Belgrade vs Damascus - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: June 21, 2026

	Belgrade	Damascus
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1349	$706
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3200	$1602
🏠 One person rent	$719	$323
🏘️ Family rent	$1228	$531
🍽️ Food expenses	$408	$270
🚐 Transport expenses	$100	$66.7
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1238	$45
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	12 km	24 km
🎓 Higher education	50	29
😀 Quality of life	73	40
🏙️ Population	1.2M	2.69M

The cost of living in Belgrade is 91% more expensive than in Damascus. Cities ranked 4429th and 7245th ($1349 vs $706) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 1st in Serbia and Syria, respectively. Check Serbia vs Syria comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.9 months in Belgrade compared to 0.1 months in Damascus. Belgrade ranked 1st best city to live in Serbia vs Damascus ranked 1st in Syria, while ranked 2274th and 7855th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Belgrade vs Damascus

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	Belgrade	Damascus
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$12.3	$9.98
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$51.2	$35
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$12.3	$6.8
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.39	$1.89
☕ Cappuccino	$3.02	$2.62
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.83	$1.79
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$737	$287
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$504	$168
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1331	$529
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$899	$309
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$136	$85.3
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$209	$131
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$33.3	$46.4
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4.59%	14.35%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5349	$1741
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3213	$605
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.92	$0.12
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$27.1	$12
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$11.7	$9.2
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.93	$0.42
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.38	$0.98
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.08	$0.45
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.18	$1.63
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.71	$1.6
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.8	$3.53
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.14	$5.65
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.6	$13.9
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.57	$0.97
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2	$1.44
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.99	$1.07
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.29	$1.02
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.94	$0.75
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.75	$0.67
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.48	$0.45
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.69	$1.08
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$10.2	$5.96
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.9	$0.96
🚬 Cigarette pack	$4.65	$2.77
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.02	$3.6
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.94	$1.14
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.32	$0.65
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.33	$0.78
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$40.6	$21.1
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$8.31	$3.92
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$39.2	$5.04
💇 Haircut, simple	$9.58	$3.64
👖 Brand Jeans	$110	$34.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$113	$59.9
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$421	$65
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$11454	$1772

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Cities near Belgrade

Distance	City	Cost of living
70 km or 44 mi	Novi Sad	$1168
77 km or 48 mi	Valjevo	$841
97 km or 60 mi	Kragujevac	$932
99 km or 61 mi	Bijeljina	$727
103 km or 64 mi	Cacak	$826
121 km or 75 mi	Timisoara	$1000
124 km or 77 mi	Resita	$722
145 km or 90 mi	Tuzla	$710
155 km or 97 mi	Subotica	$848
161 km or 100 mi	Szeged	$1076
163 km or 101 mi	Osijek	$1169
164 km or 102 mi	Arad	$719
174 km or 108 mi	Drobeta-Turnu Severin	$709
180 km or 112 mi	Hodmezovasarhely	$915
184 km or 115 mi	Doboj	$667
185 km or 115 mi	Novi Pazar	$832
192 km or 120 mi	Baja	$1067
194 km or 121 mi	Sarajevo	$949
196 km or 122 mi	Slavonski Brod	$971
202 km or 125 mi	Nis	$830
213 km or 132 mi	Vidin	$673
213 km or 132 mi	Bekescsaba	$957
214 km or 133 mi	Zenica	$594
217 km or 135 mi	Mitrovica	$581
218 km or 136 mi	Mojkovac	$1119
219 km or 136 mi	Hunedoara	$643
219 km or 136 mi	Szekszard	$978
222 km or 138 mi	Targu Jiu	$824
223 km or 139 mi	Pecs	$1189
224 km or 139 mi	Berane	$1093
224 km or 139 mi	Deva	$696
240 km or 149 mi	Kecskemet	$1019
246 km or 153 mi	Pristina	$718
251 km or 156 mi	Plav	$1092
259 km or 161 mi	Banja Luka	$972
263 km or 164 mi	Szolnok	$941
267 km or 166 mi	Mostar	$758
268 km or 166 mi	Cegled	$1139
269 km or 167 mi	Dunaujvaros	$914
271 km or 168 mi	Kaposvar	$893

Cities near Damascus

Distance	City	Cost of living
51 km or 32 mi	Zahle	$1093
75 km or 47 mi	Kiryat Shmona	$2164
81 km or 50 mi	Jounieh	$1204
83 km or 52 mi	Sidon	$927
83 km or 52 mi	Beirut	$1441
96 km or 59 mi	Safed	$2195
105 km or 65 mi	Tyre	$700
108 km or 67 mi	Tiberias	$2044
110 km or 68 mi	Ma'alot-Tarshiha	$2153
111 km or 69 mi	Tripoli	$841
114 km or 71 mi	Irbid	$771
115 km or 72 mi	Arraba	$2150
116 km or 72 mi	Karmiel	$2008
117 km or 73 mi	Sakhnin	$2112
125 km or 78 mi	Tamra	$2142
125 km or 78 mi	Nahariya	$2069
126 km or 78 mi	Nof HaGalil	$2172
129 km or 80 mi	Nazareth	$2125
130 km or 81 mi	Acre	$1873
131 km or 81 mi	Shefa-'Amr	$2122
135 km or 84 mi	Migdal HaEmek	$2165
136 km or 84 mi	Kiryat Motzkin	$2113
136 km or 85 mi	Kiryat Ata	$2047
137 km or 85 mi	Kiryat Bialik	$2089
137 km or 85 mi	Kiryat Yam	$2095
137 km or 85 mi	Afula	$2133
141 km or 88 mi	Homs	$390
142 km or 88 mi	Nesher	$2043
143 km or 89 mi	Jerash	$745
145 km or 90 mi	Haifa	$1891
145 km or 90 mi	Yokneam Illit	$2184
154 km or 95 mi	Umm al-Fahm	$2245
163 km or 101 mi	Zikhron Ya'akov	$2230
168 km or 105 mi	Baqa-Jatt	$2214
169 km or 105 mi	Pardes Hanna-Karkur	$2129
173 km or 107 mi	Al-Salt	$538
173 km or 108 mi	Nablus	$1070
174 km or 108 mi	Hadera	$1918
177 km or 110 mi	Amman	$1032
184 km or 114 mi	Tayibe	$2347