Damascus vs Jacksonville - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: June 21, 2026

	Damascus	Jacksonville
🚶 Cost of living one person	$706	$2192
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1602	$5144
🏠 One person rent	$323	$1279
🏘️ Family rent	$531	$2197
🍽️ Food expenses	$270	$648
🚐 Transport expenses	$66.7	$112
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$45	$3945
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	24 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	29	56
😀 Quality of life	40	87
🏙️ Population	2.69M	950K

The cost of living in Damascus is 68% less expensive than in Jacksonville. Cities ranked 7245th and 1499th ($706 vs $2192) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 1231st 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 1.8 months in Jacksonville. Damascus ranked 1st best city to live in Syria vs Jacksonville ranked 101st in the United States, while ranked 7855th and 325th among best cities to live in the world.

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	Damascus	Jacksonville
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$9.98	$20.1
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$35	$97.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$6.8	$12
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.89	$5.08
☕ Cappuccino	$2.62	$5.41
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.79	$3.13
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$287	$1458
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$168	$1004
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$529	$2511
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$309	$1805
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$85.3	$120
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$131	$186
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$46.4	$65
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	14.35%	6.16%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1741	$2350
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$605	$2047
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.12	$1.89
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$12	$62.1
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$9.2	$10.8
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.42	$0.93
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.98	$0.97
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.45	$3.08
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.63	$3.71
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.6	$4.61
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.53	$14.5
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.65	$9.89
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.9	$14.9
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.97	$4.62
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.44	$1.46
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.07	$3.9
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.02	$4.59
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.75	$2.88
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.67	$2.92
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.45	$1.62
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.08	$3.44
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$5.96	$14.9
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.96	$2.11
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.77	$9.85
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.6	$9.92
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$1.14	$7.94
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.65	$5
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.78	$2.4
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$21.1	$42
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$3.92	$14.9
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$5.04	$110
💇 Haircut, simple	$3.64	$14.4
👖 Brand Jeans	$34.5	$50.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$59.9	$102
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$65	$1309
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$1772	$11918

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Cities near Damascus

Distance	City	Cost of living
51 km or 32 mi	Zahle	$1093
75 km or 47 mi	Kiryat Shmona	$2164
81 km or 50 mi	Jounieh	$1204
83 km or 52 mi	Sidon	$927
83 km or 52 mi	Beirut	$1441
96 km or 59 mi	Safed	$2195
105 km or 65 mi	Tyre	$700
108 km or 67 mi	Tiberias	$2044
110 km or 68 mi	Ma'alot-Tarshiha	$2153
111 km or 69 mi	Tripoli	$841
114 km or 71 mi	Irbid	$771
115 km or 72 mi	Arraba	$2150
116 km or 72 mi	Karmiel	$2008
117 km or 73 mi	Sakhnin	$2112
125 km or 78 mi	Tamra	$2142
125 km or 78 mi	Nahariya	$2069
126 km or 78 mi	Nof HaGalil	$2172
129 km or 80 mi	Nazareth	$2125
130 km or 81 mi	Acre	$1873
131 km or 81 mi	Shefa-'Amr	$2122
135 km or 84 mi	Migdal HaEmek	$2165
136 km or 84 mi	Kiryat Motzkin	$2113
136 km or 85 mi	Kiryat Ata	$2047
137 km or 85 mi	Kiryat Bialik	$2089
137 km or 85 mi	Kiryat Yam	$2095
137 km or 85 mi	Afula	$2133
141 km or 88 mi	Homs	$390
142 km or 88 mi	Nesher	$2043
143 km or 89 mi	Jerash	$745
145 km or 90 mi	Haifa	$1891
145 km or 90 mi	Yokneam Illit	$2184
154 km or 95 mi	Umm al-Fahm	$2245
163 km or 101 mi	Zikhron Ya'akov	$2230
168 km or 105 mi	Baqa-Jatt	$2214
169 km or 105 mi	Pardes Hanna-Karkur	$2129
173 km or 107 mi	Al-Salt	$538
173 km or 108 mi	Nablus	$1070
174 km or 108 mi	Hadera	$1918
177 km or 110 mi	Amman	$1032
184 km or 114 mi	Tayibe	$2347

Cities near Jacksonville

Distance	City	Cost of living
25 km or 15 mi	Jacksonville Beach	$2202
26 km or 16 mi	Fleming Island	$2195
49 km or 31 mi	St. Marys	$2201
74 km or 46 mi	Palatka	$2168
96 km or 60 mi	Palm Coast	$2163
98 km or 61 mi	Gainesville	$2321
120 km or 75 mi	Waycross	$2172
127 km or 79 mi	Ormond Beach	$2278
134 km or 83 mi	Ocala	$1991
137 km or 85 mi	Daytona Beach	$2288
147 km or 91 mi	DeLand	$2321
147 km or 91 mi	Port Orange	$2300
159 km or 99 mi	New Smyrna Beach	$2348
163 km or 101 mi	Deltona	$2260
163 km or 101 mi	Eustis	$2323
167 km or 104 mi	Edgewater	$2325
167 km or 104 mi	Valdosta	$1515
169 km or 105 mi	Hinesville	$2121
169 km or 105 mi	Leesburg	$2313
174 km or 108 mi	Sanford	$2345
183 km or 114 mi	Apopka	$2362
184 km or 114 mi	Winter Springs	$2372
186 km or 115 mi	Altamonte Springs	$2401
187 km or 116 mi	Casselberry	$2401
189 km or 118 mi	Oviedo	$2363
194 km or 120 mi	Winter Park	$2480
194 km or 121 mi	Ocoee	$2401
195 km or 121 mi	Winter Garden	$2378
197 km or 122 mi	Clermont	$2352
200 km or 124 mi	Savannah	$2404
200 km or 124 mi	Orlando	$2643
202 km or 126 mi	Pooler	$2243
208 km or 129 mi	Titusville	$2053
209 km or 130 mi	Brooksville	$2318
223 km or 138 mi	Bluffton	$2599
224 km or 139 mi	Hilton Head Island	$2617
225 km or 140 mi	Kissimmee	$2282
233 km or 145 mi	St. Cloud	$2313
237 km or 147 mi	Zephyrhills	$2158
237 km or 148 mi	Statesboro	$1863