Damascus vs New York City - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Damascus	New York City
🚶 Cost of living one person	$638	$4441
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1494	$10033
🏠 One person rent	$291	$2960
🏘️ Family rent	$523	$5380
🍽️ Food expenses	$232	$886
🚐 Transport expenses	$80.7	$364
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$55.7	$5544
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Good
✈️ Airport proximity	24 km	13 km
🎓 Higher education	25	100
😀 Quality of life	34	95
🏙️ Population	2.69M	8.8M

The cost of living in Damascus is 86% less expensive than in New York City. Cities ranked 7300th and 3rd ($638 vs $4441) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 1st in Syria and the United States, respectively. Check Syria vs the United States comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.1 months in Damascus compared to 1.2 months in New York City. Damascus ranked 1st best city to live in Syria vs New York City ranked 2nd in the United States, while ranked 7688th and 22nd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Damascus vs New York City

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	Damascus	New York City
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$5.01	$29.7
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$34.8	$133
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.96	$12
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.5	$8.94
☕ Cappuccino	$1.26	$5.95
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.25	$3.2
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$262	$3501
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$154	$2603
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$590	$4776
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$330	$5236
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$48.5	$112
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$74.5	$171
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$67.2	$65.5
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	13.68%	6.55%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1862	$17935
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$879	$12929
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.1	$2.91
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$16.9	$132
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$10.9	$22.5
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.43	$1
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.07	$1.53
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.63	$5.04
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.76	$7.95
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.76	$5.54
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.37	$17.6
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.69	$15.4
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.1	$20
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.99	$7.6
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.12	$2.37
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1	$6.05
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.86	$6.2
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.59	$3.66
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.62	$3.84
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.4	$1.72
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.13	$3.41
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$5.52	$20
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.02	$2.89
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.03	$18.1
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.24	$9.89
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$0.87	$5.44
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.48	$6.94
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.59	$1.95
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$13.2	$71
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$3.03	$20.1
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$3.81	$173
💇 Haircut, simple	$2.82	$36.1
👖 Brand Jeans	$21.8	$67.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$47.5	$113
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$48.6	$1784
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$1666	$21465

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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 New York City

Distance	City	Cost of living
11 km or 6.6 mi	Astoria	$2534
11 km or 6.8 mi	Hoboken	$3271
11 km or 7.1 mi	Jersey	$3040
13 km or 8.3 mi	Union	$2886
14 km or 8.8 mi	West New York	$2703
14 km or 8.9 mi	Bayonne	$3302
15 km or 9.6 mi	North Bergen	$2701
17 km or 10 mi	Secaucus	$2756
17 km or 11 mi	Cliffside Park	$2698
18 km or 11 mi	Kearny	$2720
20 km or 12 mi	Valley Stream	$2730
20 km or 13 mi	Fort Lee	$2792
20 km or 13 mi	Lyndhurst	$2667
22 km or 14 mi	Newark	$2729
23 km or 14 mi	Elizabeth	$2740
23 km or 14 mi	Belleville	$2512
25 km or 15 mi	Hillside	$2693
25 km or 15 mi	Long Beach	$2732
25 km or 15 mi	Nutley	$2531
25 km or 16 mi	East Orange	$2587
25 km or 16 mi	Irvington	$2637
26 km or 16 mi	Rockville Centre	$2614
26 km or 16 mi	Linden	$2749
26 km or 16 mi	Hackensack	$2664
26 km or 16 mi	Bloomfield	$2480
26 km or 16 mi	Teaneck	$2715
26 km or 16 mi	Carteret	$2722
26 km or 16 mi	Passaic	$2676
27 km or 17 mi	Roselle	$2747
27 km or 17 mi	Hempstead	$2664
28 km or 17 mi	Union Township	$2716
28 km or 18 mi	Clifton	$2745
28 km or 18 mi	Maplewood	$2611
29 km or 18 mi	Montclair	$2456
29 km or 18 mi	Bergenfield	$2674
29 km or 18 mi	Mount Vernon	$2772
30 km or 18 mi	Rahway	$2730
30 km or 18 mi	Uniondale	$2610
30 km or 18 mi	West Orange	$2456
30 km or 18 mi	New Rochelle	$3111