Damascus vs Manama - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 01, 2024

	Damascus	Manama
🚶 Cost of living one person	$583	$1375
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1433	$3148
🏠 One person rent	$225	$807
🏘️ Family rent	$409	$1414
🍽️ Food expenses	$203	$396
🚐 Transport expenses	$117	$61.6
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$56.5	$2188
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Unhealthy
✈️ Airport proximity	24 km	8 km
🎓 Higher education	25	44
😀 Quality of life	36	70
🏙️ Population	2.5M	157K

The cost of living in Damascus is 58% less expensive than in Manama. Cities ranked 7822nd and 3950th ($583 vs $1375) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 1st in Syria and Bahrain, respectively. Check Syria vs Bahrain comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.1 months in Damascus compared to 1.6 months in Manama. Damascus ranked 1st best city to live in Syria vs Manama ranked 1st in Bahrain, while ranked 7665th and 3031st among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Damascus vs Manama

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	Damascus	Manama
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$4.03	$8.12
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$24	$54.3
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.52	$7.49
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.51	$11.4
☕ Cappuccino	$1.29	$5.68
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.95	$0.82
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$270	$798
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$126	$612
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$474	$1690
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$293	$1068
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$19.9	$120
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$30.2	$183
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$49.7	$38.5
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	11.93%	7.85%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1756	$2294
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1228	$1484
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.08	$0.8
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$17	$37.1
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$11.4	$25.8
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$2.66	$0.41
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.01	$1.79
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.1	$1.2
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.55	$1.52
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.6	$2.98
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.88	$8.82
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.76	$7.49
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.17	$9.47
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.04	$2.25
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.8	$2.06
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.7	$1.6
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.82	$1.17
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.55	$0.84
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.41	$0.93
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.33	$0.53
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.14	$2.14
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$5.47	$21.2
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.01	$3.29
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.03	$8.29
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.25	$5.48
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$0.87	$6.01
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.48	$2.8
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.59	$4.16
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$12.3	$74.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$3.01	$10.6
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$3.85	$46.3
💇 Haircut, simple	$2.79	$5.56
👖 Brand Jeans	$30.6	$54.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$50.3	$97.9
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$94.1	$404
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$1634	$10676

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Cities near Damascus

Distance	City	Cost of living
51 km or 32 mi	Zahle	$882
75 km or 47 mi	Kiryat Shmona	$1673
81 km or 50 mi	Jounieh	$982
83 km or 52 mi	Sidon	$770
83 km or 52 mi	Beirut	$1195
96 km or 59 mi	Safed	$1622
105 km or 65 mi	Tyre	$633
108 km or 67 mi	Tiberias	$1427
110 km or 68 mi	Ma'alot-Tarshiha	$1633
111 km or 69 mi	Tripoli	$665
114 km or 71 mi	Irbid	$625
115 km or 72 mi	Arraba	$1635
116 km or 72 mi	Karmiel	$1617
117 km or 73 mi	Sakhnin	$1645
125 km or 78 mi	Tamra	$1622
125 km or 78 mi	Nahariya	$1570
126 km or 78 mi	Nof HaGalil	$1660
129 km or 80 mi	Nazareth	$1689
130 km or 81 mi	Acre	$1447
131 km or 81 mi	Shefa-'Amr	$1619
135 km or 84 mi	Migdal HaEmek	$1674
136 km or 84 mi	Kiryat Motzkin	$1610
136 km or 85 mi	Kiryat Ata	$1594
137 km or 85 mi	Kiryat Yam	$1601
137 km or 85 mi	Kiryat Bialik	$1594
137 km or 85 mi	Afula	$1660
141 km or 88 mi	Homs	$528
142 km or 88 mi	Nesher	$1467
143 km or 89 mi	Jerash	$602
145 km or 90 mi	Haifa	$1567
145 km or 90 mi	Yokneam Illit	$1744
154 km or 95 mi	Umm al-Fahm	$1728
163 km or 101 mi	Zikhron Ya'akov	$1718
168 km or 105 mi	Baqa-Jatt	$1746
169 km or 105 mi	Pardes Hanna-Karkur	$1725
173 km or 107 mi	Al-Salt	$679
173 km or 108 mi	Nablus	$849
174 km or 108 mi	Hadera	$1593
177 km or 110 mi	Amman	$981
184 km or 114 mi	Tayibe	$1850

Cities near Manama

Distance	City	Cost of living
5.9 km or 3.7 mi	Isa Town	$1327
10 km or 6.2 mi	Riffa	$1285
44 km or 27 mi	Dhahran	$959
54 km or 33 mi	Dammam	$1005
98 km or 61 mi	Qatif	$868
110 km or 68 mi	Al Khor	$1810
126 km or 78 mi	Al-Mubarraz	$768
126 km or 78 mi	Jubail	$910
139 km or 87 mi	Doha	$1872
307 km or 191 mi	Bushehr	$646
345 km or 214 mi	Borazjan	$621
376 km or 233 mi	Al Wafrah	$1256
388 km or 241 mi	Jahrom	$798
392 km or 244 mi	Kazerun	$606
421 km or 262 mi	Madinat Zayed	$1673
424 km or 263 mi	Shiraz	$606
426 km or 265 mi	Riyadh	$1642
427 km or 265 mi	Abu Dhabi	$1936
428 km or 266 mi	Fasa	$890
435 km or 270 mi	Kuwait City	$1424
461 km or 287 mi	Marvdasht	$604
467 km or 290 mi	Al-Faw	$710
485 km or 301 mi	Dubai	$2229
488 km or 303 mi	Behbahan	$541
491 km or 305 mi	Sharjah	$1612
498 km or 309 mi	Umm Qasr	$708
498 km or 310 mi	Ajman	$1841
501 km or 312 mi	Bandar-e Mahshahr	$544
503 km or 312 mi	Umm al-Quwain	$1577
504 km or 313 mi	Yasuj	$561
510 km or 317 mi	Abadan	$543
524 km or 326 mi	Khorramshahr	$540
543 km or 337 mi	Az Zubayr	$698
547 km or 340 mi	Basra	$875
555 km or 345 mi	Ras al-Khaimah	$1584
565 km or 351 mi	Al Ain	$1132
573 km or 356 mi	Bandar Abbas	$758
589 km or 366 mi	Fujairah	$1191
597 km or 371 mi	Ahvaz	$559
617 km or 383 mi	Sirjan	$604