Abu Dhabi vs Damascus - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	Abu Dhabi	Damascus
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2070	$675
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4485	$1514
🏠 One person rent	$1417	$310
🏘️ Family rent	$2400	$498
🍽️ Food expenses	$439	$255
🚐 Transport expenses	$72.3	$62.5
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$2675	$48.3
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	11 km	24 km
🎓 Higher education	51	29
😀 Quality of life	85	40
🏙️ Population	1.57M	2.69M

The cost of living in Abu Dhabi is 207% more expensive than in Damascus. Cities ranked 1859th and 7406th ($2070 vs $675) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 3rd and 1st in the United Arab Emirates and Syria, respectively. Check the United Arab Emirates vs Syria comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.3 months in Abu Dhabi compared to 0.1 months in Damascus. Abu Dhabi ranked 3rd best city to live in the United Arab Emirates vs Damascus ranked 1st in Syria, while ranked 447th and 7899th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Abu Dhabi vs Damascus

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	Abu Dhabi	Damascus
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$9.29	$9.24
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$68.6	$30.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.56	$5.96
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$10.8	$1.75
☕ Cappuccino	$5.55	$2.26
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.15	$1.57
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1520	$251
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1151	$145
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2679	$459
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2026	$268
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$95.7	$89
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$146	$137
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$97.1	$54.5
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	5.26%	14.16%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4936	$1767
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$10145	$627
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.68	$0.1
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$25.9	$14.3
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$7.58	$8
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.75	$0.37
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.83	$0.86
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.62	$0.49
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.49	$1.61
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.36	$1.75
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.6	$3.05
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.91	$6.08
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.4	$13.2
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.39	$0.99
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.82	$1.53
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.75	$1.1
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.36	$0.88
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.17	$0.77
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.38	$0.69
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.41	$0.46
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.45	$0.93
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$13.5	$6.88
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.38	$0.97
🚬 Cigarette pack	$6.2	$2.69
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$4.82	$3.14
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$6.05	$0.99
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$4.75	$0.56
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$5	$0.68
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$63.9	$18.5
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$13.5	$3.42
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$79.6	$4.39
💇 Haircut, simple	$16.9	$3.18
👖 Brand Jeans	$55.9	$40.8
👟 Brand Sneakers	$94.2	$62.9
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$649	$56.8
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$13889	$1770

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Cities near Abu Dhabi

Distance	City	Cost of living
117 km or 73 mi	Madinat Zayed	$1710
129 km or 80 mi	Dubai	$2420
142 km or 88 mi	Sharjah	$1473
143 km or 89 mi	Al Ain	$1457
152 km or 94 mi	Ajman	$2183
170 km or 105 mi	Umm al-Quwain	$1148
211 km or 131 mi	Fujairah	$1214
237 km or 147 mi	Ras al-Khaimah	$1373
300 km or 187 mi	Doha	$2014
318 km or 198 mi	Al Khor	$1923
356 km or 221 mi	Bandar Abbas	$635
365 km or 227 mi	Nizwa	$796
395 km or 246 mi	Seeb	$1080
425 km or 264 mi	Riffa	$1109
427 km or 265 mi	Manama	$1309
428 km or 266 mi	Isa Town	$1192
439 km or 273 mi	Muscat	$1135
454 km or 282 mi	Jahrom	$545
468 km or 291 mi	Dhahran	$931
481 km or 299 mi	Dammam	$1037
486 km or 302 mi	Al-Mubarraz	$793
501 km or 311 mi	Fasa	$541
514 km or 320 mi	Qatif	$823
548 km or 341 mi	Jubail	$928
568 km or 353 mi	Sirjan	$545
575 km or 357 mi	Jiroft	$575
599 km or 372 mi	Shiraz	$565
610 km or 379 mi	Bushehr	$465
617 km or 384 mi	Borazjan	$489
620 km or 385 mi	Marvdasht	$547
632 km or 392 mi	Kazerun	$523
637 km or 396 mi	Chabahar	$575
649 km or 404 mi	Bam	$563
678 km or 421 mi	Rafsanjan	$613
698 km or 434 mi	Kerman	$761
701 km or 435 mi	Iranshahr	$627
741 km or 460 mi	Yasuj	$487
775 km or 481 mi	Riyadh	$1632
790 km or 491 mi	Al Wafrah	$1281
792 km or 492 mi	Behbahan	$492

Cities near Damascus

Distance	City	Cost of living
51 km or 32 mi	Zahle	$1005
75 km or 47 mi	Kiryat Shmona	$1925
81 km or 50 mi	Jounieh	$1106
83 km or 52 mi	Sidon	$865
83 km or 52 mi	Beirut	$1353
96 km or 59 mi	Safed	$1973
105 km or 65 mi	Tyre	$676
108 km or 67 mi	Tiberias	$1870
110 km or 68 mi	Ma'alot-Tarshiha	$1929
111 km or 69 mi	Tripoli	$842
114 km or 71 mi	Irbid	$753
115 km or 72 mi	Arraba	$1917
116 km or 72 mi	Karmiel	$1770
117 km or 73 mi	Sakhnin	$1873
125 km or 78 mi	Tamra	$1934
125 km or 78 mi	Nahariya	$1894
126 km or 78 mi	Nof HaGalil	$2000
129 km or 80 mi	Nazareth	$1981
130 km or 81 mi	Acre	$1766
131 km or 81 mi	Shefa-'Amr	$1960
135 km or 84 mi	Migdal HaEmek	$2027
136 km or 84 mi	Kiryat Motzkin	$1936
136 km or 85 mi	Kiryat Ata	$1911
137 km or 85 mi	Kiryat Yam	$1949
137 km or 85 mi	Kiryat Bialik	$1940
137 km or 85 mi	Afula	$1909
141 km or 88 mi	Homs	$385
142 km or 88 mi	Nesher	$1856
143 km or 89 mi	Jerash	$740
145 km or 90 mi	Haifa	$1930
145 km or 90 mi	Yokneam Illit	$2071
154 km or 95 mi	Umm al-Fahm	$2061
163 km or 101 mi	Zikhron Ya'akov	$2103
168 km or 105 mi	Baqa-Jatt	$2098
169 km or 105 mi	Pardes Hanna-Karkur	$2101
173 km or 107 mi	Al-Salt	$546
173 km or 108 mi	Nablus	$978
174 km or 108 mi	Hadera	$1887
177 km or 110 mi	Amman	$1013
184 km or 114 mi	Tayibe	$2207