Abu Dhabi vs Damascus - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Abu Dhabi	Damascus
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1802	$672
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4691	$1612
🏠 One person rent	$1140	$271
🏘️ Family rent	$2569	$473
🍽️ Food expenses	$442	$237
🚐 Transport expenses	$69.3	$110
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3906	$56.1
😷 Air quality	Bad	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	11 km	24 km
🎓 Higher education	52	25
😀 Quality of life	83	32
🏙️ Population	1.48M	2.58M

The cost of living in Abu Dhabi is 168% more expensive than in Damascus. Cities ranked 2486th and 7105th ($1802 vs $672) 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 2.2 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 405th and 7854th 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	$10.9	$5.04
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$76.3	$32.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.62	$5
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$10.9	$1.26
☕ Cappuccino	$5.81	$1.27
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.09	$1.04
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1179	$248
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$880	$140
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2759	$531
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2207	$294
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$95.9	$42.9
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$147	$66
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$104	$66.2
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	5.18%	13.49%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4957	$1873
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4315	$880
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.67	$0.1
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$24.7	$17.1
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$7.28	$10.9
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.8	$2.24
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.79	$1.07
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.34	$0.63
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.04	$1.76
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.07	$1.9
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.41	$3.38
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.83	$6.61
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.7	$9.99
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.12	$1.01
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.8	$2.28
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.75	$1.02
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.47	$0.86
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.06	$0.59
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.24	$0.6
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.38	$0.41
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.66	$2.16
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$13.6	$5.5
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.21	$1.01
🚬 Cigarette pack	$6.21	$2.98
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.61	$1.95
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.03	$4.48
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$4.83	$2.47
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$4.95	$3.05
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$66.9	$13.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$13.7	$3.03
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$90.5	$19.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$13.7	$14.4
👖 Brand Jeans	$67.3	$21.8
👟 Brand Sneakers	$105	$47.8
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$667	$48.8
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$12787	$1645

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Cities near Abu Dhabi

Distance	City	Cost of living
117 km or 73 mi	Madinat Zayed	$1630
129 km or 80 mi	Dubai	$2309
142 km or 88 mi	Sharjah	$1503
143 km or 89 mi	Al Ain	$1050
152 km or 94 mi	Ajman	$2084
170 km or 105 mi	Umm al-Quwain	$1768
211 km or 131 mi	Fujairah	$1232
237 km or 147 mi	Ras al-Khaimah	$1603
300 km or 187 mi	Doha	$1810
318 km or 198 mi	Al Khor	$1719
356 km or 221 mi	Bandar Abbas	$728
365 km or 227 mi	Nizwa	$786
395 km or 246 mi	Seeb	$994
425 km or 264 mi	Riffa	$1218
427 km or 265 mi	Manama	$1267
428 km or 266 mi	Isa Town	$1226
439 km or 273 mi	Muscat	$1110
454 km or 282 mi	Jahrom	$561
468 km or 291 mi	Dhahran	$870
481 km or 299 mi	Dammam	$989
486 km or 302 mi	Al-Mubarraz	$783
501 km or 311 mi	Fasa	$556
514 km or 320 mi	Qatif	$878
548 km or 341 mi	Jubail	$928
568 km or 353 mi	Sirjan	$520
575 km or 357 mi	Jiroft	$547
599 km or 372 mi	Shiraz	$558
610 km or 379 mi	Bushehr	$548
617 km or 384 mi	Borazjan	$541
620 km or 385 mi	Marvdasht	$546
632 km or 392 mi	Kazerun	$537
637 km or 396 mi	Chabahar	$687
649 km or 404 mi	Bam	$531
678 km or 421 mi	Rafsanjan	$515
698 km or 434 mi	Kerman	$467
701 km or 435 mi	Iranshahr	$639
741 km or 460 mi	Yasuj	$489
775 km or 481 mi	Riyadh	$1586
790 km or 491 mi	Al Wafrah	$1268
792 km or 492 mi	Behbahan	$507

Cities near Damascus

Distance	City	Cost of living
51 km or 32 mi	Zahle	$857
75 km or 47 mi	Kiryat Shmona	$1604
81 km or 50 mi	Jounieh	$948
83 km or 52 mi	Sidon	$767
83 km or 52 mi	Beirut	$1165
96 km or 59 mi	Safed	$1635
105 km or 65 mi	Tyre	$545
108 km or 67 mi	Tiberias	$1544
110 km or 68 mi	Ma'alot-Tarshiha	$1619
111 km or 69 mi	Tripoli	$708
114 km or 71 mi	Irbid	$630
115 km or 72 mi	Arraba	$1624
116 km or 72 mi	Karmiel	$1579
117 km or 73 mi	Sakhnin	$1612
125 km or 78 mi	Tamra	$1617
125 km or 78 mi	Nahariya	$1565
126 km or 78 mi	Nof HaGalil	$1659
129 km or 80 mi	Nazareth	$1674
130 km or 81 mi	Acre	$1451
131 km or 81 mi	Shefa-'Amr	$1617
135 km or 84 mi	Migdal HaEmek	$1664
136 km or 84 mi	Kiryat Motzkin	$1585
136 km or 85 mi	Kiryat Ata	$1591
137 km or 85 mi	Kiryat Yam	$1604
137 km or 85 mi	Kiryat Bialik	$1607
137 km or 85 mi	Afula	$1614
141 km or 88 mi	Homs	$462
142 km or 88 mi	Nesher	$1532
143 km or 89 mi	Jerash	$598
145 km or 90 mi	Haifa	$1582
145 km or 90 mi	Yokneam Illit	$1706
154 km or 95 mi	Umm al-Fahm	$1708
163 km or 101 mi	Zikhron Ya'akov	$1749
168 km or 105 mi	Baqa-Jatt	$1758
169 km or 105 mi	Pardes Hanna-Karkur	$1787
173 km or 107 mi	Al-Salt	$692
173 km or 108 mi	Nablus	$730
174 km or 108 mi	Hadera	$1556
177 km or 110 mi	Amman	$1004
184 km or 114 mi	Tayibe	$1838