Amman vs Damascus - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 01, 2024

	Amman	Damascus
🚶 Cost of living one person	$981	$583
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2387	$1433
🏠 One person rent	$358	$225
🏘️ Family rent	$600	$409
🍽️ Food expenses	$348	$203
🚐 Transport expenses	$162	$117
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$673	$56.5
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	6 km	24 km
🎓 Higher education	63	25
😀 Quality of life	69	36
🏙️ Population	4.01M	2.5M

The cost of living in Amman is 68% more expensive than in Damascus. Cities ranked 5457th and 7822nd ($981 vs $583) 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 0.7 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 3121st and 7665th 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	$7.28	$4.03
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$43.4	$24
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.61	$4.52
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$6.82	$1.51
☕ Cappuccino	$4.38	$1.29
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.54	$0.95
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$385	$270
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$249	$126
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$675	$474
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$444	$293
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$51	$19.9
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$79.6	$30.2
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$30.7	$49.7
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	7.64%	11.93%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1304	$1756
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$792	$1228
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.77	$0.08
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$53.8	$17
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$11.4	$11.4
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.49	$2.66
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.64	$1.01
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.52	$1.1
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.32	$1.55
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.15	$1.6
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.52	$3.88
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.54	$5.76
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.4	$9.17
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.13	$1.04
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.93	$1.8
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.67	$0.7
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.76	$0.82
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.9	$0.55
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.8	$0.41
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.4	$0.33
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.63	$1.14
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$20.8	$5.47
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.57	$1.01
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.43	$3.03
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$4.91	$3.25
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.71	$0.87
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.5	$0.48
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.85	$0.59
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$61	$12.3
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$12.8	$3.01
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$29.2	$3.85
💇 Haircut, simple	$8.11	$2.79
👖 Brand Jeans	$67.1	$30.6
👟 Brand Sneakers	$108	$50.3
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$241	$94.1
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$5798	$1634

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Cities near Amman

Distance	City	Cost of living
21 km or 13 mi	Al-Salt	$679
36 km or 22 mi	Jerash	$602
68 km or 42 mi	Irbid	$625
69 km or 43 mi	Ramallah	$1011
69 km or 43 mi	Nablus	$849
70 km or 44 mi	Jerusalem	$1948
72 km or 45 mi	Ariel	$1583
74 km or 46 mi	Bethlehem	$964
88 km or 55 mi	Al-Karak	$735
89 km or 56 mi	Modi'in-Maccabim-Re'ut	$1840
91 km or 57 mi	Hebron	$737
92 km or 57 mi	Beit Shemesh	$1366
92 km or 57 mi	Kafr Qasim	$1896
94 km or 58 mi	Rosh HaAyin	$1885
95 km or 59 mi	Tayibe	$1850
95 km or 59 mi	Qalqilya	$760
95 km or 59 mi	Afula	$1660
97 km or 60 mi	Umm al-Fahm	$1728
97 km or 61 mi	Lod	$1752
98 km or 61 mi	Tira	$1873
98 km or 61 mi	Baqa-Jatt	$1746
99 km or 61 mi	Dura	$802
99 km or 62 mi	Yehud	$1900
100 km or 62 mi	Ramla	$2068
100 km or 62 mi	Petah Tikva	$1871
100 km or 62 mi	Kfar Saba	$1920
101 km or 63 mi	Tiberias	$1427
101 km or 63 mi	Hod HaSharon	$2010
102 km or 64 mi	Nof HaGalil	$1660
102 km or 64 mi	Kiryat Ono	$1914
103 km or 64 mi	Arad	$1678
103 km or 64 mi	Nazareth	$1689
104 km or 64 mi	Migdal HaEmek	$1674
104 km or 65 mi	Ra'anana	$1939
105 km or 65 mi	Bnei Brak	$2050
105 km or 65 mi	Herzliya	$2149
105 km or 65 mi	Ramat HaSharon	$1718
106 km or 66 mi	Ramat Gan	$2212
106 km or 66 mi	Rehovot	$1701
107 km or 66 mi	Givatayim	$2113

Cities near Damascus

Distance	City	Cost of living
51 km or 32 mi	Zahle	$882
75 km or 47 mi	Kiryat Shmona	$1673
81 km or 50 mi	Jounieh	$982
83 km or 52 mi	Sidon	$770
83 km or 52 mi	Beirut	$1195
96 km or 59 mi	Safed	$1622
105 km or 65 mi	Tyre	$633
108 km or 67 mi	Tiberias	$1427
110 km or 68 mi	Ma'alot-Tarshiha	$1633
111 km or 69 mi	Tripoli	$665
114 km or 71 mi	Irbid	$625
115 km or 72 mi	Arraba	$1635
116 km or 72 mi	Karmiel	$1617
117 km or 73 mi	Sakhnin	$1645
125 km or 78 mi	Tamra	$1622
125 km or 78 mi	Nahariya	$1570
126 km or 78 mi	Nof HaGalil	$1660
129 km or 80 mi	Nazareth	$1689
130 km or 81 mi	Acre	$1447
131 km or 81 mi	Shefa-'Amr	$1619
135 km or 84 mi	Migdal HaEmek	$1674
136 km or 84 mi	Kiryat Motzkin	$1610
136 km or 85 mi	Kiryat Ata	$1594
137 km or 85 mi	Kiryat Yam	$1601
137 km or 85 mi	Kiryat Bialik	$1594
137 km or 85 mi	Afula	$1660
141 km or 88 mi	Homs	$528
142 km or 88 mi	Nesher	$1467
143 km or 89 mi	Jerash	$602
145 km or 90 mi	Haifa	$1567
145 km or 90 mi	Yokneam Illit	$1744
154 km or 95 mi	Umm al-Fahm	$1728
163 km or 101 mi	Zikhron Ya'akov	$1718
168 km or 105 mi	Baqa-Jatt	$1746
169 km or 105 mi	Pardes Hanna-Karkur	$1725
173 km or 107 mi	Al-Salt	$679
173 km or 108 mi	Nablus	$849
174 km or 108 mi	Hadera	$1593
177 km or 110 mi	Amman	$981
184 km or 114 mi	Tayibe	$1850