Dallas vs Damascus - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Dallas	Damascus
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2447	$671
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5210	$1492
🏠 One person rent	$1465	$315
🏘️ Family rent	$2028	$505
🍽️ Food expenses	$634	$250
🚐 Transport expenses	$190	$61.5
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4795	$47.6
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	9 km	24 km
🎓 Higher education	91	28
😀 Quality of life	92	39
🏙️ Population	1.3M	2.69M

The cost of living in Dallas is 265% more expensive than in Damascus. Cities ranked 948th and 7287th ($2447 vs $671) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 834th 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 Dallas compared to 0.1 months in Damascus. Dallas ranked 37th best city to live in the United States vs Damascus ranked 1st in Syria, while ranked 136th and 7834th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Dallas vs Damascus

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	Dallas	Damascus
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$18.5	$7.99
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$70.7	$28.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$11.1	$5.96
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$7.04	$1.61
☕ Cappuccino	$5.69	$1.95
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.72	$1.38
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1516	$219
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1198	$160
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2176	$398
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1639	$295
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$140	$88
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$219	$135
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$63	$54.5
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.48%	13.62%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3818	$1865
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2456	$645
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.98	$0.1
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$92.8	$17
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$19	$6.96
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.79	$0.43
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.97	$0.98
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$3.14	$0.5
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.87	$1.66
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.51	$1.83
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.5	$3.22
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.6	$7.18
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$17.7	$11.5
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.63	$1
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.55	$1.53
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.55	$1.07
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.07	$0.76
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.19	$0.71
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.15	$0.65
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.65	$0.46
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.52	$1.1
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$17	$5.97
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.71	$1.01
🚬 Cigarette pack	$9.59	$3.02
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.36	$3.03
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.5	$0.86
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$5.07	$0.48
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.26	$0.59
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$46.8	$16.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$15	$2.98
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$89.7	$3.82
💇 Haircut, simple	$23.9	$2.78
👖 Brand Jeans	$58.1	$44.4
👟 Brand Sneakers	$112	$58
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1152	$49.6
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$24402	$1711

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Cities near Dallas

Distance	City	Cost of living
8 km or 5 mi	University Park	$2287
14 km or 8.5 mi	Irving	$2133
18 km or 11 mi	Duncanville	$2183
18 km or 11 mi	Farmers Branch	$2223
19 km or 12 mi	Mesquite	$2176
19 km or 12 mi	Balch Springs	$2250
20 km or 12 mi	Lancaster	$2222
21 km or 13 mi	DeSoto	$2200
21 km or 13 mi	Grand Prairie	$2130
22 km or 13 mi	Garland	$2497
22 km or 14 mi	Richardson	$2315
25 km or 15 mi	Carrollton	$2199
25 km or 15 mi	Cedar Hill	$2179
27 km or 17 mi	Coppell	$2162
28 km or 17 mi	Euless	$2135
28 km or 18 mi	Rowlett	$2340
30 km or 19 mi	Sachse	$2381
30 km or 19 mi	Arlington	$1856
31 km or 19 mi	Plano	$2268
31 km or 19 mi	Grapevine	$2133
32 km or 20 mi	Bedford	$2139
32 km or 20 mi	Forney	$2212
34 km or 21 mi	Colleyville	$2140
34 km or 21 mi	Lewisville	$2038
35 km or 22 mi	Hurst	$2133
35 km or 22 mi	The Colony	$2246
36 km or 22 mi	Rockwall	$2215
37 km or 23 mi	Southlake	$2143
37 km or 23 mi	Mansfield	$2302
37 km or 23 mi	Midlothian	$2190
37 km or 23 mi	Wylie	$2568
38 km or 23 mi	Flower Mound	$2145
38 km or 24 mi	Allen	$2336
39 km or 24 mi	North Richland Hills	$2138
40 km or 25 mi	Frisco	$2369
42 km or 26 mi	Waxahachie	$2187
42 km or 26 mi	Watauga	$2136
43 km or 27 mi	Keller	$2108
43 km or 27 mi	Haltom	$2140
44 km or 28 mi	Little Elm	$2216

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