Damascus vs Indianapolis - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Damascus	Indianapolis
🚶 Cost of living one person	$672	$2187
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1612	$5233
🏠 One person rent	$271	$1311
🏘️ Family rent	$473	$2114
🍽️ Food expenses	$237	$613
🚐 Transport expenses	$110	$124
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$56.1	$4970
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	24 km	13 km
🎓 Higher education	25	71
😀 Quality of life	32	90
🏙️ Population	2.58M	888K

The cost of living in Damascus is 69% less expensive than in Indianapolis. Cities ranked 7105th and 1397th ($672 vs $2187) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 1219th in Syria and the United States, respectively. Check Syria vs the United States comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.1 months in Damascus compared to 2.3 months in Indianapolis. Damascus ranked 1st best city to live in Syria vs Indianapolis ranked 35th in the United States, while ranked 7854th and 159th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Damascus vs Indianapolis

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	Damascus	Indianapolis
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$5.04	$25.2
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$32.8	$75.2
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5	$10.1
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.26	$5.97
☕ Cappuccino	$1.27	$4.74
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.04	$2.43
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$248	$1457
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$140	$1013
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$531	$2390
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$294	$1686
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$42.9	$140
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$66	$218
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$66.2	$69.5
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	13.49%	6.65%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1873	$1980
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$880	$1549
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.1	$1.76
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$17.1	$59.5
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$10.9	$15.6
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$2.24	$0.93
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.07	$0.8
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.63	$3.02
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.76	$5.4
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.9	$2.6
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.38	$9.3
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.61	$9.81
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.99	$12.8
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.01	$3.92
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.28	$1.34
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.02	$5.49
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.86	$3.16
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.59	$2.37
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.6	$2.71
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.41	$1.42
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.16	$2.64
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$5.5	$14.1
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.01	$1.74
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.98	$8.07
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$1.95	$9.35
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.48	$4.52
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.47	$4.51
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.05	$2.21
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$13.4	$46.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$3.03	$11.9
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$19.9	$110
💇 Haircut, simple	$14.4	$16.8
👖 Brand Jeans	$21.8	$49.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$47.8	$65.3
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$48.8	$1865
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$1645	$27094

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Cities near Damascus

Distance	City	Cost of living
51 km or 32 mi	Zahle	$857
75 km or 47 mi	Kiryat Shmona	$1604
81 km or 50 mi	Jounieh	$948
83 km or 52 mi	Sidon	$767
83 km or 52 mi	Beirut	$1165
96 km or 59 mi	Safed	$1635
105 km or 65 mi	Tyre	$545
108 km or 67 mi	Tiberias	$1544
110 km or 68 mi	Ma'alot-Tarshiha	$1619
111 km or 69 mi	Tripoli	$708
114 km or 71 mi	Irbid	$630
115 km or 72 mi	Arraba	$1624
116 km or 72 mi	Karmiel	$1579
117 km or 73 mi	Sakhnin	$1612
125 km or 78 mi	Tamra	$1617
125 km or 78 mi	Nahariya	$1565
126 km or 78 mi	Nof HaGalil	$1659
129 km or 80 mi	Nazareth	$1674
130 km or 81 mi	Acre	$1451
131 km or 81 mi	Shefa-'Amr	$1617
135 km or 84 mi	Migdal HaEmek	$1664
136 km or 84 mi	Kiryat Motzkin	$1585
136 km or 85 mi	Kiryat Ata	$1591
137 km or 85 mi	Kiryat Yam	$1604
137 km or 85 mi	Kiryat Bialik	$1607
137 km or 85 mi	Afula	$1614
141 km or 88 mi	Homs	$462
142 km or 88 mi	Nesher	$1532
143 km or 89 mi	Jerash	$598
145 km or 90 mi	Haifa	$1582
145 km or 90 mi	Yokneam Illit	$1706
154 km or 95 mi	Umm al-Fahm	$1708
163 km or 101 mi	Zikhron Ya'akov	$1749
168 km or 105 mi	Baqa-Jatt	$1758
169 km or 105 mi	Pardes Hanna-Karkur	$1787
173 km or 107 mi	Al-Salt	$692
173 km or 108 mi	Nablus	$730
174 km or 108 mi	Hadera	$1556
177 km or 110 mi	Amman	$1004
184 km or 114 mi	Tayibe	$1838

Cities near Indianapolis

Distance	City	Cost of living
17 km or 11 mi	Lawrence	$1999
18 km or 11 mi	Greenwood	$1978
22 km or 14 mi	Plainfield	$1927
22 km or 14 mi	Brownsburg	$1745
23 km or 14 mi	Carmel	$1963
24 km or 15 mi	Fishers	$1954
29 km or 18 mi	Westfield	$1917
32 km or 20 mi	Franklin	$1975
33 km or 21 mi	Greenfield	$1929
33 km or 21 mi	Noblesville	$1905
55 km or 34 mi	Anderson	$1694
65 km or 41 mi	Columbus	$1900
75 km or 46 mi	Bloomington	$2092
79 km or 49 mi	Kokomo	$1612
81 km or 50 mi	Muncie	$1448
95 km or 59 mi	Lafayette	$1894
96 km or 60 mi	Marion	$1793
99 km or 61 mi	West Lafayette	$1980
108 km or 67 mi	Richmond	$1822
111 km or 69 mi	Terre Haute	$1560
124 km or 77 mi	Oxford	$1837
132 km or 82 mi	Danville	$1814
143 km or 89 mi	Hamilton	$1877
147 km or 91 mi	Fairfield	$1896
155 km or 97 mi	Middletown	$1436
156 km or 97 mi	Florence	$1921
159 km or 99 mi	Cincinnati	$1912
160 km or 99 mi	Trotwood	$1824
162 km or 101 mi	Covington	$2464
165 km or 102 mi	Mason	$1852
165 km or 103 mi	Clarksville	$1840
166 km or 103 mi	Independence	$2124
166 km or 103 mi	New Albany	$1896
167 km or 104 mi	Dayton	$1735
168 km or 104 mi	Jeffersonville	$1724
168 km or 104 mi	Piqua	$1894
169 km or 105 mi	Troy	$1860
169 km or 105 mi	Fort Wayne	$1845
171 km or 106 mi	Lebanon	$1856
172 km or 107 mi	Kettering	$1828