Damascus vs Paris - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	Damascus	Paris
🚶 Cost of living one person	$675	$2480
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1514	$5726
🏠 One person rent	$310	$1432
🏘️ Family rent	$498	$2535
🍽️ Food expenses	$255	$622
🚐 Transport expenses	$62.5	$274
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$48.3	$3974
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	24 km	13 km
🎓 Higher education	29	99
😀 Quality of life	40	96
🏙️ Population	2.69M	2.11M

The cost of living in Damascus is 73% less expensive than in Paris. Cities ranked 7406th and 916th ($675 vs $2480) 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 1.6 months in Paris. Damascus ranked 1st best city to live in Syria vs Paris ranked 1st in France, while ranked 7899th and 14th 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	$9.24	$17
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$30.1	$70.9
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.96	$13.8
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.75	$8.61
☕ Cappuccino	$2.26	$5.23
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.57	$4.54
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$251	$1595
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$145	$1144
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$459	$2814
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$268	$2101
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$89	$165
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$137	$258
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$54.5	$33.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	14.16%	3.31%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1767	$14879
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$627	$9948
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.1	$2.93
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$14.3	$104
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$8	$23.9
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.37	$2.12
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.86	$1.7
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.49	$1.99
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.61	$2.6
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.75	$5.52
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.05	$22.7
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.08	$16.7
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.2	$21.5
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.99	$3.31
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.53	$2.5
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.1	$3
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.88	$4.14
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.77	$2.47
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.69	$2.66
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.46	$0.56
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.93	$3.11
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$6.88	$10.6
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.97	$2.79
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.69	$14.7
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.14	$4.53
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$0.99	$4.61
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.56	$3.41
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.68	$3.59
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$18.5	$42.7
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$3.42	$16
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$4.39	$31
💇 Haircut, simple	$3.18	$25.3
👖 Brand Jeans	$40.8	$114
👟 Brand Sneakers	$62.9	$123
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$56.8	$911
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$1770	$17184

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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 Paris

Distance	City	Cost of living
5.5 km or 3.4 mi	Ivry-sur-Seine	$2060
6.4 km or 4 mi	Aubervilliers	$1935
6.7 km or 4.2 mi	Montreuil	$1975
7 km or 4.3 mi	Neuilly-sur-Seine	$2421
7.7 km or 4.8 mi	Asnieres-sur-Seine	$2114
8.3 km or 5.2 mi	Vitry-sur-Seine	$2010
8.4 km or 5.2 mi	Boulogne-Billancourt	$2364
8.5 km or 5.3 mi	Courbevoie	$2141
8.7 km or 5.4 mi	Bobigny	$1803
8.7 km or 5.4 mi	Saint-Denis	$1985
9.5 km or 5.9 mi	La Garenne-Colombes	$2028
11 km or 7.1 mi	Nanterre	$1831
12 km or 7.2 mi	Creteil	$1975
12 km or 7.5 mi	Rueil-Malmaison	$1746
13 km or 7.9 mi	Argenteuil	$1991
13 km or 8 mi	Champigny-sur-Marne	$1960
13 km or 8.1 mi	Chaville	$1874
14 km or 8.5 mi	Aulnay-sous-Bois	$1860
15 km or 9.4 mi	Massy	$1876
17 km or 11 mi	Versailles	$1992
23 km or 14 mi	Guyancourt	$1911
24 km or 15 mi	Acheres	$1821
32 km or 20 mi	Cergy	$1459
34 km or 21 mi	Savigny-le-Temple	$1654
42 km or 26 mi	Melun	$1469
45 km or 28 mi	Rambouillet	$1775
67 km or 42 mi	Beauvais	$1448
71 km or 44 mi	Compiegne	$1547
73 km or 46 mi	Dreux	$1443
78 km or 49 mi	Chartres	$1383
111 km or 69 mi	Orleans	$1370
112 km or 69 mi	Rouen	$1365
115 km or 72 mi	Amiens	$1358
130 km or 81 mi	Reims	$1520
141 km or 88 mi	Troyes	$1276
148 km or 92 mi	Chalons-en-Champagne	$1650
148 km or 92 mi	Auxerre	$1306
150 km or 93 mi	Dieppe	$1626
158 km or 98 mi	Lisieux	$1437
162 km or 101 mi	Arras	$1544