Damascus vs Dubai - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Damascus	Dubai
🚶 Cost of living one person	$672	$2309
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1612	$5128
🏠 One person rent	$271	$1523
🏘️ Family rent	$473	$2687
🍽️ Food expenses	$237	$458
🚐 Transport expenses	$110	$185
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$56.1	$3493
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	24 km	6 km
🎓 Higher education	25	64
😀 Quality of life	32	86
🏙️ Population	2.58M	3.33M

The cost of living in Damascus is 71% less expensive than in Dubai. Cities ranked 7105th and 1098th ($672 vs $2309) 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 1.5 months in Dubai. Damascus ranked 1st best city to live in Syria vs Dubai ranked 1st in the United Arab Emirates, while ranked 7854th and 306th 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	$5.04	$10.5
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$32.8	$70.2
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5	$9.4
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.26	$12.1
☕ Cappuccino	$1.27	$6.12
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.04	$1.36
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$248	$1850
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$140	$1170
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$531	$3310
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$294	$2171
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$42.9	$131
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$66	$202
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$66.2	$86
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	13.49%	4.64%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1873	$6006
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$880	$3452
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.1	$1.64
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$17.1	$84.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$10.9	$11.1
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$2.24	$0.82
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.07	$1.77
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.63	$1.49
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.76	$2.15
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.9	$3.24
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.38	$11
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.61	$9.27
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.99	$10
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.01	$2.38
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.28	$1.87
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.02	$1.89
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.86	$1.65
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.59	$1.26
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.6	$1.52
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.41	$0.41
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.16	$2.19
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$5.5	$15.2
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.01	$2.6
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.98	$5.98
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$1.95	$8.18
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.48	$5.49
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.47	$2.95
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.05	$3.85
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$13.4	$75.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$3.03	$13.4
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$19.9	$88.8
💇 Haircut, simple	$14.4	$9.53
👖 Brand Jeans	$21.8	$56.6
👟 Brand Sneakers	$47.8	$98.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$48.8	$779
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$1645	$12682

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Cities near Damascus

Distance	City	Cost of living
51 km or 32 mi	Zahle	$857
75 km or 47 mi	Kiryat Shmona	$1604
81 km or 50 mi	Jounieh	$948
83 km or 52 mi	Sidon	$767
83 km or 52 mi	Beirut	$1165
96 km or 59 mi	Safed	$1635
105 km or 65 mi	Tyre	$545
108 km or 67 mi	Tiberias	$1544
110 km or 68 mi	Ma'alot-Tarshiha	$1619
111 km or 69 mi	Tripoli	$708
114 km or 71 mi	Irbid	$630
115 km or 72 mi	Arraba	$1624
116 km or 72 mi	Karmiel	$1579
117 km or 73 mi	Sakhnin	$1612
125 km or 78 mi	Tamra	$1617
125 km or 78 mi	Nahariya	$1565
126 km or 78 mi	Nof HaGalil	$1659
129 km or 80 mi	Nazareth	$1674
130 km or 81 mi	Acre	$1451
131 km or 81 mi	Shefa-'Amr	$1617
135 km or 84 mi	Migdal HaEmek	$1664
136 km or 84 mi	Kiryat Motzkin	$1585
136 km or 85 mi	Kiryat Ata	$1591
137 km or 85 mi	Kiryat Yam	$1604
137 km or 85 mi	Kiryat Bialik	$1607
137 km or 85 mi	Afula	$1614
141 km or 88 mi	Homs	$462
142 km or 88 mi	Nesher	$1532
143 km or 89 mi	Jerash	$598
145 km or 90 mi	Haifa	$1582
145 km or 90 mi	Yokneam Illit	$1706
154 km or 95 mi	Umm al-Fahm	$1708
163 km or 101 mi	Zikhron Ya'akov	$1749
168 km or 105 mi	Baqa-Jatt	$1758
169 km or 105 mi	Pardes Hanna-Karkur	$1787
173 km or 107 mi	Al-Salt	$692
173 km or 108 mi	Nablus	$730
174 km or 108 mi	Hadera	$1556
177 km or 110 mi	Amman	$1004
184 km or 114 mi	Tayibe	$1838

Cities near Dubai

Distance	City	Cost of living
13 km or 8 mi	Sharjah	$1503
22 km or 14 mi	Ajman	$2084
41 km or 25 mi	Umm al-Quwain	$1768
104 km or 65 mi	Fujairah	$1232
108 km or 67 mi	Ras al-Khaimah	$1603
126 km or 78 mi	Al Ain	$1050
129 km or 80 mi	Abu Dhabi	$1802
234 km or 146 mi	Bandar Abbas	$728
246 km or 153 mi	Madinat Zayed	$1630
339 km or 211 mi	Seeb	$994
344 km or 214 mi	Nizwa	$786
380 km or 236 mi	Doha	$1810
380 km or 236 mi	Muscat	$1110
385 km or 239 mi	Al Khor	$1719
399 km or 248 mi	Jahrom	$561
440 km or 273 mi	Fasa	$556
449 km or 279 mi	Jiroft	$547
466 km or 290 mi	Sirjan	$520
485 km or 301 mi	Manama	$1267
486 km or 302 mi	Riffa	$1218
487 km or 303 mi	Isa Town	$1226
523 km or 325 mi	Bam	$531
528 km or 328 mi	Dhahran	$870
534 km or 332 mi	Chabahar	$687
537 km or 334 mi	Dammam	$989
554 km or 345 mi	Shiraz	$558
560 km or 348 mi	Qatif	$878
568 km or 353 mi	Al-Mubarraz	$783
568 km or 353 mi	Marvdasht	$546
574 km or 357 mi	Rafsanjan	$515
578 km or 359 mi	Iranshahr	$639
584 km or 363 mi	Kerman	$467
595 km or 370 mi	Jubail	$928
601 km or 373 mi	Borazjan	$541
603 km or 375 mi	Kazerun	$537
604 km or 375 mi	Bushehr	$548
703 km or 437 mi	Yasuj	$489
721 km or 448 mi	Zahedan	$831
743 km or 461 mi	Yazd	$577
773 km or 481 mi	Behbahan	$507