Amman vs Damascus - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Amman	Damascus
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1009	$671
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2449	$1492
🏠 One person rent	$398	$315
🏘️ Family rent	$666	$505
🍽️ Food expenses	$354	$250
🚐 Transport expenses	$149	$61.5
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$468	$47.6
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	6 km	24 km
🎓 Higher education	64	28
😀 Quality of life	71	39
🏙️ Population	4.01M	2.69M

The cost of living in Amman is 51% more expensive than in Damascus. Cities ranked 5492nd and 7287th ($1009 vs $671) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 1st in Jordan and Syria, respectively. Check Jordan vs Syria comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.5 months in Amman compared to 0.1 months in Damascus. Amman ranked 1st best city to live in Jordan vs Damascus ranked 1st in Syria, while ranked 3561st and 7834th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Amman vs Damascus

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	Amman	Damascus
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$7.09	$7.99
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$56.1	$28.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.03	$5.96
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.59	$1.61
☕ Cappuccino	$4.11	$1.95
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.5	$1.38
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$420	$219
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$267	$160
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$714	$398
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$484	$295
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$67.9	$88
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$103	$135
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$32.3	$54.5
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	7.06%	13.62%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1472	$1865
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$886	$645
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.79	$0.1
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$42.2	$17
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$11.9	$6.96
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.36	$0.43
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.48	$0.98
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.54	$0.5
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.7	$1.66
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.53	$1.83
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.37	$3.22
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.65	$7.18
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.9	$11.5
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.06	$1
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.78	$1.53
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.37	$1.07
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.76	$0.76
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.94	$0.71
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.74	$0.65
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.39	$0.46
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.4	$1.1
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$21.4	$5.97
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.35	$1.01
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.63	$3.02
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.27	$3.03
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.46	$0.86
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.02	$0.48
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.66	$0.59
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$60.4	$16.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$11.4	$2.98
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$34.2	$3.82
💇 Haircut, simple	$7.25	$2.78
👖 Brand Jeans	$53.4	$44.4
👟 Brand Sneakers	$111	$58
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$255	$49.6
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$5786	$1711

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Cities near Amman

Distance	City	Cost of living
21 km or 13 mi	Al-Salt	$548
36 km or 22 mi	Jerash	$748
68 km or 42 mi	Irbid	$753
69 km or 43 mi	Ramallah	$1072
69 km or 43 mi	Nablus	$915
70 km or 44 mi	Jerusalem	$2447
72 km or 45 mi	Ariel	$1732
74 km or 46 mi	Bethlehem	$987
88 km or 55 mi	Al-Karak	$718
89 km or 56 mi	Modi'in-Maccabim-Re'ut	$2100
91 km or 57 mi	Hebron	$837
92 km or 57 mi	Beit Shemesh	$1747
92 km or 57 mi	Kafr Qasim	$2150
94 km or 58 mi	Rosh HaAyin	$2153
95 km or 59 mi	Tayibe	$2108
95 km or 59 mi	Qalqilya	$807
95 km or 59 mi	Afula	$1817
97 km or 60 mi	Umm al-Fahm	$1954
97 km or 61 mi	Lod	$1998
98 km or 61 mi	Tira	$2153
98 km or 61 mi	Baqa-Jatt	$2001
99 km or 61 mi	Dura	$1021
99 km or 62 mi	Yehud	$2142
100 km or 62 mi	Ramla	$2347
100 km or 62 mi	Petah Tikva	$2124
100 km or 62 mi	Kfar Saba	$2214
101 km or 63 mi	Tiberias	$1808
101 km or 63 mi	Hod HaSharon	$2191
102 km or 64 mi	Nof HaGalil	$1862
102 km or 64 mi	Kiryat Ono	$2135
103 km or 64 mi	Arad	$1855
103 km or 64 mi	Nazareth	$1850
104 km or 64 mi	Migdal HaEmek	$1917
104 km or 65 mi	Ra'anana	$2290
105 km or 65 mi	Bnei Brak	$2286
105 km or 65 mi	Herzliya	$2937
105 km or 65 mi	Ramat HaSharon	$1974
106 km or 66 mi	Ramat Gan	$2440
106 km or 66 mi	Rehovot	$1947
107 km or 66 mi	Givatayim	$2303

Cities near Damascus

Distance	City	Cost of living
51 km or 32 mi	Zahle	$930
75 km or 47 mi	Kiryat Shmona	$1808
81 km or 50 mi	Jounieh	$1028
83 km or 52 mi	Sidon	$822
83 km or 52 mi	Beirut	$1261
96 km or 59 mi	Safed	$1847
105 km or 65 mi	Tyre	$647
108 km or 67 mi	Tiberias	$1808
110 km or 68 mi	Ma'alot-Tarshiha	$1803
111 km or 69 mi	Tripoli	$787
114 km or 71 mi	Irbid	$753
115 km or 72 mi	Arraba	$1789
116 km or 72 mi	Karmiel	$1630
117 km or 73 mi	Sakhnin	$1745
125 km or 78 mi	Tamra	$1798
125 km or 78 mi	Nahariya	$1775
126 km or 78 mi	Nof HaGalil	$1862
129 km or 80 mi	Nazareth	$1850
130 km or 81 mi	Acre	$1633
131 km or 81 mi	Shefa-'Amr	$1828
135 km or 84 mi	Migdal HaEmek	$1917
136 km or 84 mi	Kiryat Motzkin	$1842
136 km or 85 mi	Kiryat Ata	$1769
137 km or 85 mi	Kiryat Yam	$1819
137 km or 85 mi	Kiryat Bialik	$1804
137 km or 85 mi	Afula	$1817
141 km or 88 mi	Homs	$402
142 km or 88 mi	Nesher	$1757
143 km or 89 mi	Jerash	$748
145 km or 90 mi	Haifa	$1840
145 km or 90 mi	Yokneam Illit	$1932
154 km or 95 mi	Umm al-Fahm	$1954
163 km or 101 mi	Zikhron Ya'akov	$1978
168 km or 105 mi	Baqa-Jatt	$2001
169 km or 105 mi	Pardes Hanna-Karkur	$1991
173 km or 107 mi	Al-Salt	$548
173 km or 108 mi	Nablus	$915
174 km or 108 mi	Hadera	$1786
177 km or 110 mi	Amman	$1009
184 km or 114 mi	Tayibe	$2108