Damascus vs Glasgow - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	Damascus	Glasgow
🚶 Cost of living one person	$675	$2121
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1514	$5025
🏠 One person rent	$310	$1212
🏘️ Family rent	$498	$2121
🍽️ Food expenses	$255	$561
🚐 Transport expenses	$62.5	$174
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$48.3	$3514
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	24 km	11 km
🎓 Higher education	29	93
😀 Quality of life	40	94
🏙️ Population	2.69M	626K

The cost of living in Damascus is 68% less expensive than in Glasgow. Cities ranked 7406th and 1712th ($675 vs $2121) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 93rd 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 1.7 months in Glasgow. Damascus ranked 1st best city to live in Syria vs Glasgow ranked 3rd in the United Kingdom, while ranked 7899th and 42nd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Damascus vs Glasgow

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	Damascus	Glasgow
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$9.24	$23
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$30.1	$81.9
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.96	$10.5
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.75	$6.57
☕ Cappuccino	$2.26	$4.91
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.57	$1.99
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$251	$1242
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$145	$896
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$459	$2242
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$268	$1636
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$89	$206
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$137	$322
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$54.5	$41.2
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	14.16%	4.74%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1767	$4206
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$627	$3169
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.1	$4.14
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$14.3	$96.1
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$8	$21.2
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.37	$1.94
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.86	$1.67
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.49	$1.62
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.61	$2.41
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.75	$3.8
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.05	$10.3
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.08	$8.88
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.2	$17.4
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.99	$3.11
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.53	$1.54
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.1	$2.94
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.88	$3.49
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.77	$1.76
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.69	$1.71
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.46	$0.94
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.93	$3.03
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$6.88	$11
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.97	$3.11
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.69	$23.6
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.14	$3.08
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$0.99	$3.66
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.56	$3.06
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.68	$2.52
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$18.5	$47
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$3.42	$16.4
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$4.39	$87
💇 Haircut, simple	$3.18	$18.5
👖 Brand Jeans	$40.8	$129
👟 Brand Sneakers	$62.9	$103
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$56.8	$963
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$1770	$20961

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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 Glasgow

Distance	City	Cost of living
11 km or 6.9 mi	East Kilbride	$1902
11 km or 7.1 mi	Paisley	$1906
16 km or 10 mi	Hamilton	$1854
19 km or 12 mi	Cumbernauld	$1652
32 km or 20 mi	Kilmarnock	$1568
34 km or 21 mi	Greenock	$1645
35 km or 21 mi	Stirling	$1852
37 km or 23 mi	Irvine	$1707
40 km or 25 mi	Alloa	$1862
46 km or 29 mi	Livingston	$1784
50 km or 31 mi	Ayr	$1588
54 km or 34 mi	Dunfermline	$1782
66 km or 41 mi	Edinburgh	$2331
73 km or 45 mi	Kirkcaldy	$1821
78 km or 49 mi	Perth	$1656
97 km or 60 mi	Dumfries	$1490
104 km or 65 mi	Dundee	$1585
136 km or 85 mi	Carlisle	$1655
152 km or 94 mi	Whitehaven	$1771
161 km or 100 mi	Bangor	$1496
170 km or 106 mi	Newtownabbey	$1892
176 km or 110 mi	Belfast	$1954
181 km or 112 mi	Inverness	$2053
187 km or 116 mi	Lisburn	$1945
191 km or 119 mi	Douglas	$2265
193 km or 120 mi	Newcastle upon Tyne	$2012
195 km or 121 mi	Aberdeen	$1848
196 km or 121 mi	Gateshead	$1975
200 km or 124 mi	Jarrow	$1827
201 km or 125 mi	Tynemouth	$1803
202 km or 126 mi	South Shields	$1784
203 km or 126 mi	Washington	$1784
207 km or 128 mi	Elgin	$1540
208 km or 129 mi	Durham	$1964
210 km or 131 mi	Sunderland	$1573
211 km or 131 mi	Bishop Auckland	$1755
218 km or 135 mi	Derry	$1620
219 km or 136 mi	Morecambe	$1873
222 km or 138 mi	Lancaster	$1819
227 km or 141 mi	Darlington	$1430