Abidjan vs Dammam - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Abidjan	Dammam
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1164	$989
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3101	$2504
🏠 One person rent	$551	$419
🏘️ Family rent	$1338	$757
🍽️ Food expenses	$332	$327
🚐 Transport expenses	$184	$128
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$201	$2391
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	14 km	19 km
🎓 Higher education	34	39
😀 Quality of life	37	73
🏙️ Population	4.98M	903K

The cost of living in Abidjan is 18% more expensive than in Dammam. Cities ranked 4695th and 5777th ($1164 vs $989) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 4th in Ivory Coast and Saudi Arabia, respectively. Check Ivory Coast vs Saudi Arabia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.2 months in Abidjan compared to 2.4 months in Dammam. Abidjan ranked 1st best city to live in Ivory Coast vs Dammam ranked 3rd in Saudi Arabia, while ranked 7254th and 1641st among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Abidjan vs Dammam

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	Abidjan	Dammam
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$3.43	$6.51
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$50.6	$40.2
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.7	$7.92
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.03	$1.72
☕ Cappuccino	$2.5	$4.01
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.79	$0.82
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$789	$285
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$282	$281
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1773	$662
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$945	$560
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$114	$73.5
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$174	$113
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$53.5	$63.5
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	11.57%	4.01%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2228	$1159
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1321	$1119
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.95	$1.06
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$46.3	$33.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$15.4	$24.7
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.44	$0.62
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$2.45	$1.69
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.65	$1.43
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.1	$2.1
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.23	$2.49
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.4	$7.16
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.2	$8.46
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.39	$11.3
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.68	$2.26
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1	$1.62
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.5	$1.51
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.41	$1.74
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.38	$1.44
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.71	$1.3
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.56	$0.41
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.67	$2.32
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$8.57	$2.13
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.94	$1.72
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.23	$8.06
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.39	$3.16
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.75	$3.91
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.27	$2.57
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.48	$2.35
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$69.9	$77.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$8.54	$16.5
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$30.2	$30.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$9.68	$4.76
👖 Brand Jeans	$68.1	$67.7
👟 Brand Sneakers	$68.2	$86.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$168	$417
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$3084	$8345

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Cities near Abidjan

Distance	City	Cost of living
36 km or 22 mi	Grand-Bassam	$1014
39 km or 24 mi	Dabou	$1011
70 km or 43 mi	Agboville	$1012
157 km or 98 mi	Divo	$1034
166 km or 103 mi	Abengourou	$1015
215 km or 134 mi	Yamoussoukro	$1021
229 km or 142 mi	Gagnoa	$1035
255 km or 158 mi	Sekondi-Takoradi	$548
276 km or 172 mi	Obuasi	$546
284 km or 176 mi	Bouake	$1071
306 km or 190 mi	Kumasi	$412
425 km or 264 mi	Koforidua	$585
426 km or 265 mi	Accra	$747
444 km or 276 mi	Ashaiman	$546
445 km or 277 mi	Tema	$368
491 km or 305 mi	Korhogo	$1047
517 km or 321 mi	Ho	$345
537 km or 334 mi	Hohoe	$570
544 km or 338 mi	Kpalime	$656
556 km or 345 mi	Greenville	$494
557 km or 346 mi	Yekepa	$494
564 km or 350 mi	Sanniquellie	$495
572 km or 356 mi	Tamale	$492
587 km or 365 mi	Lome	$711
593 km or 369 mi	Nzerekore	$971
619 km or 385 mi	Atakpame	$655
651 km or 404 mi	Bobo-Dioulasso	$766
659 km or 410 mi	Sotouboua	$652
675 km or 419 mi	Leo	$751
689 km or 428 mi	Sikasso	$503
696 km or 433 mi	Abomey	$617
699 km or 434 mi	Sokode	$652
712 km or 442 mi	Kakata	$494
722 km or 449 mi	Cotonou	$755
742 km or 461 mi	Kara	$656
746 km or 463 mi	Porto-Novo	$710
758 km or 471 mi	Monrovia	$528
764 km or 475 mi	Gueckedou	$983
775 km or 482 mi	Manga	$761
776 km or 482 mi	Bougouni	$496

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