Dammam vs Zhumadian - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Dammam	Zhumadian
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1056	$637
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2577	$1667
🏠 One person rent	$475	$260
🏘️ Family rent	$789	$457
🍽️ Food expenses	$338	$217
🚐 Transport expenses	$130	$71.3
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$2468	$745
😷 Air quality	Bad	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	19 km	49 km
🎓 Higher education	40	19
😀 Quality of life	74	38
🏙️ Population	903K	7.01M

The cost of living in Dammam is 66% more expensive than in Zhumadian. Cities ranked 5127th and 7314th ($1056 vs $637) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 6th and 137th in Saudi Arabia and China, respectively. Check Saudi Arabia vs China comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 2.3 months in Dammam compared to 1.2 months in Zhumadian. Dammam ranked 3rd best city to live in Saudi Arabia vs Zhumadian ranked 304th in China, while ranked 1259th and 7150th 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	$6.65	$3.45
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$53.5	$20.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.94	$5.07
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.88	$0.95
☕ Cappuccino	$3.9	$2.83
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.89	$0.39
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$375	$231
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$341	$187
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$748	$450
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$598	$344
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$63.8	$50.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$97.8	$78.3
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$62.9	$13.4
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.96%	4.25%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1147	$3149
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1112	$1823
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.93	$0.29
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$33.6	$18.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$25.3	$3.49
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.62	$1.13
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.7	$1.75
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.42	$1.39
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.27	$0.95
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.48	$1.41
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.93	$12.4
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.06	$3.2
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.2	$12.1
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.27	$1.89
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.6	$1.11
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.56	$1.29
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.69	$1.05
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.34	$0.76
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.27	$0.74
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.4	$0.35
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.47	$1.11
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$2.12	$8.61
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.73	$0.7
🚬 Cigarette pack	$7.94	$3.02
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.18	$3.93
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.86	$4.21
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.54	$1.46
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.36	$1.63
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$71.3	$43.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$16.5	$6.86
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$29.9	$23.7
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.82	$5.05
👖 Brand Jeans	$68.1	$74.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$83.3	$88.4
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$439	$332
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$8339	$8598

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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 Zhumadian

Distance	City	Cost of living
59 km or 36 mi	Wugang	$571
67 km or 42 mi	Luohe	$591
92 km or 57 mi	Zhoukou	$580
95 km or 59 mi	Xinyang	$655
96 km or 60 mi	Xiangcheng	$577
108 km or 67 mi	Pingdingshan	$591
118 km or 73 mi	Xuchang	$586
128 km or 80 mi	Jieshou	$591
140 km or 87 mi	Nanyang	$632
140 km or 87 mi	Changge	$547
140 km or 87 mi	Yuzhou	$552
152 km or 94 mi	Zaoyang	$591
152 km or 95 mi	Guangshui	$619
153 km or 95 mi	Suizhou	$621
160 km or 100 mi	Xinzheng	$538
166 km or 103 mi	Fuyang	$633
173 km or 107 mi	Ruzhou	$538
184 km or 114 mi	Xinmi	$528
185 km or 115 mi	Dengzhou	$600
189 km or 117 mi	Dengfeng	$529
194 km or 121 mi	Anlu	$615
200 km or 124 mi	Zhengzhou	$512
203 km or 126 mi	Xiangyang	$604
204 km or 127 mi	Kaifeng	$545
210 km or 130 mi	Xingyang	$519
218 km or 135 mi	Yicheng	$577
219 km or 136 mi	Gongyi	$522
220 km or 137 mi	Shangqiu	$736
221 km or 137 mi	Macheng	$630
226 km or 140 mi	Yanshi	$509
228 km or 142 mi	Xiaogan	$651
230 km or 143 mi	Laohekou	$582
230 km or 143 mi	Yingcheng	$600
234 km or 145 mi	Jingshan	$584
238 km or 148 mi	Luoyang	$505
240 km or 149 mi	Danjiangkou	$583
243 km or 151 mi	Zhongxiang	$577
244 km or 151 mi	Mengzhou	$505
248 km or 154 mi	Yongcheng	$600
256 km or 159 mi	Qinyang	$504