Damascus vs Lyon - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Damascus	Lyon
🚶 Cost of living one person	$638	$1570
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1494	$3820
🏠 One person rent	$291	$773
🏘️ Family rent	$523	$1432
🍽️ Food expenses	$232	$544
🚐 Transport expenses	$80.7	$134
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$55.7	$2651
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Good
✈️ Airport proximity	24 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	25	93
😀 Quality of life	34	89
🏙️ Population	2.69M	521K

The cost of living in Damascus is 59% less expensive than in Lyon. Cities ranked 7300th and 3152nd ($638 vs $1570) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 34th in Syria and France, respectively. Check Syria vs France comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.1 months in Damascus compared to 1.7 months in Lyon. Damascus ranked 1st best city to live in Syria vs Lyon ranked 5th in France, while ranked 7688th and 195th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Damascus vs Lyon

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	Damascus	Lyon
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$5.01	$15.5
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$34.8	$62
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.96	$11.7
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.5	$6.9
☕ Cappuccino	$1.26	$3.63
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.25	$2.91
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$262	$824
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$154	$563
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$590	$1593
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$330	$1107
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$48.5	$129
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$74.5	$199
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$67.2	$29.2
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	13.68%	3.74%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1862	$6408
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$879	$4049
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.1	$2.09
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$16.9	$74.5
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$10.9	$19.7
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.43	$1.86
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.07	$1.34
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.63	$2
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.76	$2.06
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.76	$4.14
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.37	$20.1
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.69	$14
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.1	$22.4
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.99	$2.67
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.12	$2.25
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1	$3.46
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.86	$3.43
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.59	$2.35
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.62	$2.45
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.4	$0.52
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.13	$2.31
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$5.52	$8.26
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.02	$2.48
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.03	$11.6
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.24	$6.44
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$0.87	$4.46
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.48	$1.96
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.59	$3.57
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$13.2	$39.3
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$3.03	$11.3
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$3.81	$26
💇 Haircut, simple	$2.82	$16.8
👖 Brand Jeans	$21.8	$95.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$47.5	$99.1
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$48.6	$584
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$1666	$10816

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Cost of Living in the nearest cities

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 Lyon

Distance	City	Cost of living
3.1 km or 1.9 mi	Villeurbanne	$1567
50 km or 31 mi	Saint-Etienne	$1081
61 km or 38 mi	Macon	$1256
67 km or 42 mi	Roanne	$1348
84 km or 52 mi	Aix-les-Bains	$1470
87 km or 54 mi	Chambery	$1310
92 km or 57 mi	Valence	$1182
94 km or 58 mi	Grenoble	$1434
101 km or 63 mi	Annecy	$1522
109 km or 68 mi	Vernier	$3017
109 km or 68 mi	Meyrin	$2937
110 km or 68 mi	Lancy	$2970
111 km or 69 mi	Carouge	$3028
112 km or 70 mi	Geneva	$3195
114 km or 71 mi	Chalon-sur-Saone	$1247
117 km or 73 mi	Vichy	$1205
118 km or 73 mi	Annemasse	$1352
120 km or 74 mi	Le Creusot	$1050
128 km or 80 mi	Nyon	$3278
136 km or 85 mi	Clermont-Ferrand	$1299
158 km or 98 mi	Chamonix	$1723
159 km or 99 mi	Renens	$2738
163 km or 101 mi	Lausanne	$2732
175 km or 108 mi	Dijon	$1314
177 km or 110 mi	Montreux	$3088
179 km or 111 mi	Yverdon-les-Bains	$2776
184 km or 115 mi	Montlucon	$1485
188 km or 117 mi	Besancon	$1110
188 km or 117 mi	Nevers	$1316
192 km or 120 mi	Aosta	$1474
195 km or 121 mi	Bulle	$2658
201 km or 125 mi	Avignon	$1338
202 km or 125 mi	Sion	$1950
211 km or 131 mi	Neuchatel	$2308
212 km or 132 mi	Fribourg	$2470
213 km or 132 mi	La Chaux-de-Fonds	$2287
217 km or 135 mi	Nimes	$1231
227 km or 141 mi	Manosque	$1338
236 km or 147 mi	Turin	$1424
236 km or 147 mi	Koniz	$2457