Damascus vs Dushanbe - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	Damascus	Dushanbe
🚶 Cost of living one person	$675	$735
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1514	$1767
🏠 One person rent	$310	$355
🏘️ Family rent	$498	$614
🍽️ Food expenses	$255	$245
🚐 Transport expenses	$62.5	$36.5
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$48.3	$160
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	24 km	5 km
🎓 Higher education	29	35
😀 Quality of life	40	46
🏙️ Population	2.69M	948K

The cost of living in Damascus is 8% less expensive than in Dushanbe. Cities ranked 7406th and 7063rd ($675 vs $735) 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 7899th and 7083rd 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	$9.24	$5.32
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$30.1	$14.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.96	$7.63
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.75	$1.17
☕ Cappuccino	$2.26	$1.93
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.57	$0.55
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$251	$458
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$145	$264
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$459	$828
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$268	$473
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$89	$34.6
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$137	$52.8
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$54.5	$17
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	14.16%	23.22%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1767	$1189
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$627	$644
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.1	$0.27
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$14.3	$10.6
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$8	$3.59
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.37	$1.1
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.86	$1.09
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.49	$0.6
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.61	$2.28
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.75	$1.77
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.05	$11.1
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.08	$4.24
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.2	$10.9
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.99	$1.89
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.53	$2.78
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.1	$2.36
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.88	$1.1
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.77	$0.7
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.69	$0.48
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.46	$0.35
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.93	$1.36
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$6.88	$11.6
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.97	$1.52
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.69	$3.21
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.14	$1.9
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$0.99	$3.26
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.56	$0.92
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.68	$1.68
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$18.5	$38.7
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$3.42	$5.33
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$4.39	$84.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$3.18	$4.29
👖 Brand Jeans	$40.8	$32.6
👟 Brand Sneakers	$62.9	$79.7
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$56.8	$92.9
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$1770	$6746

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Cities near Damascus

Distance	City	Cost of living
51 km or 32 mi	Zahle	$1005
75 km or 47 mi	Kiryat Shmona	$1925
81 km or 50 mi	Jounieh	$1106
83 km or 52 mi	Sidon	$865
83 km or 52 mi	Beirut	$1353
96 km or 59 mi	Safed	$1973
105 km or 65 mi	Tyre	$676
108 km or 67 mi	Tiberias	$1870
110 km or 68 mi	Ma'alot-Tarshiha	$1929
111 km or 69 mi	Tripoli	$842
114 km or 71 mi	Irbid	$753
115 km or 72 mi	Arraba	$1917
116 km or 72 mi	Karmiel	$1770
117 km or 73 mi	Sakhnin	$1873
125 km or 78 mi	Tamra	$1934
125 km or 78 mi	Nahariya	$1894
126 km or 78 mi	Nof HaGalil	$2000
129 km or 80 mi	Nazareth	$1981
130 km or 81 mi	Acre	$1766
131 km or 81 mi	Shefa-'Amr	$1960
135 km or 84 mi	Migdal HaEmek	$2027
136 km or 84 mi	Kiryat Motzkin	$1936
136 km or 85 mi	Kiryat Ata	$1911
137 km or 85 mi	Kiryat Yam	$1949
137 km or 85 mi	Kiryat Bialik	$1940
137 km or 85 mi	Afula	$1909
141 km or 88 mi	Homs	$385
142 km or 88 mi	Nesher	$1856
143 km or 89 mi	Jerash	$740
145 km or 90 mi	Haifa	$1930
145 km or 90 mi	Yokneam Illit	$2071
154 km or 95 mi	Umm al-Fahm	$2061
163 km or 101 mi	Zikhron Ya'akov	$2103
168 km or 105 mi	Baqa-Jatt	$2098
169 km or 105 mi	Pardes Hanna-Karkur	$2101
173 km or 107 mi	Al-Salt	$546
173 km or 108 mi	Nablus	$978
174 km or 108 mi	Hadera	$1887
177 km or 110 mi	Amman	$1013
184 km or 114 mi	Tayibe	$2207

Cities near Dushanbe

Distance	City	Cost of living
49 km or 30 mi	Tursunzoda	$702
82 km or 51 mi	Qurghonteppa	$704
145 km or 90 mi	Panjakent	$692
150 km or 93 mi	Istaravshan	$653
190 km or 118 mi	Jizzakh	$553
198 km or 123 mi	Samarkand	$484
200 km or 124 mi	Ghafurov	$590
201 km or 125 mi	Buston	$635
203 km or 126 mi	Khujand	$585
205 km or 127 mi	Kunduz	$454
234 km or 145 mi	Istiklol	$609
236 km or 147 mi	Konibodom	$619
255 km or 158 mi	Mazar-i-Sharif	$488
261 km or 162 mi	Qarshi	$513
292 km or 181 mi	Puli Khumri	$429
306 km or 190 mi	Tashkent	$827
327 km or 203 mi	Fergana	$679
328 km or 204 mi	Margilan	$653
329 km or 204 mi	Chirchiq	$736
341 km or 212 mi	Sheberghan	$457
365 km or 227 mi	Namangan	$561
386 km or 240 mi	Andijan	$447
399 km or 248 mi	Bukhara	$436
406 km or 252 mi	Osh	$549
420 km or 261 mi	Shymkent	$562
445 km or 276 mi	Jalal-Abad	$585
451 km or 280 mi	Kabul	$473
456 km or 283 mi	Turkmenabat	$1709
484 km or 301 mi	Jalalabad	$368
511 km or 318 mi	Toktogul	$621
526 km or 327 mi	Taraz	$477
526 km or 327 mi	Talas	$533
528 km or 328 mi	Turkistan	$521
529 km or 329 mi	Mingora	$369
550 km or 342 mi	Kentau	$505
555 km or 345 mi	Gardez	$433
560 km or 348 mi	Ghazni	$425
564 km or 350 mi	Peshawar	$323
566 km or 352 mi	Mardan	$370
591 km or 367 mi	Khost	$423