Damascus vs Dushanbe - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Damascus	Dushanbe
🚶 Cost of living one person	$638	$605
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1494	$1616
🏠 One person rent	$291	$265
🏘️ Family rent	$523	$503
🍽️ Food expenses	$232	$227
🚐 Transport expenses	$80.7	$25.9
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$55.7	$150
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	24 km	5 km
🎓 Higher education	25	35
😀 Quality of life	34	36
🏙️ Population	2.69M	863K

The cost of living in Damascus is 6% more expensive than in Dushanbe. Cities ranked 7300th and 7600th ($638 vs $605) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 7th 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 7688th and 7359th 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	$5.01	$5.46
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$34.8	$14.5
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.96	$8.95
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.5	$1.09
☕ Cappuccino	$1.26	$1.9
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.25	$0.63
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$262	$366
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$154	$184
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$590	$605
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$330	$407
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$48.5	$22.5
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$74.5	$34.6
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$67.2	$21.7
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	13.68%	20.09%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1862	$859
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$879	$522
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.1	$0.23
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$16.9	$4.56
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$10.9	$3.18
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.43	$0.85
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.07	$0.79
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.63	$0.56
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.76	$1.65
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.76	$1.71
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.37	$8.12
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.69	$4.09
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.1	$6.89
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.99	$1.18
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.12	$2.32
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1	$2.37
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.86	$0.83
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.59	$0.73
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.62	$0.52
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.4	$0.43
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.13	$1.56
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$5.52	$7.8
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.02	$1.36
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.03	$2.29
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.24	$1.64
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$0.87	$2.79
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.48	$0.79
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.59	$1.43
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$13.2	$36
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$3.03	$4.57
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$3.81	$71.6
💇 Haircut, simple	$2.82	$3.64
👖 Brand Jeans	$21.8	$30.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$47.5	$75.3
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$48.6	$106
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$1666	$13506

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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 Dushanbe

Distance	City	Cost of living
49 km or 30 mi	Tursunzoda	$593
82 km or 51 mi	Qurghonteppa	$596
145 km or 90 mi	Panjakent	$602
150 km or 93 mi	Istaravshan	$613
190 km or 118 mi	Jizzakh	$507
198 km or 123 mi	Samarkand	$472
200 km or 124 mi	Ghafurov	$614
201 km or 125 mi	Buston	$615
203 km or 126 mi	Khujand	$623
205 km or 127 mi	Kunduz	$394
234 km or 145 mi	Istiklol	$613
236 km or 147 mi	Konibodom	$613
255 km or 158 mi	Mazar-i-Sharif	$408
261 km or 162 mi	Qarshi	$484
292 km or 181 mi	Puli Khumri	$381
306 km or 190 mi	Tashkent	$853
327 km or 203 mi	Fergana	$626
328 km or 204 mi	Margilan	$591
329 km or 204 mi	Chirchiq	$444
341 km or 212 mi	Sheberghan	$414
365 km or 227 mi	Namangan	$538
386 km or 240 mi	Andijan	$430
399 km or 248 mi	Bukhara	$431
406 km or 252 mi	Osh	$477
420 km or 261 mi	Shymkent	$569
445 km or 276 mi	Jalal-Abad	$538
451 km or 280 mi	Kabul	$474
456 km or 283 mi	Turkmenabat	$1523
484 km or 301 mi	Jalalabad	$303
511 km or 318 mi	Toktogul	$607
526 km or 327 mi	Taraz	$441
526 km or 327 mi	Talas	$623
528 km or 328 mi	Turkistan	$512
529 km or 329 mi	Mingora	$364
550 km or 342 mi	Kentau	$501
555 km or 345 mi	Gardez	$386
560 km or 348 mi	Ghazni	$389
564 km or 350 mi	Peshawar	$346
566 km or 352 mi	Mardan	$366
591 km or 367 mi	Khost	$366