Damascus vs Lisbon - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Damascus	Lisbon
🚶 Cost of living one person	$638	$1705
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1494	$3820
🏠 One person rent	$291	$1106
🏘️ Family rent	$523	$1849
🍽️ Food expenses	$232	$384
🚐 Transport expenses	$80.7	$89.1
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$55.7	$1278
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	24 km	8 km
🎓 Higher education	25	93
😀 Quality of life	34	82
🏙️ Population	2.69M	546K

The cost of living in Damascus is 63% less expensive than in Lisbon. Cities ranked 7300th and 2671st ($638 vs $1705) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 3rd in Syria and Portugal, respectively. Check Syria vs Portugal comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.1 months in Damascus compared to 0.7 months in Lisbon. Damascus ranked 1st best city to live in Syria vs Lisbon ranked 3rd in Portugal, while ranked 7688th and 475th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Damascus vs Lisbon

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	Damascus	Lisbon
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$5.01	$12.1
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$34.8	$50.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.96	$9.01
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.5	$2.75
☕ Cappuccino	$1.26	$2.95
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.25	$1.9
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$262	$1223
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$154	$933
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$590	$2337
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$330	$1529
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$48.5	$81.1
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$74.5	$125
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$67.2	$33.2
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	13.68%	4.31%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1862	$6840
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$879	$3925
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.1	$2.1
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$16.9	$41.6
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$10.9	$11.4
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.43	$1.84
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.07	$1.01
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.63	$1.31
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.76	$1.33
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.76	$3.19
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.37	$11.7
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.69	$7.05
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.1	$13.6
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.99	$2.13
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.12	$1.49
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1	$1.78
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.86	$2.21
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.59	$1.57
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.62	$1.87
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.4	$0.51
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.13	$2.34
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$5.52	$5.5
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.02	$1.26
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.03	$6
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.24	$8.18
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$0.87	$4.17
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.48	$1.82
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.59	$2.38
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$13.2	$39.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$3.03	$8.06
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$3.81	$73.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$2.82	$12.7
👖 Brand Jeans	$21.8	$92.8
👟 Brand Sneakers	$47.5	$83.7
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$48.6	$562
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$1666	$15150

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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 Lisbon

Distance	City	Cost of living
4.1 km or 2.6 mi	Almada	$1606
6.9 km or 4.3 mi	Amadora	$1388
8.8 km or 5.5 mi	Queluz	$1325
9.4 km or 5.8 mi	Odivelas	$1409
10 km or 6.3 mi	Barreiro	$1305
11 km or 6.7 mi	Amora	$1178
12 km or 7.3 mi	Seixal	$1238
12 km or 7.4 mi	Oeiras	$1525
13 km or 8 mi	Agualva-Cacem	$1368
13 km or 8.1 mi	Loures	$1384
17 km or 10 mi	Montijo	$1360
18 km or 11 mi	Moita	$1316
18 km or 11 mi	Algueirao-Mem Martins	$1371
21 km or 13 mi	Sintra	$1413
22 km or 14 mi	Cascais	$1501
28 km or 17 mi	Mafra	$1339
29 km or 18 mi	Palmela	$1305
30 km or 19 mi	Vila Franca de Xira	$1137
31 km or 19 mi	Sesimbra	$1213
32 km or 20 mi	Setubal	$1336
39 km or 24 mi	Alenquer	$1248
42 km or 26 mi	Torres Vedras	$1369
42 km or 26 mi	Benavente	$1255
47 km or 29 mi	Azambuja	$1242
47 km or 29 mi	Salvaterra de Magos	$1249
58 km or 36 mi	Cartaxo	$1230
61 km or 38 mi	Lourinha	$1349
71 km or 44 mi	Santarem	$1160
72 km or 45 mi	Almeirim	$1176
73 km or 45 mi	Peniche	$1502
77 km or 48 mi	Caldas da Rainha	$1168
90 km or 56 mi	Santiago do Cacem	$1282
94 km or 58 mi	Alcobaca	$1206
101 km or 63 mi	Torres Novas	$1102
103 km or 64 mi	Porto de Mos	$1168
111 km or 69 mi	Evora	$1135
115 km or 72 mi	Ourem	$1100
117 km or 72 mi	Marinha Grande	$1170
118 km or 73 mi	Tomar	$908
118 km or 73 mi	Abrantes	$1112