Damascus vs Jacksonville - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Damascus	Jacksonville
🚶 Cost of living one person	$671	$2222
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1492	$5199
🏠 One person rent	$315	$1338
🏘️ Family rent	$505	$2330
🍽️ Food expenses	$250	$621
🚐 Transport expenses	$61.5	$114
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$47.6	$3953
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	24 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	28	56
😀 Quality of life	39	89
🏙️ Population	2.69M	950K

The cost of living in Damascus is 70% less expensive than in Jacksonville. Cities ranked 7287th and 1415th ($671 vs $2222) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 1218th 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 88th in the United States, while ranked 7834th and 278th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Damascus vs Jacksonville

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	Damascus	Jacksonville
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$7.99	$20.1
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$28.8	$90
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.96	$12
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.61	$6.01
☕ Cappuccino	$1.95	$5.8
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.38	$3.22
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$219	$1437
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$160	$1090
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$398	$2539
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$295	$1973
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$88	$117
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$135	$183
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$54.5	$61.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	13.62%	6.47%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1865	$3110
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$645	$2396
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.1	$1.98
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$17	$65.4
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$6.96	$10.7
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.43	$0.87
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.98	$1.03
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.5	$3.57
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.66	$3.31
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.83	$4.48
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.22	$14.7
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.18	$8.75
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.5	$14.2
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1	$4.29
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.53	$1.47
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.07	$3.01
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.76	$3.96
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.71	$2.43
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.65	$2.66
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.46	$1.48
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.1	$3.69
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$5.97	$13.2
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.01	$2.05
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.02	$8.93
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.03	$11.7
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$0.86	$6.97
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.48	$3.86
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.59	$2.12
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$16.2	$34.3
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$2.98	$14.9
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$3.82	$109
💇 Haircut, simple	$2.78	$14.4
👖 Brand Jeans	$44.4	$51
👟 Brand Sneakers	$58	$93.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$49.6	$1315
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$1711	$11123

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Cities near Damascus

Distance	City	Cost of living
51 km or 32 mi	Zahle	$930
75 km or 47 mi	Kiryat Shmona	$1808
81 km or 50 mi	Jounieh	$1028
83 km or 52 mi	Sidon	$822
83 km or 52 mi	Beirut	$1261
96 km or 59 mi	Safed	$1847
105 km or 65 mi	Tyre	$647
108 km or 67 mi	Tiberias	$1808
110 km or 68 mi	Ma'alot-Tarshiha	$1803
111 km or 69 mi	Tripoli	$787
114 km or 71 mi	Irbid	$753
115 km or 72 mi	Arraba	$1789
116 km or 72 mi	Karmiel	$1630
117 km or 73 mi	Sakhnin	$1745
125 km or 78 mi	Tamra	$1798
125 km or 78 mi	Nahariya	$1775
126 km or 78 mi	Nof HaGalil	$1862
129 km or 80 mi	Nazareth	$1850
130 km or 81 mi	Acre	$1633
131 km or 81 mi	Shefa-'Amr	$1828
135 km or 84 mi	Migdal HaEmek	$1917
136 km or 84 mi	Kiryat Motzkin	$1842
136 km or 85 mi	Kiryat Ata	$1769
137 km or 85 mi	Kiryat Yam	$1819
137 km or 85 mi	Kiryat Bialik	$1804
137 km or 85 mi	Afula	$1817
141 km or 88 mi	Homs	$402
142 km or 88 mi	Nesher	$1757
143 km or 89 mi	Jerash	$748
145 km or 90 mi	Haifa	$1840
145 km or 90 mi	Yokneam Illit	$1932
154 km or 95 mi	Umm al-Fahm	$1954
163 km or 101 mi	Zikhron Ya'akov	$1978
168 km or 105 mi	Baqa-Jatt	$2001
169 km or 105 mi	Pardes Hanna-Karkur	$1991
173 km or 107 mi	Al-Salt	$548
173 km or 108 mi	Nablus	$915
174 km or 108 mi	Hadera	$1786
177 km or 110 mi	Amman	$1009
184 km or 114 mi	Tayibe	$2108

Cities near Jacksonville

Distance	City	Cost of living
25 km or 15 mi	Jacksonville Beach	$2193
26 km or 16 mi	Fleming Island	$2192
49 km or 31 mi	St. Marys	$2104
74 km or 46 mi	Palatka	$2107
96 km or 60 mi	Palm Coast	$2161
98 km or 61 mi	Gainesville	$2335
120 km or 75 mi	Waycross	$2099
127 km or 79 mi	Ormond Beach	$2190
134 km or 83 mi	Ocala	$1919
137 km or 85 mi	Daytona Beach	$2160
147 km or 91 mi	DeLand	$2282
147 km or 91 mi	Port Orange	$2247
159 km or 99 mi	New Smyrna Beach	$2358
163 km or 101 mi	Deltona	$2294
163 km or 101 mi	Eustis	$2296
167 km or 104 mi	Edgewater	$2335
167 km or 104 mi	Valdosta	$1482
169 km or 105 mi	Hinesville	$2152
169 km or 105 mi	Leesburg	$2255
174 km or 108 mi	Sanford	$2304
183 km or 114 mi	Apopka	$2336
184 km or 114 mi	Winter Springs	$2321
186 km or 115 mi	Altamonte Springs	$2358
187 km or 116 mi	Casselberry	$2351
189 km or 118 mi	Oviedo	$2320
194 km or 120 mi	Winter Park	$2378
194 km or 121 mi	Ocoee	$2357
195 km or 121 mi	Winter Garden	$2344
197 km or 122 mi	Clermont	$2317
200 km or 124 mi	Savannah	$2433
200 km or 124 mi	Orlando	$2473
202 km or 126 mi	Pooler	$2220
208 km or 129 mi	Titusville	$2057
209 km or 130 mi	Brooksville	$2290
223 km or 138 mi	Bluffton	$2664
224 km or 139 mi	Hilton Head Island	$2579
225 km or 140 mi	Kissimmee	$2254
233 km or 145 mi	St. Cloud	$2265
237 km or 147 mi	Zephyrhills	$2128
237 km or 148 mi	Statesboro	$1806