Damascus vs Dushanbe - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Damascus	Dushanbe
🚶 Cost of living one person	$672	$672
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1612	$1801
🏠 One person rent	$271	$290
🏘️ Family rent	$473	$532
🍽️ Food expenses	$237	$245
🚐 Transport expenses	$110	$25.9
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$56.1	$155
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	24 km	5 km
🎓 Higher education	25	35
😀 Quality of life	32	36
🏙️ Population	2.58M	863K

The cost of living in Damascus is 0% more expensive than in Dushanbe. Cities ranked 7105th and 7107th ($672 vs $672) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 1st in Syria and Tajikistan, respectively. Check Syria vs Tajikistan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.1 months in Damascus compared to 0.2 months in Dushanbe. Damascus ranked 1st best city to live in Syria vs Dushanbe ranked 1st in Tajikistan, while ranked 7854th and 7353rd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Damascus vs Dushanbe

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	Damascus	Dushanbe
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$5.04	$5.63
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$32.8	$14.9
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5	$9.19
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.26	$1.11
☕ Cappuccino	$1.27	$2.32
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.04	$0.62
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$248	$370
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$140	$190
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$531	$578
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$294	$413
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$42.9	$40.1
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$66	$62
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$66.2	$24.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	13.49%	19.92%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1873	$862
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$880	$532
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.1	$0.23
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$17.1	$4.69
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$10.9	$3.2
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$2.24	$0.83
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.07	$0.84
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.63	$0.57
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.76	$1.68
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.9	$1.77
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.38	$8.57
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.61	$4.2
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.99	$6.99
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.01	$1.21
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.28	$2.38
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.02	$2.43
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.86	$0.84
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.59	$0.67
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.6	$0.54
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.41	$0.44
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.16	$1.04
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$5.5	$7.57
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.01	$1.38
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.98	$2.35
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$1.95	$4.64
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.48	$3.57
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.47	$1.86
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.05	$1.96
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$13.4	$37.3
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$3.03	$4.7
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$19.9	$119
💇 Haircut, simple	$14.4	$3.22
👖 Brand Jeans	$21.8	$27.8
👟 Brand Sneakers	$47.8	$76.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$48.8	$108
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$1645	$13630

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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 Dushanbe

Distance	City	Cost of living
49 km or 30 mi	Tursunzoda	$655
82 km or 51 mi	Qurghonteppa	$659
145 km or 90 mi	Panjakent	$664
150 km or 93 mi	Istaravshan	$667
190 km or 118 mi	Jizzakh	$468
198 km or 123 mi	Samarkand	$530
200 km or 124 mi	Ghafurov	$666
201 km or 125 mi	Buston	$671
203 km or 126 mi	Khujand	$658
205 km or 127 mi	Kunduz	$467
234 km or 145 mi	Istiklol	$660
236 km or 147 mi	Konibodom	$663
255 km or 158 mi	Mazar-i-Sharif	$470
261 km or 162 mi	Qarshi	$435
292 km or 181 mi	Puli Khumri	$457
306 km or 190 mi	Tashkent	$816
327 km or 203 mi	Fergana	$469
328 km or 204 mi	Margilan	$473
329 km or 204 mi	Chirchiq	$429
341 km or 212 mi	Sheberghan	$450
365 km or 227 mi	Namangan	$527
386 km or 240 mi	Andijan	$419
399 km or 248 mi	Bukhara	$452
406 km or 252 mi	Osh	$567
420 km or 261 mi	Shymkent	$596
445 km or 276 mi	Jalal-Abad	$614
451 km or 280 mi	Kabul	$599
456 km or 283 mi	Turkmenabat	$1554
484 km or 301 mi	Jalalabad	$358
511 km or 318 mi	Toktogul	$645
526 km or 327 mi	Taraz	$461
526 km or 327 mi	Talas	$653
528 km or 328 mi	Turkistan	$532
529 km or 329 mi	Mingora	$354
550 km or 342 mi	Kentau	$519
555 km or 345 mi	Gardez	$469
560 km or 348 mi	Ghazni	$476
564 km or 350 mi	Peshawar	$338
566 km or 352 mi	Mardan	$372
591 km or 367 mi	Khost	$441