Damascus vs Nur-Sultan - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: June 21, 2026

	Damascus	Nur-Sultan
🚶 Cost of living one person	$706	$823
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1602	$1972
🏠 One person rent	$323	$412
🏘️ Family rent	$531	$711
🍽️ Food expenses	$270	$277
🚐 Transport expenses	$66.7	$53.2
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$45	$792
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	24 km	12 km
🎓 Higher education	29	45
😀 Quality of life	40	69
🏙️ Population	2.69M	1.08M

The cost of living in Damascus is 14% less expensive than in Nur-Sultan. Cities ranked 7245th and 6663rd ($706 vs $823) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 4th 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 1 months in Nur-Sultan. Damascus ranked 1st best city to live in Syria vs Nur-Sultan ranked 2nd in Kazakhstan, while ranked 7855th and 4272nd 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	$9.98	$8.67
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$35	$32.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$6.8	$6.93
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.89	$1.23
☕ Cappuccino	$2.62	$2.39
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.79	$0.96
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$287	$479
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$168	$331
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$529	$848
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$309	$587
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$85.3	$37.3
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$131	$57.4
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$46.4	$14.9
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	14.35%	15.94%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1741	$1359
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$605	$999
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.12	$0.22
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$12	$15.4
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$9.2	$8.44
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.42	$0.53
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.98	$1.17
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.45	$0.53
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.63	$1.39
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.6	$2.05
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.53	$9.52
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.65	$5.19
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.9	$8.67
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.97	$1.58
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.44	$2.19
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.07	$2.09
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.02	$2.3
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.75	$0.62
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.67	$0.41
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.45	$0.53
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.08	$1.27
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$5.96	$8.27
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.96	$1.05
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.77	$1.99
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.6	$3.08
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$1.14	$2.13
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.65	$1.23
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.78	$1.3
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$21.1	$54.7
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$3.92	$5.18
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$5.04	$13.2
💇 Haircut, simple	$3.64	$4.75
👖 Brand Jeans	$34.5	$62.4
👟 Brand Sneakers	$59.9	$97.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$65	$301
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$1772	$6976

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Cities near Damascus

Distance	City	Cost of living
51 km or 32 mi	Zahle	$1093
75 km or 47 mi	Kiryat Shmona	$2164
81 km or 50 mi	Jounieh	$1204
83 km or 52 mi	Sidon	$927
83 km or 52 mi	Beirut	$1441
96 km or 59 mi	Safed	$2195
105 km or 65 mi	Tyre	$700
108 km or 67 mi	Tiberias	$2044
110 km or 68 mi	Ma'alot-Tarshiha	$2153
111 km or 69 mi	Tripoli	$841
114 km or 71 mi	Irbid	$771
115 km or 72 mi	Arraba	$2150
116 km or 72 mi	Karmiel	$2008
117 km or 73 mi	Sakhnin	$2112
125 km or 78 mi	Tamra	$2142
125 km or 78 mi	Nahariya	$2069
126 km or 78 mi	Nof HaGalil	$2172
129 km or 80 mi	Nazareth	$2125
130 km or 81 mi	Acre	$1873
131 km or 81 mi	Shefa-'Amr	$2122
135 km or 84 mi	Migdal HaEmek	$2165
136 km or 84 mi	Kiryat Motzkin	$2113
136 km or 85 mi	Kiryat Ata	$2047
137 km or 85 mi	Kiryat Bialik	$2089
137 km or 85 mi	Kiryat Yam	$2095
137 km or 85 mi	Afula	$2133
141 km or 88 mi	Homs	$390
142 km or 88 mi	Nesher	$2043
143 km or 89 mi	Jerash	$745
145 km or 90 mi	Haifa	$1891
145 km or 90 mi	Yokneam Illit	$2184
154 km or 95 mi	Umm al-Fahm	$2245
163 km or 101 mi	Zikhron Ya'akov	$2230
168 km or 105 mi	Baqa-Jatt	$2214
169 km or 105 mi	Pardes Hanna-Karkur	$2129
173 km or 107 mi	Al-Salt	$538
173 km or 108 mi	Nablus	$1070
174 km or 108 mi	Hadera	$1918
177 km or 110 mi	Amman	$1032
184 km or 114 mi	Tayibe	$2347

Cities near Nur-Sultan

Distance	City	Cost of living
161 km or 100 mi	Temirtau	$545
190 km or 118 mi	Karaganda	$571
276 km or 172 mi	Kokshetau	$763
278 km or 173 mi	Ekibastuz	$595
392 km or 243 mi	Aksu	$586
402 km or 250 mi	Pavlodar	$585
442 km or 275 mi	Petropavl	$575
446 km or 277 mi	Omsk	$819
457 km or 284 mi	Satbayev	$558
460 km or 286 mi	Jezkazgan	$548
543 km or 337 mi	Balkhash	$687
580 km or 361 mi	Kostanay	$702
623 km or 387 mi	Semey	$559
627 km or 389 mi	Kurgan	$713
771 km or 479 mi	Tyumen	$1024
800 km or 497 mi	Oskemen	$602
803 km or 499 mi	Chelyabinsk	$786
826 km or 513 mi	Kyzylorda	$492
852 km or 530 mi	Taldiqorgan	$764
855 km or 531 mi	Kamensk-Uralsky	$952
856 km or 532 mi	Municipal Formation of the Kamensk-Uralsky	$954
872 km or 542 mi	Miass	$780
875 km or 544 mi	Kentau	$535
875 km or 544 mi	Barnaul	$785
879 km or 546 mi	Magnitogorsk	$656
880 km or 547 mi	Novosibirsk	$935
893 km or 555 mi	Orsk	$615
902 km or 561 mi	Zlatoust	$757
903 km or 561 mi	Turkistan	$549
910 km or 566 mi	Kapchagay	$876
917 km or 570 mi	Taraz	$488
949 km or 590 mi	Bishkek	$789
949 km or 590 mi	Yekaterinburg	$1163
953 km or 592 mi	Kant	$500
955 km or 593 mi	Biysk	$780
960 km or 597 mi	Talas	$555
965 km or 599 mi	Kaskelen	$899
967 km or 601 mi	Tokmok	$636
968 km or 602 mi	Almaty	$1014
977 km or 607 mi	Tacheng	$553