Damascus vs Prague - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Damascus	Prague
🚶 Cost of living one person	$671	$1778
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1492	$4184
🏠 One person rent	$315	$1098
🏘️ Family rent	$505	$1897
🍽️ Food expenses	$250	$426
🚐 Transport expenses	$61.5	$121
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$47.6	$2284
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Good
✈️ Airport proximity	24 km	10 km
🎓 Higher education	28	93
😀 Quality of life	39	89
🏙️ Population	2.69M	1.4M

The cost of living in Damascus is 62% less expensive than in Prague. Cities ranked 7287th and 2821st ($671 vs $1778) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 2nd 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 1.3 months in Prague. Damascus ranked 1st best city to live in Syria vs Prague ranked 1st in the Czech Republic, while ranked 7834th and 277th 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	$7.99	$9.76
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$28.8	$46
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.96	$9.37
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.61	$2.73
☕ Cappuccino	$1.95	$3.77
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.38	$1.97
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$219	$1073
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$160	$830
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$398	$1910
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$295	$1487
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$88	$196
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$135	$303
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$54.5	$23.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	13.62%	4.74%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1865	$10023
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$645	$7034
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.1	$1.44
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$17	$26.3
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$6.96	$15.6
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.43	$1.76
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.98	$1.33
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.5	$1.59
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.66	$2.11
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.83	$4.07
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.22	$13.5
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.18	$10
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.5	$13.4
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1	$2.22
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.53	$1.9
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.07	$2.33
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.76	$3.73
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.71	$1.37
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.65	$1.26
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.46	$0.56
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.1	$1.93
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$5.97	$7.36
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.01	$1.15
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.02	$7.48
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.03	$10.4
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$0.86	$4.88
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.48	$3.23
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.59	$4.02
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$16.2	$69.1
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$2.98	$11.9
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$3.82	$42.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$2.78	$18.5
👖 Brand Jeans	$44.4	$80.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$58	$106
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$49.6	$994
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$1711	$15329

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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 Prague

Distance	City	Cost of living
1.2 km or 0.7 mi	Smichov	$1601
3.3 km or 2.1 mi	Zizkov	$1580
4.2 km or 2.6 mi	Brevnov	$1564
23 km or 14 mi	Kladno	$1337
51 km or 31 mi	Mlada Boleslav	$1187
53 km or 33 mi	Pribram	$1104
54 km or 34 mi	Litomerice	$1196
56 km or 35 mi	Kolin	$1915
68 km or 42 mi	Ceska Lipa	$1211
69 km or 43 mi	Usti nad Labem	$1063
72 km or 45 mi	Most	$1028
75 km or 46 mi	Teplice	$986
76 km or 47 mi	Tabor	$1074
78 km or 49 mi	Decin	$1182
81 km or 50 mi	Litvinov	$1489
83 km or 52 mi	Chomutov	$1125
83 km or 52 mi	Plzen	$1317
88 km or 55 mi	Pisek	$1209
89 km or 55 mi	Liberec	$1195
89 km or 56 mi	Jablonec nad Nisou	$1152
95 km or 59 mi	Zittau	$1427
97 km or 61 mi	Pardubice	$1195
99 km or 61 mi	Strakonice	$1223
99 km or 61 mi	Havlickuv Brod	$1216
100 km or 62 mi	Chrudim	$1212
102 km or 63 mi	Hradec Kralove	$1257
103 km or 64 mi	Pirna	$1473
111 km or 69 mi	Klatovy	$1236
111 km or 69 mi	Karlovy Vary	$1117
114 km or 71 mi	Jihlava	$1103
115 km or 71 mi	Annaberg-Buchholz	$1401
117 km or 73 mi	Freital	$1490
118 km or 73 mi	Dresden	$1555
119 km or 74 mi	Trutnov	$953
119 km or 74 mi	Freiberg	$1301
122 km or 76 mi	Bautzen	$1432
123 km or 77 mi	Ceske Budejovice	$1308
125 km or 78 mi	Radebeul	$1485
126 km or 78 mi	Gorlitz	$1428
127 km or 79 mi	Sokolov	$1284