Dammam vs Tripoli - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Dammam	Tripoli
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1056	$464
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2577	$1222
🏠 One person rent	$475	$164
🏘️ Family rent	$789	$359
🍽️ Food expenses	$338	$182
🚐 Transport expenses	$130	$62
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$2468	$336
😷 Air quality	Bad	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	19 km	10 km
🎓 Higher education	40	20
😀 Quality of life	74	45
🏙️ Population	903K	1.29M

The cost of living in Dammam is 127% more expensive than in Tripoli. Cities ranked 5127th and 8801st ($1056 vs $464) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 6th and 1st in Saudi Arabia and Libya, respectively. Check Saudi Arabia vs Libya comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 2.3 months in Dammam compared to 0.7 months in Tripoli. Dammam ranked 3rd best city to live in Saudi Arabia vs Tripoli ranked 1st in Libya, while ranked 1259th and 6545th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Dammam vs Tripoli

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	Dammam	Tripoli
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$6.65	$5.09
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$53.5	$20.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.94	$4.05
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.88	$0.71
☕ Cappuccino	$3.9	$0.58
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.89	$0.52
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$375	$182
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$341	$107
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$748	$468
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$598	$263
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$63.8	$21.6
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$97.8	$33.5
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$62.9	$21.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.96%	17.47%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1147	$1382
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1112	$402
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.93	$0.31
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$33.6	$22.6
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$25.3	$7.99
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.62	$0.54
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.7	$1.11
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.42	$0.26
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.27	$1.32
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.48	$1.56
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.93	$5.26
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.06	$3.47
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.2	$10.5
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.27	$2.09
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.6	$1.34
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.56	$0.78
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.69	$0.55
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.34	$0.7
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.27	$0.69
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.4	$0.16
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.47	$1.5
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$2.12	$1.05
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.73	$0.9
🚬 Cigarette pack	$7.94	$2.04
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.18	$4.5
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.86	$1.29
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.54	$0.71
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.36	$0.84
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$71.3	$29
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$16.5	$5.08
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$29.9	$26.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.82	$1.47
👖 Brand Jeans	$68.1	$23.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$83.3	$61.3
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$439	$57.9
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$8339	$1187

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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 Tripoli

Distance	City	Cost of living
45 km or 28 mi	Zawiya	$368
66 km or 41 mi	Sabratha	$396
80 km or 50 mi	Gharyan	$387
103 km or 64 mi	Zuwarah	$392
104 km or 64 mi	Al-Khums	$418
110 km or 68 mi	Yafran	$404
187 km or 116 mi	Misrata	$436
305 km or 190 mi	Sfax	$448
308 km or 191 mi	Gabes	$377
355 km or 221 mi	Mosta	$1346
355 km or 221 mi	Marsaskala	$1325
356 km or 221 mi	Zabbar	$1415
356 km or 221 mi	Birkirkara	$1524
357 km or 222 mi	Naxxar	$1486
357 km or 222 mi	Valletta	$1583
358 km or 222 mi	San Gwann	$1555
358 km or 222 mi	Gzira	$1624
359 km or 223 mi	Sliema	$1749
359 km or 223 mi	St. Paul's Bay	$1384
404 km or 251 mi	Sousse	$495
422 km or 262 mi	Kairouan	$410
442 km or 275 mi	Gafsa	$386
456 km or 284 mi	Nabeul	$443
472 km or 293 mi	Ragusa	$1106
476 km or 296 mi	Gela	$941
488 km or 303 mi	Niscemi	$1077
495 km or 307 mi	Agrigento	$971
504 km or 313 mi	Syracuse	$1098
516 km or 320 mi	Tunis	$535
516 km or 321 mi	La Marsa	$549
521 km or 323 mi	Aryanah	$465
543 km or 337 mi	Catania	$1161
545 km or 338 mi	Tebessa	$459
552 km or 343 mi	Marsala	$1019
575 km or 357 mi	Bizerte	$348
575 km or 357 mi	Trapani	$938
583 km or 362 mi	Palermo	$1137
591 km or 367 mi	El Oued	$349
611 km or 380 mi	Souk Ahras	$364
624 km or 388 mi	Reggio Calabria	$1058