Damascus vs Mashhad - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Damascus	Mashhad
🚶 Cost of living one person	$672	$538
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1612	$1576
🏠 One person rent	$271	$186
🏘️ Family rent	$473	$461
🍽️ Food expenses	$237	$191
🚐 Transport expenses	$110	$44.3
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$56.1	$228
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	24 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	25	46
😀 Quality of life	32	50
🏙️ Population	2.58M	3M

The cost of living in Damascus is 25% more expensive than in Mashhad. Cities ranked 7105th and 8365th ($672 vs $538) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 71st 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 7854th and 6193rd 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	$5.04	$3.03
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$32.8	$35.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5	$4.01
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.26	$0.5
☕ Cappuccino	$1.27	$1.2
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.04	$0.46
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$248	$223
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$140	$144
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$531	$569
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$294	$395
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$42.9	$8.61
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$66	$13.4
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$66.2	$17.8
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	13.49%	20.29%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1873	$1424
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$880	$812
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.1	$0.4
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$17.1	$4.35
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$10.9	$4.5
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$2.24	$0.81
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.07	$0.55
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.63	$0.27
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.76	$2.61
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.9	$1.1
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.38	$2.06
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.61	$2.76
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.99	$9.41
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.01	$0.86
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.28	$1.29
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.02	$0.89
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.86	$0.6
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.59	$0.47
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.6	$0.46
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.41	$0.19
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.16	$7.97
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$5.5	$0.73
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.01	$0.67
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.98	$2.42
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$1.95	$5.17
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.48	$5.28
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.47	$1.78
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.05	$2.4
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$13.4	$15.1
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$3.03	$1.98
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$19.9	$94.4
💇 Haircut, simple	$14.4	$28.8
👖 Brand Jeans	$21.8	$21.4
👟 Brand Sneakers	$47.8	$90.8
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$48.8	$150
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$1645	$612

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Cities near Damascus

Distance	City	Cost of living
51 km or 32 mi	Zahle	$857
75 km or 47 mi	Kiryat Shmona	$1604
81 km or 50 mi	Jounieh	$948
83 km or 52 mi	Sidon	$767
83 km or 52 mi	Beirut	$1165
96 km or 59 mi	Safed	$1635
105 km or 65 mi	Tyre	$545
108 km or 67 mi	Tiberias	$1544
110 km or 68 mi	Ma'alot-Tarshiha	$1619
111 km or 69 mi	Tripoli	$708
114 km or 71 mi	Irbid	$630
115 km or 72 mi	Arraba	$1624
116 km or 72 mi	Karmiel	$1579
117 km or 73 mi	Sakhnin	$1612
125 km or 78 mi	Tamra	$1617
125 km or 78 mi	Nahariya	$1565
126 km or 78 mi	Nof HaGalil	$1659
129 km or 80 mi	Nazareth	$1674
130 km or 81 mi	Acre	$1451
131 km or 81 mi	Shefa-'Amr	$1617
135 km or 84 mi	Migdal HaEmek	$1664
136 km or 84 mi	Kiryat Motzkin	$1585
136 km or 85 mi	Kiryat Ata	$1591
137 km or 85 mi	Kiryat Yam	$1604
137 km or 85 mi	Kiryat Bialik	$1607
137 km or 85 mi	Afula	$1614
141 km or 88 mi	Homs	$462
142 km or 88 mi	Nesher	$1532
143 km or 89 mi	Jerash	$598
145 km or 90 mi	Haifa	$1582
145 km or 90 mi	Yokneam Illit	$1706
154 km or 95 mi	Umm al-Fahm	$1708
163 km or 101 mi	Zikhron Ya'akov	$1749
168 km or 105 mi	Baqa-Jatt	$1758
169 km or 105 mi	Pardes Hanna-Karkur	$1787
173 km or 107 mi	Al-Salt	$692
173 km or 108 mi	Nablus	$730
174 km or 108 mi	Hadera	$1556
177 km or 110 mi	Amman	$1004
184 km or 114 mi	Tayibe	$1838

Cities near Mashhad

Distance	City	Cost of living
73 km or 45 mi	Nishapur	$517
120 km or 75 mi	Torbat-e Heydarieh	$515
132 km or 82 mi	Quchan	$500
150 km or 93 mi	Torbat-e Jam	$512
157 km or 98 mi	Kashmar	$511
174 km or 108 mi	Sabzevar	$515
202 km or 126 mi	Anau	$1583
212 km or 132 mi	Ashgabat	$1616
240 km or 149 mi	Bojnord	$458
245 km or 152 mi	Mary	$1531
304 km or 189 mi	Baherden	$1578
317 km or 197 mi	Herat	$514
384 km or 239 mi	Birjand	$553
409 km or 254 mi	Gonbad-e Kavus	$496
411 km or 255 mi	Shahrud	$603
461 km or 287 mi	Gorgan	$689
467 km or 290 mi	Turkmenabat	$1554
551 km or 342 mi	Sheberghan	$450
566 km or 351 mi	Semnan	$607
572 km or 355 mi	Bukhara	$452
586 km or 364 mi	Sari	$670
604 km or 375 mi	Qaem Shahr	$564
612 km or 380 mi	Zabol	$548
614 km or 381 mi	Dasoguz	$1572
615 km or 382 mi	Qarshi	$435
620 km or 385 mi	Babol	$468
649 km or 403 mi	Amol	$550
673 km or 418 mi	Mazar-i-Sharif	$470
684 km or 425 mi	Lashkargah	$487
685 km or 425 mi	Nukus	$394
687 km or 427 mi	Yazd	$577
703 km or 437 mi	Pardis	$675
710 km or 441 mi	Kerman	$467
719 km or 447 mi	Pakdasht	$689
726 km or 451 mi	Varamin	$673
730 km or 454 mi	Qarchak	$693
733 km or 456 mi	Golestan	$722
737 km or 458 mi	Rafsanjan	$515
738 km or 459 mi	Ray	$720
739 km or 459 mi	Tehran	$797