Damascus vs Lucknow - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Damascus	Lucknow
🚶 Cost of living one person	$671	$339
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1492	$828
🏠 One person rent	$315	$113
🏘️ Family rent	$505	$190
🍽️ Food expenses	$250	$141
🚐 Transport expenses	$61.5	$47.6
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$47.6	$352
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Unhealthy
✈️ Airport proximity	24 km	11 km
🎓 Higher education	28	63
😀 Quality of life	39	57
🏙️ Population	2.69M	3.38M

The cost of living in Damascus is 98% more expensive than in Lucknow. Cities ranked 7287th and 9112th ($671 vs $339) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 85th in Syria and India, respectively. Check Syria vs India comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.1 months in Damascus compared to 1 months in Lucknow. Damascus ranked 1st best city to live in Syria vs Lucknow ranked 29th in India, while ranked 7834th and 6127th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Damascus vs Lucknow

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	Damascus	Lucknow
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$7.99	$1.97
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$28.8	$11.2
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.96	$3.39
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.61	$1.69
☕ Cappuccino	$1.95	$1.6
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.38	$0.33
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$219	$123
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$160	$70.6
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$398	$219
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$295	$126
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$88	$25.1
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$135	$38.5
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$54.5	$7.4
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	13.62%	8.57%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1865	$1253
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$645	$627
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.1	$0.39
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$17	$5.66
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$6.96	$3.46
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.43	$1.15
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.98	$0.73
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.5	$0.48
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.66	$0.63
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.83	$1
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.22	$3.78
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.18	$2.53
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.5	$5.99
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1	$1.62
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.53	$0.59
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.07	$0.84
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.76	$0.5
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.71	$0.34
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.65	$0.46
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.46	$0.23
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.1	$0.94
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$5.97	$7.92
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.01	$1.62
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.02	$3.79
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.03	$1.9
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$0.86	$3.06
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.48	$1.56
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.59	$0.99
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$16.2	$17.8
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$2.98	$3.4
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$3.82	$11.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$2.78	$2.57
👖 Brand Jeans	$44.4	$22.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$58	$39.1
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$49.6	$43.6
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$1711	$1151

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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 Lucknow

Distance	City	Cost of living
74 km or 46 mi	Kanpur	$320
180 km or 112 mi	Allahabad	$300
207 km or 129 mi	Dhangadhi	$383
213 km or 132 mi	Jaunpur	$279
226 km or 141 mi	Bareilly	$290
238 km or 148 mi	Bheemdatta	$367
243 km or 151 mi	Gorakhpur	$298
249 km or 155 mi	Mirzapur	$276
267 km or 166 mi	Varanasi	$273
283 km or 176 mi	Gwalior	$329
284 km or 176 mi	Jhansi	$345
292 km or 182 mi	Agra	$388
299 km or 186 mi	Satna	$306
305 km or 189 mi	Sambhal	$301
306 km or 190 mi	Aligarh	$304
311 km or 193 mi	Moradabad	$290
331 km or 205 mi	Mathura	$293
336 km or 209 mi	Pokhara	$386
389 km or 242 mi	Birgunj	$328
398 km or 247 mi	Meerut	$350
399 km or 248 mi	Faridabad	$383
402 km or 250 mi	Ghaziabad	$372
405 km or 252 mi	Noida	$437
409 km or 254 mi	Hetauda	$293
419 km or 260 mi	Delhi	$489
422 km or 262 mi	Jabalpur	$296
425 km or 264 mi	Gurgaon	$514
436 km or 271 mi	Alwar	$260
440 km or 274 mi	Patna	$320
443 km or 276 mi	Lalitpur	$350
445 km or 276 mi	Rishikesh	$371
447 km or 278 mi	Kathmandu	$427
454 km or 282 mi	Sonipat	$270
456 km or 284 mi	Muzaffarpur	$284
469 km or 292 mi	Gaya	$297
480 km or 298 mi	Dehradun	$388
480 km or 298 mi	Saharanpur	$285
486 km or 302 mi	Vidisha	$334
487 km or 303 mi	Rohtak	$248
494 km or 307 mi	Janakpur	$293