Damascus vs Jerusalem - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Damascus	Jerusalem
🚶 Cost of living one person	$638	$2114
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1494	$5127
🏠 One person rent	$291	$1224
🏘️ Family rent	$523	$2310
🍽️ Food expenses	$232	$591
🚐 Transport expenses	$80.7	$127
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$55.7	$2561
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	24 km	38 km
🎓 Higher education	25	78
😀 Quality of life	34	85
🏙️ Population	2.69M	936K

The cost of living in Damascus is 70% less expensive than in Jerusalem. Cities ranked 7300th and 1551st ($638 vs $2114) 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 7688th and 374th 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	$5.01	$22.2
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$34.8	$84.5
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.96	$13.9
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.5	$8.98
☕ Cappuccino	$1.26	$4.27
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.25	$2.67
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$262	$1380
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$154	$980
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$590	$2752
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$330	$1903
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$48.5	$136
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$74.5	$209
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$67.2	$27.8
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	13.68%	6.04%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1862	$13235
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$879	$8778
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.1	$1.69
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$16.9	$66.5
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$10.9	$10.7
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.43	$2.05
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.07	$2.04
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.63	$2.5
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.76	$2.76
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.76	$3.94
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.37	$13.7
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.69	$10.7
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.1	$17.3
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.99	$3.22
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.12	$1.99
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1	$1.7
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.86	$2.31
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.59	$1.51
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.62	$1.37
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.4	$1.01
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.13	$2.99
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$5.52	$11.1
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.02	$2.49
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.03	$9.82
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.24	$8.12
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$0.87	$3.82
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.48	$2.39
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.59	$2.96
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$13.2	$89.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$3.03	$12.6
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$3.81	$92.4
💇 Haircut, simple	$2.82	$14.5
👖 Brand Jeans	$21.8	$100
👟 Brand Sneakers	$47.5	$124
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$48.6	$878
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$1666	$17799

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Cost of Living in the nearest cities

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 Jerusalem

Distance	City	Cost of living
8.8 km or 5.5 mi	Bethlehem	$905
13 km or 7.9 mi	Ramallah	$996
22 km or 14 mi	Beit Shemesh	$1506
28 km or 17 mi	Modi'in-Maccabim-Re'ut	$1915
30 km or 19 mi	Hebron	$762
35 km or 22 mi	Lod	$1891
36 km or 22 mi	Dura	$813
36 km or 22 mi	Ariel	$1556
36 km or 23 mi	Ramla	$2123
40 km or 25 mi	Rehovot	$1811
42 km or 26 mi	Rosh HaAyin	$1919
42 km or 26 mi	Yehud	$1931
43 km or 27 mi	Ness Ziona	$1943
43 km or 27 mi	Kafr Qasim	$1927
43 km or 27 mi	Rishon LeZion	$2028
44 km or 28 mi	Kiryat Malakhi	$1809
46 km or 28 mi	Petah Tikva	$1853
46 km or 29 mi	Kiryat Ono	$1894
46 km or 29 mi	Kiryat Gat	$1757
47 km or 29 mi	Yavne	$1884
48 km or 30 mi	Nablus	$877
49 km or 30 mi	Bnei Brak	$2072
50 km or 31 mi	Givatayim	$2156
50 km or 31 mi	Holon	$1834
50 km or 31 mi	Ramat Gan	$2232
51 km or 32 mi	Qalqilya	$761
51 km or 32 mi	Bat Yam	$1890
51 km or 32 mi	Hod HaSharon	$2035
52 km or 32 mi	Tel Aviv	$2306
53 km or 33 mi	Kfar Saba	$1965
54 km or 33 mi	Ashdod	$1837
54 km or 33 mi	Ramat HaSharon	$1912
54 km or 34 mi	Herzliya	$2145
55 km or 34 mi	Ra'anana	$1990
56 km or 35 mi	Tira	$1931
56 km or 35 mi	Al-Salt	$552
57 km or 36 mi	Tayibe	$1902
58 km or 36 mi	Arad	$1680
62 km or 38 mi	Rahat	$1686
63 km or 39 mi	Ashkelon	$1511