Damascus vs Hargeisa - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Damascus	Hargeisa
🚶 Cost of living one person	$638	$660
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1494	$1623
🏠 One person rent	$291	$217
🏘️ Family rent	$523	$423
🍽️ Food expenses	$232	$265
🚐 Transport expenses	$80.7	$70.2
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$55.7	$403
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	24 km	6 km
🎓 Higher education	25	11
😀 Quality of life	34	8
🏙️ Population	2.69M	760K

The cost of living in Damascus is 3% less expensive than in Hargeisa. Cities ranked 7300th and 7141st ($638 vs $660) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 3rd in Syria and Somalia, respectively. Check Syria vs Somalia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.1 months in Damascus compared to 0.6 months in Hargeisa. Damascus ranked 1st best city to live in Syria vs Hargeisa ranked 2nd in Somalia, while ranked 7688th and 9243rd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Damascus vs Hargeisa

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	Damascus	Hargeisa
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$5.01	$2.69
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$34.8	$15
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.96	$5.45
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.5	$10
☕ Cappuccino	$1.26	$1.17
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.25	$0.94
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$262	$169
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$154	$111
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$590	$447
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$330	$252
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$48.5	$67.4
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$74.5	$104
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$67.2	$27.4
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	13.68%	20.13%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1862	$3745
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$879	$8448
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.1	$0.28
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$16.9	$29.7
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$10.9	$10.2
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.43	$1.02
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.07	$1.3
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.63	$3.14
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.76	$3.78
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.76	$2.7
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.37	$2
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.69	$5.95
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.1	$4.52
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.99	$3.3
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.12	$2
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1	$2.68
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.86	$0.82
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.59	$1.01
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.62	$1.33
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.4	$0.52
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.13	$1.1
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$5.52	$2.98
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.02	$1.95
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.03	$1.01
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.24	$3.37
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$0.87	$2.75
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.48	$1.55
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.59	$1.23
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$13.2	$35.3
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$3.03	$5.03
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$3.81	$12
💇 Haircut, simple	$2.82	$59.7
👖 Brand Jeans	$21.8	$22.4
👟 Brand Sneakers	$47.5	$58.9
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$48.6	$36.7
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$1666	$603

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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 Hargeisa

Distance	City	Cost of living
105 km or 65 mi	Borama	$518
140 km or 87 mi	Jijiga	$764
214 km or 133 mi	Harar	$718
230 km or 143 mi	Ali Sabieh	$542
241 km or 149 mi	Dire Dawa	$756
247 km or 153 mi	Djibouti City	$571
253 km or 157 mi	Dikhil	$542
280 km or 174 mi	Obock	$540
375 km or 233 mi	Aden	$503
446 km or 277 mi	Taiz	$507
490 km or 304 mi	Ibb	$496
515 km or 320 mi	Dessie	$838
522 km or 324 mi	Zabid	$482
555 km or 345 mi	Dhamar	$486
587 km or 365 mi	Addis Ababa	$1180
595 km or 369 mi	Al Hudaydah	$505
624 km or 388 mi	Sayyan	$481
643 km or 400 mi	Sanaa	$546
663 km or 412 mi	Mekelle	$662
676 km or 420 mi	Awasa	$886
719 km or 446 mi	Baidoa	$706
763 km or 474 mi	Bahir Dar	$752
781 km or 485 mi	Mukalla	$484
795 km or 494 mi	Gondar	$897
820 km or 510 mi	Sa'dah	$482
821 km or 510 mi	Mendefera	$487
822 km or 511 mi	Jimma	$654
838 km or 521 mi	Massawa	$486
849 km or 527 mi	Mogadishu	$711
850 km or 528 mi	Asmara	$520
881 km or 548 mi	Najran	$937
921 km or 572 mi	Keren	$488
977 km or 607 mi	Abha	$910
1058 km or 657 mi	Kassala	$1006
1066 km or 662 mi	Bareq	$902
1067 km or 663 mi	El-Gadarif	$943
1089 km or 677 mi	Ad-Damazin	$836
1171 km or 728 mi	Bisha	$905
1222 km or 759 mi	As Sulayyil	$1041
1274 km or 792 mi	Meru	$541