Damascus vs London - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Damascus	London
🚶 Cost of living one person	$638	$3296
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1494	$7841
🏠 One person rent	$291	$2211
🏘️ Family rent	$523	$4100
🍽️ Food expenses	$232	$551
🚐 Transport expenses	$80.7	$375
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$55.7	$4153
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	24 km	13 km
🎓 Higher education	25	100
😀 Quality of life	34	99
🏙️ Population	2.69M	8.8M

The cost of living in Damascus is 81% less expensive than in London. Cities ranked 7300th and 58th ($638 vs $3296) 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 1.3 months in London. Damascus ranked 1st best city to live in Syria vs London ranked 1st in the United Kingdom, while ranked 7688th and 4th 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	$5.01	$21.4
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$34.8	$84
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.96	$9.67
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.5	$8.03
☕ Cappuccino	$1.26	$4.64
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.25	$2.46
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$262	$2704
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$154	$1831
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$590	$5123
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$330	$3478
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$48.5	$167
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$74.5	$255
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$67.2	$38.5
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	13.68%	5.06%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1862	$20412
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$879	$10524
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.1	$3.62
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$16.9	$91.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$10.9	$30.2
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.43	$1.82
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.07	$1.53
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.63	$1.86
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.76	$2.25
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.76	$4.77
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.37	$11
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.69	$8.95
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.1	$13.5
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.99	$2.95
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.12	$1.75
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1	$2.99
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.86	$3.14
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.59	$1.43
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.62	$1.59
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.4	$1.1
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.13	$2.87
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$5.52	$11.9
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.02	$2.74
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.03	$20.2
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.24	$3.29
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$0.87	$5.99
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.48	$2.7
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.59	$2.61
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$13.2	$55.7
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$3.03	$17.6
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$3.81	$69.7
💇 Haircut, simple	$2.82	$15.3
👖 Brand Jeans	$21.8	$97.6
👟 Brand Sneakers	$47.5	$113
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$48.6	$2250
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$1666	$26090

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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 London

Distance	City	Cost of living
1.3 km or 0.8 mi	Westminster	$2868
11 km or 7 mi	Wimbledon	$2332
13 km or 8.3 mi	Richmond	$2273
15 km or 9.3 mi	Croydon	$2414
16 km or 10 mi	Greenford	$2209
19 km or 12 mi	Ewell	$2207
21 km or 13 mi	Coulsdon	$2214
23 km or 14 mi	Esher	$2185
24 km or 15 mi	Walton-on-Thames	$2182
25 km or 15 mi	Watford	$2470
27 km or 17 mi	Upminster	$2136
28 km or 17 mi	Rickmansworth	$2217
31 km or 19 mi	St Albans	$2261
32 km or 20 mi	Grays	$2028
32 km or 20 mi	Hertford	$2076
32 km or 20 mi	Slough	$2112
32 km or 20 mi	Brentwood	$2433
35 km or 22 mi	Harlow	$2199
35 km or 22 mi	Gravesend	$2035
35 km or 22 mi	Hemel Hempstead	$2122
37 km or 23 mi	Woking	$2429
38 km or 24 mi	Harpenden	$2052
40 km or 25 mi	Billericay	$2048
41 km or 25 mi	Maidenhead	$2623
43 km or 27 mi	East Grinstead	$2052
43 km or 27 mi	Basildon	$1924
43 km or 27 mi	Guildford	$2422
44 km or 27 mi	Crawley	$2092
44 km or 27 mi	Stevenage	$1987
44 km or 27 mi	Bracknell	$2248
44 km or 28 mi	Rochester	$1973
44 km or 28 mi	Tonbridge	$2063
45 km or 28 mi	High Wycombe	$2089
46 km or 28 mi	Bishop's Stortford	$2062
46 km or 28 mi	Luton	$1885
47 km or 29 mi	Chatham	$2263
49 km or 30 mi	Chelmsford	$1948
49 km or 30 mi	Gillingham	$2135
49 km or 30 mi	Godalming	$2344
49 km or 31 mi	Farnborough	$2009