Damascus vs London - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Damascus	London
🚶 Cost of living one person	$672	$3427
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1612	$8384
🏠 One person rent	$271	$2251
🏘️ Family rent	$473	$4328
🍽️ Food expenses	$237	$587
🚐 Transport expenses	$110	$393
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$56.1	$4627
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	24 km	13 km
🎓 Higher education	25	100
😀 Quality of life	32	99
🏙️ Population	2.58M	8.8M

The cost of living in Damascus is 80% less expensive than in London. Cities ranked 7105th and 37th ($672 vs $3427) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 2nd in Syria and the United Kingdom, respectively. Check Syria vs the United Kingdom comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.1 months in Damascus compared to 1.4 months in London. Damascus ranked 1st best city to live in Syria vs London ranked 1st in the United Kingdom, while ranked 7854th and 2nd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Damascus vs London

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	Damascus	London
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$5.04	$23
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$32.8	$87.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5	$10.5
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.26	$8.7
☕ Cappuccino	$1.27	$4.87
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.04	$2.51
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$248	$2586
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$140	$1894
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$531	$5526
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$294	$3635
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$42.9	$179
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$66	$275
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$66.2	$39.5
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	13.49%	5.35%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1873	$17558
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$880	$10692
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.1	$3.73
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$17.1	$103
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$10.9	$29.9
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$2.24	$1.99
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.07	$1.68
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.63	$1.8
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.76	$2.4
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.9	$4.54
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.38	$12
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.61	$9.76
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.99	$15.7
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.01	$3.28
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.28	$1.72
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.02	$3.34
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.86	$3.67
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.59	$1.41
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.6	$1.62
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.41	$1.1
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.16	$3.11
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$5.5	$13.1
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.01	$2.68
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.98	$20.1
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$1.95	$3.92
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.48	$5.87
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.47	$2.94
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.05	$2.42
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$13.4	$58
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$3.03	$16.6
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$19.9	$142
💇 Haircut, simple	$14.4	$16.2
👖 Brand Jeans	$21.8	$99
👟 Brand Sneakers	$47.8	$116
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$48.8	$2404
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$1645	$25830

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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 London

Distance	City	Cost of living
1.3 km or 0.8 mi	Westminster	$3054
11 km or 7 mi	Wimbledon	$2446
13 km or 8.3 mi	Richmond	$2368
15 km or 9.3 mi	Croydon	$2624
16 km or 10 mi	Greenford	$2353
19 km or 12 mi	Ewell	$2322
21 km or 13 mi	Coulsdon	$2372
23 km or 14 mi	Esher	$2268
24 km or 15 mi	Walton-on-Thames	$2248
25 km or 15 mi	Watford	$2381
27 km or 17 mi	Upminster	$2255
28 km or 17 mi	Rickmansworth	$2245
31 km or 19 mi	St Albans	$2491
32 km or 20 mi	Grays	$2184
32 km or 20 mi	Hertford	$2173
32 km or 20 mi	Slough	$2202
32 km or 20 mi	Brentwood	$2589
35 km or 22 mi	Harlow	$2328
35 km or 22 mi	Gravesend	$2106
35 km or 22 mi	Hemel Hempstead	$2227
37 km or 23 mi	Woking	$2363
38 km or 24 mi	Harpenden	$2179
40 km or 25 mi	Billericay	$2228
41 km or 25 mi	Maidenhead	$2630
43 km or 27 mi	East Grinstead	$2157
43 km or 27 mi	Basildon	$2020
43 km or 27 mi	Guildford	$2451
44 km or 27 mi	Crawley	$2159
44 km or 27 mi	Stevenage	$2040
44 km or 27 mi	Bracknell	$2310
44 km or 28 mi	Rochester	$1963
44 km or 28 mi	Tonbridge	$2033
45 km or 28 mi	High Wycombe	$2202
46 km or 28 mi	Bishop's Stortford	$2152
46 km or 28 mi	Luton	$2053
47 km or 29 mi	Chatham	$2033
49 km or 30 mi	Chelmsford	$2041
49 km or 30 mi	Gillingham	$2028
49 km or 30 mi	Godalming	$2477
49 km or 31 mi	Farnborough	$2055