Damascus vs Giza - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Damascus	Giza
🚶 Cost of living one person	$638	$318
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1494	$842
🏠 One person rent	$291	$90.3
🏘️ Family rent	$523	$183
🍽️ Food expenses	$232	$154
🚐 Transport expenses	$80.7	$23.7
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$55.7	$138
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	24 km	17 km
🎓 Higher education	25	83
😀 Quality of life	34	56
🏙️ Population	2.69M	5.6M

The cost of living in Damascus is 101% more expensive than in Giza. Cities ranked 7300th and 9160th ($638 vs $318) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 15th in Syria and Egypt, respectively. Check Syria vs Egypt comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.1 months in Damascus compared to 0.4 months in Giza. Damascus ranked 1st best city to live in Syria vs Giza ranked 2nd in Egypt, while ranked 7688th and 5740th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Damascus vs Giza

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	Damascus	Giza
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$5.01	$3.13
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$34.8	$15.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.96	$4.95
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.5	$1.58
☕ Cappuccino	$1.26	$1.08
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.25	$0.33
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$262	$97.8
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$154	$66.3
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$590	$279
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$330	$131
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$48.5	$9.12
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$74.5	$14.1
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$67.2	$8.6
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	13.68%	19.86%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1862	$603
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$879	$314
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.1	$0.2
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$16.9	$1.96
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$10.9	$2.39
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.43	$0.28
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.07	$0.86
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.63	$0.54
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.76	$0.68
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.76	$1.45
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.37	$2.47
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.69	$4.26
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.1	$7.97
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.99	$1.37
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.12	$0.5
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1	$0.27
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.86	$0.26
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.59	$0.4
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.62	$0.55
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.4	$0.11
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.13	$0.71
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$5.52	$4.96
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.02	$1.62
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.03	$1.98
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.24	$1.57
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$0.87	$1.59
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.48	$0.82
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.59	$0.5
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$13.2	$12
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$3.03	$3.68
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$3.81	$11
💇 Haircut, simple	$2.82	$2.01
👖 Brand Jeans	$21.8	$13.4
👟 Brand Sneakers	$47.5	$96.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$48.6	$49.6
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$1666	$1943

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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 Giza

Distance	City	Cost of living
5.9 km or 3.6 mi	Cairo	$417
14 km or 8.4 mi	Shubra El Kheima	$365
22 km or 14 mi	Helwan	$335
50 km or 31 mi	Benha	$300
63 km or 39 mi	Shibin El Kom	$305
68 km or 42 mi	Zagazig	$307
87 km or 54 mi	Faiyum	$325
88 km or 55 mi	Tanta	$288
106 km or 66 mi	Beni Suef	$319
106 km or 66 mi	El Mahalla El Kubra	$269
117 km or 73 mi	Mansoura	$301
120 km or 74 mi	Ismailia	$295
128 km or 79 mi	Suez	$272
136 km or 84 mi	Damanhur	$268
163 km or 101 mi	Kafr El Dawwar	$289
167 km or 104 mi	Damietta	$298
172 km or 107 mi	Port Said	$276
181 km or 113 mi	Alexandria	$316
219 km or 136 mi	Minya	$339
314 km or 195 mi	Asyut	$290
352 km or 219 mi	Gaza	$640
355 km or 221 mi	Ofakim	$1684
358 km or 223 mi	Netivot	$1742
361 km or 225 mi	Dahab	$381
365 km or 227 mi	Eilat	$1577
365 km or 227 mi	Sderot	$1732
370 km or 230 mi	Ashkelon	$1511
370 km or 230 mi	Aqaba	$809
370 km or 230 mi	Beersheba	$1471
372 km or 231 mi	Rahat	$1686
378 km or 235 mi	El Gouna	$336
383 km or 238 mi	Sharm El Sheikh	$464
384 km or 238 mi	Kiryat Gat	$1757
384 km or 238 mi	Ashdod	$1837
384 km or 239 mi	Dimona	$1716
386 km or 240 mi	Sohag	$360
388 km or 241 mi	Kiryat Malakhi	$1809
395 km or 246 mi	Yavne	$1884
398 km or 247 mi	Hurghada	$342
401 km or 249 mi	Dura	$813