Cairo vs Damascus - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Cairo	Damascus
🚶 Cost of living one person	$417	$638
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1080	$1494
🏠 One person rent	$154	$291
🏘️ Family rent	$315	$523
🍽️ Food expenses	$166	$232
🚐 Transport expenses	$38	$80.7
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$165	$55.7
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	12 km	24 km
🎓 Higher education	83	25
😀 Quality of life	58	34
🏙️ Population	9.61M	2.69M

The cost of living in Cairo is 35% less expensive than in Damascus. Cities ranked 8923rd and 7300th ($417 vs $638) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 1st in Egypt and Syria, respectively. Check Egypt vs Syria comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.4 months in Cairo compared to 0.1 months in Damascus. Cairo ranked 1st best city to live in Egypt vs Damascus ranked 1st in Syria, while ranked 5545th and 7688th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Cairo vs Damascus

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	Cairo	Damascus
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$3.9	$5.01
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$18.6	$34.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.73	$4.96
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.26	$1.5
☕ Cappuccino	$1.5	$1.26
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.34	$1.25
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$185	$262
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$113	$154
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$386	$590
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$253	$330
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$16.8	$48.5
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$25.8	$74.5
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$10.1	$67.2
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	14.49%	13.68%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$690	$1862
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$453	$879
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.3	$0.1
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$7.68	$16.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$3.17	$10.9
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.29	$0.43
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.89	$1.07
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.6	$0.63
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.65	$1.76
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.51	$1.76
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.48	$3.37
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.36	$6.69
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.58	$10.1
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.49	$0.99
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.55	$2.12
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.42	$1
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.39	$0.86
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.48	$0.59
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.41	$0.62
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.13	$0.4
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.72	$1.13
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.33	$5.52
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.13	$1.02
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.84	$3.03
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$1.46	$3.24
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.31	$0.87
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.87	$0.48
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.69	$0.59
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$17.3	$13.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$2.97	$3.03
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$11	$3.81
💇 Haircut, simple	$2.86	$2.82
👖 Brand Jeans	$37	$21.8
👟 Brand Sneakers	$101	$47.5
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$90.2	$48.6
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$1985	$1666

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Cities near Cairo

Distance	City	Cost of living
5.9 km or 3.6 mi	Giza	$318
8.1 km or 5 mi	Shubra El Kheima	$365
26 km or 16 mi	Helwan	$335
46 km or 28 mi	Benha	$300
60 km or 37 mi	Shibin El Kom	$305
62 km or 39 mi	Zagazig	$307
84 km or 52 mi	Tanta	$288
93 km or 58 mi	Faiyum	$325
101 km or 63 mi	El Mahalla El Kubra	$269
111 km or 69 mi	Beni Suef	$319
111 km or 69 mi	Mansoura	$301
115 km or 71 mi	Ismailia	$295
125 km or 78 mi	Suez	$272
133 km or 83 mi	Damanhur	$268
161 km or 100 mi	Kafr El Dawwar	$289
161 km or 100 mi	Damietta	$298
166 km or 103 mi	Port Said	$276
179 km or 111 mi	Alexandria	$316
224 km or 139 mi	Minya	$339
319 km or 198 mi	Asyut	$290
347 km or 216 mi	Gaza	$640
351 km or 218 mi	Ofakim	$1684
354 km or 220 mi	Netivot	$1742
360 km or 223 mi	Sderot	$1732
361 km or 224 mi	Dahab	$381
362 km or 225 mi	Eilat	$1577
365 km or 226 mi	Ashkelon	$1511
366 km or 227 mi	Beersheba	$1471
367 km or 228 mi	Rahat	$1686
368 km or 229 mi	Aqaba	$809
379 km or 235 mi	Ashdod	$1837
379 km or 235 mi	Kiryat Gat	$1757
380 km or 236 mi	Dimona	$1716
381 km or 236 mi	El Gouna	$336
383 km or 238 mi	Kiryat Malakhi	$1809
384 km or 239 mi	Sharm El Sheikh	$464
390 km or 242 mi	Yavne	$1884
391 km or 243 mi	Sohag	$360
396 km or 246 mi	Dura	$813
397 km or 246 mi	Rehovot	$1811

Cities near Damascus

Distance	City	Cost of living
51 km or 32 mi	Zahle	$912
75 km or 47 mi	Kiryat Shmona	$1709
81 km or 50 mi	Jounieh	$1020
83 km or 52 mi	Sidon	$798
83 km or 52 mi	Beirut	$1255
96 km or 59 mi	Safed	$1681
105 km or 65 mi	Tyre	$573
108 km or 67 mi	Tiberias	$1600
110 km or 68 mi	Ma'alot-Tarshiha	$1647
111 km or 69 mi	Tripoli	$776
114 km or 71 mi	Irbid	$679
115 km or 72 mi	Arraba	$1633
116 km or 72 mi	Karmiel	$1531
117 km or 73 mi	Sakhnin	$1612
125 km or 78 mi	Tamra	$1655
125 km or 78 mi	Nahariya	$1616
126 km or 78 mi	Nof HaGalil	$1709
129 km or 80 mi	Nazareth	$1732
130 km or 81 mi	Acre	$1502
131 km or 81 mi	Shefa-'Amr	$1677
135 km or 84 mi	Migdal HaEmek	$1742
136 km or 84 mi	Kiryat Motzkin	$1666
136 km or 85 mi	Kiryat Ata	$1647
137 km or 85 mi	Kiryat Bialik	$1666
137 km or 85 mi	Kiryat Yam	$1657
137 km or 85 mi	Afula	$1652
141 km or 88 mi	Homs	$456
142 km or 88 mi	Nesher	$1593
143 km or 89 mi	Jerash	$608
145 km or 90 mi	Haifa	$1645
145 km or 90 mi	Yokneam Illit	$1778
154 km or 95 mi	Umm al-Fahm	$1756
163 km or 101 mi	Zikhron Ya'akov	$1731
168 km or 105 mi	Baqa-Jatt	$1782
169 km or 105 mi	Pardes Hanna-Karkur	$1728
173 km or 107 mi	Al-Salt	$552
173 km or 108 mi	Nablus	$877
174 km or 108 mi	Hadera	$1576
177 km or 110 mi	Amman	$994
184 km or 114 mi	Tayibe	$1902