Damascus vs Kabul - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	Damascus	Kabul
🚶 Cost of living one person	$675	$473
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1514	$1051
🏠 One person rent	$310	$200
🏘️ Family rent	$498	$280
🍽️ Food expenses	$255	$163
🚐 Transport expenses	$62.5	$75.2
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$48.3	$120
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Unhealthy
✈️ Airport proximity	24 km	6 km
🎓 Higher education	29	33
😀 Quality of life	40	25
🏙️ Population	2.69M	5.33M

The cost of living in Damascus is 43% more expensive than in Kabul. Cities ranked 7406th and 8823rd ($675 vs $473) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 3rd in Syria and Afghanistan, respectively. Check Syria vs Afghanistan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.1 months in Damascus compared to 0.3 months in Kabul. Damascus ranked 1st best city to live in Syria vs Kabul ranked 1st in Afghanistan, while ranked 7899th and 8992nd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Damascus vs Kabul

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	Damascus	Kabul
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$9.24	$2.79
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$30.1	$9.56
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.96	$5.12
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.75	$2.79
☕ Cappuccino	$2.26	$1.38
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.57	$0.39
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$251	$108
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$145	$72.2
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$459	$196
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$268	$127
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$89	$35
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$137	$53.5
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$54.5	$85.8
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	14.16%	12.8%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1767	$579
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$627	$300
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.1	$0.19
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$14.3	$12.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$8	$6.53
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.37	$1
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.86	$0.92
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.49	$0.25
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.61	$1.61
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.75	$1.57
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.05	$4.77
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.08	$4.05
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.2	$6.32
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.99	$0.62
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.53	$0.81
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.1	$0.85
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.88	$0.53
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.77	$0.45
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.69	$0.47
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.46	$0.25
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.93	$1.02
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$6.88	$2.07
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.97	$0.87
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.69	$2.79
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.14	$3.37
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$0.99	$3.97
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.56	$1.16
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.68	$1.55
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$18.5	$11.7
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$3.42	$2.45
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$4.39	$15.6
💇 Haircut, simple	$3.18	$3.13
👖 Brand Jeans	$40.8	$15.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$62.9	$39.8
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$56.8	$20.2
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$1770	$1540

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Cities near Damascus

Distance	City	Cost of living
51 km or 32 mi	Zahle	$1005
75 km or 47 mi	Kiryat Shmona	$1925
81 km or 50 mi	Jounieh	$1106
83 km or 52 mi	Sidon	$865
83 km or 52 mi	Beirut	$1353
96 km or 59 mi	Safed	$1973
105 km or 65 mi	Tyre	$676
108 km or 67 mi	Tiberias	$1870
110 km or 68 mi	Ma'alot-Tarshiha	$1929
111 km or 69 mi	Tripoli	$842
114 km or 71 mi	Irbid	$753
115 km or 72 mi	Arraba	$1917
116 km or 72 mi	Karmiel	$1770
117 km or 73 mi	Sakhnin	$1873
125 km or 78 mi	Tamra	$1934
125 km or 78 mi	Nahariya	$1894
126 km or 78 mi	Nof HaGalil	$2000
129 km or 80 mi	Nazareth	$1981
130 km or 81 mi	Acre	$1766
131 km or 81 mi	Shefa-'Amr	$1960
135 km or 84 mi	Migdal HaEmek	$2027
136 km or 84 mi	Kiryat Motzkin	$1936
136 km or 85 mi	Kiryat Ata	$1911
137 km or 85 mi	Kiryat Yam	$1949
137 km or 85 mi	Kiryat Bialik	$1940
137 km or 85 mi	Afula	$1909
141 km or 88 mi	Homs	$385
142 km or 88 mi	Nesher	$1856
143 km or 89 mi	Jerash	$740
145 km or 90 mi	Haifa	$1930
145 km or 90 mi	Yokneam Illit	$2071
154 km or 95 mi	Umm al-Fahm	$2061
163 km or 101 mi	Zikhron Ya'akov	$2103
168 km or 105 mi	Baqa-Jatt	$2098
169 km or 105 mi	Pardes Hanna-Karkur	$2101
173 km or 107 mi	Al-Salt	$546
173 km or 108 mi	Nablus	$978
174 km or 108 mi	Hadera	$1887
177 km or 110 mi	Amman	$1013
184 km or 114 mi	Tayibe	$2207

Cities near Kabul

Distance	City	Cost of living
105 km or 65 mi	Gardez	$433
119 km or 74 mi	Jalalabad	$368
129 km or 80 mi	Ghazni	$425
150 km or 93 mi	Khost	$423
163 km or 101 mi	Puli Khumri	$429
223 km or 138 mi	Peshawar	$323
235 km or 146 mi	Kohat	$379
246 km or 153 mi	Kunduz	$454
266 km or 166 mi	Mardan	$370
293 km or 182 mi	Mingora	$369
304 km or 189 mi	Mazar-i-Sharif	$488
336 km or 209 mi	Wah	$360
368 km or 229 mi	Islamabad	$464
369 km or 229 mi	Qurghonteppa	$704
374 km or 232 mi	Rawalpindi	$427
389 km or 242 mi	Sheberghan	$457
425 km or 264 mi	Sargodha	$381
450 km or 280 mi	Tursunzoda	$702
451 km or 280 mi	Dushanbe	$735
451 km or 280 mi	Mirpur	$279
456 km or 284 mi	Mandi Bahauddin	$338
458 km or 285 mi	Kandahar	$463
467 km or 290 mi	Jhang	$302
474 km or 294 mi	Chiniot	$378
476 km or 296 mi	Baramulla	$264
499 km or 310 mi	Gojra	$367
501 km or 312 mi	Hafizabad	$371
503 km or 313 mi	Faisalabad	$348
505 km or 314 mi	Gujrat	$330
517 km or 321 mi	Dera Ghazi Khan	$257
520 km or 323 mi	Srinagar	$353
523 km or 325 mi	Quetta	$298
526 km or 327 mi	Multan	$417
534 km or 332 mi	Sahiwal	$318
536 km or 333 mi	Gujranwala	$308
538 km or 334 mi	Khanewal	$382
546 km or 340 mi	Sialkot	$308
549 km or 341 mi	Sheikhupura	$379
550 km or 342 mi	Kamoke	$326
553 km or 344 mi	Lashkargah	$467