Damascus vs Manama - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Damascus	Manama
🚶 Cost of living one person	$671	$1237
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1492	$2873
🏠 One person rent	$315	$660
🏘️ Family rent	$505	$1136
🍽️ Food expenses	$250	$378
🚐 Transport expenses	$61.5	$99.7
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$47.6	$1982
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	24 km	8 km
🎓 Higher education	28	46
😀 Quality of life	39	77
🏙️ Population	2.69M	298K

The cost of living in Damascus is 46% less expensive than in Manama. Cities ranked 7287th and 4625th ($671 vs $1237) 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 7834th and 1191st 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	$7.99	$6.59
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$28.8	$52.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.96	$7.37
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.61	$8.04
☕ Cappuccino	$1.95	$5.35
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.38	$0.79
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$219	$740
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$160	$492
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$398	$1322
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$295	$892
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$88	$77.2
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$135	$118
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$54.5	$40.7
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	13.62%	8.61%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1865	$2794
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$645	$2737
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.1	$0.81
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$17	$31.6
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$6.96	$33.1
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.43	$0.55
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.98	$1.65
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.5	$1.13
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.66	$2.6
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.83	$2.56
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.22	$6.67
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.18	$7.01
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.5	$9.31
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1	$2.49
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.53	$2.14
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.07	$1.7
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.76	$1.29
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.71	$0.98
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.65	$1.29
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.46	$0.53
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.1	$2.77
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$5.97	$20
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.01	$2.97
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.02	$6.01
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.03	$5.5
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$0.86	$5.98
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.48	$2.83
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.59	$3.41
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$16.2	$71
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$2.98	$10.6
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$3.82	$39.7
💇 Haircut, simple	$2.78	$4.82
👖 Brand Jeans	$44.4	$48.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$58	$86.5
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$49.6	$304
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$1711	$8943

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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 Manama

Distance	City	Cost of living
5.9 km or 3.7 mi	Isa Town	$1230
10 km or 6.2 mi	Riffa	$1201
44 km or 27 mi	Dhahran	$908
54 km or 33 mi	Dammam	$1008
98 km or 61 mi	Qatif	$873
110 km or 68 mi	Al Khor	$1770
126 km or 78 mi	Al-Mubarraz	$806
126 km or 78 mi	Jubail	$930
139 km or 87 mi	Doha	$1849
307 km or 191 mi	Bushehr	$453
345 km or 214 mi	Borazjan	$477
376 km or 233 mi	Al Wafrah	$1283
388 km or 241 mi	Jahrom	$530
392 km or 244 mi	Kazerun	$503
421 km or 262 mi	Madinat Zayed	$1730
424 km or 263 mi	Shiraz	$553
426 km or 265 mi	Riyadh	$1627
427 km or 265 mi	Abu Dhabi	$1942
428 km or 266 mi	Fasa	$529
435 km or 270 mi	Kuwait City	$1454
461 km or 287 mi	Marvdasht	$530
467 km or 290 mi	Al-Faw	$730
485 km or 301 mi	Dubai	$2514
488 km or 303 mi	Behbahan	$483
491 km or 305 mi	Sharjah	$1419
498 km or 309 mi	Umm Qasr	$726
498 km or 310 mi	Ajman	$2521
501 km or 312 mi	Bandar-e Mahshahr	$521
503 km or 312 mi	Umm al-Quwain	$1183
504 km or 313 mi	Yasuj	$463
510 km or 317 mi	Abadan	$549
524 km or 326 mi	Khorramshahr	$542
543 km or 337 mi	Az Zubayr	$719
547 km or 340 mi	Basra	$889
555 km or 345 mi	Ras al-Khaimah	$1398
565 km or 351 mi	Al Ain	$1449
573 km or 356 mi	Bandar Abbas	$632
589 km or 366 mi	Fujairah	$1228
597 km or 371 mi	Ahvaz	$571
617 km or 383 mi	Sirjan	$534