Dammam vs Ulaanbaatar - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Dammam	Ulaanbaatar
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1008	$870
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2457	$2091
🏠 One person rent	$458	$430
🏘️ Family rent	$760	$764
🍽️ Food expenses	$307	$306
🚐 Transport expenses	$133	$43.7
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$2256	$516
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	19 km	14 km
🎓 Higher education	40	43
😀 Quality of life	78	61
🏙️ Population	903K	1.4M

The cost of living in Dammam is 16% more expensive than in Ulaanbaatar. Cities ranked 5502nd and 6373rd ($1008 vs $870) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 7th 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 2.2 months in Dammam compared to 0.6 months in Ulaanbaatar. Dammam ranked 3rd best city to live in Saudi Arabia vs Ulaanbaatar ranked 1st in Mongolia, while ranked 1077th and 5856th among best cities to live in the world.

Salary adjustment calculator
the estimated difference in money purchasing power

Cost of living in Dammam vs Ulaanbaatar infographic

Share this infographic!

Use the link below to embed the infographic from our site and automatically keep the data layer up to date.

If you prefer to download the image, please credit us as a source.

<img src="https://livingcost.org/assets/photo/cost/dammam/ulaanbaatar.jpg" alt="Cost of living in Dammam vs Ulaanbaatar infographic" style="max-width: 100%; height: auto;"><p>Source: <a href="https://livingcost.org/cost/dammam/ulaanbaatar" target="_blank">Dammam vs Ulaanbaatar - Cost of Living Comparison</a></p>

Prices in Dammam vs Ulaanbaatar

Prices for goods and services in Dammam and Ulaanbaatar are partly crowdsourced by our visitors, just like yourself. Please consider telling us about your city.

	Dammam	Ulaanbaatar
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$6.42	$5.45
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$34.4	$29.3
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.76	$5.44
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.87	$1.95
☕ Cappuccino	$2.72	$2.41
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.8	$0.69
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$377	$417
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$321	$358
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$667	$769
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$578	$656
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$71	$46
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$109	$70.7
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$54.8	$14.9
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4.32%	6.05%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1114	$1651
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$988	$881
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.92	$0.28
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$40.4	$8.29
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$24.7	$4.98
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.63	$1.01
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.69	$1.39
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.26	$0.85
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.86	$2.06
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.21	$2.07
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.38	$11.6
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.86	$5.88
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.4	$5.32
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.24	$2.98
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.55	$2.22
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.4	$4.11
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.57	$2.58
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.26	$0.66
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.38	$1
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.38	$0.51
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.47	$1.2
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$2.13	$9.25
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.02	$1.39
🚬 Cigarette pack	$7.93	$1.69
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.17	$9.31
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.9	$3.61
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.57	$2.49
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.35	$1.79
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$71.4	$70
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$13.9	$3.92
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$30.2	$19
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.79	$4.85
👖 Brand Jeans	$68.5	$81.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$92.5	$97.9
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$418	$167
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$8640	$6621

Cost of living in other countries

Cost of living

Cost of Living in the nearest cities

Cities near Dammam

Distance	City	Cost of living
19 km or 12 mi	Dhahran	$908
53 km or 33 mi	Isa Town	$1230
54 km or 33 mi	Manama	$1237
56 km or 35 mi	Qatif	$873
57 km or 35 mi	Riffa	$1201
76 km or 47 mi	Jubail	$930
119 km or 74 mi	Al-Mubarraz	$806
163 km or 101 mi	Al Khor	$1770
191 km or 119 mi	Doha	$1849
291 km or 181 mi	Bushehr	$453
325 km or 202 mi	Al Wafrah	$1283
334 km or 207 mi	Borazjan	$477
385 km or 239 mi	Kazerun	$503
388 km or 241 mi	Kuwait City	$1454
394 km or 245 mi	Riyadh	$1627
411 km or 256 mi	Jahrom	$530
425 km or 264 mi	Al-Faw	$730
427 km or 265 mi	Shiraz	$553
447 km or 278 mi	Fasa	$529
453 km or 282 mi	Umm Qasr	$726
463 km or 288 mi	Behbahan	$483
465 km or 289 mi	Marvdasht	$530
467 km or 290 mi	Bandar-e Mahshahr	$521
468 km or 291 mi	Abadan	$549
473 km or 294 mi	Madinat Zayed	$1730
481 km or 299 mi	Abu Dhabi	$1942
483 km or 300 mi	Khorramshahr	$542
492 km or 306 mi	Yasuj	$463
498 km or 310 mi	Az Zubayr	$719
503 km or 313 mi	Basra	$889
537 km or 334 mi	Dubai	$2514
543 km or 337 mi	Sharjah	$1419
550 km or 342 mi	Ajman	$2521
554 km or 344 mi	Umm al-Quwain	$1183
561 km or 349 mi	Ahvaz	$571
601 km or 374 mi	Izeh	$459
604 km or 376 mi	Ras al-Khaimah	$1398
610 km or 379 mi	Unaizah	$967
616 km or 383 mi	Bandar Abbas	$632
616 km or 383 mi	Masjed Soleyman	$517

Cities near Ulaanbaatar

Distance	City	Cost of living
268 km or 167 mi	Bulgan	$838
437 km or 272 mi	Ulan-Ude	$676
520 km or 323 mi	Irkutsk	$735
559 km or 347 mi	Angarsk	$725
656 km or 408 mi	Chita	$912
794 km or 493 mi	Manzhouli	$631
798 km or 496 mi	Bayannur	$986
835 km or 519 mi	Xilinhot	$677
840 km or 522 mi	Baotou	$659
875 km or 544 mi	Hohhot	$541
914 km or 568 mi	Ulanqab	$629
917 km or 570 mi	Wuhai	$1365
934 km or 581 mi	Ordos	$655
954 km or 593 mi	Hulunbuir	$638
969 km or 602 mi	Fengzhen	$642
985 km or 612 mi	Bratsk	$518
992 km or 616 mi	Shizuishan	$785
1008 km or 626 mi	Datong	$748
1012 km or 629 mi	Zhangjiakou	$652
1025 km or 637 mi	Yakeshi	$614
1028 km or 639 mi	Huairen	$654
1050 km or 652 mi	Shenmu	$580
1051 km or 653 mi	Yinchuan	$548
1051 km or 653 mi	Shuozhou	$600
1094 km or 680 mi	Lingwu	$564
1103 km or 685 mi	Qingtongxia	$563
1106 km or 687 mi	Wuzhong	$589
1113 km or 692 mi	Jinchang	$480
1124 km or 698 mi	Yuanping	$546
1126 km or 700 mi	Zhangye	$484
1131 km or 703 mi	Chifeng	$615
1131 km or 703 mi	Jiuquan	$470
1156 km or 718 mi	Xinzhou	$553
1164 km or 723 mi	Wuwei	$411
1165 km or 724 mi	Chengde	$694
1166 km or 724 mi	Ulanhot	$532
1166 km or 724 mi	Zhongwei	$597
1169 km or 726 mi	Beijing	$1029
1169 km or 727 mi	Yumen	$439
1176 km or 731 mi	Zalantun	$600