Damascus vs Dubai - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: June 21, 2026

	Damascus	Dubai
🚶 Cost of living one person	$706	$2470
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1602	$5467
🏠 One person rent	$323	$1665
🏘️ Family rent	$531	$2923
🍽️ Food expenses	$270	$473
🚐 Transport expenses	$66.7	$186
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$45	$4153
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	24 km	7 km
🎓 Higher education	29	66
😀 Quality of life	40	90
🏙️ Population	2.69M	3.94M

The cost of living in Damascus is 71% less expensive than in Dubai. Cities ranked 7245th and 947th ($706 vs $2470) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 1st in Syria and the United Arab Emirates, respectively. Check Syria vs the United Arab Emirates comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.1 months in Damascus compared to 1.7 months in Dubai. Damascus ranked 1st best city to live in Syria vs Dubai ranked 1st in the United Arab Emirates, while ranked 7855th and 184th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Damascus vs Dubai

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	Damascus	Dubai
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$9.98	$11.9
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$35	$68.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$6.8	$9.74
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.89	$13.5
☕ Cappuccino	$2.62	$6.41
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.79	$1.48
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$287	$2083
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$168	$1266
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$529	$3820
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$309	$2306
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$85.3	$143
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$131	$222
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$46.4	$92.6
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	14.35%	4.56%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1741	$7283
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$605	$4305
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.12	$1.63
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$12	$82.5
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$9.2	$10.1
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.42	$0.83
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.98	$1.85
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.45	$1.43
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.63	$2.17
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.6	$3.62
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.53	$12
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.65	$9.4
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.9	$11.7
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.97	$2.62
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.44	$1.9
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.07	$1.84
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.02	$1.47
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.75	$1.09
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.67	$0.97
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.45	$0.43
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.08	$1.92
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$5.96	$16
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.96	$2.94
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.77	$6.13
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.6	$8.07
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$1.14	$5.99
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.65	$3.4
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.78	$3.1
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$21.1	$82.8
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$3.92	$14.3
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$5.04	$75.6
💇 Haircut, simple	$3.64	$10.3
👖 Brand Jeans	$34.5	$73.7
👟 Brand Sneakers	$59.9	$102
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$65	$870
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$1772	$17401

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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

Cities near Dubai

Distance	City	Cost of living
13 km or 8 mi	Sharjah	$1543
22 km or 14 mi	Ajman	$2356
41 km or 25 mi	Umm al-Quwain	$1170
104 km or 65 mi	Fujairah	$1173
108 km or 67 mi	Ras al-Khaimah	$1355
126 km or 78 mi	Al Ain	$1455
129 km or 80 mi	Abu Dhabi	$2133
234 km or 146 mi	Bandar Abbas	$620
246 km or 153 mi	Madinat Zayed	$1791
339 km or 211 mi	Seeb	$1082
344 km or 214 mi	Nizwa	$797
380 km or 236 mi	Doha	$2100
380 km or 236 mi	Muscat	$1193
385 km or 239 mi	Al Khor	$2015
399 km or 248 mi	Jahrom	$494
440 km or 273 mi	Fasa	$497
449 km or 279 mi	Jiroft	$526
466 km or 290 mi	Sirjan	$521
485 km or 301 mi	Manama	$1340
486 km or 302 mi	Riffa	$1062
487 km or 303 mi	Isa Town	$1218
523 km or 325 mi	Bam	$514
528 km or 328 mi	Dhahran	$965
534 km or 332 mi	Chabahar	$530
537 km or 334 mi	Dammam	$1059
554 km or 345 mi	Shiraz	$505
560 km or 348 mi	Qatif	$778
568 km or 353 mi	Al-Mubarraz	$821
568 km or 353 mi	Marvdasht	$485
574 km or 357 mi	Rafsanjan	$558
578 km or 359 mi	Iranshahr	$559
584 km or 363 mi	Kerman	$700
595 km or 370 mi	Jubail	$917
601 km or 373 mi	Borazjan	$457
603 km or 375 mi	Kazerun	$471
604 km or 375 mi	Bushehr	$454
703 km or 437 mi	Yasuj	$459
721 km or 448 mi	Zahedan	$717
743 km or 461 mi	Yazd	$517
773 km or 481 mi	Behbahan	$469