Damascus vs Isfahan - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Damascus	Isfahan
🚶 Cost of living one person	$638	$523
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1494	$1618
🏠 One person rent	$291	$211
🏘️ Family rent	$523	$639
🍽️ Food expenses	$232	$170
🚐 Transport expenses	$80.7	$41.9
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$55.7	$240
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	24 km	4 km
🎓 Higher education	25	66
😀 Quality of life	34	48
🏙️ Population	2.69M	1.96M

The cost of living in Damascus is 22% more expensive than in Isfahan. Cities ranked 7300th and 8454th ($638 vs $523) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 72nd in Syria and Iran, respectively. Check Syria vs Iran comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.1 months in Damascus compared to 0.5 months in Isfahan. Damascus ranked 1st best city to live in Syria vs Isfahan ranked 5th in Iran, while ranked 7688th and 6375th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Damascus vs Isfahan

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	Damascus	Isfahan
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$5.01	$3.39
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$34.8	$13.5
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.96	$3.01
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.5	$1.01
☕ Cappuccino	$1.26	$0.88
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.25	$0.44
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$262	$257
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$154	$175
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$590	$898
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$330	$545
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$48.5	$9.25
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$74.5	$14.1
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$67.2	$9.95
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	13.68%	26.5%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1862	$1187
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$879	$676
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.1	$0.3
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$16.9	$13.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$10.9	$2.88
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.43	$0.87
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.07	$0.54
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.63	$0.44
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.76	$2.19
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.76	$1.11
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.37	$2.67
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.69	$3.11
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.1	$9.27
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.99	$0.64
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.12	$1.4
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1	$0.89
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.86	$0.51
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.59	$0.54
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.62	$0.45
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.4	$0.13
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.13	$5.99
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$5.52	$0.9
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.02	$0.48
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.03	$2.09
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.24	$4.79
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$0.87	$15.9
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.48	$1.6
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.59	$1.5
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$13.2	$13.7
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$3.03	$1.1
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$3.81	$115
💇 Haircut, simple	$2.82	$6.35
👖 Brand Jeans	$21.8	$20.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$47.5	$85.2
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$48.6	$77.2
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$1666	$594

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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 Isfahan

Distance	City	Cost of living
15 km or 9.3 mi	Khomeyni Shahr	$510
27 km or 17 mi	Shahin Shahr	$507
28 km or 18 mi	Najafabad	$502
73 km or 45 mi	Shahreza	$502
83 km or 52 mi	Shahr-e Kord	$397
150 km or 93 mi	Kashan	$562
191 km or 119 mi	Izeh	$525
220 km or 137 mi	Yasuj	$529
234 km or 146 mi	Qom	$488
236 km or 147 mi	Masjed Soleyman	$552
243 km or 151 mi	Arak	$455
259 km or 161 mi	Dorud	$513
265 km or 165 mi	Behbahan	$536
267 km or 166 mi	Yazd	$573
272 km or 169 mi	Shushtar	$562
291 km or 181 mi	Saveh	$574
292 km or 181 mi	Varamin	$651
305 km or 189 mi	Borujerd	$505
307 km or 191 mi	Dezful	$583
311 km or 193 mi	Qarchak	$681
312 km or 194 mi	Andimeshk	$577
315 km or 196 mi	Pakdasht	$680
319 km or 198 mi	Ahvaz	$597
320 km or 199 mi	Robat Karim	$675
322 km or 200 mi	Malayer	$469
322 km or 200 mi	Khorramabad	$554
324 km or 201 mi	Eslamshahr	$700
326 km or 203 mi	Marvdasht	$563
328 km or 204 mi	Nasimshahr	$697
328 km or 204 mi	Ray	$710
329 km or 205 mi	Bandar-e Mahshahr	$548
337 km or 209 mi	Kazerun	$557
340 km or 211 mi	Shahriar	$698
341 km or 212 mi	Tehran	$788
342 km or 212 mi	Malard	$693
344 km or 214 mi	Pardis	$665
345 km or 215 mi	Andisheh	$684
346 km or 215 mi	Qods	$698
348 km or 216 mi	Shiraz	$589
348 km or 216 mi	Fardis	$688