Columbus vs Damascus - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: June 21, 2026

	Columbus	Damascus
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2140	$706
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5154	$1602
🏠 One person rent	$1207	$323
🏘️ Family rent	$2066	$531
🍽️ Food expenses	$667	$270
🚐 Transport expenses	$126	$66.7
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3790	$45
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	10 km	24 km
🎓 Higher education	73	29
😀 Quality of life	88	40
🏙️ Population	906K	2.69M

The cost of living in Columbus is 203% more expensive than in Damascus. Cities ranked 1634th and 7245th ($2140 vs $706) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1324th 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 1.8 months in Columbus compared to 0.1 months in Damascus. Columbus ranked 73rd best city to live in the United States vs Damascus ranked 1st in Syria, while ranked 266th and 7855th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Columbus vs Damascus

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	Columbus	Damascus
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$20.9	$9.98
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$68.2	$35
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$12.1	$6.8
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$6.36	$1.89
☕ Cappuccino	$5.1	$2.62
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.65	$1.79
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1354	$287
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$919	$168
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2171	$529
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1698	$309
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$141	$85.3
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$213	$131
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$60.4	$46.4
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.08%	14.35%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3423	$1741
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1817	$605
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.99	$0.12
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$60.7	$12
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$15.5	$9.2
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.92	$0.42
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.89	$0.98
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$3.07	$0.45
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.49	$1.63
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.28	$1.6
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.1	$3.53
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14	$5.65
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$16	$13.9
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.58	$0.97
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.65	$1.44
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.1	$1.07
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.77	$1.02
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.59	$0.75
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.43	$0.67
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.55	$0.45
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$4.03	$1.08
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$18.5	$5.96
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.77	$0.96
🚬 Cigarette pack	$9.99	$2.77
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.23	$3.6
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.74	$1.14
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$4.09	$0.65
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.21	$0.78
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$38.4	$21.1
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$12.2	$3.92
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$86.1	$5.04
💇 Haircut, simple	$20.2	$3.64
👖 Brand Jeans	$56.5	$34.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$90.8	$59.9
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1464	$65
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$20945	$1772

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Cities near Columbus

Distance	City	Cost of living
8.6 km or 5.3 mi	Upper Arlington	$2116
11 km or 7.1 mi	Grove	$2075
13 km or 8.3 mi	Gahanna	$2088
15 km or 9 mi	Hilliard	$2120
17 km or 11 mi	Reynoldsburg	$2064
18 km or 11 mi	Dublin	$2117
19 km or 12 mi	Westerville	$1897
22 km or 13 mi	Pickerington	$2021
38 km or 24 mi	Delaware	$2018
43 km or 27 mi	Lancaster	$1928
43 km or 27 mi	Marysville	$2008
51 km or 32 mi	Newark	$1919
69 km or 43 mi	Springfield	$1836
70 km or 43 mi	Chillicothe	$1849
70 km or 44 mi	Marion	$1941
84 km or 52 mi	Zanesville	$1626
86 km or 53 mi	Xenia	$1824
89 km or 55 mi	Fairborn	$1663
94 km or 59 mi	Beavercreek	$1811
97 km or 60 mi	Huber Heights	$1833
97 km or 60 mi	Mansfield	$1567
98 km or 61 mi	Riverside	$1880
103 km or 64 mi	Kettering	$1908
103 km or 64 mi	Troy	$1855
104 km or 65 mi	Athens	$1579
104 km or 65 mi	Centerville	$1906
105 km or 65 mi	Dayton	$1898
105 km or 65 mi	Sidney	$1745
108 km or 67 mi	Piqua	$1836
112 km or 69 mi	Trotwood	$1933
116 km or 72 mi	Ashland	$1707
120 km or 74 mi	Lebanon	$1843
128 km or 80 mi	Middletown	$1617
128 km or 80 mi	Lima	$2066
130 km or 81 mi	Wooster	$1599
131 km or 81 mi	Mason	$1900
132 km or 82 mi	Findlay	$1881
136 km or 84 mi	Portsmouth	$1495
144 km or 90 mi	New Philadelphia	$1818
146 km or 91 mi	Norwalk	$1936

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