Damascus vs Nur-Sultan - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	Damascus	Nur-Sultan
🚶 Cost of living one person	$675	$732
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1514	$1764
🏠 One person rent	$310	$357
🏘️ Family rent	$498	$621
🍽️ Food expenses	$255	$253
🚐 Transport expenses	$62.5	$48.8
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$48.3	$690
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	24 km	12 km
🎓 Higher education	29	45
😀 Quality of life	40	68
🏙️ Population	2.69M	1.08M

The cost of living in Damascus is 8% less expensive than in Nur-Sultan. Cities ranked 7406th and 7085th ($675 vs $732) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 7th 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 0.9 months in Nur-Sultan. Damascus ranked 1st best city to live in Syria vs Nur-Sultan ranked 2nd in Kazakhstan, while ranked 7899th and 4594th 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	$9.24	$8.16
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$30.1	$28.5
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.96	$6.07
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.75	$1.38
☕ Cappuccino	$2.26	$2.24
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.57	$0.99
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$251	$412
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$145	$285
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$459	$736
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$268	$511
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$89	$33.7
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$137	$52.2
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$54.5	$13
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	14.16%	16.36%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1767	$1200
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$627	$876
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.1	$0.22
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$14.3	$15.3
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$8	$7.35
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.37	$0.51
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.86	$1.02
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.49	$0.46
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.61	$1.21
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.75	$1.92
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.05	$9.48
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.08	$4.72
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.2	$7.94
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.99	$1.4
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.53	$2.06
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.1	$1.99
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.88	$1.99
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.77	$0.54
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.69	$0.42
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.46	$0.5
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.93	$1.19
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$6.88	$7.15
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.97	$0.91
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.69	$1.73
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.14	$3.06
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$0.99	$1.95
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.56	$1.22
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.68	$1.13
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$18.5	$49.8
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$3.42	$4.5
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$4.39	$11.4
💇 Haircut, simple	$3.18	$4.84
👖 Brand Jeans	$40.8	$60
👟 Brand Sneakers	$62.9	$85
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$56.8	$263
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$1770	$6043

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Cities near Damascus

Distance	City	Cost of living
51 km or 32 mi	Zahle	$1005
75 km or 47 mi	Kiryat Shmona	$1925
81 km or 50 mi	Jounieh	$1106
83 km or 52 mi	Sidon	$865
83 km or 52 mi	Beirut	$1353
96 km or 59 mi	Safed	$1973
105 km or 65 mi	Tyre	$676
108 km or 67 mi	Tiberias	$1870
110 km or 68 mi	Ma'alot-Tarshiha	$1929
111 km or 69 mi	Tripoli	$842
114 km or 71 mi	Irbid	$753
115 km or 72 mi	Arraba	$1917
116 km or 72 mi	Karmiel	$1770
117 km or 73 mi	Sakhnin	$1873
125 km or 78 mi	Tamra	$1934
125 km or 78 mi	Nahariya	$1894
126 km or 78 mi	Nof HaGalil	$2000
129 km or 80 mi	Nazareth	$1981
130 km or 81 mi	Acre	$1766
131 km or 81 mi	Shefa-'Amr	$1960
135 km or 84 mi	Migdal HaEmek	$2027
136 km or 84 mi	Kiryat Motzkin	$1936
136 km or 85 mi	Kiryat Ata	$1911
137 km or 85 mi	Kiryat Yam	$1949
137 km or 85 mi	Kiryat Bialik	$1940
137 km or 85 mi	Afula	$1909
141 km or 88 mi	Homs	$385
142 km or 88 mi	Nesher	$1856
143 km or 89 mi	Jerash	$740
145 km or 90 mi	Haifa	$1930
145 km or 90 mi	Yokneam Illit	$2071
154 km or 95 mi	Umm al-Fahm	$2061
163 km or 101 mi	Zikhron Ya'akov	$2103
168 km or 105 mi	Baqa-Jatt	$2098
169 km or 105 mi	Pardes Hanna-Karkur	$2101
173 km or 107 mi	Al-Salt	$546
173 km or 108 mi	Nablus	$978
174 km or 108 mi	Hadera	$1887
177 km or 110 mi	Amman	$1013
184 km or 114 mi	Tayibe	$2207

Cities near Nur-Sultan

Distance	City	Cost of living
161 km or 100 mi	Temirtau	$530
190 km or 118 mi	Karaganda	$550
276 km or 172 mi	Kokshetau	$747
278 km or 173 mi	Ekibastuz	$570
392 km or 243 mi	Aksu	$571
402 km or 250 mi	Pavlodar	$576
442 km or 275 mi	Petropavl	$564
446 km or 277 mi	Omsk	$834
457 km or 284 mi	Satbayev	$530
460 km or 286 mi	Jezkazgan	$517
543 km or 337 mi	Balkhash	$661
580 km or 361 mi	Kostanay	$690
623 km or 387 mi	Semey	$553
627 km or 389 mi	Kurgan	$701
771 km or 479 mi	Tyumen	$969
800 km or 497 mi	Oskemen	$595
803 km or 499 mi	Chelyabinsk	$867
826 km or 513 mi	Kyzylorda	$484
852 km or 530 mi	Taldiqorgan	$738
855 km or 531 mi	Kamensk-Uralsky	$891
856 km or 532 mi	Municipal Formation of the Kamensk-Uralsky	$892
872 km or 542 mi	Miass	$760
875 km or 544 mi	Kentau	$505
875 km or 544 mi	Barnaul	$828
879 km or 546 mi	Magnitogorsk	$697
880 km or 547 mi	Novosibirsk	$884
893 km or 555 mi	Orsk	$589
902 km or 561 mi	Zlatoust	$729
903 km or 561 mi	Turkistan	$521
910 km or 566 mi	Kapchagay	$842
917 km or 570 mi	Taraz	$477
949 km or 590 mi	Bishkek	$757
949 km or 590 mi	Yekaterinburg	$1053
953 km or 592 mi	Kant	$503
955 km or 593 mi	Biysk	$808
960 km or 597 mi	Talas	$533
965 km or 599 mi	Kaskelen	$866
967 km or 601 mi	Tokmok	$616
968 km or 602 mi	Almaty	$974
977 km or 607 mi	Tacheng	$537