Damascus vs Doha - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Damascus	Doha
🚶 Cost of living one person	$638	$1779
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1494	$4033
🏠 One person rent	$291	$1140
🏘️ Family rent	$523	$2017
🍽️ Food expenses	$232	$408
🚐 Transport expenses	$80.7	$104
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$55.7	$3416
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	24 km	5 km
🎓 Higher education	25	45
😀 Quality of life	34	80
🏙️ Population	2.69M	1.19M

The cost of living in Damascus is 64% less expensive than in Doha. Cities ranked 7300th and 2449th ($638 vs $1779) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 1st in Syria and Qatar, respectively. Check Syria vs Qatar comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.1 months in Damascus compared to 1.9 months in Doha. Damascus ranked 1st best city to live in Syria vs Doha ranked 1st in Qatar, while ranked 7688th and 562nd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Damascus vs Doha

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	Damascus	Doha
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$5.01	$9.28
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$34.8	$52.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.96	$7.25
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.5	$12
☕ Cappuccino	$1.26	$5.25
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.25	$0.86
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$262	$1393
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$154	$888
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$590	$2490
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$330	$1664
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$48.5	$65.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$74.5	$103
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$67.2	$85.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	13.68%	5.84%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1862	$4779
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$879	$3550
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.1	$0.55
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$16.9	$34.3
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$10.9	$16.1
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.43	$0.57
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.07	$2.09
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.63	$1.52
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.76	$1.83
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.76	$2.87
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.37	$11.9
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.69	$8.69
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.1	$11
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.99	$1.93
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.12	$1.58
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1	$1.51
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.86	$1.54
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.59	$1.1
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.62	$1.27
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.4	$0.31
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.13	$1.98
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$5.52	$17
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.02	$4.28
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.03	$6.25
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.24	$6.11
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$0.87	$4.92
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.48	$2.85
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.59	$2.07
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$13.2	$108
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$3.03	$11.8
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$3.81	$48.7
💇 Haircut, simple	$2.82	$9.65
👖 Brand Jeans	$21.8	$63
👟 Brand Sneakers	$47.5	$97.1
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$48.6	$770
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$1666	$11200

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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

Cities near Doha

Distance	City	Cost of living
43 km or 27 mi	Al Khor	$1709
135 km or 84 mi	Riffa	$1223
138 km or 86 mi	Isa Town	$1243
139 km or 87 mi	Manama	$1280
175 km or 109 mi	Dhahran	$1068
188 km or 117 mi	Al-Mubarraz	$804
191 km or 119 mi	Dammam	$1056
236 km or 147 mi	Qatif	$897
265 km or 165 mi	Jubail	$901
282 km or 175 mi	Madinat Zayed	$1721
300 km or 187 mi	Abu Dhabi	$1828
380 km or 236 mi	Dubai	$2379
388 km or 241 mi	Sharjah	$1494
397 km or 247 mi	Ajman	$2240
405 km or 252 mi	Umm al-Quwain	$1196
409 km or 254 mi	Jahrom	$547
414 km or 257 mi	Bushehr	$551
442 km or 275 mi	Borazjan	$546
442 km or 275 mi	Al Ain	$1844
455 km or 283 mi	Fasa	$548
466 km or 289 mi	Ras al-Khaimah	$1540
480 km or 298 mi	Kazerun	$557
483 km or 300 mi	Fujairah	$1239
489 km or 304 mi	Shiraz	$589
491 km or 305 mi	Riyadh	$1637
515 km or 320 mi	Al Wafrah	$1210
516 km or 320 mi	Bandar Abbas	$634
524 km or 325 mi	Marvdasht	$563
573 km or 356 mi	Kuwait City	$1393
597 km or 371 mi	Yasuj	$529
601 km or 374 mi	Al-Faw	$736
602 km or 374 mi	Behbahan	$536
617 km or 383 mi	Sirjan	$514
628 km or 390 mi	Bandar-e Mahshahr	$548
635 km or 394 mi	Umm Qasr	$740
644 km or 400 mi	Abadan	$547
659 km or 409 mi	Khorramshahr	$544
663 km or 412 mi	Nizwa	$780
679 km or 422 mi	Az Zubayr	$723
683 km or 424 mi	Basra	$904