Damascus vs Medina - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Damascus	Medina
🚶 Cost of living one person	$671	$1182
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1492	$2412
🏠 One person rent	$315	$673
🏘️ Family rent	$505	$906
🍽️ Food expenses	$250	$308
🚐 Transport expenses	$61.5	$111
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$47.6	$1300
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	24 km	14 km
🎓 Higher education	28	22
😀 Quality of life	39	70
🏙️ Population	2.69M	1.41M

The cost of living in Damascus is 43% less expensive than in Medina. Cities ranked 7287th and 4743rd ($671 vs $1182) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 2nd in Syria and Saudi Arabia, respectively. Check Syria vs Saudi Arabia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.1 months in Damascus compared to 1.1 months in Medina. Damascus ranked 1st best city to live in Syria vs Medina ranked 6th in Saudi Arabia, while ranked 7834th and 4114th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Damascus vs Medina

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	Damascus	Medina
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$7.99	$5.56
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$28.8	$31.9
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.96	$7.96
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.61	$1.61
☕ Cappuccino	$1.95	$2.77
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.38	$0.81
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$219	$439
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$160	$505
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$398	$633
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$295	$688
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$88	$91.1
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$135	$140
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$54.5	$89.7
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	13.62%	3.02%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1865	$3803
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$645	$1109
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.1	$1.06
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$17	$37.7
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$6.96	$14.8
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.43	$0.62
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.98	$1.65
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.5	$0.95
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.66	$2.35
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.83	$2.06
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.22	$5.32
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.18	$7.18
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.5	$12.6
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1	$2.42
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.53	$1.98
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.07	$2.33
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.76	$1.52
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.71	$1.39
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.65	$1.32
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.46	$0.49
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.1	$1.88
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$5.97	$1.32
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.01	$1.68
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.02	$7.47
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.03	$5.3
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$0.86	$3.94
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.48	$1.35
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.59	$3.15
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$16.2	$79.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$2.98	$13.3
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$3.82	$25.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$2.78	$2.79
👖 Brand Jeans	$44.4	$37.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$58	$67
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$49.6	$286
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$1711	$5508

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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 Medina

Distance	City	Cost of living
168 km or 104 mi	Yanbu	$791
328 km or 204 mi	Jeddah	$1155
339 km or 211 mi	Mecca	$1162
378 km or 235 mi	Al Wajh	$940
398 km or 247 mi	Ha'il	$825
422 km or 262 mi	Ar Rass	$862
477 km or 296 mi	Unaizah	$967
531 km or 330 mi	Tabuk	$1069
585 km or 363 mi	Bisha	$918
593 km or 368 mi	Port Sudan	$964
595 km or 370 mi	Dumat al-Jandal	$791
615 km or 382 mi	Sakakah	$769
650 km or 404 mi	Sharm El Sheikh	$589
657 km or 408 mi	Hurghada	$346
661 km or 411 mi	Bareq	$903
675 km or 419 mi	El Gouna	$354
676 km or 420 mi	Dahab	$517
680 km or 423 mi	Aswan	$348
714 km or 444 mi	Luxor	$365
717 km or 446 mi	Qena	$428
719 km or 447 mi	Riyadh	$1627
723 km or 449 mi	Aqaba	$782
729 km or 453 mi	Eilat	$1734
742 km or 461 mi	Ma'an	$798
757 km or 470 mi	Abha	$911
758 km or 471 mi	As Sulayyil	$1008
810 km or 503 mi	Tafilah	$645
827 km or 514 mi	Sohag	$398
839 km or 522 mi	Al-Karak	$718
861 km or 535 mi	Dimona	$1910
870 km or 540 mi	Arad	$1855
890 km or 553 mi	Beersheba	$1645
896 km or 557 mi	Asyut	$271
901 km or 560 mi	Hebron	$837
902 km or 561 mi	Dura	$1021
902 km or 561 mi	Ofakim	$1867
905 km or 562 mi	Rahat	$1879
906 km or 563 mi	Amman	$1009
907 km or 564 mi	Najran	$860
913 km or 567 mi	Bethlehem	$987