Damascus vs Perth - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Damascus	Perth
🚶 Cost of living one person	$638	$2075
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1494	$4845
🏠 One person rent	$291	$1197
🏘️ Family rent	$523	$1925
🍽️ Food expenses	$232	$531
🚐 Transport expenses	$80.7	$206
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$55.7	$3655
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	24 km	10 km
🎓 Higher education	25	93
😀 Quality of life	34	98
🏙️ Population	2.69M	2.14M

The cost of living in Damascus is 69% less expensive than in Perth. Cities ranked 7300th and 1654th ($638 vs $2075) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 7th in Syria and Australia, respectively. Check Syria vs Australia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.1 months in Damascus compared to 1.8 months in Perth. Damascus ranked 1st best city to live in Syria vs Perth ranked 3rd in Australia, while ranked 7688th and 6th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Damascus vs Perth

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	Damascus	Perth
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$5.01	$13.8
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$34.8	$75.3
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.96	$10
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.5	$8.05
☕ Cappuccino	$1.26	$3.57
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.25	$2.45
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$262	$1325
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$154	$991
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$590	$2282
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$330	$1602
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$48.5	$91.3
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$74.5	$139
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$67.2	$47.8
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	13.68%	6.44%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1862	$4862
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$879	$3869
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.1	$2.66
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$16.9	$71.5
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$10.9	$20.4
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.43	$1.18
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.07	$1.33
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.63	$2.12
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.76	$1.97
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.76	$4.46
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.37	$11.1
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.69	$9.29
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.1	$13.9
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.99	$3.41
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.12	$2.79
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1	$2.79
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.86	$4.25
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.59	$2.47
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.62	$1.78
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.4	$1.04
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.13	$2.89
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$5.52	$12.4
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.02	$4.14
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.03	$20.6
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.24	$5.25
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$0.87	$5.44
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.48	$2.96
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.59	$2.61
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$13.2	$40.3
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$3.03	$15.8
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$3.81	$55.8
💇 Haircut, simple	$2.82	$19.9
👖 Brand Jeans	$21.8	$70.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$47.5	$104
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$48.6	$1852
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$1666	$11252

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Cities near Damascus

Distance	City	Cost of living
51 km or 32 mi	Zahle	$912
75 km or 47 mi	Kiryat Shmona	$1709
81 km or 50 mi	Jounieh	$1020
83 km or 52 mi	Sidon	$798
83 km or 52 mi	Beirut	$1255
96 km or 59 mi	Safed	$1681
105 km or 65 mi	Tyre	$573
108 km or 67 mi	Tiberias	$1600
110 km or 68 mi	Ma'alot-Tarshiha	$1647
111 km or 69 mi	Tripoli	$776
114 km or 71 mi	Irbid	$679
115 km or 72 mi	Arraba	$1633
116 km or 72 mi	Karmiel	$1531
117 km or 73 mi	Sakhnin	$1612
125 km or 78 mi	Tamra	$1655
125 km or 78 mi	Nahariya	$1616
126 km or 78 mi	Nof HaGalil	$1709
129 km or 80 mi	Nazareth	$1732
130 km or 81 mi	Acre	$1502
131 km or 81 mi	Shefa-'Amr	$1677
135 km or 84 mi	Migdal HaEmek	$1742
136 km or 84 mi	Kiryat Motzkin	$1666
136 km or 85 mi	Kiryat Ata	$1647
137 km or 85 mi	Kiryat Bialik	$1666
137 km or 85 mi	Kiryat Yam	$1657
137 km or 85 mi	Afula	$1652
141 km or 88 mi	Homs	$456
142 km or 88 mi	Nesher	$1593
143 km or 89 mi	Jerash	$608
145 km or 90 mi	Haifa	$1645
145 km or 90 mi	Yokneam Illit	$1778
154 km or 95 mi	Umm al-Fahm	$1756
163 km or 101 mi	Zikhron Ya'akov	$1731
168 km or 105 mi	Baqa-Jatt	$1782
169 km or 105 mi	Pardes Hanna-Karkur	$1728
173 km or 107 mi	Al-Salt	$552
173 km or 108 mi	Nablus	$877
174 km or 108 mi	Hadera	$1576
177 km or 110 mi	Amman	$994
184 km or 114 mi	Tayibe	$1902

Cities near Perth

Distance	City	Cost of living
156 km or 97 mi	Bunbury	$1643
195 km or 121 mi	Busselton	$1971
372 km or 231 mi	Geraldton	$1585
390 km or 242 mi	Albany	$1730
549 km or 341 mi	Kalgoorlie	$1440
1989 km or 1236 mi	Whyalla	$1795
1991 km or 1237 mi	Alice Springs	$1431
2130 km or 1323 mi	Adelaide	$1978
2357 km or 1465 mi	Mount Gambier	$1701
2456 km or 1526 mi	Mildura	$1691
2513 km or 1562 mi	Warrnambool	$1631
2550 km or 1584 mi	Kupang	$509
2590 km or 1609 mi	Denpasar	$497
2599 km or 1615 mi	Mataram	$355
2608 km or 1620 mi	Ubud	$845
2609 km or 1621 mi	Bali	$1267
2621 km or 1629 mi	Ballarat	$1390
2628 km or 1633 mi	Bima	$597
2652 km or 1648 mi	Bendigo	$1291
2655 km or 1650 mi	Darwin	$1617
2672 km or 1660 mi	Geelong	$1981
2680 km or 1665 mi	Blitar	$453
2687 km or 1669 mi	Malang	$365
2687 km or 1670 mi	Melton	$1668
2696 km or 1675 mi	Tarneit	$1625
2698 km or 1676 mi	Sunbury	$1691
2699 km or 1677 mi	Hoppers Crossing	$1635
2700 km or 1678 mi	Batu	$410
2705 km or 1681 mi	Probolinggo	$614
2713 km or 1686 mi	Kediri	$464
2721 km or 1690 mi	Pasuruan	$510
2722 km or 1691 mi	Melbourne	$2194
2724 km or 1693 mi	South Yarra	$1620
2730 km or 1696 mi	Maliana	$503
2740 km or 1703 mi	Frankston	$1671
2741 km or 1703 mi	Ainaro	$501
2742 km or 1703 mi	Madiun	$486
2745 km or 1706 mi	Yogyakarta	$408
2745 km or 1706 mi	Mojokerto	$505
2745 km or 1706 mi	Dandenong	$1645