Damascus vs Paris - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: June 21, 2026

	Damascus	Paris
🚶 Cost of living one person	$706	$2460
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1602	$5684
🏠 One person rent	$323	$1432
🏘️ Family rent	$531	$2492
🍽️ Food expenses	$270	$615
🚐 Transport expenses	$66.7	$266
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$45	$3694
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	24 km	13 km
🎓 Higher education	29	99
😀 Quality of life	40	94
🏙️ Population	2.69M	2.1M

The cost of living in Damascus is 71% less expensive than in Paris. Cities ranked 7245th and 964th ($706 vs $2460) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 1st in Syria and France, respectively. Check Syria vs France comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.1 months in Damascus compared to 1.5 months in Paris. Damascus ranked 1st best city to live in Syria vs Paris ranked 1st in France, while ranked 7855th and 34th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Damascus vs Paris

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	Damascus	Paris
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$9.98	$17.9
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$35	$69.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$6.8	$13.3
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.89	$8.32
☕ Cappuccino	$2.62	$5.85
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.79	$4.68
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$287	$1558
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$168	$1158
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$529	$2756
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$309	$2070
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$85.3	$162
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$131	$252
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$46.4	$32.4
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	14.35%	3.42%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1741	$15102
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$605	$10254
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.12	$2.91
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$12	$104
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$9.2	$22.1
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.42	$2.22
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.98	$1.7
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.45	$2.28
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.63	$2.55
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.6	$5.25
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.53	$21.6
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.65	$15.5
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.9	$22.2
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.97	$3.28
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.44	$2.34
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.07	$3.05
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.02	$4.26
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.75	$2.29
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.67	$2.43
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.45	$0.58
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.08	$3.02
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$5.96	$10.6
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.96	$2.77
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.77	$14.3
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.6	$4.37
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$1.14	$4.55
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.65	$3.15
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.78	$3.49
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$21.1	$39.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$3.92	$15.5
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$5.04	$30
💇 Haircut, simple	$3.64	$22.4
👖 Brand Jeans	$34.5	$117
👟 Brand Sneakers	$59.9	$121
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$65	$1048
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$1772	$19577

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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 Paris

Distance	City	Cost of living
5.5 km or 3.4 mi	Ivry-sur-Seine	$2033
6.4 km or 4 mi	Aubervilliers	$1872
6.7 km or 4.2 mi	Montreuil	$1885
7 km or 4.3 mi	Neuilly-sur-Seine	$2350
7.7 km or 4.8 mi	Asnieres-sur-Seine	$2065
8.3 km or 5.2 mi	Vitry-sur-Seine	$1972
8.4 km or 5.2 mi	Boulogne-Billancourt	$2297
8.5 km or 5.3 mi	Courbevoie	$2082
8.7 km or 5.4 mi	Bobigny	$1749
8.7 km or 5.4 mi	Saint-Denis	$1918
9.5 km or 5.9 mi	La Garenne-Colombes	$1988
11 km or 7.1 mi	Nanterre	$1766
12 km or 7.2 mi	Creteil	$1920
12 km or 7.5 mi	Rueil-Malmaison	$1689
13 km or 7.9 mi	Argenteuil	$1935
13 km or 8 mi	Champigny-sur-Marne	$1897
13 km or 8.1 mi	Chaville	$1827
14 km or 8.5 mi	Aulnay-sous-Bois	$1798
15 km or 9.4 mi	Massy	$1874
17 km or 11 mi	Versailles	$1987
23 km or 14 mi	Guyancourt	$1876
24 km or 15 mi	Acheres	$1794
32 km or 20 mi	Cergy	$1480
34 km or 21 mi	Savigny-le-Temple	$1683
42 km or 26 mi	Melun	$1454
45 km or 28 mi	Rambouillet	$1749
67 km or 42 mi	Beauvais	$1401
71 km or 44 mi	Compiegne	$1481
73 km or 46 mi	Dreux	$1424
78 km or 49 mi	Chartres	$1375
111 km or 69 mi	Orleans	$1356
112 km or 69 mi	Rouen	$1382
115 km or 72 mi	Amiens	$1350
130 km or 81 mi	Reims	$1553
141 km or 88 mi	Troyes	$1243
148 km or 92 mi	Chalons-en-Champagne	$1632
148 km or 92 mi	Auxerre	$1289
150 km or 93 mi	Dieppe	$1573
158 km or 98 mi	Lisieux	$1421
162 km or 101 mi	Arras	$1506