Damascus vs Khartoum - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Damascus	Khartoum
🚶 Cost of living one person	$638	$888
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1494	$2035
🏠 One person rent	$291	$410
🏘️ Family rent	$523	$686
🍽️ Food expenses	$232	$302
🚐 Transport expenses	$80.7	$118
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$55.7	$197
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	24 km	3 km
🎓 Higher education	25	48
😀 Quality of life	34	32
🏙️ Population	2.69M	5.35M

The cost of living in Damascus is 28% less expensive than in Khartoum. Cities ranked 7300th and 6100th ($638 vs $888) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 8th in Syria and Sudan, respectively. Check Syria vs Sudan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.1 months in Damascus compared to 0.2 months in Khartoum. Damascus ranked 1st best city to live in Syria vs Khartoum ranked 1st in Sudan, while ranked 7688th and 7844th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Damascus vs Khartoum

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	Damascus	Khartoum
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$5.01	$6.29
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$34.8	$30.3
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.96	$7.32
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.5	$2
☕ Cappuccino	$1.26	$3.14
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.25	$0.61
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$262	$604
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$154	$261
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$590	$1119
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$330	$459
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$48.5	$28.7
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$74.5	$44.2
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$67.2	$51.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	13.68%	21.13%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1862	$1145
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$879	$800
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.1	$0.69
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$16.9	$19.1
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$10.9	$10.7
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.43	$1.31
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.07	$1.43
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.63	$1.03
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.76	$1.69
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.76	$2.54
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.37	$10.2
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.69	$7.42
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.1	$6.84
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.99	$5.61
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.12	$1.13
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1	$1.98
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.86	$1.45
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.59	$1.31
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.62	$0.94
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.4	$0.42
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.13	$2.62
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$5.52	$3.5
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.02	$1
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.03	$1.4
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.24	$3.82
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$0.87	$4.87
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.48	$1.51
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.59	$1.21
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$13.2	$23.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$3.03	$6.62
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$3.81	$17
💇 Haircut, simple	$2.82	$3.97
👖 Brand Jeans	$21.8	$27.8
👟 Brand Sneakers	$47.5	$66.5
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$48.6	$63.6
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$1666	$2064

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Cities near Damascus

Distance	City	Cost of living
51 km or 32 mi	Zahle	$912
75 km or 47 mi	Kiryat Shmona	$1709
81 km or 50 mi	Jounieh	$1020
83 km or 52 mi	Sidon	$798
83 km or 52 mi	Beirut	$1255
96 km or 59 mi	Safed	$1681
105 km or 65 mi	Tyre	$573
108 km or 67 mi	Tiberias	$1600
110 km or 68 mi	Ma'alot-Tarshiha	$1647
111 km or 69 mi	Tripoli	$776
114 km or 71 mi	Irbid	$679
115 km or 72 mi	Arraba	$1633
116 km or 72 mi	Karmiel	$1531
117 km or 73 mi	Sakhnin	$1612
125 km or 78 mi	Tamra	$1655
125 km or 78 mi	Nahariya	$1616
126 km or 78 mi	Nof HaGalil	$1709
129 km or 80 mi	Nazareth	$1732
130 km or 81 mi	Acre	$1502
131 km or 81 mi	Shefa-'Amr	$1677
135 km or 84 mi	Migdal HaEmek	$1742
136 km or 84 mi	Kiryat Motzkin	$1666
136 km or 85 mi	Kiryat Ata	$1647
137 km or 85 mi	Kiryat Bialik	$1666
137 km or 85 mi	Kiryat Yam	$1657
137 km or 85 mi	Afula	$1652
141 km or 88 mi	Homs	$456
142 km or 88 mi	Nesher	$1593
143 km or 89 mi	Jerash	$608
145 km or 90 mi	Haifa	$1645
145 km or 90 mi	Yokneam Illit	$1778
154 km or 95 mi	Umm al-Fahm	$1756
163 km or 101 mi	Zikhron Ya'akov	$1731
168 km or 105 mi	Baqa-Jatt	$1782
169 km or 105 mi	Pardes Hanna-Karkur	$1728
173 km or 107 mi	Al-Salt	$552
173 km or 108 mi	Nablus	$877
174 km or 108 mi	Hadera	$1576
177 km or 110 mi	Amman	$994
184 km or 114 mi	Tayibe	$1902

Cities near Khartoum

Distance	City	Cost of living
11 km or 7 mi	Omdurman	$908
12 km or 7.4 mi	Khartoum North	$877
271 km or 169 mi	Kosti	$860
282 km or 175 mi	Atbara	$1131
353 km or 219 mi	El-Gadarif	$943
366 km or 228 mi	El-Obeid	$855
415 km or 258 mi	Kassala	$1006
470 km or 292 mi	Ad-Damazin	$836
629 km or 391 mi	Gondar	$897
634 km or 394 mi	Keren	$488
668 km or 415 mi	Port Sudan	$1003
680 km or 422 mi	Mendefera	$487
682 km or 424 mi	Malakal	$496
685 km or 426 mi	Asmara	$520
690 km or 429 mi	Bahir Dar	$752
740 km or 460 mi	Massawa	$486
783 km or 487 mi	Mekelle	$662
803 km or 499 mi	Al-Fashir	$960
915 km or 568 mi	Nyala	$974
915 km or 569 mi	Dessie	$838
944 km or 587 mi	Aswan	$329
962 km or 598 mi	Jeddah	$1146
995 km or 618 mi	Addis Ababa	$1180
999 km or 621 mi	Jimma	$654
1005 km or 625 mi	Mecca	$979
1008 km or 627 mi	Wau	$508
1049 km or 652 mi	Bor	$506
1066 km or 662 mi	Bareq	$902
1100 km or 683 mi	Abha	$910
1103 km or 685 mi	Yanbu	$829
1122 km or 697 mi	Al Hudaydah	$505
1122 km or 697 mi	Luxor	$335
1150 km or 715 mi	Awasa	$886
1170 km or 727 mi	Zabid	$482
1173 km or 729 mi	Bisha	$905
1175 km or 730 mi	Qena	$362
1176 km or 731 mi	Dikhil	$542
1200 km or 746 mi	Juba	$513
1207 km or 750 mi	Ali Sabieh	$542
1208 km or 751 mi	Sa'dah	$482