Austin vs Damascus - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Austin	Damascus
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2416	$671
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5487	$1492
🏠 One person rent	$1511	$315
🏘️ Family rent	$2463	$505
🍽️ Food expenses	$601	$250
🚐 Transport expenses	$126	$61.5
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4904	$47.6
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	13 km	24 km
🎓 Higher education	66	28
😀 Quality of life	92	39
🏙️ Population	962K	2.69M

The cost of living in Austin is 260% more expensive than in Damascus. Cities ranked 1002nd and 7287th ($2416 vs $671) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 879th and 1st in the United States and Syria, respectively. Check the United States vs Syria comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 2 months in Austin compared to 0.1 months in Damascus. Austin ranked 44th best city to live in the United States vs Damascus ranked 1st in Syria, while ranked 151st and 7834th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Austin vs Damascus

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	Austin	Damascus
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$19.1	$7.99
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$70	$28.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$11.3	$5.96
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$6.73	$1.61
☕ Cappuccino	$5.77	$1.95
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.79	$1.38
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1903	$219
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1193	$160
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$3088	$398
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2013	$295
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$109	$88
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$168	$135
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$66.9	$54.5
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.54%	13.62%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4361	$1865
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3258	$645
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.41	$0.1
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$41.9	$17
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$19.3	$6.96
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.74	$0.43
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.98	$0.98
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.9	$0.5
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.85	$1.66
🥚 Eggs, x12	$5.21	$1.83
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.9	$3.22
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.2	$7.18
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.4	$11.5
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.18	$1
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.57	$1.53
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.46	$1.07
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.8	$0.76
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.3	$0.71
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.73	$0.65
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.42	$0.46
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.9	$1.1
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$15.3	$5.97
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.86	$1.01
🚬 Cigarette pack	$9.24	$3.02
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.78	$3.03
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.95	$0.86
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$4.19	$0.48
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.2	$0.59
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$62.2	$16.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$14.6	$2.98
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$129	$3.82
💇 Haircut, simple	$25.8	$2.78
👖 Brand Jeans	$56.5	$44.4
👟 Brand Sneakers	$95.3	$58
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1317	$49.6
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$21266	$1711

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Cities near Austin

Distance	City	Cost of living
19 km or 12 mi	Pflugerville	$2196
25 km or 15 mi	Round Rock	$2148
25 km or 15 mi	Cedar Park	$2221
31 km or 20 mi	Leander	$2241
37 km or 23 mi	Kyle	$2222
39 km or 24 mi	Georgetown	$2188
51 km or 32 mi	San Marcos	$2215
76 km or 47 mi	New Braunfels	$2233
84 km or 52 mi	Seguin	$2210
86 km or 53 mi	Harker Heights	$2075
90 km or 56 mi	Killeen	$2022
93 km or 58 mi	Copperas Cove	$2105
95 km or 59 mi	Cibolo	$2178
96 km or 60 mi	Schertz	$2164
96 km or 60 mi	Temple	$2136
122 km or 76 mi	San Antonio	$2023
137 km or 85 mi	Bryan	$1993
138 km or 86 mi	Kerrville	$2169
140 km or 87 mi	College Station	$1900
150 km or 93 mi	Waco	$2279
180 km or 112 mi	Victoria	$2220
204 km or 126 mi	Rosenberg	$2209
214 km or 133 mi	Huntsville	$2020
215 km or 133 mi	The Woodlands	$2730
218 km or 136 mi	Stephenville	$2154
218 km or 136 mi	Conroe	$1828
219 km or 136 mi	Sugar Land	$2229
226 km or 140 mi	Missouri	$2216
227 km or 141 mi	Spring	$2094
230 km or 143 mi	Cleburne	$2185
233 km or 145 mi	Corsicana	$2186
234 km or 145 mi	Houston	$2240
248 km or 154 mi	Waxahachie	$2187
249 km or 155 mi	Pearland	$2177
252 km or 156 mi	Burleson	$2184
252 km or 157 mi	Midlothian	$2190
256 km or 159 mi	Pasadena	$2240
258 km or 160 mi	Alvin	$2095
260 km or 161 mi	Friendswood	$2155
260 km or 161 mi	Mansfield	$2302

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