Damascus vs Kabul - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Damascus	Kabul
🚶 Cost of living one person	$671	$458
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1492	$1016
🏠 One person rent	$315	$195
🏘️ Family rent	$505	$267
🍽️ Food expenses	$250	$153
🚐 Transport expenses	$61.5	$76.9
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$47.6	$104
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Unhealthy
✈️ Airport proximity	24 km	6 km
🎓 Higher education	28	30
😀 Quality of life	39	33
🏙️ Population	2.69M	4.27M

The cost of living in Damascus is 46% more expensive than in Kabul. Cities ranked 7287th and 8842nd ($671 vs $458) 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 0.2 months in Kabul. Damascus ranked 1st best city to live in Syria vs Kabul ranked 1st in Afghanistan, while ranked 7834th and 8609th 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	$7.99	$2.45
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$28.8	$11.2
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.96	$4.48
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.61	$2.4
☕ Cappuccino	$1.95	$1.19
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.38	$0.36
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$219	$93.7
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$160	$62.8
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$398	$172
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$295	$111
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$88	$30.9
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$135	$48.1
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$54.5	$95.2
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	13.62%	12.06%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1865	$505
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$645	$260
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.1	$0.22
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$17	$10.6
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$6.96	$7.78
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.43	$1.02
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.98	$0.8
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.5	$0.22
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.66	$1.9
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.83	$1.47
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.22	$4.11
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.18	$3.55
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.5	$6.13
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1	$0.54
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.53	$0.8
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.07	$0.83
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.76	$0.46
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.71	$0.45
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.65	$0.43
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.46	$0.24
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.1	$0.98
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$5.97	$1.81
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.01	$0.75
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.02	$2.72
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.03	$3.3
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$0.86	$3.88
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.48	$1.12
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.59	$1.52
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$16.2	$10.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$2.98	$2.23
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$3.82	$15.4
💇 Haircut, simple	$2.78	$3.1
👖 Brand Jeans	$44.4	$18
👟 Brand Sneakers	$58	$34.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$49.6	$19.7
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$1711	$1486

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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 Kabul

Distance	City	Cost of living
105 km or 65 mi	Gardez	$401
119 km or 74 mi	Jalalabad	$354
129 km or 80 mi	Ghazni	$396
150 km or 93 mi	Khost	$393
163 km or 101 mi	Puli Khumri	$404
223 km or 138 mi	Peshawar	$334
235 km or 146 mi	Kohat	$364
246 km or 153 mi	Kunduz	$428
266 km or 166 mi	Mardan	$354
293 km or 182 mi	Mingora	$351
304 km or 189 mi	Mazar-i-Sharif	$470
336 km or 209 mi	Wah	$344
368 km or 229 mi	Islamabad	$443
369 km or 229 mi	Qurghonteppa	$684
374 km or 232 mi	Rawalpindi	$416
389 km or 242 mi	Sheberghan	$432
425 km or 264 mi	Sargodha	$376
450 km or 280 mi	Tursunzoda	$680
451 km or 280 mi	Dushanbe	$712
451 km or 280 mi	Mirpur	$277
456 km or 284 mi	Mandi Bahauddin	$326
458 km or 285 mi	Kandahar	$436
467 km or 290 mi	Jhang	$294
474 km or 294 mi	Chiniot	$372
476 km or 296 mi	Baramulla	$265
499 km or 310 mi	Gojra	$351
501 km or 312 mi	Hafizabad	$363
503 km or 313 mi	Faisalabad	$333
505 km or 314 mi	Gujrat	$320
517 km or 321 mi	Dera Ghazi Khan	$254
520 km or 323 mi	Srinagar	$340
523 km or 325 mi	Quetta	$291
526 km or 327 mi	Multan	$403
534 km or 332 mi	Sahiwal	$303
536 km or 333 mi	Gujranwala	$302
538 km or 334 mi	Khanewal	$362
546 km or 340 mi	Sialkot	$311
549 km or 341 mi	Sheikhupura	$368
550 km or 342 mi	Kamoke	$316
553 km or 344 mi	Lashkargah	$439