Abidjan vs Damascus - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Abidjan	Damascus
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1022	$638
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2885	$1494
🏠 One person rent	$439	$291
🏘️ Family rent	$1190	$523
🍽️ Food expenses	$311	$232
🚐 Transport expenses	$173	$80.7
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$156	$55.7
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	14 km	24 km
🎓 Higher education	34	25
😀 Quality of life	37	34
🏙️ Population	4.98M	2.69M

The cost of living in Abidjan is 60% more expensive than in Damascus. Cities ranked 5348th and 7300th ($1022 vs $638) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 1st in Ivory Coast and Syria, respectively. Check Ivory Coast vs Syria comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.2 months in Abidjan compared to 0.1 months in Damascus. Abidjan ranked 1st best city to live in Ivory Coast vs Damascus ranked 1st in Syria, while ranked 7322nd and 7688th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Abidjan vs Damascus

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	Abidjan	Damascus
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$3.2	$5.01
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$48.1	$34.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.93	$4.96
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.96	$1.5
☕ Cappuccino	$2.07	$1.26
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.75	$1.25
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$469	$262
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$247	$154
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1585	$590
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$834	$330
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$106	$48.5
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$164	$74.5
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$42.1	$67.2
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	12.73%	13.68%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2092	$1862
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1233	$879
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.81	$0.1
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$44	$16.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$14.4	$10.9
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.37	$0.43
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$2.5	$1.07
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.55	$0.63
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.23	$1.76
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.02	$1.76
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.7	$3.37
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.08	$6.69
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.71	$10.1
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.38	$0.99
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.03	$2.12
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.7	$1
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.49	$0.86
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.48	$0.59
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.56	$0.62
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.53	$0.4
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.53	$1.13
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$8.05	$5.52
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.92	$1.02
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.28	$3.03
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.03	$3.24
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.52	$0.87
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.2	$0.48
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.32	$0.59
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$66.7	$13.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$7.97	$3.03
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$28.2	$3.81
💇 Haircut, simple	$9.68	$2.82
👖 Brand Jeans	$72.2	$21.8
👟 Brand Sneakers	$78.6	$47.5
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$252	$48.6
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$2459	$1666

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Cities near Abidjan

Distance	City	Cost of living
36 km or 22 mi	Grand-Bassam	$881
39 km or 24 mi	Dabou	$882
70 km or 43 mi	Agboville	$882
157 km or 98 mi	Divo	$906
166 km or 103 mi	Abengourou	$889
215 km or 134 mi	Yamoussoukro	$887
229 km or 142 mi	Gagnoa	$904
255 km or 158 mi	Sekondi-Takoradi	$577
276 km or 172 mi	Obuasi	$551
284 km or 176 mi	Bouake	$937
306 km or 190 mi	Kumasi	$433
425 km or 264 mi	Koforidua	$588
426 km or 265 mi	Accra	$729
444 km or 276 mi	Ashaiman	$560
445 km or 277 mi	Tema	$553
491 km or 305 mi	Korhogo	$916
517 km or 321 mi	Ho	$354
537 km or 334 mi	Hohoe	$575
544 km or 338 mi	Kpalime	$632
556 km or 345 mi	Greenville	$487
557 km or 346 mi	Yekepa	$487
564 km or 350 mi	Sanniquellie	$487
572 km or 356 mi	Tamale	$507
587 km or 365 mi	Lome	$755
593 km or 369 mi	Nzerekore	$999
619 km or 385 mi	Atakpame	$647
651 km or 404 mi	Bobo-Dioulasso	$757
659 km or 410 mi	Sotouboua	$649
675 km or 419 mi	Leo	$753
689 km or 428 mi	Sikasso	$499
696 km or 433 mi	Abomey	$590
699 km or 434 mi	Sokode	$651
712 km or 442 mi	Kakata	$487
722 km or 449 mi	Cotonou	$709
742 km or 461 mi	Kara	$658
746 km or 463 mi	Porto-Novo	$670
758 km or 471 mi	Monrovia	$523
764 km or 475 mi	Gueckedou	$1009
775 km or 482 mi	Manga	$774
776 km or 482 mi	Bougouni	$489

Cities near Damascus

Distance	City	Cost of living
51 km or 32 mi	Zahle	$912
75 km or 47 mi	Kiryat Shmona	$1709
81 km or 50 mi	Jounieh	$1020
83 km or 52 mi	Sidon	$798
83 km or 52 mi	Beirut	$1255
96 km or 59 mi	Safed	$1681
105 km or 65 mi	Tyre	$573
108 km or 67 mi	Tiberias	$1600
110 km or 68 mi	Ma'alot-Tarshiha	$1647
111 km or 69 mi	Tripoli	$776
114 km or 71 mi	Irbid	$679
115 km or 72 mi	Arraba	$1633
116 km or 72 mi	Karmiel	$1531
117 km or 73 mi	Sakhnin	$1612
125 km or 78 mi	Tamra	$1655
125 km or 78 mi	Nahariya	$1616
126 km or 78 mi	Nof HaGalil	$1709
129 km or 80 mi	Nazareth	$1732
130 km or 81 mi	Acre	$1502
131 km or 81 mi	Shefa-'Amr	$1677
135 km or 84 mi	Migdal HaEmek	$1742
136 km or 84 mi	Kiryat Motzkin	$1666
136 km or 85 mi	Kiryat Ata	$1647
137 km or 85 mi	Kiryat Bialik	$1666
137 km or 85 mi	Kiryat Yam	$1657
137 km or 85 mi	Afula	$1652
141 km or 88 mi	Homs	$456
142 km or 88 mi	Nesher	$1593
143 km or 89 mi	Jerash	$608
145 km or 90 mi	Haifa	$1645
145 km or 90 mi	Yokneam Illit	$1778
154 km or 95 mi	Umm al-Fahm	$1756
163 km or 101 mi	Zikhron Ya'akov	$1731
168 km or 105 mi	Baqa-Jatt	$1782
169 km or 105 mi	Pardes Hanna-Karkur	$1728
173 km or 107 mi	Al-Salt	$552
173 km or 108 mi	Nablus	$877
174 km or 108 mi	Hadera	$1576
177 km or 110 mi	Amman	$994
184 km or 114 mi	Tayibe	$1902