Damascus vs Dubai - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Damascus	Dubai
🚶 Cost of living one person	$638	$2379
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1494	$5357
🏠 One person rent	$291	$1601
🏘️ Family rent	$523	$2918
🍽️ Food expenses	$232	$453
🚐 Transport expenses	$80.7	$186
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$55.7	$3975
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	24 km	6 km
🎓 Higher education	25	65
😀 Quality of life	34	87
🏙️ Population	2.69M	3.33M

The cost of living in Damascus is 73% less expensive than in Dubai. Cities ranked 7300th and 989th ($638 vs $2379) 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 7688th and 288th 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	$5.01	$10.9
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$34.8	$58.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.96	$9.28
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.5	$12.6
☕ Cappuccino	$1.26	$6.1
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.25	$1.2
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$262	$1909
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$154	$1243
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$590	$3782
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$330	$2332
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$48.5	$134
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$74.5	$205
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$67.2	$91.5
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	13.68%	4.45%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1862	$6638
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$879	$3507
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.1	$1.63
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$16.9	$86.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$10.9	$10.8
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.43	$0.79
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.07	$1.83
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.63	$1.41
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.76	$2.12
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.76	$3.22
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.37	$11
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.69	$9.52
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.1	$12.3
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.99	$2.44
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.12	$1.87
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1	$2.05
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.86	$1.64
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.59	$1.23
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.62	$1.42
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.4	$0.42
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.13	$2.17
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$5.52	$16.1
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.02	$2.76
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.03	$6.03
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.24	$8.1
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$0.87	$5.68
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.48	$2.63
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.59	$3.41
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$13.2	$77.1
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$3.03	$13.4
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$3.81	$77.2
💇 Haircut, simple	$2.82	$8.79
👖 Brand Jeans	$21.8	$61.6
👟 Brand Sneakers	$47.5	$104
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$48.6	$903
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$1666	$13241

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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 Dubai

Distance	City	Cost of living
13 km or 8 mi	Sharjah	$1494
22 km or 14 mi	Ajman	$2240
41 km or 25 mi	Umm al-Quwain	$1196
104 km or 65 mi	Fujairah	$1239
108 km or 67 mi	Ras al-Khaimah	$1540
126 km or 78 mi	Al Ain	$1844
129 km or 80 mi	Abu Dhabi	$1828
234 km or 146 mi	Bandar Abbas	$634
246 km or 153 mi	Madinat Zayed	$1721
339 km or 211 mi	Seeb	$967
344 km or 214 mi	Nizwa	$780
380 km or 236 mi	Doha	$1779
380 km or 236 mi	Muscat	$1090
385 km or 239 mi	Al Khor	$1709
399 km or 248 mi	Jahrom	$547
440 km or 273 mi	Fasa	$548
449 km or 279 mi	Jiroft	$518
466 km or 290 mi	Sirjan	$514
485 km or 301 mi	Manama	$1280
486 km or 302 mi	Riffa	$1223
487 km or 303 mi	Isa Town	$1243
523 km or 325 mi	Bam	$515
528 km or 328 mi	Dhahran	$1068
534 km or 332 mi	Chabahar	$585
537 km or 334 mi	Dammam	$1056
554 km or 345 mi	Shiraz	$589
560 km or 348 mi	Qatif	$897
568 km or 353 mi	Al-Mubarraz	$804
568 km or 353 mi	Marvdasht	$563
574 km or 357 mi	Rafsanjan	$507
578 km or 359 mi	Iranshahr	$605
584 km or 363 mi	Kerman	$464
595 km or 370 mi	Jubail	$901
601 km or 373 mi	Borazjan	$546
603 km or 375 mi	Kazerun	$557
604 km or 375 mi	Bushehr	$551
703 km or 437 mi	Yasuj	$529
721 km or 448 mi	Zahedan	$829
743 km or 461 mi	Yazd	$573
773 km or 481 mi	Behbahan	$536