Amman vs Damascus - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	Amman	Damascus
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1013	$675
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2483	$1514
🏠 One person rent	$392	$310
🏘️ Family rent	$659	$498
🍽️ Food expenses	$366	$255
🚐 Transport expenses	$144	$62.5
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$406	$48.3
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	6 km	24 km
🎓 Higher education	65	29
😀 Quality of life	73	40
🏙️ Population	4.01M	2.69M

The cost of living in Amman is 50% more expensive than in Damascus. Cities ranked 5560th and 7406th ($1013 vs $675) 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 0.4 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 2560th and 7899th 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	$7.07	$9.24
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$56.3	$30.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.04	$5.96
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$6.49	$1.75
☕ Cappuccino	$4.52	$2.26
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.51	$1.57
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$403	$251
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$258	$145
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$723	$459
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$460	$268
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$72.7	$89
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$113	$137
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$32.9	$54.5
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	7.25%	14.16%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1502	$1767
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$978	$627
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.77	$0.1
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$38.7	$14.3
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$12	$8
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.37	$0.37
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.57	$0.86
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.58	$0.49
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.65	$1.61
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.52	$1.75
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.26	$3.05
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.26	$6.08
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.9	$13.2
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.35	$0.99
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.05	$1.53
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.42	$1.1
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.79	$0.88
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.94	$0.77
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.72	$0.69
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.42	$0.46
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.39	$0.93
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$21	$6.88
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.88	$0.97
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.65	$2.69
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.24	$3.14
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.48	$0.99
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.01	$0.56
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.59	$0.68
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$62.4	$18.5
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$11.3	$3.42
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$33.9	$4.39
💇 Haircut, simple	$7.24	$3.18
👖 Brand Jeans	$58	$40.8
👟 Brand Sneakers	$112	$62.9
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$293	$56.8
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$6690	$1770

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Cities near Amman

Distance	City	Cost of living
21 km or 13 mi	Al-Salt	$546
36 km or 22 mi	Jerash	$740
68 km or 42 mi	Irbid	$753
69 km or 43 mi	Ramallah	$1122
69 km or 43 mi	Nablus	$978
70 km or 44 mi	Jerusalem	$2483
72 km or 45 mi	Ariel	$1821
74 km or 46 mi	Bethlehem	$1010
88 km or 55 mi	Al-Karak	$724
89 km or 56 mi	Modi'in-Maccabim-Re'ut	$2198
91 km or 57 mi	Hebron	$895
92 km or 57 mi	Beit Shemesh	$1823
92 km or 57 mi	Kafr Qasim	$2288
94 km or 58 mi	Rosh HaAyin	$2270
95 km or 59 mi	Tayibe	$2207
95 km or 59 mi	Qalqilya	$910
95 km or 59 mi	Afula	$1909
97 km or 60 mi	Umm al-Fahm	$2061
97 km or 61 mi	Lod	$2154
98 km or 61 mi	Tira	$2274
98 km or 61 mi	Baqa-Jatt	$2098
99 km or 61 mi	Dura	$1062
99 km or 62 mi	Yehud	$2260
100 km or 62 mi	Ramla	$2346
100 km or 62 mi	Petah Tikva	$2253
100 km or 62 mi	Kfar Saba	$2346
101 km or 63 mi	Tiberias	$1870
101 km or 63 mi	Hod HaSharon	$2320
102 km or 64 mi	Nof HaGalil	$2000
102 km or 64 mi	Kiryat Ono	$2192
103 km or 64 mi	Arad	$1946
103 km or 64 mi	Nazareth	$1981
104 km or 64 mi	Migdal HaEmek	$2027
104 km or 65 mi	Ra'anana	$2432
105 km or 65 mi	Bnei Brak	$2385
105 km or 65 mi	Herzliya	$3089
105 km or 65 mi	Ramat HaSharon	$2110
106 km or 66 mi	Ramat Gan	$2451
106 km or 66 mi	Rehovot	$2066
107 km or 66 mi	Givatayim	$2449

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