Damascus vs Lahore - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Damascus	Lahore
🚶 Cost of living one person	$638	$411
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1494	$1052
🏠 One person rent	$291	$163
🏘️ Family rent	$523	$338
🍽️ Food expenses	$232	$142
🚐 Transport expenses	$80.7	$57.1
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$55.7	$179
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Unhealthy
✈️ Airport proximity	24 km	6 km
🎓 Higher education	25	69
😀 Quality of life	34	46
🏙️ Population	2.69M	11.1M

The cost of living in Damascus is 55% more expensive than in Lahore. Cities ranked 7300th and 8934th ($638 vs $411) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 4th in Syria and Pakistan, respectively. Check Syria vs Pakistan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.1 months in Damascus compared to 0.4 months in Lahore. Damascus ranked 1st best city to live in Syria vs Lahore ranked 3rd in Pakistan, while ranked 7688th and 6486th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Damascus vs Lahore

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	Damascus	Lahore
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$5.01	$2.06
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$34.8	$16
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.96	$4.31
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.5	$2.84
☕ Cappuccino	$1.26	$2.09
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.25	$0.35
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$262	$102
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$154	$65.8
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$590	$289
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$330	$187
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$48.5	$74.1
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$74.5	$115
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$67.2	$15.9
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	13.68%	19.71%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1862	$626
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$879	$587
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.1	$0.18
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$16.9	$5.75
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$10.9	$4.76
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.43	$0.95
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.07	$0.88
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.63	$0.65
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.76	$1.18
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.76	$1.2
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.37	$5.92
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.69	$2.6
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.1	$3.91
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.99	$1
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.12	$0.59
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1	$0.62
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.86	$0.53
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.59	$0.35
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.62	$0.57
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.4	$0.25
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.13	$0.73
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$5.52	$0.7
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.02	$0.55
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.03	$1.97
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.24	$2.04
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$0.87	$2.27
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.48	$1.01
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.59	$0.84
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$13.2	$13
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$3.03	$5.36
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$3.81	$13
💇 Haircut, simple	$2.82	$3.47
👖 Brand Jeans	$21.8	$15
👟 Brand Sneakers	$47.5	$71.3
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$48.6	$37.1
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$1666	$1172

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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 Lahore

Distance	City	Cost of living
37 km or 23 mi	Sheikhupura	$374
49 km or 30 mi	Amritsar	$383
49 km or 30 mi	Kamoke	$321
68 km or 43 mi	Gujranwala	$308
85 km or 53 mi	Hafizabad	$380
107 km or 67 mi	Sialkot	$281
117 km or 72 mi	Gujrat	$373
118 km or 73 mi	Okara	$300
120 km or 74 mi	Jalandhar	$358
120 km or 75 mi	Sahiwal	$305
121 km or 75 mi	Faisalabad	$306
130 km or 81 mi	Chiniot	$389
140 km or 87 mi	Mandi Bahauddin	$355
140 km or 87 mi	Jammu	$287
147 km or 91 mi	Pathankot	$355
160 km or 99 mi	Ludhiana	$441
164 km or 102 mi	Gojra	$342
169 km or 105 mi	Sargodha	$458
185 km or 115 mi	Mirpur	$354
195 km or 121 mi	Jhang	$292
222 km or 138 mi	Burewala	$356
244 km or 152 mi	Patiala	$365
250 km or 155 mi	Chandigarh	$369
257 km or 160 mi	Rawalpindi	$401
268 km or 167 mi	Islamabad	$442
269 km or 167 mi	Khanewal	$361
273 km or 170 mi	Shimla	$272
286 km or 178 mi	Srinagar	$354
294 km or 183 mi	Wah	$382
295 km or 183 mi	Baramulla	$273
299 km or 186 mi	Hisar	$251
317 km or 197 mi	Multan	$392
351 km or 218 mi	Bahawalpur	$342
352 km or 219 mi	Bhiwani	$321
353 km or 219 mi	Saharanpur	$283
354 km or 220 mi	Kohat	$379
364 km or 226 mi	Rohtak	$265
366 km or 227 mi	Mardan	$366
377 km or 234 mi	Dehradun	$372
381 km or 237 mi	Peshawar	$346