Dammam vs Zaragoza - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Dammam	Zaragoza
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1056	$1101
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2577	$2539
🏠 One person rent	$475	$496
🏘️ Family rent	$789	$671
🍽️ Food expenses	$338	$409
🚐 Transport expenses	$130	$90.6
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$2468	$1637
😷 Air quality	Bad	Good
✈️ Airport proximity	19 km	13 km
🎓 Higher education	40	27
😀 Quality of life	74	59
🏙️ Population	903K	687K

The cost of living in Dammam is 4% less expensive than in Zaragoza. Cities ranked 5127th and 4828th ($1056 vs $1101) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 6th and 120th in Saudi Arabia and Spain, respectively. Check Saudi Arabia vs Spain comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 2.3 months in Dammam compared to 1.5 months in Zaragoza. Dammam ranked 3rd best city to live in Saudi Arabia vs Zaragoza ranked 99th in Spain, while ranked 1259th and 5447th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Dammam vs Zaragoza

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	Dammam	Zaragoza
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$6.65	$13.9
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$53.5	$30
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.94	$12
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.88	$3.81
☕ Cappuccino	$3.9	$2.41
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.89	$2.69
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$375	$546
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$341	$383
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$748	$721
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$598	$519
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$63.8	$56.4
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$97.8	$86.7
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$62.9	$24.8
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.96%	3.78%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1147	$4315
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1112	$2280
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.93	$1.56
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$33.6	$26.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$25.3	$14.1
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.62	$1.71
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.7	$1.02
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.42	$1.05
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.27	$1.04
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.48	$2.49
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.93	$14.1
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.06	$7.89
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.2	$18.9
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.27	$1.88
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.6	$1.84
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.56	$2.27
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.69	$1.9
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.34	$1.42
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.27	$2.12
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.4	$0.42
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.47	$1.9
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$2.12	$7.01
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.73	$1.21
🚬 Cigarette pack	$7.94	$5.27
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.18	$12.8
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.86	$3.22
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.54	$1.4
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.36	$1.86
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$71.3	$41.8
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$16.5	$6.96
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$29.9	$36.2
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.82	$12.7
👖 Brand Jeans	$68.1	$81.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$83.3	$92.1
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$439	$474
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$8339	$7261

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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 Zaragoza

Distance	City	Cost of living
67 km or 42 mi	Huesca	$1071
76 km or 47 mi	Tudela	$1241
126 km or 78 mi	Lleida	$1235
144 km or 90 mi	Pamplona	$1422
158 km or 98 mi	Logrono	$983
174 km or 108 mi	Vinaros	$1275
187 km or 116 mi	Tarragona	$1217
188 km or 117 mi	Pau	$1296
193 km or 120 mi	Tarbes	$1369
199 km or 123 mi	Vitoria-Gasteiz	$1532
200 km or 124 mi	Castellon de la Plana	$1100
201 km or 125 mi	Villarreal	$1131
202 km or 125 mi	Irun	$1453
203 km or 126 mi	Errenteria	$1461
205 km or 127 mi	Cuenca	$1084
206 km or 128 mi	San Sebastian	$1477
207 km or 128 mi	Borriana	$1150
211 km or 131 mi	Zarautz	$1438
211 km or 131 mi	Biarritz	$1562
215 km or 133 mi	Eibar	$1365
218 km or 136 mi	Andorra la Vella	$1601
222 km or 138 mi	Guadalajara	$1056
223 km or 138 mi	Vilanova i la Geltru	$1269
223 km or 139 mi	Ordino	$1592
225 km or 140 mi	Manresa	$1089
225 km or 140 mi	Sagunto	$1220
241 km or 149 mi	Terrassa	$1361
241 km or 150 mi	Requena	$1261
243 km or 151 mi	Rubi	$1393
244 km or 152 mi	Burgos	$1107
245 km or 152 mi	Alcala de Henares	$1293
246 km or 153 mi	Sant Boi de Llobregat	$1389
247 km or 153 mi	Valencia	$1522
247 km or 153 mi	Bilbao	$1455
248 km or 154 mi	Cornella de Llobregat	$1434
249 km or 155 mi	Sabadell	$1431
250 km or 156 mi	L'Hospitalet de Llobregat	$1567
254 km or 158 mi	Ripollet	$1454
255 km or 159 mi	Portugalete	$1385
256 km or 159 mi	Torrejon de Ardoz	$1387