Damascus vs Manchester - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 01, 2024

	Damascus	Manchester
🚶 Cost of living one person	$583	$1998
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1433	$4556
🏠 One person rent	$225	$1204
🏘️ Family rent	$409	$1870
🍽️ Food expenses	$203	$491
🚐 Transport expenses	$117	$167
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$56.5	$2742
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	24 km	13 km
🎓 Higher education	25	91
😀 Quality of life	36	91
🏙️ Population	2.5M	548K

The cost of living in Damascus is 71% less expensive than in Manchester. Cities ranked 7822nd and 1798th ($583 vs $1998) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 57th 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 1.4 months in Manchester. Damascus ranked 1st best city to live in Syria vs Manchester ranked 11th in the United Kingdom, while ranked 7665th and 110th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Damascus vs Manchester

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	Damascus	Manchester
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$4.03	$17
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$24	$66.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.52	$9.35
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.51	$6.11
☕ Cappuccino	$1.29	$4.31
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.95	$2.53
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$270	$1274
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$126	$892
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$474	$2104
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$293	$1386
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$19.9	$198
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$30.2	$303
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$49.7	$36.8
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	11.93%	6.15%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1756	$5073
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1228	$3410
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.08	$2.54
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$17	$97.1
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$11.4	$23.4
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$2.66	$2.01
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.01	$1.47
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.1	$1.39
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.55	$1.98
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.6	$3.97
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.88	$8.66
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.76	$7.7
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.17	$13.7
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.04	$3.08
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.8	$1.48
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.7	$3.92
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.82	$3.2
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.55	$1.84
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.41	$1.44
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.33	$0.8
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.14	$2.75
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$5.47	$10.5
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.01	$3.12
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.03	$14.9
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.25	$6.91
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$0.87	$5.37
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.48	$2.3
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.59	$1.83
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$12.3	$32.7
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$3.01	$11.4
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$3.85	$86
💇 Haircut, simple	$2.79	$12.9
👖 Brand Jeans	$30.6	$82.4
👟 Brand Sneakers	$50.3	$87.2
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$94.1	$1559
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$1634	$13845

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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 Manchester

Distance	City	Cost of living
4.3 km or 2.7 mi	Salford	$1819
5.3 km or 3.3 mi	Droylsden	$1793
5.5 km or 3.4 mi	Stretford	$1807
7.5 km or 4.7 mi	Sale	$1795
9.1 km or 5.7 mi	Ashton-under-Lyne	$1753
12 km or 7.2 mi	Oldham	$1652
12 km or 7.6 mi	Altrincham	$1758
15 km or 9.1 mi	Bury	$1526
17 km or 11 mi	Rochdale	$1607
19 km or 12 mi	Bolton	$1711
24 km or 15 mi	Macclesfield	$1703
26 km or 16 mi	Warrington	$1932
28 km or 17 mi	Wigan	$1588
34 km or 21 mi	Chorley	$1644
34 km or 21 mi	St Helens	$1358
35 km or 22 mi	Widnes	$1708
35 km or 22 mi	Blackburn	$1689
35 km or 22 mi	Runcorn	$1733
36 km or 22 mi	Burnley	$1613
36 km or 22 mi	Huddersfield	$1527
38 km or 23 mi	Halifax	$1455
39 km or 25 mi	Brighouse	$1574
42 km or 26 mi	Leek	$1675
43 km or 27 mi	Crewe	$1487
45 km or 28 mi	Preston	$1467
46 km or 29 mi	Dewsbury	$1623
48 km or 30 mi	Bradford	$1564
49 km or 30 mi	Batley	$1640
49 km or 30 mi	Ellesmere Port	$1746
49 km or 31 mi	Keighley	$1628
50 km or 31 mi	Bootle	$1656
51 km or 31 mi	Newcastle-under-Lyme	$1564
51 km or 32 mi	Barnsley	$1392
51 km or 32 mi	Liverpool	$1713
51 km or 32 mi	Sheffield	$1715
52 km or 32 mi	Stoke-on-Trent	$1497
52 km or 33 mi	Chester	$1867
53 km or 33 mi	Bebington	$1652
53 km or 33 mi	Birkenhead	$1652
53 km or 33 mi	Crosby	$1629