Damascus vs Dhaka - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Damascus	Dhaka
🚶 Cost of living one person	$671	$464
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1492	$1123
🏠 One person rent	$315	$141
🏘️ Family rent	$505	$240
🍽️ Food expenses	$250	$202
🚐 Transport expenses	$61.5	$80.7
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$47.6	$181
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Unhealthy
✈️ Airport proximity	24 km	14 km
🎓 Higher education	28	73
😀 Quality of life	39	57
🏙️ Population	2.69M	16.8M

The cost of living in Damascus is 44% more expensive than in Dhaka. Cities ranked 7287th and 8829th ($671 vs $464) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 1st in Syria and Bangladesh, respectively. Check Syria vs Bangladesh comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.1 months in Damascus compared to 0.4 months in Dhaka. Damascus ranked 1st best city to live in Syria vs Dhaka ranked 1st in Bangladesh, while ranked 7834th and 6151st among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Damascus vs Dhaka

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	Damascus	Dhaka
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$7.99	$2.14
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$28.8	$12.2
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.96	$5.03
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.61	$5.09
☕ Cappuccino	$1.95	$2.34
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.38	$0.37
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$219	$149
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$160	$95.5
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$398	$274
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$295	$172
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$88	$22.7
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$135	$35.1
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$54.5	$12.5
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	13.62%	11.01%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1865	$939
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$645	$535
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.1	$0.41
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$17	$22.3
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$6.96	$4.36
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.43	$1
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.98	$0.78
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.5	$0.6
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.66	$0.64
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.83	$1.2
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.22	$8.02
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.18	$3.38
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.5	$6.6
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1	$2.76
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.53	$1.08
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.07	$2.67
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.76	$0.71
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.71	$0.35
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.65	$0.49
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.46	$0.19
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.1	$1.13
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$5.97	$10.6
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.01	$3.92
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.02	$3.15
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.03	$3.3
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$0.86	$4.47
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.48	$0.88
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.59	$0.88
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$16.2	$19.7
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$2.98	$4.04
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$3.82	$12.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$2.78	$2.15
👖 Brand Jeans	$44.4	$18.7
👟 Brand Sneakers	$58	$46.2
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$49.6	$57.7
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$1711	$1844

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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

Cities near Dhaka

Distance	City	Cost of living
15 km or 9.5 mi	Narayanganj	$348
38 km or 24 mi	Narsingdi	$352
77 km or 48 mi	Brahmanbaria	$332
90 km or 56 mi	Agartala	$362
113 km or 70 mi	Barisal	$312
115 km or 71 mi	Mymensingh	$282
132 km or 82 mi	Khulna	$301
135 km or 84 mi	Jessore	$300
164 km or 102 mi	Bogra	$287
196 km or 122 mi	Rajshahi	$274
196 km or 122 mi	Krishnanagar	$272
199 km or 124 mi	Sylhet	$321
207 km or 129 mi	Shantipur	$286
213 km or 132 mi	Chittagong	$358
221 km or 137 mi	Naihati	$313
222 km or 138 mi	Berhampore	$294
223 km or 139 mi	Bhatpara	$320
224 km or 139 mi	Hugli-Chuchura	$312
226 km or 141 mi	Chandannagar	$313
228 km or 142 mi	Rajarhat	$328
229 km or 142 mi	Madhyamgram	$317
234 km or 145 mi	Barrackpore	$315
234 km or 146 mi	North Dumdum	$320
235 km or 146 mi	Balurghat	$297
236 km or 147 mi	Serampore	$315
236 km or 147 mi	Aizawl	$456
236 km or 147 mi	Panihati	$324
238 km or 148 mi	Kamarhati	$320
238 km or 148 mi	South Dumdum	$327
238 km or 148 mi	Bidhannagar	$335
239 km or 149 mi	Baranagar	$318
239 km or 149 mi	Uttarpara	$312
241 km or 150 mi	Bally	$318
247 km or 154 mi	Howrah	$323
248 km or 154 mi	Kolkata	$366
248 km or 154 mi	Rajpur Sonarpur	$332
254 km or 158 mi	Rangpur	$308
255 km or 159 mi	Shillong	$354
259 km or 161 mi	Barasat	$333
265 km or 165 mi	Bardhaman	$302