Damascus vs Muscat - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Damascus	Muscat
🚶 Cost of living one person	$638	$1090
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1494	$2569
🏠 One person rent	$291	$541
🏘️ Family rent	$523	$966
🍽️ Food expenses	$232	$334
🚐 Transport expenses	$80.7	$114
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$55.7	$1772
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	24 km	31 km
🎓 Higher education	25	43
😀 Quality of life	34	70
🏙️ Population	2.69M	1.42M

The cost of living in Damascus is 41% less expensive than in Muscat. Cities ranked 7300th and 4892nd ($638 vs $1090) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 1st in Syria and Oman, respectively. Check Syria vs Oman comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.1 months in Damascus compared to 1.6 months in Muscat. Damascus ranked 1st best city to live in Syria vs Muscat ranked 1st in Oman, while ranked 7688th and 2404th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Damascus vs Muscat

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	Damascus	Muscat
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$5.01	$5.18
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$34.8	$25.9
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.96	$7.86
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.5	$13
☕ Cappuccino	$1.26	$4.83
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.25	$1.03
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$262	$581
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$154	$362
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$590	$1144
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$330	$713
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$48.5	$63.4
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$74.5	$95.9
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$67.2	$71.4
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	13.68%	5.06%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1862	$1690
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$879	$1296
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.1	$1.3
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$16.9	$61.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$10.9	$9.37
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.43	$0.62
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.07	$1.77
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.63	$1.16
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.76	$1.78
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.76	$2.44
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.37	$4.1
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.69	$5.37
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.1	$9.25
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.99	$2.58
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.12	$1.76
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1	$1.83
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.86	$1.18
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.59	$0.95
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.62	$0.97
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.4	$0.36
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.13	$2.2
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$5.52	$18.1
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.02	$4.37
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.03	$6.24
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.24	$5.32
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$0.87	$5.33
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.48	$2.14
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.59	$5
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$13.2	$48.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$3.03	$10.5
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$3.81	$37.8
💇 Haircut, simple	$2.82	$8.76
👖 Brand Jeans	$21.8	$55.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$47.5	$85.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$48.6	$198
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$1666	$10296

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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 Muscat

Distance	City	Cost of living
44 km or 27 mi	Seeb	$967
132 km or 82 mi	Nizwa	$780
277 km or 172 mi	Chabahar	$585
284 km or 177 mi	Fujairah	$1239
297 km or 184 mi	Al Ain	$1844
356 km or 221 mi	Ras al-Khaimah	$1540
372 km or 231 mi	Ajman	$2240
375 km or 233 mi	Umm al-Quwain	$1196
377 km or 235 mi	Sharjah	$1494
380 km or 236 mi	Dubai	$2379
439 km or 273 mi	Abu Dhabi	$1828
451 km or 280 mi	Iranshahr	$605
463 km or 288 mi	Bandar Abbas	$634
503 km or 313 mi	Madinat Zayed	$1721
569 km or 354 mi	Jiroft	$518
611 km or 380 mi	Bam	$515
691 km or 429 mi	Zahedan	$829
711 km or 442 mi	Sirjan	$514
739 km or 459 mi	Doha	$1779
740 km or 460 mi	Jahrom	$547
752 km or 467 mi	Al Khor	$1709
757 km or 470 mi	Kerman	$464
770 km or 479 mi	Fasa	$548
797 km or 495 mi	Rafsanjan	$507
858 km or 533 mi	Riffa	$1223
858 km or 533 mi	Manama	$1280
860 km or 534 mi	Isa Town	$1243
865 km or 537 mi	Karachi	$442
870 km or 541 mi	Salalah	$809
873 km or 543 mi	Zabol	$552
898 km or 558 mi	Shiraz	$589
901 km or 560 mi	Dhahran	$1068
902 km or 561 mi	Marvdasht	$563
911 km or 566 mi	Dammam	$1056
926 km or 575 mi	Al-Mubarraz	$804
938 km or 583 mi	Qatif	$897
960 km or 596 mi	Kazerun	$557
966 km or 600 mi	Borazjan	$546
973 km or 604 mi	Jubail	$901
976 km or 606 mi	Bushehr	$551