Damascus vs Kabul - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: June 21, 2026

	Damascus	Kabul
🚶 Cost of living one person	$706	$504
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1602	$1114
🏠 One person rent	$323	$211
🏘️ Family rent	$531	$298
🍽️ Food expenses	$270	$177
🚐 Transport expenses	$66.7	$78.4
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$45	$146
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Unhealthy
✈️ Airport proximity	24 km	6 km
🎓 Higher education	29	33
😀 Quality of life	40	26
🏙️ Population	2.69M	5.33M

The cost of living in Damascus is 40% more expensive than in Kabul. Cities ranked 7245th and 8650th ($706 vs $504) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 2nd 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 7855th and 8929th 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	$9.98	$3.18
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$35	$8.5
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$6.8	$5.85
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.89	$3.24
☕ Cappuccino	$2.62	$1.6
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.79	$0.41
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$287	$126
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$168	$83.1
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$529	$223
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$309	$145
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$85.3	$31.7
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$131	$49.5
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$46.4	$88.2
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	14.35%	12.73%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1741	$664
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$605	$346
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.12	$0.16
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$12	$14.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$9.2	$6.58
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.42	$1.03
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.98	$0.96
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.45	$0.28
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.63	$1.55
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.6	$1.61
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.53	$5.34
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.65	$4.61
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.9	$6.58
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.97	$0.71
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.44	$0.88
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.07	$0.83
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.02	$0.59
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.75	$0.52
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.67	$0.48
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.45	$0.26
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.08	$1.05
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$5.96	$2.37
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.96	$1.01
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.77	$2.78
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.6	$3.49
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$1.14	$4.19
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.65	$1.2
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.78	$1.61
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$21.1	$13.3
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$3.92	$2.54
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$5.04	$14.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$3.64	$3.29
👖 Brand Jeans	$34.5	$17.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$59.9	$45.8
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$65	$20.9
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$1772	$1302

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Cities near Damascus

Distance	City	Cost of living
51 km or 32 mi	Zahle	$1093
75 km or 47 mi	Kiryat Shmona	$2164
81 km or 50 mi	Jounieh	$1204
83 km or 52 mi	Sidon	$927
83 km or 52 mi	Beirut	$1441
96 km or 59 mi	Safed	$2195
105 km or 65 mi	Tyre	$700
108 km or 67 mi	Tiberias	$2044
110 km or 68 mi	Ma'alot-Tarshiha	$2153
111 km or 69 mi	Tripoli	$841
114 km or 71 mi	Irbid	$771
115 km or 72 mi	Arraba	$2150
116 km or 72 mi	Karmiel	$2008
117 km or 73 mi	Sakhnin	$2112
125 km or 78 mi	Tamra	$2142
125 km or 78 mi	Nahariya	$2069
126 km or 78 mi	Nof HaGalil	$2172
129 km or 80 mi	Nazareth	$2125
130 km or 81 mi	Acre	$1873
131 km or 81 mi	Shefa-'Amr	$2122
135 km or 84 mi	Migdal HaEmek	$2165
136 km or 84 mi	Kiryat Motzkin	$2113
136 km or 85 mi	Kiryat Ata	$2047
137 km or 85 mi	Kiryat Bialik	$2089
137 km or 85 mi	Kiryat Yam	$2095
137 km or 85 mi	Afula	$2133
141 km or 88 mi	Homs	$390
142 km or 88 mi	Nesher	$2043
143 km or 89 mi	Jerash	$745
145 km or 90 mi	Haifa	$1891
145 km or 90 mi	Yokneam Illit	$2184
154 km or 95 mi	Umm al-Fahm	$2245
163 km or 101 mi	Zikhron Ya'akov	$2230
168 km or 105 mi	Baqa-Jatt	$2214
169 km or 105 mi	Pardes Hanna-Karkur	$2129
173 km or 107 mi	Al-Salt	$538
173 km or 108 mi	Nablus	$1070
174 km or 108 mi	Hadera	$1918
177 km or 110 mi	Amman	$1032
184 km or 114 mi	Tayibe	$2347

Cities near Kabul

Distance	City	Cost of living
105 km or 65 mi	Gardez	$456
119 km or 74 mi	Jalalabad	$381
129 km or 80 mi	Ghazni	$447
150 km or 93 mi	Khost	$438
163 km or 101 mi	Puli Khumri	$447
223 km or 138 mi	Peshawar	$321
235 km or 146 mi	Kohat	$394
246 km or 153 mi	Kunduz	$468
266 km or 166 mi	Mardan	$373
293 km or 182 mi	Mingora	$373
304 km or 189 mi	Mazar-i-Sharif	$493
336 km or 209 mi	Wah	$371
368 km or 229 mi	Islamabad	$496
369 km or 229 mi	Qurghonteppa	$734
374 km or 232 mi	Rawalpindi	$446
389 km or 242 mi	Sheberghan	$470
425 km or 264 mi	Sargodha	$391
450 km or 280 mi	Tursunzoda	$737
451 km or 280 mi	Dushanbe	$773
451 km or 280 mi	Mirpur	$280
456 km or 284 mi	Mandi Bahauddin	$350
458 km or 285 mi	Kandahar	$473
467 km or 290 mi	Jhang	$306
474 km or 294 mi	Chiniot	$393
476 km or 296 mi	Baramulla	$253
499 km or 310 mi	Gojra	$379
501 km or 312 mi	Hafizabad	$382
503 km or 313 mi	Faisalabad	$359
505 km or 314 mi	Gujrat	$335
517 km or 321 mi	Dera Ghazi Khan	$278
520 km or 323 mi	Srinagar	$344
523 km or 325 mi	Quetta	$303
526 km or 327 mi	Multan	$440
534 km or 332 mi	Sahiwal	$339
536 km or 333 mi	Gujranwala	$309
538 km or 334 mi	Khanewal	$401
546 km or 340 mi	Sialkot	$313
549 km or 341 mi	Sheikhupura	$396
550 km or 342 mi	Kamoke	$332
553 km or 344 mi	Lashkargah	$469