Damascus vs Moscow - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 01, 2024

	Damascus	Moscow
🚶 Cost of living one person	$583	$1021
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1433	$2666
🏠 One person rent	$225	$542
🏘️ Family rent	$409	$1116
🍽️ Food expenses	$203	$277
🚐 Transport expenses	$117	$97.6
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$56.5	$1208
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Good
✈️ Airport proximity	24 km	27 km
🎓 Higher education	25	96
😀 Quality of life	36	73
🏙️ Population	2.5M	12.5M

The cost of living in Damascus is 43% less expensive than in Moscow. Cities ranked 7822nd and 5167th ($583 vs $1021) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 1st in Syria and Russia, respectively. Check Syria vs Russia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.1 months in Damascus compared to 1.2 months in Moscow. Damascus ranked 1st best city to live in Syria vs Moscow ranked 1st in Russia, while ranked 7665th and 1608th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Damascus vs Moscow

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	Damascus	Moscow
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$4.03	$8.33
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$24	$37
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.52	$4.74
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.51	$3.41
☕ Cappuccino	$1.29	$2.85
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.95	$1.05
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$270	$697
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$126	$416
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$474	$1545
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$293	$883
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$19.9	$63.9
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$30.2	$94.8
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$49.7	$6.03
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	11.93%	12.78%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1756	$5342
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1228	$3004
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.08	$0.65
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$17	$29.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$11.4	$6.59
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$2.66	$0.6
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.01	$0.96
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.1	$0.63
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.55	$1.13
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.6	$1.52
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.88	$10
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.76	$4.54
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.17	$9.27
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.04	$1.36
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.8	$1.34
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.7	$1.83
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.82	$3.02
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.55	$0.45
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.41	$0.45
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.33	$0.39
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.14	$1.7
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$5.47	$7.49
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.01	$0.84
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.03	$2.34
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.25	$6.45
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$0.87	$3.33
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.48	$2.05
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.59	$1.87
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$12.3	$36.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$3.01	$5.65
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$3.85	$29.4
💇 Haircut, simple	$2.79	$9.72
👖 Brand Jeans	$30.6	$87.8
👟 Brand Sneakers	$50.3	$115
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$94.1	$458
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$1634	$10868

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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 Moscow

Distance	City	Cost of living
18 km or 11 mi	Khimki	$658
19 km or 12 mi	Krasnogorsk	$732
19 km or 12 mi	Lyubertsy	$656
19 km or 12 mi	Mytishchi	$587
21 km or 13 mi	Balashikha	$645
22 km or 14 mi	Korolyov	$653
37 km or 23 mi	Podolsk	$525
52 km or 32 mi	Elektrostal	$629
96 km or 60 mi	Obninsk	$597
161 km or 100 mi	Kaluga	$490
161 km or 100 mi	Tver	$573
173 km or 107 mi	Tula	$526
179 km or 111 mi	Vladimir	$597
184 km or 114 mi	Ryazan	$488
248 km or 154 mi	Yaroslavl	$496
250 km or 155 mi	Ivanovo	$497
266 km or 165 mi	Rybinsk	$612
301 km or 187 mi	Kostroma	$488
326 km or 202 mi	Oryol	$466
349 km or 217 mi	Bryansk	$423
366 km or 228 mi	Dzerzhinsk	$541
369 km or 229 mi	Smolensk	$437
372 km or 231 mi	Lipetsk	$401
376 km or 234 mi	Cherepovets	$427
402 km or 250 mi	Nizhny Novgorod	$596
408 km or 254 mi	Vologda	$455
419 km or 260 mi	Tambov	$501
457 km or 284 mi	Kursk	$462
466 km or 290 mi	Voronezh	$420
474 km or 294 mi	Vitebsk	$299
491 km or 305 mi	Veliky Novgorod	$694
495 km or 308 mi	Starooskolsky	$446
496 km or 308 mi	Stary Oskol	$419
509 km or 316 mi	Mogilev	$472
513 km or 319 mi	Saransk	$414
555 km or 345 mi	Penza	$542
568 km or 353 mi	Gomel	$406
571 km or 355 mi	Sumy	$425
577 km or 359 mi	Belgorod	$439
601 km or 373 mi	Cheboksary	$517