Damascus vs Edinburgh - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Damascus	Edinburgh
🚶 Cost of living one person	$671	$2310
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1492	$5713
🏠 One person rent	$315	$1359
🏘️ Family rent	$505	$2393
🍽️ Food expenses	$250	$594
🚐 Transport expenses	$61.5	$166
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$47.6	$3676
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	24 km	11 km
🎓 Higher education	28	88
😀 Quality of life	39	95
🏙️ Population	2.69M	488K

The cost of living in Damascus is 71% less expensive than in Edinburgh. Cities ranked 7287th and 1247th ($671 vs $2310) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 32nd in Syria and the United Kingdom, respectively. Check Syria vs the United Kingdom comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.1 months in Damascus compared to 1.6 months in Edinburgh. Damascus ranked 1st best city to live in Syria vs Edinburgh ranked 5th in the United Kingdom, while ranked 7834th and 59th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Damascus vs Edinburgh

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	Damascus	Edinburgh
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$7.99	$21.6
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$28.8	$89.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.96	$10
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.61	$8.41
☕ Cappuccino	$1.95	$5.01
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.38	$2.68
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$219	$1388
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$160	$1053
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$398	$2488
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$295	$1942
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$88	$198
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$135	$300
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$54.5	$41.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	13.62%	5.08%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1865	$6892
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$645	$4820
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.1	$2.91
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$17	$88.4
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$6.96	$27.7
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.43	$1.89
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.98	$1.71
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.5	$1.72
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.66	$1.92
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.83	$4.63
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.22	$11.3
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.18	$10.5
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.5	$17.5
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1	$3.05
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.53	$1.52
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.07	$3.58
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.76	$4.4
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.71	$1.67
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.65	$1.4
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.46	$1.07
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.1	$3.31
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$5.97	$11.4
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.01	$2.57
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.02	$19.9
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.03	$8.11
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$0.86	$4.69
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.48	$3.26
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.59	$1.63
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$16.2	$50
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$2.98	$15.7
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$3.82	$112
💇 Haircut, simple	$2.78	$22.5
👖 Brand Jeans	$44.4	$115
👟 Brand Sneakers	$58	$120
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$49.6	$1932
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$1711	$23184

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Cities near Damascus

Distance	City	Cost of living
51 km or 32 mi	Zahle	$930
75 km or 47 mi	Kiryat Shmona	$1808
81 km or 50 mi	Jounieh	$1028
83 km or 52 mi	Sidon	$822
83 km or 52 mi	Beirut	$1261
96 km or 59 mi	Safed	$1847
105 km or 65 mi	Tyre	$647
108 km or 67 mi	Tiberias	$1808
110 km or 68 mi	Ma'alot-Tarshiha	$1803
111 km or 69 mi	Tripoli	$787
114 km or 71 mi	Irbid	$753
115 km or 72 mi	Arraba	$1789
116 km or 72 mi	Karmiel	$1630
117 km or 73 mi	Sakhnin	$1745
125 km or 78 mi	Tamra	$1798
125 km or 78 mi	Nahariya	$1775
126 km or 78 mi	Nof HaGalil	$1862
129 km or 80 mi	Nazareth	$1850
130 km or 81 mi	Acre	$1633
131 km or 81 mi	Shefa-'Amr	$1828
135 km or 84 mi	Migdal HaEmek	$1917
136 km or 84 mi	Kiryat Motzkin	$1842
136 km or 85 mi	Kiryat Ata	$1769
137 km or 85 mi	Kiryat Yam	$1819
137 km or 85 mi	Kiryat Bialik	$1804
137 km or 85 mi	Afula	$1817
141 km or 88 mi	Homs	$402
142 km or 88 mi	Nesher	$1757
143 km or 89 mi	Jerash	$748
145 km or 90 mi	Haifa	$1840
145 km or 90 mi	Yokneam Illit	$1932
154 km or 95 mi	Umm al-Fahm	$1954
163 km or 101 mi	Zikhron Ya'akov	$1978
168 km or 105 mi	Baqa-Jatt	$2001
169 km or 105 mi	Pardes Hanna-Karkur	$1991
173 km or 107 mi	Al-Salt	$548
173 km or 108 mi	Nablus	$915
174 km or 108 mi	Hadera	$1786
177 km or 110 mi	Amman	$1009
184 km or 114 mi	Tayibe	$2108

Cities near Edinburgh

Distance	City	Cost of living
18 km or 11 mi	Kirkcaldy	$1768
21 km or 13 mi	Livingston	$1775
21 km or 13 mi	Dunfermline	$1728
42 km or 26 mi	Alloa	$1762
49 km or 30 mi	Cumbernauld	$1619
49 km or 31 mi	Stirling	$1711
52 km or 32 mi	Perth	$1641
56 km or 35 mi	Hamilton	$1797
59 km or 37 mi	Dundee	$1480
65 km or 40 mi	East Kilbride	$1840
66 km or 41 mi	Glasgow	$2058
78 km or 48 mi	Paisley	$1837
89 km or 56 mi	Kilmarnock	$1527
98 km or 61 mi	Greenock	$1575
99 km or 61 mi	Irvine	$1630
102 km or 63 mi	Dumfries	$1485
105 km or 65 mi	Ayr	$1522
120 km or 74 mi	Carlisle	$1759
147 km or 91 mi	Newcastle upon Tyne	$1963
149 km or 93 mi	Aberdeen	$1769
150 km or 93 mi	Gateshead	$1906
153 km or 95 mi	Tynemouth	$1805
153 km or 95 mi	Jarrow	$1825
154 km or 96 mi	South Shields	$1780
158 km or 98 mi	Washington	$1797
158 km or 98 mi	Whitehaven	$1778
164 km or 102 mi	Sunderland	$1602
166 km or 103 mi	Durham	$2079
173 km or 107 mi	Bishop Auckland	$1761
182 km or 113 mi	Inverness	$2021
189 km or 117 mi	Hartlepool	$1460
189 km or 117 mi	Elgin	$1507
190 km or 118 mi	Darlington	$1429
194 km or 121 mi	Stockton-on-Tees	$1431
197 km or 123 mi	Middlesbrough	$1638
211 km or 131 mi	Morecambe	$1840
212 km or 132 mi	Bangor	$1484
213 km or 132 mi	Lancaster	$1839
216 km or 134 mi	Douglas	$2205
224 km or 139 mi	Newtownabbey	$1808