Damascus vs Prague - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: June 21, 2026

	Damascus	Prague
🚶 Cost of living one person	$706	$1899
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1602	$4415
🏠 One person rent	$323	$1182
🏘️ Family rent	$531	$1957
🍽️ Food expenses	$270	$451
🚐 Transport expenses	$66.7	$125
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$45	$2366
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Good
✈️ Airport proximity	24 km	10 km
🎓 Higher education	29	93
😀 Quality of life	40	89
🏙️ Population	2.69M	1.4M

The cost of living in Damascus is 63% less expensive than in Prague. Cities ranked 7245th and 2377th ($706 vs $1899) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 1st in Syria and the Czech Republic, respectively. Check Syria vs the Czech Republic comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.1 months in Damascus compared to 1.2 months in Prague. Damascus ranked 1st best city to live in Syria vs Prague ranked 1st in the Czech Republic, while ranked 7855th and 244th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Damascus vs Prague

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	Damascus	Prague
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$9.98	$10.6
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$35	$48.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$6.8	$10.7
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.89	$3.01
☕ Cappuccino	$2.62	$3.87
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.79	$2.02
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$287	$1089
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$168	$928
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$529	$1964
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$309	$1546
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$85.3	$199
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$131	$304
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$46.4	$22.6
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	14.35%	4.72%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1741	$10118
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$605	$7415
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.12	$1.87
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$12	$25.4
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$9.2	$16
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.42	$1.84
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.98	$1.27
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.45	$1.58
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.63	$2.13
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.6	$4.21
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.53	$13.7
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.65	$9.93
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.9	$15.1
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.97	$2.2
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.44	$1.92
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.07	$2.28
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.02	$3.58
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.75	$1.3
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.67	$1.17
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.45	$0.56
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.08	$2.08
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$5.96	$8.08
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.96	$1.23
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.77	$7.73
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.6	$13.9
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$1.14	$4.9
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.65	$2.91
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.78	$3.71
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$21.1	$67.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$3.92	$12
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$5.04	$43.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$3.64	$19
👖 Brand Jeans	$34.5	$89.7
👟 Brand Sneakers	$59.9	$120
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$65	$1075
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$1772	$19039

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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 Prague

Distance	City	Cost of living
1.2 km or 0.7 mi	Smichov	$1696
3.3 km or 2.1 mi	Zizkov	$1685
4.2 km or 2.6 mi	Brevnov	$1661
23 km or 14 mi	Kladno	$1402
51 km or 31 mi	Mlada Boleslav	$1195
53 km or 33 mi	Pribram	$1115
54 km or 34 mi	Litomerice	$1276
56 km or 35 mi	Kolin	$1875
68 km or 42 mi	Ceska Lipa	$1332
69 km or 43 mi	Usti nad Labem	$1141
72 km or 45 mi	Most	$1094
75 km or 46 mi	Teplice	$1006
76 km or 47 mi	Tabor	$1107
78 km or 49 mi	Decin	$1216
81 km or 50 mi	Litvinov	$1517
83 km or 52 mi	Chomutov	$1174
83 km or 52 mi	Plzen	$1397
88 km or 55 mi	Pisek	$1250
89 km or 55 mi	Liberec	$1174
89 km or 56 mi	Jablonec nad Nisou	$1112
95 km or 59 mi	Zittau	$1460
97 km or 61 mi	Pardubice	$1258
99 km or 61 mi	Strakonice	$1259
99 km or 61 mi	Havlickuv Brod	$1280
100 km or 62 mi	Chrudim	$1412
102 km or 63 mi	Hradec Kralove	$1256
103 km or 64 mi	Pirna	$1424
111 km or 69 mi	Klatovy	$1289
111 km or 69 mi	Karlovy Vary	$1218
114 km or 71 mi	Jihlava	$1108
115 km or 71 mi	Annaberg-Buchholz	$1438
117 km or 73 mi	Freital	$1412
118 km or 73 mi	Dresden	$1448
119 km or 74 mi	Trutnov	$956
119 km or 74 mi	Freiberg	$1316
122 km or 76 mi	Bautzen	$1503
123 km or 77 mi	Ceske Budejovice	$1278
125 km or 78 mi	Radebeul	$1410
126 km or 78 mi	Gorlitz	$1467
127 km or 79 mi	Sokolov	$1340