Damascus vs Mashhad - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Damascus	Mashhad
🚶 Cost of living one person	$638	$508
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1494	$1452
🏠 One person rent	$291	$169
🏘️ Family rent	$523	$391
🍽️ Food expenses	$232	$180
🚐 Transport expenses	$80.7	$42.7
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$55.7	$216
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	24 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	25	46
😀 Quality of life	34	50
🏙️ Population	2.69M	3M

The cost of living in Damascus is 26% more expensive than in Mashhad. Cities ranked 7300th and 8574th ($638 vs $508) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 84th in Syria and Iran, respectively. Check Syria vs Iran comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.1 months in Damascus compared to 0.4 months in Mashhad. Damascus ranked 1st best city to live in Syria vs Mashhad ranked 3rd in Iran, while ranked 7688th and 6227th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Damascus vs Mashhad

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	Damascus	Mashhad
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$5.01	$2.51
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$34.8	$32.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.96	$3.99
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.5	$0.5
☕ Cappuccino	$1.26	$1.08
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.25	$0.41
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$262	$194
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$154	$129
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$590	$493
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$330	$325
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$48.5	$8.75
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$74.5	$13.5
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$67.2	$18.5
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	13.68%	20.07%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1862	$1263
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$879	$773
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.1	$0.2
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$16.9	$4.35
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$10.9	$4.48
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.43	$0.8
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.07	$0.52
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.63	$0.23
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.76	$2.04
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.76	$1.02
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.37	$1.79
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.69	$2.45
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.1	$9.89
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.99	$0.87
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.12	$1.26
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1	$0.8
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.86	$0.57
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.59	$0.44
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.62	$0.46
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.4	$0.16
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.13	$7.94
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$5.52	$0.89
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.02	$0.78
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.03	$2.72
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.24	$5.22
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$0.87	$5.26
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.48	$1.8
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.59	$2.44
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$13.2	$13.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$3.03	$1.99
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$3.81	$95.6
💇 Haircut, simple	$2.82	$29
👖 Brand Jeans	$21.8	$20.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$47.5	$89.5
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$48.6	$68
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$1666	$618

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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 Mashhad

Distance	City	Cost of living
73 km or 45 mi	Nishapur	$509
120 km or 75 mi	Torbat-e Heydarieh	$521
132 km or 82 mi	Quchan	$515
150 km or 93 mi	Torbat-e Jam	$550
157 km or 98 mi	Kashmar	$521
174 km or 108 mi	Sabzevar	$524
202 km or 126 mi	Anau	$1553
212 km or 132 mi	Ashgabat	$1584
240 km or 149 mi	Bojnord	$510
245 km or 152 mi	Mary	$1503
304 km or 189 mi	Baherden	$1541
317 km or 197 mi	Herat	$512
384 km or 239 mi	Birjand	$574
409 km or 254 mi	Gonbad-e Kavus	$495
411 km or 255 mi	Shahrud	$598
461 km or 287 mi	Gorgan	$685
467 km or 290 mi	Turkmenabat	$1523
551 km or 342 mi	Sheberghan	$414
566 km or 351 mi	Semnan	$580
572 km or 355 mi	Bukhara	$431
586 km or 364 mi	Sari	$658
604 km or 375 mi	Qaem Shahr	$554
612 km or 380 mi	Zabol	$552
614 km or 381 mi	Dasoguz	$1535
615 km or 382 mi	Qarshi	$484
620 km or 385 mi	Babol	$458
649 km or 403 mi	Amol	$557
673 km or 418 mi	Mazar-i-Sharif	$408
684 km or 425 mi	Lashkargah	$476
685 km or 425 mi	Nukus	$392
687 km or 427 mi	Yazd	$573
703 km or 437 mi	Pardis	$665
710 km or 441 mi	Kerman	$464
719 km or 447 mi	Pakdasht	$680
726 km or 451 mi	Varamin	$651
730 km or 454 mi	Qarchak	$681
733 km or 456 mi	Golestan	$714
737 km or 458 mi	Rafsanjan	$507
738 km or 459 mi	Ray	$710
739 km or 459 mi	Tehran	$788