Damascus vs Gujranwala - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	Damascus	Gujranwala
🚶 Cost of living one person	$675	$308
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1514	$743
🏠 One person rent	$310	$101
🏘️ Family rent	$498	$158
🍽️ Food expenses	$255	$129
🚐 Transport expenses	$62.5	$39.2
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$48.3	$150
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Unhealthy
✈️ Airport proximity	24 km	46 km
🎓 Higher education	29	44
😀 Quality of life	40	34
🏙️ Population	2.69M	2.03M

The cost of living in Damascus is 119% more expensive than in Gujranwala. Cities ranked 7406th and 9188th ($675 vs $308) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 30th in Syria and Pakistan, respectively. Check Syria vs Pakistan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.1 months in Damascus compared to 0.5 months in Gujranwala. Damascus ranked 1st best city to live in Syria vs Gujranwala ranked 8th in Pakistan, while ranked 7899th and 8605th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Damascus vs Gujranwala

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	Damascus	Gujranwala
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$9.24	$2.55
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$30.1	$11.9
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.96	$4.21
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.75	$1.43
☕ Cappuccino	$2.26	$1.07
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.57	$0.37
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$251	$61.6
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$145	$35.3
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$459	$109
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$268	$64.8
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$89	$45.6
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$137	$69.1
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$54.5	$14.9
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	14.16%	15.97%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1767	$879
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$627	$605
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.1	$0.18
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$14.3	$8.93
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$8	$3.87
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.37	$0.72
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.86	$0.7
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.49	$0.51
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.61	$0.87
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.75	$1.01
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.05	$5.16
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.08	$2.31
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.2	$4.6
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.99	$1.01
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.53	$0.67
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.1	$0.92
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.88	$0.47
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.77	$0.32
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.69	$0.51
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.46	$0.24
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.93	$0.62
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$6.88	$2.03
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.97	$0.88
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.69	$2.07
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.14	$1.94
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$0.99	$1.33
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.56	$0.5
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.68	$0.45
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$18.5	$6.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$3.42	$3.16
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$4.39	$8.05
💇 Haircut, simple	$3.18	$2.12
👖 Brand Jeans	$40.8	$11.7
👟 Brand Sneakers	$62.9	$72
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$56.8	$19.2
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$1770	$941

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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 Gujranwala

Distance	City	Cost of living
20 km or 12 mi	Kamoke	$326
48 km or 30 mi	Hafizabad	$371
48 km or 30 mi	Gujrat	$330
51 km or 32 mi	Sialkot	$308
52 km or 32 mi	Sheikhupura	$379
68 km or 43 mi	Lahore	$432
80 km or 50 mi	Mandi Bahauddin	$338
86 km or 54 mi	Amritsar	$391
90 km or 56 mi	Jammu	$295
117 km or 72 mi	Mirpur	$279
123 km or 76 mi	Chiniot	$378
132 km or 82 mi	Faisalabad	$348
139 km or 86 mi	Pathankot	$364
143 km or 89 mi	Sargodha	$381
149 km or 93 mi	Sahiwal	$318
161 km or 100 mi	Jalandhar	$352
164 km or 102 mi	Okara	$315
180 km or 112 mi	Gojra	$367
192 km or 119 mi	Rawalpindi	$427
202 km or 125 mi	Jhang	$302
203 km or 126 mi	Islamabad	$464
210 km or 130 mi	Ludhiana	$414
223 km or 139 mi	Srinagar	$353
228 km or 142 mi	Baramulla	$264
230 km or 143 mi	Wah	$360
264 km or 164 mi	Burewala	$351
292 km or 181 mi	Patiala	$352
293 km or 182 mi	Chandigarh	$379
297 km or 184 mi	Khanewal	$382
302 km or 188 mi	Kohat	$379
304 km or 189 mi	Mardan	$370
306 km or 190 mi	Shimla	$265
324 km or 201 mi	Peshawar	$323
337 km or 209 mi	Mingora	$369
341 km or 212 mi	Multan	$417
365 km or 227 mi	Hisar	$263
389 km or 242 mi	Bahawalpur	$298
402 km or 250 mi	Saharanpur	$285
411 km or 255 mi	Dera Ghazi Khan	$257
418 km or 260 mi	Bhiwani	$325