Damascus vs Minsk - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Damascus	Minsk
🚶 Cost of living one person	$638	$727
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1494	$1874
🏠 One person rent	$291	$352
🏘️ Family rent	$523	$652
🍽️ Food expenses	$232	$251
🚐 Transport expenses	$80.7	$46.5
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$55.7	$686
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Good
✈️ Airport proximity	24 km	31 km
🎓 Higher education	25	61
😀 Quality of life	34	67
🏙️ Population	2.69M	1.99M

The cost of living in Damascus is 12% less expensive than in Minsk. Cities ranked 7300th and 6769th ($638 vs $727) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 1st in Syria and Belarus, respectively. Check Syria vs Belarus comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.1 months in Damascus compared to 0.9 months in Minsk. Damascus ranked 1st best city to live in Syria vs Minsk ranked 1st in Belarus, while ranked 7688th and 3750th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Damascus vs Minsk

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	Damascus	Minsk
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$5.01	$9.19
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$34.8	$30.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.96	$5.31
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.5	$1.21
☕ Cappuccino	$1.26	$1.69
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.25	$0.71
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$262	$423
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$154	$280
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$590	$818
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$330	$534
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$48.5	$32.9
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$74.5	$50.3
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$67.2	$10.6
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	13.68%	14.66%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1862	$1925
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$879	$1211
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.1	$0.27
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$16.9	$15.4
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$10.9	$3.73
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.43	$0.76
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.07	$0.74
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.63	$0.59
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.76	$1.2
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.76	$1.28
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.37	$6.31
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.69	$3.92
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.1	$7.72
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.99	$1.08
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.12	$1.71
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1	$1.79
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.86	$2.28
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.59	$0.41
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.62	$0.57
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.4	$0.39
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.13	$1.29
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$5.52	$7.59
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.02	$0.93
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.03	$1.82
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.24	$6.38
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$0.87	$2.66
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.48	$1.07
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.59	$1.6
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$13.2	$31.8
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$3.03	$4.6
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$3.81	$12.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$2.82	$4.76
👖 Brand Jeans	$21.8	$55.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$47.5	$111
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$48.6	$330
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$1666	$10220

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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 Minsk

Distance	City	Cost of living
72 km or 44 mi	Barysaw	$570
136 km or 85 mi	Baranavichy	$517
139 km or 86 mi	Babruysk	$438
171 km or 107 mi	Vilnius	$1261
182 km or 113 mi	Mogilev	$474
218 km or 135 mi	Utena	$936
220 km or 137 mi	Vitebsk	$300
221 km or 137 mi	Pinsk	$435
229 km or 142 mi	Daugavpils	$843
235 km or 146 mi	Alytus	$850
247 km or 154 mi	Grodno	$385
249 km or 155 mi	Jonava	$847
260 km or 161 mi	Kaunas	$1150
280 km or 174 mi	Gomel	$440
283 km or 176 mi	Marijampole	$882
288 km or 179 mi	Panevezys	$950
290 km or 180 mi	Rezekne	$761
303 km or 188 mi	Suwalki	$1016
303 km or 189 mi	Bialystok	$935
307 km or 191 mi	Smolensk	$479
308 km or 191 mi	Jekabpils	$840
330 km or 205 mi	Brest	$469
342 km or 212 mi	Elk	$1025
353 km or 219 mi	Siauliai	$953
363 km or 226 mi	Biala Podlaska	$965
367 km or 228 mi	Chernihiv	$433
371 km or 231 mi	Lomza	$964
374 km or 232 mi	Ogre	$933
376 km or 233 mi	Rivne	$394
382 km or 238 mi	Lutsk	$510
390 km or 243 mi	Jelgava	$804
401 km or 249 mi	Siedlce	$882
403 km or 250 mi	Riga	$1113
406 km or 252 mi	Ostroleka	$1025
412 km or 256 mi	Zhytomyr	$549
413 km or 257 mi	Chelm	$1107
416 km or 259 mi	Jurmala	$1299
426 km or 265 mi	Valmiera	$835
427 km or 265 mi	Mazeikiai	$983
434 km or 269 mi	Kyiv	$850