Dammam vs Ulaanbaatar - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Dammam	Ulaanbaatar
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1056	$906
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2577	$2335
🏠 One person rent	$475	$471
🏘️ Family rent	$789	$1016
🍽️ Food expenses	$338	$307
🚐 Transport expenses	$130	$44.9
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$2468	$407
😷 Air quality	Bad	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	19 km	14 km
🎓 Higher education	40	43
😀 Quality of life	74	56
🏙️ Population	903K	1.4M

The cost of living in Dammam is 16% more expensive than in Ulaanbaatar. Cities ranked 5127th and 6004th ($1056 vs $906) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 6th and 1st in Saudi Arabia and Mongolia, respectively. Check Saudi Arabia vs Mongolia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 2.3 months in Dammam compared to 0.4 months in Ulaanbaatar. Dammam ranked 3rd best city to live in Saudi Arabia vs Ulaanbaatar ranked 1st in Mongolia, while ranked 1259th and 5778th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Dammam vs Ulaanbaatar

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	Dammam	Ulaanbaatar
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$6.65	$4.74
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$53.5	$29.2
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.94	$5.27
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.88	$1.62
☕ Cappuccino	$3.9	$2.59
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.89	$0.69
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$375	$503
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$341	$385
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$748	$1382
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$598	$815
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$63.8	$45.6
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$97.8	$70.1
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$62.9	$17.2
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.96%	6.34%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1147	$1765
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1112	$978
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.93	$0.15
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$33.6	$8.74
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$25.3	$5.26
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.62	$1.04
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.7	$1.45
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.42	$0.95
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.27	$1.67
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.48	$2.18
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.93	$13.8
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.06	$4.98
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.2	$5.77
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.27	$3.44
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.6	$2.77
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.56	$4.43
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.69	$2.99
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.34	$0.71
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.27	$0.95
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.4	$0.45
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.47	$1.25
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$2.12	$9.15
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.73	$1.14
🚬 Cigarette pack	$7.94	$1.76
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.18	$10.4
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.86	$3.74
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.54	$2.59
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.36	$1.89
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$71.3	$63.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$16.5	$4.41
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$29.9	$20
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.82	$4.81
👖 Brand Jeans	$68.1	$65.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$83.3	$90.3
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$439	$175
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$8339	$6410

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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 Ulaanbaatar

Distance	City	Cost of living
268 km or 167 mi	Bulgan	$879
437 km or 272 mi	Ulan-Ude	$616
520 km or 323 mi	Irkutsk	$770
559 km or 347 mi	Angarsk	$624
656 km or 408 mi	Chita	$651
794 km or 493 mi	Manzhouli	$612
798 km or 496 mi	Bayannur	$979
835 km or 519 mi	Xilinhot	$660
840 km or 522 mi	Baotou	$648
875 km or 544 mi	Hohhot	$563
914 km or 568 mi	Ulanqab	$620
917 km or 570 mi	Wuhai	$1339
934 km or 581 mi	Ordos	$651
954 km or 593 mi	Hulunbuir	$639
969 km or 602 mi	Fengzhen	$616
985 km or 612 mi	Bratsk	$470
992 km or 616 mi	Shizuishan	$781
1008 km or 626 mi	Datong	$703
1012 km or 629 mi	Zhangjiakou	$634
1025 km or 637 mi	Yakeshi	$603
1028 km or 639 mi	Huairen	$624
1050 km or 652 mi	Shenmu	$588
1051 km or 653 mi	Yinchuan	$549
1051 km or 653 mi	Shuozhou	$600
1094 km or 680 mi	Lingwu	$566
1103 km or 685 mi	Qingtongxia	$563
1106 km or 687 mi	Wuzhong	$592
1113 km or 692 mi	Jinchang	$469
1124 km or 698 mi	Yuanping	$550
1126 km or 700 mi	Zhangye	$469
1131 km or 703 mi	Chifeng	$623
1131 km or 703 mi	Jiuquan	$458
1156 km or 718 mi	Xinzhou	$555
1164 km or 723 mi	Wuwei	$403
1165 km or 724 mi	Chengde	$711
1166 km or 724 mi	Ulanhot	$532
1166 km or 724 mi	Zhongwei	$586
1169 km or 726 mi	Beijing	$1016
1169 km or 727 mi	Yumen	$426
1176 km or 731 mi	Zalantun	$598