Damascus vs Johannesburg - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Damascus	Johannesburg
🚶 Cost of living one person	$671	$1082
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1492	$2560
🏠 One person rent	$315	$485
🏘️ Family rent	$505	$833
🍽️ Food expenses	$250	$306
🚐 Transport expenses	$61.5	$206
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$47.6	$1614
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	24 km	12 km
🎓 Higher education	28	74
😀 Quality of life	39	62
🏙️ Population	2.69M	4.43M

The cost of living in Damascus is 38% less expensive than in Johannesburg. Cities ranked 7287th and 5031st ($671 vs $1082) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 4th in Syria and South Africa, respectively. Check Syria vs South Africa comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.1 months in Damascus compared to 1.5 months in Johannesburg. Damascus ranked 1st best city to live in Syria vs Johannesburg ranked 1st in South Africa, while ranked 7834th and 5648th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Damascus vs Johannesburg

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	Damascus	Johannesburg
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$7.99	$10.1
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$28.8	$38.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.96	$5.03
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.61	$2.51
☕ Cappuccino	$1.95	$2.18
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.38	$1.08
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$219	$462
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$160	$342
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$398	$824
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$295	$632
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$88	$78.5
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$135	$122
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$54.5	$40.5
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	13.62%	11.57%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1865	$1106
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$645	$741
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.1	$2.21
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$17	$77.1
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$6.96	$11.7
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.43	$1.32
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.98	$1.28
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.5	$1.01
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.66	$1.44
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.83	$2.6
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.22	$10.5
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.18	$5.34
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.5	$7.4
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1	$1.71
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.53	$1.63
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.07	$1.63
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.76	$1.77
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.71	$1.41
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.65	$1.6
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.46	$0.66
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.1	$1.53
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$5.97	$6.13
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.01	$1.46
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.02	$3.19
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.03	$5.86
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$0.86	$4.11
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.48	$1.98
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.59	$1.49
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$16.2	$33.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$2.98	$7.33
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$3.82	$29.7
💇 Haircut, simple	$2.78	$6.46
👖 Brand Jeans	$44.4	$52.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$58	$93.1
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$49.6	$227
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$1711	$5503

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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 Johannesburg

Distance	City	Cost of living
11 km or 6.8 mi	Sandton	$984
13 km or 8 mi	Randburg	$890
19 km or 12 mi	Soweto	$984
28 km or 17 mi	Benoni	$826
40 km or 25 mi	Springs	$740
41 km or 25 mi	Centurion	$892
53 km or 33 mi	Pretoria	$975
53 km or 33 mi	Vereeniging	$706
59 km or 36 mi	Vanderbijlpark	$799
71 km or 44 mi	Brits	$875
101 km or 62 mi	Rustenburg	$940
109 km or 68 mi	Potchefstroom	$731
143 km or 89 mi	Bethal	$838
152 km or 94 mi	Middelburg	$830
155 km or 97 mi	Klerksdorp	$762
179 km or 111 mi	Kroonstad	$808
237 km or 147 mi	Welkom	$762
244 km or 152 mi	Mmabatho	$833
262 km or 163 mi	Lobatse	$637
275 km or 171 mi	Gaborone	$668
287 km or 179 mi	Butha-Buthe	$570
302 km or 188 mi	Kanye	$637
311 km or 193 mi	Mbabane	$599
323 km or 201 mi	Vryheid	$827
325 km or 202 mi	Molepolole	$607
329 km or 204 mi	Teyateyaneng	$533
333 km or 207 mi	Manzini	$469
350 km or 217 mi	Maseru	$650
366 km or 228 mi	Mahalapye	$577
369 km or 229 mi	Bloemfontein	$698
409 km or 254 mi	Mafeteng	$598
417 km or 259 mi	Palapye	$514
429 km or 267 mi	Kimberley	$861
442 km or 275 mi	Pietermaritzburg	$705
443 km or 275 mi	Matola	$908
446 km or 277 mi	Serowe	$536
454 km or 282 mi	Maputo	$915
501 km or 311 mi	Durban	$892
562 km or 349 mi	Francistown	$587
577 km or 358 mi	Xai-Xai	$915