Damascus vs Nur-Sultan - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Damascus	Nur-Sultan
🚶 Cost of living one person	$672	$780
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1612	$1921
🏠 One person rent	$271	$378
🏘️ Family rent	$473	$719
🍽️ Food expenses	$237	$276
🚐 Transport expenses	$110	$39
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$56.1	$591
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	24 km	12 km
🎓 Higher education	25	43
😀 Quality of life	32	64
🏙️ Population	2.58M	1.08M

The cost of living in Damascus is 14% less expensive than in Nur-Sultan. Cities ranked 7105th and 6525th ($672 vs $780) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 5th in Syria and Kazakhstan, respectively. Check Syria vs Kazakhstan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.1 months in Damascus compared to 0.8 months in Nur-Sultan. Damascus ranked 1st best city to live in Syria vs Nur-Sultan ranked 2nd in Kazakhstan, while ranked 7854th and 4508th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Damascus vs Nur-Sultan

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	Damascus	Nur-Sultan
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$5.04	$10.4
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$32.8	$33.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5	$6.21
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.26	$1.69
☕ Cappuccino	$1.27	$2.17
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.04	$0.94
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$248	$436
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$140	$306
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$531	$859
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$294	$604
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$42.9	$33.1
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$66	$50.5
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$66.2	$13.2
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	13.49%	16.23%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1873	$1129
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$880	$755
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.1	$0.19
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$17.1	$14.5
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$10.9	$5.01
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$2.24	$0.5
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.07	$1.16
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.63	$0.49
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.76	$1.53
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.9	$1.69
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.38	$9.94
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.61	$5.07
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.99	$7.44
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.01	$1.36
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.28	$1.96
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.02	$2.22
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.86	$2.12
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.59	$0.51
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.6	$0.47
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.41	$0.48
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.16	$1.2
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$5.5	$7.27
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.01	$1
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.98	$1.66
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$1.95	$2.95
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.48	$2.57
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.47	$1.19
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.05	$1.1
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$13.4	$57.1
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$3.03	$5.25
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$19.9	$11
💇 Haircut, simple	$14.4	$5.56
👖 Brand Jeans	$21.8	$75.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$47.8	$102
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$48.8	$209
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$1645	$6243

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Cities near Damascus

Distance	City	Cost of living
51 km or 32 mi	Zahle	$857
75 km or 47 mi	Kiryat Shmona	$1604
81 km or 50 mi	Jounieh	$948
83 km or 52 mi	Sidon	$767
83 km or 52 mi	Beirut	$1165
96 km or 59 mi	Safed	$1635
105 km or 65 mi	Tyre	$545
108 km or 67 mi	Tiberias	$1544
110 km or 68 mi	Ma'alot-Tarshiha	$1619
111 km or 69 mi	Tripoli	$708
114 km or 71 mi	Irbid	$630
115 km or 72 mi	Arraba	$1624
116 km or 72 mi	Karmiel	$1579
117 km or 73 mi	Sakhnin	$1612
125 km or 78 mi	Tamra	$1617
125 km or 78 mi	Nahariya	$1565
126 km or 78 mi	Nof HaGalil	$1659
129 km or 80 mi	Nazareth	$1674
130 km or 81 mi	Acre	$1451
131 km or 81 mi	Shefa-'Amr	$1617
135 km or 84 mi	Migdal HaEmek	$1664
136 km or 84 mi	Kiryat Motzkin	$1585
136 km or 85 mi	Kiryat Ata	$1591
137 km or 85 mi	Kiryat Yam	$1604
137 km or 85 mi	Kiryat Bialik	$1607
137 km or 85 mi	Afula	$1614
141 km or 88 mi	Homs	$462
142 km or 88 mi	Nesher	$1532
143 km or 89 mi	Jerash	$598
145 km or 90 mi	Haifa	$1582
145 km or 90 mi	Yokneam Illit	$1706
154 km or 95 mi	Umm al-Fahm	$1708
163 km or 101 mi	Zikhron Ya'akov	$1749
168 km or 105 mi	Baqa-Jatt	$1758
169 km or 105 mi	Pardes Hanna-Karkur	$1787
173 km or 107 mi	Al-Salt	$692
173 km or 108 mi	Nablus	$730
174 km or 108 mi	Hadera	$1556
177 km or 110 mi	Amman	$1004
184 km or 114 mi	Tayibe	$1838

Cities near Nur-Sultan

Distance	City	Cost of living
161 km or 100 mi	Temirtau	$615
190 km or 118 mi	Karaganda	$534
276 km or 172 mi	Kokshetau	$630
278 km or 173 mi	Ekibastuz	$520
392 km or 243 mi	Aksu	$556
402 km or 250 mi	Pavlodar	$556
442 km or 275 mi	Petropavl	$575
446 km or 277 mi	Omsk	$406
457 km or 284 mi	Satbayev	$524
460 km or 286 mi	Jezkazgan	$508
543 km or 337 mi	Balkhash	$628
580 km or 361 mi	Kostanay	$782
623 km or 387 mi	Semey	$605
627 km or 389 mi	Kurgan	$490
771 km or 479 mi	Tyumen	$698
800 km or 497 mi	Oskemen	$550
803 km or 499 mi	Chelyabinsk	$523
826 km or 513 mi	Kyzylorda	$533
852 km or 530 mi	Taldiqorgan	$570
855 km or 531 mi	Kamensk-Uralsky	$585
856 km or 532 mi	Municipal Formation of the Kamensk-Uralsky	$586
872 km or 542 mi	Miass	$531
875 km or 544 mi	Kentau	$519
875 km or 544 mi	Barnaul	$619
879 km or 546 mi	Magnitogorsk	$473
880 km or 547 mi	Novosibirsk	$649
893 km or 555 mi	Orsk	$451
902 km or 561 mi	Zlatoust	$539
903 km or 561 mi	Turkistan	$532
910 km or 566 mi	Kapchagay	$791
917 km or 570 mi	Taraz	$461
949 km or 590 mi	Bishkek	$710
949 km or 590 mi	Yekaterinburg	$701
953 km or 592 mi	Kant	$681
955 km or 593 mi	Biysk	$357
960 km or 597 mi	Talas	$653
965 km or 599 mi	Kaskelen	$838
967 km or 601 mi	Tokmok	$673
968 km or 602 mi	Almaty	$941
977 km or 607 mi	Tacheng	$595