Damascus vs London - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Damascus	London
🚶 Cost of living one person	$671	$3851
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1492	$8597
🏠 One person rent	$315	$2689
🏘️ Family rent	$505	$4575
🍽️ Food expenses	$250	$592
🚐 Transport expenses	$61.5	$400
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$47.6	$4336
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	24 km	13 km
🎓 Higher education	28	100
😀 Quality of life	39	99
🏙️ Population	2.69M	8.8M

The cost of living in Damascus is 83% less expensive than in London. Cities ranked 7287th and 8th ($671 vs $3851) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 1st 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 1.1 months in London. Damascus ranked 1st best city to live in Syria vs London ranked 1st in the United Kingdom, while ranked 7834th and 5th 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	$7.99	$22.2
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$28.8	$91.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.96	$10.2
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.61	$9.11
☕ Cappuccino	$1.95	$5.24
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.38	$3.08
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$219	$3237
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$160	$2291
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$398	$4710
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$295	$4163
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$88	$170
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$135	$264
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$54.5	$39.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	13.62%	4.83%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1865	$21687
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$645	$11040
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.1	$4.04
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$17	$101
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$6.96	$31.5
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.43	$1.85
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.98	$1.65
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.5	$2.11
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.66	$2.38
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.83	$5.16
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.22	$12
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.18	$9.17
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.5	$15.8
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1	$3.05
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.53	$1.72
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.07	$3.18
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.76	$3.28
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.71	$1.43
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.65	$1.82
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.46	$1.2
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.1	$3.31
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$5.97	$13.2
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.01	$3.12
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.02	$22.4
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.03	$4.31
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$0.86	$6
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.48	$2.76
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.59	$2.97
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$16.2	$59
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$2.98	$18.6
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$3.82	$69.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$2.78	$16.9
👖 Brand Jeans	$44.4	$110
👟 Brand Sneakers	$58	$120
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$49.6	$2511
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$1711	$27583

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Cities near Damascus

Distance	City	Cost of living
51 km or 32 mi	Zahle	$930
75 km or 47 mi	Kiryat Shmona	$1808
81 km or 50 mi	Jounieh	$1028
83 km or 52 mi	Sidon	$822
83 km or 52 mi	Beirut	$1261
96 km or 59 mi	Safed	$1847
105 km or 65 mi	Tyre	$647
108 km or 67 mi	Tiberias	$1808
110 km or 68 mi	Ma'alot-Tarshiha	$1803
111 km or 69 mi	Tripoli	$787
114 km or 71 mi	Irbid	$753
115 km or 72 mi	Arraba	$1789
116 km or 72 mi	Karmiel	$1630
117 km or 73 mi	Sakhnin	$1745
125 km or 78 mi	Tamra	$1798
125 km or 78 mi	Nahariya	$1775
126 km or 78 mi	Nof HaGalil	$1862
129 km or 80 mi	Nazareth	$1850
130 km or 81 mi	Acre	$1633
131 km or 81 mi	Shefa-'Amr	$1828
135 km or 84 mi	Migdal HaEmek	$1917
136 km or 84 mi	Kiryat Motzkin	$1842
136 km or 85 mi	Kiryat Ata	$1769
137 km or 85 mi	Kiryat Yam	$1819
137 km or 85 mi	Kiryat Bialik	$1804
137 km or 85 mi	Afula	$1817
141 km or 88 mi	Homs	$402
142 km or 88 mi	Nesher	$1757
143 km or 89 mi	Jerash	$748
145 km or 90 mi	Haifa	$1840
145 km or 90 mi	Yokneam Illit	$1932
154 km or 95 mi	Umm al-Fahm	$1954
163 km or 101 mi	Zikhron Ya'akov	$1978
168 km or 105 mi	Baqa-Jatt	$2001
169 km or 105 mi	Pardes Hanna-Karkur	$1991
173 km or 107 mi	Al-Salt	$548
173 km or 108 mi	Nablus	$915
174 km or 108 mi	Hadera	$1786
177 km or 110 mi	Amman	$1009
184 km or 114 mi	Tayibe	$2108

Cities near London

Distance	City	Cost of living
1.3 km or 0.8 mi	Westminster	$2960
11 km or 7 mi	Wimbledon	$2512
13 km or 8.3 mi	Richmond	$2449
15 km or 9.3 mi	Croydon	$2514
16 km or 10 mi	Greenford	$2435
19 km or 12 mi	Ewell	$2367
21 km or 13 mi	Coulsdon	$2352
23 km or 14 mi	Esher	$2337
24 km or 15 mi	Walton-on-Thames	$2326
25 km or 15 mi	Watford	$2633
27 km or 17 mi	Upminster	$2299
28 km or 17 mi	Rickmansworth	$2374
31 km or 19 mi	St Albans	$2456
32 km or 20 mi	Grays	$2200
32 km or 20 mi	Hertford	$2197
32 km or 20 mi	Slough	$2273
32 km or 20 mi	Brentwood	$2655
35 km or 22 mi	Harlow	$2091
35 km or 22 mi	Gravesend	$2176
35 km or 22 mi	Hemel Hempstead	$2274
37 km or 23 mi	Woking	$2515
38 km or 24 mi	Harpenden	$2224
40 km or 25 mi	Billericay	$2205
41 km or 25 mi	Maidenhead	$2785
43 km or 27 mi	East Grinstead	$2206
43 km or 27 mi	Basildon	$2164
43 km or 27 mi	Guildford	$2559
44 km or 27 mi	Crawley	$2275
44 km or 27 mi	Stevenage	$2223
44 km or 27 mi	Bracknell	$2469
44 km or 28 mi	Rochester	$1780
44 km or 28 mi	Tonbridge	$2118
45 km or 28 mi	High Wycombe	$2122
46 km or 28 mi	Bishop's Stortford	$2132
46 km or 28 mi	Luton	$2160
47 km or 29 mi	Chatham	$2419
49 km or 30 mi	Chelmsford	$2000
49 km or 30 mi	Gillingham	$2245
49 km or 30 mi	Godalming	$2416
49 km or 31 mi	Farnborough	$2165