Damascus vs Jerusalem - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Damascus	Jerusalem
🚶 Cost of living one person	$672	$2037
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1612	$4974
🏠 One person rent	$271	$1185
🏘️ Family rent	$473	$2324
🍽️ Food expenses	$237	$565
🚐 Transport expenses	$110	$121
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$56.1	$2358
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	24 km	38 km
🎓 Higher education	25	77
😀 Quality of life	32	84
🏙️ Population	2.58M	936K

The cost of living in Damascus is 67% less expensive than in Jerusalem. Cities ranked 7105th and 1770th ($672 vs $2037) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 7th in Syria and Israel, respectively. Check Syria vs Israel comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.1 months in Damascus compared to 1.2 months in Jerusalem. Damascus ranked 1st best city to live in Syria vs Jerusalem ranked 4th in Israel, while ranked 7854th and 358th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Damascus vs Jerusalem

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	Damascus	Jerusalem
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$5.04	$20.4
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$32.8	$89.2
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5	$13.6
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.26	$8.45
☕ Cappuccino	$1.27	$4
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.04	$2.54
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$248	$1355
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$140	$953
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$531	$2790
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$294	$1935
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$42.9	$126
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$66	$193
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$66.2	$25.9
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	13.49%	5.96%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1873	$12822
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$880	$8413
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.1	$1.6
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$17.1	$63.8
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$10.9	$10.2
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$2.24	$1.92
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.07	$1.91
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.63	$2.19
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.76	$2.46
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.9	$3.83
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.38	$13.1
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.61	$10.6
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.99	$17
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.01	$3
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.28	$1.95
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.02	$1.62
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.86	$1.93
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.59	$1.3
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.6	$1.11
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.41	$0.85
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.16	$2.65
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$5.5	$10.9
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.01	$2.26
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.98	$9.44
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$1.95	$8.08
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.48	$3.52
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.47	$2.32
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.05	$2.56
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$13.4	$86.1
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$3.03	$12.2
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$19.9	$97.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$14.4	$12.8
👖 Brand Jeans	$21.8	$91.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$47.8	$112
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$48.8	$859
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$1645	$11066

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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 Jerusalem

Distance	City	Cost of living
8.8 km or 5.5 mi	Bethlehem	$934
13 km or 7.9 mi	Ramallah	$952
22 km or 14 mi	Beit Shemesh	$1400
28 km or 17 mi	Modi'in-Maccabim-Re'ut	$1835
30 km or 19 mi	Hebron	$721
35 km or 22 mi	Lod	$1768
36 km or 22 mi	Dura	$847
36 km or 22 mi	Ariel	$1536
36 km or 23 mi	Ramla	$2115
40 km or 25 mi	Rehovot	$1741
42 km or 26 mi	Rosh HaAyin	$1853
42 km or 26 mi	Yehud	$1866
43 km or 27 mi	Ness Ziona	$1825
43 km or 27 mi	Kafr Qasim	$1868
43 km or 27 mi	Rishon LeZion	$1881
44 km or 28 mi	Kiryat Malakhi	$1771
46 km or 28 mi	Petah Tikva	$1769
46 km or 29 mi	Kiryat Ono	$1836
46 km or 29 mi	Kiryat Gat	$1754
47 km or 29 mi	Yavne	$1815
48 km or 30 mi	Nablus	$730
49 km or 30 mi	Bnei Brak	$1996
50 km or 31 mi	Givatayim	$2020
50 km or 31 mi	Holon	$1751
50 km or 31 mi	Ramat Gan	$2154
51 km or 32 mi	Qalqilya	$705
51 km or 32 mi	Bat Yam	$1795
51 km or 32 mi	Hod HaSharon	$2098
52 km or 32 mi	Tel Aviv	$2254
53 km or 33 mi	Kfar Saba	$1918
54 km or 33 mi	Ashdod	$1775
54 km or 33 mi	Ramat HaSharon	$1651
54 km or 34 mi	Herzliya	$2085
55 km or 34 mi	Ra'anana	$1917
56 km or 35 mi	Tira	$1872
56 km or 35 mi	Al-Salt	$692
57 km or 36 mi	Tayibe	$1838
58 km or 36 mi	Arad	$1651
62 km or 38 mi	Rahat	$1632
63 km or 39 mi	Ashkelon	$1671