Damascus vs Peshawar - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Damascus	Peshawar
🚶 Cost of living one person	$671	$334
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1492	$809
🏠 One person rent	$315	$119
🏘️ Family rent	$505	$193
🍽️ Food expenses	$250	$136
🚐 Transport expenses	$61.5	$40.5
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$47.6	$113
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Unhealthy
✈️ Airport proximity	24 km	2 km
🎓 Higher education	28	47
😀 Quality of life	39	43
🏙️ Population	2.69M	1.97M

The cost of living in Damascus is 100% more expensive than in Peshawar. Cities ranked 7287th and 9121st ($671 vs $334) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 21st in Syria and Pakistan, respectively. Check Syria vs Pakistan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.1 months in Damascus compared to 0.3 months in Peshawar. Damascus ranked 1st best city to live in Syria vs Peshawar ranked 7th in Pakistan, while ranked 7834th and 7430th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Damascus vs Peshawar

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	Damascus	Peshawar
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$7.99	$2.81
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$28.8	$12.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.96	$4.22
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.61	$1.75
☕ Cappuccino	$1.95	$1.11
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.38	$0.32
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$219	$84.3
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$160	$46.3
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$398	$155
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$295	$85.3
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$88	$54.4
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$135	$82.3
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$54.5	$11.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	13.62%	18.9%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1865	$267
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$645	$213
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.1	$0.18
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$17	$7
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$6.96	$3.94
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.43	$0.94
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.98	$0.83
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.5	$0.63
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.66	$1.16
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.83	$1.21
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.22	$3.4
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.18	$2.9
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.5	$3.94
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1	$1.03
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.53	$0.66
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.07	$0.91
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.76	$0.45
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.71	$0.38
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.65	$0.44
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.46	$0.26
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.1	$0.82
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$5.97	$1.74
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.01	$1.71
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.02	$1.77
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.03	$0.71
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$0.86	$1.2
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.48	$0.59
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.59	$0.57
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$16.2	$9.69
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$2.98	$3.56
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$3.82	$10.8
💇 Haircut, simple	$2.78	$1.86
👖 Brand Jeans	$44.4	$13.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$58	$61.7
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$49.6	$28.4
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$1711	$2261

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Cities near Damascus

Distance	City	Cost of living
51 km or 32 mi	Zahle	$930
75 km or 47 mi	Kiryat Shmona	$1808
81 km or 50 mi	Jounieh	$1028
83 km or 52 mi	Sidon	$822
83 km or 52 mi	Beirut	$1261
96 km or 59 mi	Safed	$1847
105 km or 65 mi	Tyre	$647
108 km or 67 mi	Tiberias	$1808
110 km or 68 mi	Ma'alot-Tarshiha	$1803
111 km or 69 mi	Tripoli	$787
114 km or 71 mi	Irbid	$753
115 km or 72 mi	Arraba	$1789
116 km or 72 mi	Karmiel	$1630
117 km or 73 mi	Sakhnin	$1745
125 km or 78 mi	Tamra	$1798
125 km or 78 mi	Nahariya	$1775
126 km or 78 mi	Nof HaGalil	$1862
129 km or 80 mi	Nazareth	$1850
130 km or 81 mi	Acre	$1633
131 km or 81 mi	Shefa-'Amr	$1828
135 km or 84 mi	Migdal HaEmek	$1917
136 km or 84 mi	Kiryat Motzkin	$1842
136 km or 85 mi	Kiryat Ata	$1769
137 km or 85 mi	Kiryat Yam	$1819
137 km or 85 mi	Kiryat Bialik	$1804
137 km or 85 mi	Afula	$1817
141 km or 88 mi	Homs	$402
142 km or 88 mi	Nesher	$1757
143 km or 89 mi	Jerash	$748
145 km or 90 mi	Haifa	$1840
145 km or 90 mi	Yokneam Illit	$1932
154 km or 95 mi	Umm al-Fahm	$1954
163 km or 101 mi	Zikhron Ya'akov	$1978
168 km or 105 mi	Baqa-Jatt	$2001
169 km or 105 mi	Pardes Hanna-Karkur	$1991
173 km or 107 mi	Al-Salt	$548
173 km or 108 mi	Nablus	$915
174 km or 108 mi	Hadera	$1786
177 km or 110 mi	Amman	$1009
184 km or 114 mi	Tayibe	$2108

Cities near Peshawar

Distance	City	Cost of living
46 km or 29 mi	Kohat	$364
55 km or 34 mi	Mardan	$354
108 km or 67 mi	Jalalabad	$354
114 km or 71 mi	Wah	$344
117 km or 72 mi	Mingora	$351
146 km or 91 mi	Islamabad	$443
152 km or 94 mi	Rawalpindi	$416
164 km or 102 mi	Khost	$393
215 km or 133 mi	Gardez	$401
223 km or 138 mi	Kabul	$458
230 km or 143 mi	Mirpur	$277
239 km or 149 mi	Sargodha	$376
244 km or 151 mi	Mandi Bahauddin	$326
262 km or 163 mi	Baramulla	$265
287 km or 179 mi	Gujrat	$320
289 km or 179 mi	Ghazni	$396
289 km or 180 mi	Chiniot	$372
296 km or 184 mi	Hafizabad	$363
305 km or 189 mi	Srinagar	$340
313 km or 195 mi	Jhang	$294
323 km or 201 mi	Faisalabad	$333
324 km or 201 mi	Gujranwala	$302
328 km or 204 mi	Sialkot	$311
335 km or 208 mi	Puli Khumri	$404
336 km or 209 mi	Gojra	$351
340 km or 211 mi	Kamoke	$316
341 km or 212 mi	Jammu	$284
346 km or 215 mi	Sheikhupura	$368
357 km or 222 mi	Sahiwal	$303
381 km or 237 mi	Lahore	$427
387 km or 240 mi	Kunduz	$428
400 km or 248 mi	Okara	$291
410 km or 255 mi	Amritsar	$380
413 km or 257 mi	Khanewal	$362
423 km or 263 mi	Multan	$403
432 km or 268 mi	Pathankot	$350
442 km or 275 mi	Burewala	$347
447 km or 278 mi	Dera Ghazi Khan	$254
484 km or 301 mi	Jalandhar	$337
492 km or 306 mi	Qurghonteppa	$684