Damascus vs Rabat - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Damascus	Rabat
🚶 Cost of living one person	$638	$705
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1494	$1992
🏠 One person rent	$291	$302
🏘️ Family rent	$523	$795
🍽️ Food expenses	$232	$267
🚐 Transport expenses	$80.7	$56.1
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$55.7	$653
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	24 km	8 km
🎓 Higher education	25	40
😀 Quality of life	34	63
🏙️ Population	2.69M	573K

The cost of living in Damascus is 9% less expensive than in Rabat. Cities ranked 7300th and 6866th ($638 vs $705) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 2nd in Syria and Morocco, respectively. Check Syria vs Morocco comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.1 months in Damascus compared to 0.9 months in Rabat. Damascus ranked 1st best city to live in Syria vs Rabat ranked 1st in Morocco, while ranked 7688th and 4758th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Damascus vs Rabat

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	Damascus	Rabat
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$5.01	$4.29
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$34.8	$40.5
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.96	$6.03
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.5	$3.75
☕ Cappuccino	$1.26	$1.73
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.25	$0.59
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$262	$355
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$154	$215
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$590	$1030
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$330	$646
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$48.5	$23.7
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$74.5	$36.5
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$67.2	$35.8
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	13.68%	4.85%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1862	$1598
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$879	$934
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.1	$0.5
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$16.9	$25.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$10.9	$7.26
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.43	$1.42
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.07	$0.8
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.63	$0.4
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.76	$1.71
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.76	$1.81
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.37	$9.86
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.69	$6.19
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.1	$10.7
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.99	$1.44
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.12	$1.33
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1	$0.77
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.86	$0.84
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.59	$0.66
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.62	$0.66
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.4	$0.4
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.13	$1.18
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$5.52	$9.95
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.02	$2.44
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.03	$3.9
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.24	$5.08
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$0.87	$3.94
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.48	$1.55
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.59	$1.89
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$13.2	$26.8
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$3.03	$6.72
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$3.81	$26.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$2.82	$4.15
👖 Brand Jeans	$21.8	$48.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$47.5	$93.4
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$48.6	$140
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$1666	$5394

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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 Rabat

Distance	City	Cost of living
3.3 km or 2 mi	Sale	$536
13 km or 8.1 mi	Temara	$619
34 km or 21 mi	Kenitra	$558
63 km or 39 mi	Mohammedia	$652
87 km or 54 mi	Casablanca	$850
120 km or 74 mi	Meknes	$486
127 km or 79 mi	Khouribga	$435
169 km or 105 mi	Fez	$533
177 km or 110 mi	El Jadida	$502
193 km or 120 mi	Beni Mellal	$448
217 km or 135 mi	Tangier	$679
218 km or 135 mi	Tetouan	$517
248 km or 154 mi	Tarifa	$1196
250 km or 155 mi	Ceuta	$1141
265 km or 165 mi	Algeciras	$889
269 km or 167 mi	Los Barrios	$1041
271 km or 169 mi	Gibraltar City	$2278
273 km or 170 mi	Chiclana de la Frontera	$1018
273 km or 170 mi	La Linea de la Concepcion	$1145
283 km or 176 mi	Cadiz	$1359
287 km or 178 mi	Marrakesh	$687
292 km or 181 mi	Rota	$1358
295 km or 184 mi	Safi	$489
304 km or 189 mi	Jerez de la Frontera	$892
309 km or 192 mi	Estepona	$1395
317 km or 197 mi	Arcos de la Frontera	$1144
328 km or 204 mi	Marbella	$2040
337 km or 210 mi	Ronda	$893
344 km or 214 mi	Fuengirola	$1347
346 km or 215 mi	Olhao	$1291
347 km or 216 mi	Faro	$1263
349 km or 217 mi	Mijas	$1353
353 km or 219 mi	Benalmadena	$1415
353 km or 219 mi	Tavira	$1373
359 km or 223 mi	Huelva	$1081
361 km or 224 mi	Almonte	$1165
361 km or 225 mi	Moguer	$1124
363 km or 226 mi	Loule	$1415
364 km or 226 mi	Albufeira	$1950
371 km or 231 mi	Malaga	$1430