Dammam vs Yekaterinburg - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: June 21, 2026

	Dammam	Yekaterinburg
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1059	$1163
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2518	$2729
🏠 One person rent	$514	$633
🏘️ Family rent	$842	$1107
🍽️ Food expenses	$313	$368
🚐 Transport expenses	$127	$53.1
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1923	$1033
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	19 km	17 km
🎓 Higher education	40	48
😀 Quality of life	75	64
🏙️ Population	903K	1.47M

The cost of living in Dammam is 9% less expensive than in Yekaterinburg. Cities ranked 5152nd and 4849th ($1059 vs $1163) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 4th and 4th in Saudi Arabia and Russia, respectively. Check Saudi Arabia vs Russia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.8 months in Dammam compared to 0.9 months in Yekaterinburg. Dammam ranked 3rd best city to live in Saudi Arabia vs Yekaterinburg ranked 5th in Russia, while ranked 1491st and 5361st among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Dammam vs Yekaterinburg

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	Dammam	Yekaterinburg
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$7.52	$14.4
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$37.3	$56.9
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$6.72	$6.85
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.86	$2.26
☕ Cappuccino	$2.86	$3.27
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.77	$1.64
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$504	$737
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$337	$486
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$874	$1319
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$604	$877
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$79.6	$84.4
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$121	$128
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$63.8	$12.7
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	5.83%	21.97%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1087	$2871
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$803	$1871
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.96	$0.53
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$35.7	$20.7
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$24	$4.2
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.62	$0.91
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.75	$1.24
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.32	$0.73
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.9	$1.43
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.18	$1.77
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.47	$14.2
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.8	$5.64
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.9	$13.4
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.24	$2.17
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.68	$1.97
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.6	$1.81
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.59	$3.18
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.1	$0.76
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.18	$0.6
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.4	$0.65
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.44	$2.22
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$2.84	$8.24
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.49	$1.32
🚬 Cigarette pack	$7.77	$3.5
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.19	$4.32
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.89	$3.99
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.55	$0.86
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.33	$1.65
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$73.7	$56.8
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$13.4	$6.22
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$30.1	$20.2
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.81	$5.59
👖 Brand Jeans	$49.3	$91.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$96.8	$141
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$420	$381
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$7969	$7933

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Cities near Dammam

Distance	City	Cost of living
19 km or 12 mi	Dhahran	$965
53 km or 33 mi	Isa Town	$1218
54 km or 33 mi	Manama	$1340
56 km or 35 mi	Qatif	$778
57 km or 35 mi	Riffa	$1062
76 km or 47 mi	Jubail	$917
119 km or 74 mi	Al-Mubarraz	$821
163 km or 101 mi	Al Khor	$2015
191 km or 119 mi	Doha	$2100
291 km or 181 mi	Bushehr	$454
325 km or 202 mi	Al Wafrah	$1247
334 km or 207 mi	Borazjan	$457
385 km or 239 mi	Kazerun	$471
388 km or 241 mi	Kuwait City	$1437
394 km or 245 mi	Riyadh	$1628
411 km or 256 mi	Jahrom	$494
425 km or 264 mi	Al-Faw	$703
427 km or 265 mi	Shiraz	$505
447 km or 278 mi	Fasa	$497
453 km or 282 mi	Umm Qasr	$708
463 km or 288 mi	Behbahan	$469
465 km or 289 mi	Marvdasht	$485
467 km or 290 mi	Bandar-e Mahshahr	$493
468 km or 291 mi	Abadan	$522
473 km or 294 mi	Madinat Zayed	$1791
481 km or 299 mi	Abu Dhabi	$2133
483 km or 300 mi	Khorramshahr	$509
492 km or 306 mi	Yasuj	$459
498 km or 310 mi	Az Zubayr	$694
503 km or 313 mi	Basra	$861
537 km or 334 mi	Dubai	$2470
543 km or 337 mi	Sharjah	$1543
550 km or 342 mi	Ajman	$2356
554 km or 344 mi	Umm al-Quwain	$1170
561 km or 349 mi	Ahvaz	$548
601 km or 374 mi	Izeh	$452
604 km or 376 mi	Ras al-Khaimah	$1355
610 km or 379 mi	Unaizah	$938
616 km or 383 mi	Bandar Abbas	$620
616 km or 383 mi	Masjed Soleyman	$487

Cities near Yekaterinburg

Distance	City	Cost of living
95 km or 59 mi	Municipal Formation of the Kamensk-Uralsky	$954
96 km or 59 mi	Kamensk-Uralsky	$952
126 km or 78 mi	Nizhny Tagil	$952
194 km or 120 mi	Zlatoust	$757
194 km or 121 mi	Chelyabinsk	$786
201 km or 125 mi	Miass	$780
291 km or 181 mi	Perm	$791
302 km or 188 mi	Tyumen	$1024
333 km or 207 mi	Kurgan	$713
371 km or 231 mi	Ufa	$913
396 km or 246 mi	Magnitogorsk	$656
447 km or 277 mi	Kostanay	$702
448 km or 278 mi	Izhevsk	$708
461 km or 287 mi	Sterlitamak	$788
486 km or 302 mi	Salavat	$840
524 km or 326 mi	Naberezhnye Chelny	$868
558 km or 346 mi	Nizhnekamsk	$771
559 km or 348 mi	Almetyevsk	$830
577 km or 358 mi	Petropavl	$575
639 km or 397 mi	Orsk	$615
666 km or 414 mi	Orenburg	$812
678 km or 421 mi	Kirov	$648
685 km or 426 mi	Kokshetau	$763
716 km or 445 mi	Kazan	$981
760 km or 473 mi	Aktobe	$606
771 km or 479 mi	Syktyvkar	$727
773 km or 480 mi	Yoshkar-Ola	$754
780 km or 485 mi	Samara	$845
798 km or 496 mi	Tolyatti	$789
816 km or 507 mi	Ulyanovsk	$705
821 km or 510 mi	Cheboksary	$749
823 km or 511 mi	Omsk	$819
865 km or 537 mi	Oral	$620
872 km or 542 mi	Syzran	$792
882 km or 548 mi	Surgut	$784
949 km or 590 mi	Nur-Sultan	$823
982 km or 610 mi	Balakovo	$748
1011 km or 628 mi	Saransk	$834
1014 km or 630 mi	Nizhny Novgorod	$1051
1023 km or 636 mi	Nizhnevartovsk	$754