Dammam vs Zhumadian - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Dammam	Zhumadian
🚶 Cost of living one person	$989	$659
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2504	$1725
🏠 One person rent	$419	$269
🏘️ Family rent	$757	$474
🍽️ Food expenses	$327	$226
🚐 Transport expenses	$128	$73.6
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$2391	$739
😷 Air quality	Bad	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	19 km	49 km
🎓 Higher education	39	19
😀 Quality of life	73	38
🏙️ Population	903K	7.01M

The cost of living in Dammam is 50% more expensive than in Zhumadian. Cities ranked 5777th and 7219th ($989 vs $659) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 4th and 153rd in Saudi Arabia and China, respectively. Check Saudi Arabia vs China comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 2.4 months in Dammam compared to 1.1 months in Zhumadian. Dammam ranked 3rd best city to live in Saudi Arabia vs Zhumadian ranked 307th in China, while ranked 1641st and 7140th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Dammam vs Zhumadian

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	Dammam	Zhumadian
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$6.51	$3.6
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$40.2	$21.3
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.92	$5.74
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.72	$0.86
☕ Cappuccino	$4.01	$2.73
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.82	$0.4
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$285	$244
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$281	$200
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$662	$481
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$560	$364
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$73.5	$46.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$113	$72.3
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$63.5	$14.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4.01%	4.47%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1159	$3395
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1119	$1906
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.06	$0.3
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$33.2	$18.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$24.7	$3.49
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.62	$1.19
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.69	$1.68
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.43	$1.43
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.1	$0.97
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.49	$1.45
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.16	$13.1
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.46	$3.3
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.3	$12.5
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.26	$1.93
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.62	$1.23
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.51	$1.37
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.74	$1.22
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.44	$0.81
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.3	$0.8
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.41	$0.34
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.32	$1.16
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$2.13	$8.94
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.72	$0.71
🚬 Cigarette pack	$8.06	$2.83
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.16	$3.81
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.91	$4.31
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.57	$1.51
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.35	$1.65
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$77.9	$45.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$16.5	$6.41
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$30.1	$24
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.76	$5.06
👖 Brand Jeans	$67.7	$70.7
👟 Brand Sneakers	$86.6	$97.9
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$417	$339
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$8345	$9322

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Cities near Dammam

Distance	City	Cost of living
19 km or 12 mi	Dhahran	$870
53 km or 33 mi	Isa Town	$1226
54 km or 33 mi	Manama	$1267
56 km or 35 mi	Qatif	$878
57 km or 35 mi	Riffa	$1218
76 km or 47 mi	Jubail	$928
119 km or 74 mi	Al-Mubarraz	$783
163 km or 101 mi	Al Khor	$1719
191 km or 119 mi	Doha	$1810
291 km or 181 mi	Bushehr	$548
325 km or 202 mi	Al Wafrah	$1268
334 km or 207 mi	Borazjan	$541
385 km or 239 mi	Kazerun	$537
388 km or 241 mi	Kuwait City	$1457
394 km or 245 mi	Riyadh	$1586
411 km or 256 mi	Jahrom	$561
425 km or 264 mi	Al-Faw	$713
427 km or 265 mi	Shiraz	$558
447 km or 278 mi	Fasa	$556
453 km or 282 mi	Umm Qasr	$716
463 km or 288 mi	Behbahan	$507
465 km or 289 mi	Marvdasht	$546
467 km or 290 mi	Bandar-e Mahshahr	$542
468 km or 291 mi	Abadan	$557
473 km or 294 mi	Madinat Zayed	$1630
481 km or 299 mi	Abu Dhabi	$1802
483 km or 300 mi	Khorramshahr	$552
492 km or 306 mi	Yasuj	$489
498 km or 310 mi	Az Zubayr	$705
503 km or 313 mi	Basra	$879
537 km or 334 mi	Dubai	$2309
543 km or 337 mi	Sharjah	$1503
550 km or 342 mi	Ajman	$2084
554 km or 344 mi	Umm al-Quwain	$1768
561 km or 349 mi	Ahvaz	$588
601 km or 374 mi	Izeh	$490
604 km or 376 mi	Ras al-Khaimah	$1603
610 km or 379 mi	Unaizah	$940
616 km or 383 mi	Bandar Abbas	$728
616 km or 383 mi	Masjed Soleyman	$547

Cities near Zhumadian

Distance	City	Cost of living
59 km or 36 mi	Wugang	$587
67 km or 42 mi	Luohe	$612
92 km or 57 mi	Zhoukou	$599
95 km or 59 mi	Xinyang	$683
96 km or 60 mi	Xiangcheng	$598
108 km or 67 mi	Pingdingshan	$611
118 km or 73 mi	Xuchang	$610
128 km or 80 mi	Jieshou	$619
140 km or 87 mi	Nanyang	$655
140 km or 87 mi	Changge	$568
140 km or 87 mi	Yuzhou	$571
152 km or 94 mi	Zaoyang	$614
152 km or 95 mi	Guangshui	$647
153 km or 95 mi	Suizhou	$650
160 km or 100 mi	Xinzheng	$559
166 km or 103 mi	Fuyang	$673
173 km or 107 mi	Ruzhou	$555
184 km or 114 mi	Xinmi	$541
185 km or 115 mi	Dengzhou	$614
189 km or 117 mi	Dengfeng	$542
194 km or 121 mi	Anlu	$647
200 km or 124 mi	Zhengzhou	$522
203 km or 126 mi	Xiangyang	$622
204 km or 127 mi	Kaifeng	$623
210 km or 130 mi	Xingyang	$531
218 km or 135 mi	Yicheng	$599
219 km or 136 mi	Gongyi	$535
220 km or 137 mi	Shangqiu	$775
221 km or 137 mi	Macheng	$659
226 km or 140 mi	Yanshi	$521
228 km or 142 mi	Xiaogan	$681
230 km or 143 mi	Laohekou	$594
230 km or 143 mi	Yingcheng	$626
234 km or 145 mi	Jingshan	$606
238 km or 148 mi	Luoyang	$511
240 km or 149 mi	Danjiangkou	$591
243 km or 151 mi	Zhongxiang	$599
244 km or 151 mi	Mengzhou	$517
248 km or 154 mi	Yongcheng	$633
256 km or 159 mi	Qinyang	$525