Damascus vs Freetown - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Damascus	Freetown
🚶 Cost of living one person	$638	$1346
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1494	$1679
🏠 One person rent	$291	$980
🏘️ Family rent	$523	$655
🍽️ Food expenses	$232	$255
🚐 Transport expenses	$80.7	$69
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$55.7	$1273
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	24 km	15 km
🎓 Higher education	25	23
😀 Quality of life	34	37
🏙️ Population	2.69M	951K

The cost of living in Damascus is 53% less expensive than in Freetown. Cities ranked 7300th and 4063rd ($638 vs $1346) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 1st in Syria and Sierra Leone, respectively. Check Syria vs Sierra Leone comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.1 months in Damascus compared to 0.9 months in Freetown. Damascus ranked 1st best city to live in Syria vs Freetown ranked 1st in Sierra Leone, while ranked 7688th and 7302nd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Damascus vs Freetown

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	Damascus	Freetown
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$5.01	$2.9
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$34.8	$24.5
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.96	$7.28
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.5	$1.21
☕ Cappuccino	$1.26	$1.66
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.25	$1.04
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$262	$866
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$154	$801
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$590	$1547
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$330	$170
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$48.5	$80.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$74.5	$124
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$67.2	$85.5
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	13.68%	12.25%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1862	$1087
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$879	$1072
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.1	$0.46
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$16.9	$18.1
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$10.9	$10.8
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.43	$1.01
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.07	$1.93
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.63	$0.41
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.76	$0.73
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.76	$1.72
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.37	$6.91
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.69	$6.12
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.1	$3.52
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.99	$3.12
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.12	$2.02
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1	$0.71
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.86	$3.65
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.59	$1.71
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.62	$1.63
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.4	$0.94
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.13	$1.08
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$5.52	$5.82
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.02	$0.9
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.03	$2.44
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.24	$1.51
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$0.87	$1.19
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.48	$0.78
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.59	$0.8
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$13.2	$40.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$3.03	$1.66
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$3.81	$12.6
💇 Haircut, simple	$2.82	$2.91
👖 Brand Jeans	$21.8	$10
👟 Brand Sneakers	$47.5	$60.3
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$48.6	$82.4
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$1666	$2773

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Cost of Living in the nearest cities

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 Freetown

Distance	City	Cost of living
126 km or 78 mi	Conakry	$1061
137 km or 85 mi	Forecariah	$998
174 km or 108 mi	Bo	$1278
207 km or 128 mi	Boffa	$998
235 km or 146 mi	Kenema	$1272
246 km or 153 mi	Mamou	$1019
341 km or 212 mi	Gueckedou	$1009
361 km or 224 mi	Monrovia	$523
385 km or 239 mi	Kakata	$487
439 km or 273 mi	Bafata	$804
456 km or 283 mi	Bissau	$827
480 km or 298 mi	Kankan	$1007
493 km or 306 mi	Nzerekore	$999
514 km or 319 mi	Sanniquellie	$487
525 km or 326 mi	Kolda	$964
527 km or 327 mi	Yekepa	$487
564 km or 350 mi	Ziguinchor	$953
603 km or 375 mi	Greenville	$487
650 km or 404 mi	Brikama	$552
660 km or 410 mi	Lamin	$507
662 km or 412 mi	Banjul	$477
701 km or 436 mi	Kaolack	$1000
709 km or 441 mi	Bougouni	$489
736 km or 457 mi	Fatick	$998
736 km or 458 mi	Bamako	$569
788 km or 490 mi	Koulikoro	$490
807 km or 502 mi	Thies	$1052
821 km or 510 mi	Rufisque	$1046
833 km or 518 mi	Dakar	$1114
842 km or 523 mi	Korhogo	$916
846 km or 526 mi	Banamba	$491
846 km or 526 mi	Gagnoa	$904
857 km or 532 mi	Louga	$970
887 km or 551 mi	Sikasso	$499
896 km or 557 mi	Yamoussoukro	$887
907 km or 564 mi	Bouake	$937
911 km or 566 mi	Saint-Louis	$960
917 km or 570 mi	Divo	$906
935 km or 581 mi	Rosso	$647
940 km or 584 mi	Segou	$490