshahr	$700
27 km or 17 mi	Nasimshahr	$697
28 km or 17 mi	Qods	$698
32 km or 20 mi	Qarchak	$681
33 km or 20 mi	Shahriar	$698
34 km or 21 mi	Pakdasht	$680
36 km or 23 mi	Pardis	$665
38 km or 23 mi	Andisheh	$684
39 km or 24 mi	Robat Karim	$675
39 km or 24 mi	Fardis	$688
40 km or 25 mi	Malard	$693
43 km or 26 mi	Karaj	$736
46 km or 28 mi	Mohammadshahr	$688
52 km or 32 mi	Varamin	$651
52 km or 33 mi	Kamal Shahr	$686
78 km or 49 mi	Nazarabad	$645
120 km or 75 mi	Amol	$557
121 km or 75 mi	Khak-e Ali	$599
122 km or 76 mi	Saveh	$574
127 km or 79 mi	Qom	$488
142 km or 88 mi	Qazvin	$618
148 km or 92 mi	Babol	$458
155 km or 96 mi	Qaem Shahr	$554
176 km or 109 mi	Sari	$658
178 km or 111 mi	Semnan	$580
191 km or 119 mi	Kashan	$562
210 km or 130 mi	Lahijan	$552
239 km or 148 mi	Arak	$455
240 km or 149 mi	Rasht	$534
282 km or 175 mi	Hamadan	$443
283 km or 176 mi	Malayer	$469
284 km or 177 mi	Zanjan	$466
302 km or 188 mi	Gorgan	$685
315 km or 196 mi	Borujerd	$505
316 km or 196 mi	Shahin Shahr	$507
326 km or 202 mi	Dorud	$513
333 km or 207 mi	Shahrud	$598
334 km or 207 mi	Khomeyni Shahr	$510