Dammam vs Zagreb - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Dammam	Zagreb
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1056	$1253
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2577	$2899
🏠 One person rent	$475	$663
🏘️ Family rent	$789	$1071
🍽️ Food expenses	$338	$383
🚐 Transport expenses	$130	$103
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$2468	$1581
😷 Air quality	Bad	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	19 km	11 km
🎓 Higher education	40	38
😀 Quality of life	74	76
🏙️ Population	903K	767K

The cost of living in Dammam is 16% less expensive than in Zagreb. Cities ranked 5127th and 4331st ($1056 vs $1253) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 6th and 4th in Saudi Arabia and Croatia, respectively. Check Saudi Arabia vs Croatia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 2.3 months in Dammam compared to 1.3 months in Zagreb. Dammam ranked 3rd best city to live in Saudi Arabia vs Zagreb ranked 1st in Croatia, while ranked 1259th and 843rd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Dammam vs Zagreb

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	Dammam	Zagreb
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$6.65	$9.73
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$53.5	$50.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.94	$8.52
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.88	$2.94
☕ Cappuccino	$3.9	$2.12
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.89	$2.88
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$375	$624
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$341	$503
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$748	$1087
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$598	$826
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$63.8	$108
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$97.8	$165
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$62.9	$27.9
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.96%	4.02%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1147	$4361
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1112	$2995
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.93	$0.56
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$33.6	$51.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$25.3	$12.5
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.62	$1.62
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.7	$1.18
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.42	$1.46
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.27	$2.1
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.48	$3.88
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.93	$9.52
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.06	$9.43
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.2	$11.2
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.27	$1.51
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.6	$1.55
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.56	$1.78
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.69	$2.5
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.34	$1.18
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.27	$1.22
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.4	$0.74
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.47	$2.25
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$2.12	$7.06
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.73	$1.51
🚬 Cigarette pack	$7.94	$5.38
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.18	$6.68
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.86	$3.57
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.54	$1.9
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.36	$2.16
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$71.3	$40.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$16.5	$7.3
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$29.9	$43
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.82	$7.95
👖 Brand Jeans	$68.1	$86.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$83.3	$87.8
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$439	$394
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$8339	$10861

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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 Zagreb

Distance	City	Cost of living
14 km or 8.9 mi	Velika Gorica	$1101
46 km or 29 mi	Karlovac	$912
61 km or 38 mi	Novo Mesto	$1080
70 km or 43 mi	Bjelovar	$1008
71 km or 44 mi	Celje	$1116
87 km or 54 mi	Maribor	$1082
90 km or 56 mi	Velenje	$1157
97 km or 60 mi	Murska Sobota	$842
109 km or 68 mi	Nagykanizsa	$711
110 km or 68 mi	Bihac	$556
110 km or 68 mi	Prijedor	$659
114 km or 71 mi	Ljubljana	$1468
128 km or 79 mi	Sanski Most	$558
129 km or 80 mi	Rijeka	$1152
132 km or 82 mi	Kranj	$1261
135 km or 84 mi	Zalaegerszeg	$750
144 km or 89 mi	Wolfsberg	$1303
146 km or 91 mi	Graz	$1594
150 km or 93 mi	Banja Luka	$803
155 km or 96 mi	Kaposvar	$750
156 km or 97 mi	Klagenfurt	$1653
168 km or 104 mi	Trieste	$1421
168 km or 104 mi	Szombathely	$701
176 km or 109 mi	Slavonski Brod	$847
179 km or 111 mi	Nova Gorica	$985
179 km or 111 mi	Pecs	$848
180 km or 112 mi	Izola	$1263
181 km or 113 mi	Gorizia	$1223
186 km or 116 mi	Villach	$1582
188 km or 117 mi	Piran	$1247
188 km or 117 mi	Leoben	$1263
189 km or 118 mi	Kapfenberg	$1323
195 km or 121 mi	Pula	$941
196 km or 122 mi	Zadar	$1122
208 km or 129 mi	Doboj	$603
209 km or 130 mi	Veszprem	$786
212 km or 132 mi	Udine	$1307
213 km or 132 mi	Osijek	$958
215 km or 134 mi	Sopron	$919
221 km or 137 mi	Szekszard	$747