Damascus vs Kathmandu - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Damascus	Kathmandu
🚶 Cost of living one person	$672	$443
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1612	$1153
🏠 One person rent	$271	$147
🏘️ Family rent	$473	$283
🍽️ Food expenses	$237	$188
🚐 Transport expenses	$110	$62.3
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$56.1	$231
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	24 km	2 km
🎓 Higher education	25	28
😀 Quality of life	32	45
🏙️ Population	2.58M	846K

The cost of living in Damascus is 52% more expensive than in Kathmandu. Cities ranked 7105th and 8885th ($672 vs $443) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 1st in Syria and Nepal, respectively. Check Syria vs Nepal comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.1 months in Damascus compared to 0.5 months in Kathmandu. Damascus ranked 1st best city to live in Syria vs Kathmandu ranked 1st in Nepal, while ranked 7854th and 6524th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Damascus vs Kathmandu

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	Damascus	Kathmandu
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$5.04	$1.48
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$32.8	$22.2
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5	$6.71
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.26	$2.63
☕ Cappuccino	$1.27	$1.71
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.04	$0.48
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$248	$180
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$140	$97.7
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$531	$359
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$294	$208
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$42.9	$22.3
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$66	$34.1
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$66.2	$10.6
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	13.49%	12.76%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1873	$2306
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$880	$1201
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.1	$0.22
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$17.1	$8.86
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$10.9	$11.3
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$2.24	$1.28
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.07	$0.85
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.63	$0.57
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.76	$0.9
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.9	$1.6
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.38	$9.7
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.61	$3.29
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.99	$5.35
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.01	$2.41
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.28	$1.04
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.02	$1.22
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.86	$0.72
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.59	$0.49
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.6	$0.66
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.41	$0.17
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.16	$1.82
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$5.5	$5.99
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.01	$2.21
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.98	$2.96
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$1.95	$1.3
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.48	$2.65
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.47	$0.95
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.05	$0.73
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$13.4	$23.5
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$3.03	$3.33
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$19.9	$15.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$14.4	$2.84
👖 Brand Jeans	$21.8	$25.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$47.8	$53.3
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$48.8	$87.7
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$1645	$4063

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Cities near Damascus

Distance	City	Cost of living
51 km or 32 mi	Zahle	$857
75 km or 47 mi	Kiryat Shmona	$1604
81 km or 50 mi	Jounieh	$948
83 km or 52 mi	Sidon	$767
83 km or 52 mi	Beirut	$1165
96 km or 59 mi	Safed	$1635
105 km or 65 mi	Tyre	$545
108 km or 67 mi	Tiberias	$1544
110 km or 68 mi	Ma'alot-Tarshiha	$1619
111 km or 69 mi	Tripoli	$708
114 km or 71 mi	Irbid	$630
115 km or 72 mi	Arraba	$1624
116 km or 72 mi	Karmiel	$1579
117 km or 73 mi	Sakhnin	$1612
125 km or 78 mi	Tamra	$1617
125 km or 78 mi	Nahariya	$1565
126 km or 78 mi	Nof HaGalil	$1659
129 km or 80 mi	Nazareth	$1674
130 km or 81 mi	Acre	$1451
131 km or 81 mi	Shefa-'Amr	$1617
135 km or 84 mi	Migdal HaEmek	$1664
136 km or 84 mi	Kiryat Motzkin	$1585
136 km or 85 mi	Kiryat Ata	$1591
137 km or 85 mi	Kiryat Yam	$1604
137 km or 85 mi	Kiryat Bialik	$1607
137 km or 85 mi	Afula	$1614
141 km or 88 mi	Homs	$462
142 km or 88 mi	Nesher	$1532
143 km or 89 mi	Jerash	$598
145 km or 90 mi	Haifa	$1582
145 km or 90 mi	Yokneam Illit	$1706
154 km or 95 mi	Umm al-Fahm	$1708
163 km or 101 mi	Zikhron Ya'akov	$1749
168 km or 105 mi	Baqa-Jatt	$1758
169 km or 105 mi	Pardes Hanna-Karkur	$1787
173 km or 107 mi	Al-Salt	$692
173 km or 108 mi	Nablus	$730
174 km or 108 mi	Hadera	$1556
177 km or 110 mi	Amman	$1004
184 km or 114 mi	Tayibe	$1838

Cities near Kathmandu

Distance	City	Cost of living
5 km or 3.1 mi	Lalitpur	$350
47 km or 29 mi	Hetauda	$311
94 km or 58 mi	Birgunj	$335
124 km or 77 mi	Janakpur	$321
146 km or 91 mi	Pokhara	$377
183 km or 114 mi	Muzaffarpur	$294
222 km or 138 mi	Gorakhpur	$306
234 km or 145 mi	Biratnagar	$339
235 km or 146 mi	Patna	$356
238 km or 148 mi	Saharsa	$297
261 km or 162 mi	Damak	$331
300 km or 186 mi	Purnia	$303
320 km or 199 mi	Bhagalpur	$268
322 km or 200 mi	Siliguri	$314
332 km or 206 mi	Gaya	$337
346 km or 215 mi	Jaunpur	$331
355 km or 220 mi	Varanasi	$316
359 km or 223 mi	Raiganj	$312
384 km or 239 mi	Shigatse	$930
398 km or 247 mi	Mirzapur	$365
400 km or 249 mi	Paro	$455
410 km or 255 mi	Malda	$311
411 km or 256 mi	Saidpur	$293
421 km or 262 mi	Thimphu	$387
431 km or 268 mi	Allahabad	$461
438 km or 272 mi	Balurghat	$311
443 km or 275 mi	Rangpur	$298
447 km or 278 mi	Lucknow	$393
449 km or 279 mi	Dhanbad	$285
468 km or 291 mi	Kulti	$284
476 km or 296 mi	Asansol	$273
479 km or 298 mi	Dhangadhi	$396
485 km or 301 mi	Ranchi	$396
493 km or 306 mi	Rajshahi	$279
495 km or 307 mi	Berhampore	$309
503 km or 313 mi	Durgapur	$288
510 km or 317 mi	Bheemdatta	$379
510 km or 317 mi	Bogra	$282
517 km or 321 mi	Kanpur	$329
553 km or 344 mi	Jamshedpur	$330