Damascus vs Ramallah - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Damascus	Ramallah
🚶 Cost of living one person	$671	$1072
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1492	$2566
🏠 One person rent	$315	$411
🏘️ Family rent	$505	$690
🍽️ Food expenses	$250	$464
🚐 Transport expenses	$61.5	$82.3
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$47.6	$190
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	24 km	32 km
🎓 Higher education	28	56
😀 Quality of life	39	44
🏙️ Population	2.69M	43.9K

The cost of living in Damascus is 37% less expensive than in Ramallah. Cities ranked 7287th and 5084th ($671 vs $1072) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 2nd in Syria and the Palestine, respectively. Check Syria vs the Palestine comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.1 months in Damascus compared to 0.2 months in Ramallah. Damascus ranked 1st best city to live in Syria vs Ramallah ranked 5th in the Palestine, while ranked 7834th and 7218th among best cities to live in the world.

Salary adjustment calculator
the estimated difference in money purchasing power

Cost of living in Damascus vs Ramallah infographic

Share this infographic!

Use the link below to embed the infographic from our site and automatically keep the data layer up to date.

If you prefer to download the image, please credit us as a source.

<img src="https://livingcost.org/assets/photo/cost/damascus/ramallah.jpg" alt="Cost of living in Damascus vs Ramallah infographic" style="max-width: 100%; height: auto;"><p>Source: <a href="https://livingcost.org/cost/damascus/ramallah" target="_blank">Damascus vs Ramallah - Cost of Living Comparison</a></p>

Prices in Damascus vs Ramallah

Prices for goods and services in Damascus and Ramallah are partly crowdsourced by our visitors, just like yourself. Please consider telling us about your city.

	Damascus	Ramallah
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$7.99	$13.8
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$28.8	$52.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.96	$10.4
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.61	$6.05
☕ Cappuccino	$1.95	$4.09
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.38	$0.83
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$219	$418
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$160	$281
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$398	$744
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$295	$506
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$88	$59.7
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$135	$93.5
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$54.5	$43.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	13.62%	5.23%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1865	$1229
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$645	$1006
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.1	$2.29
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$17	$83.1
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$6.96	$25.4
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.43	$2.12
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.98	$2.21
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.5	$1.22
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.66	$2.25
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.83	$4.61
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.22	$9.46
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.18	$10.2
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.5	$20
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1	$2.56
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.53	$2.31
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.07	$2.2
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.76	$1.91
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.71	$1.27
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.65	$1.11
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.46	$0.63
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.1	$1.8
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$5.97	$12.4
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.01	$3.55
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.02	$8.84
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.03	$5.86
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$0.86	$5.22
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.48	$2.29
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.59	$4.42
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$16.2	$79.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$2.98	$9.28
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$3.82	$31.2
💇 Haircut, simple	$2.78	$7.19
👖 Brand Jeans	$44.4	$81.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$58	$109
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$49.6	$259
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$1711	$4130

Cost of living in other countries

Cost of living

Cost of Living in the nearest cities

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 Ramallah

Distance	City	Cost of living
13 km or 7.9 mi	Jerusalem	$2447
21 km or 13 mi	Modi'in-Maccabim-Re'ut	$2100
21 km or 13 mi	Bethlehem	$987
23 km or 14 mi	Ariel	$1732
26 km or 16 mi	Beit Shemesh	$1747
29 km or 18 mi	Lod	$1998
31 km or 19 mi	Ramla	$2347
32 km or 20 mi	Rosh HaAyin	$2153
32 km or 20 mi	Kafr Qasim	$2150
34 km or 21 mi	Yehud	$2142
36 km or 22 mi	Nablus	$915
36 km or 23 mi	Petah Tikva	$2124
37 km or 23 mi	Rehovot	$1947
38 km or 23 mi	Kiryat Ono	$2135
38 km or 24 mi	Ness Ziona	$2130
38 km or 24 mi	Rishon LeZion	$2233
39 km or 24 mi	Qalqilya	$807
40 km or 25 mi	Bnei Brak	$2286
41 km or 26 mi	Hod HaSharon	$2191
41 km or 26 mi	Hebron	$837
41 km or 26 mi	Givatayim	$2303
42 km or 26 mi	Ramat Gan	$2440
42 km or 26 mi	Kfar Saba	$2214
43 km or 27 mi	Holon	$1937
43 km or 27 mi	Tel Aviv	$2492
44 km or 27 mi	Ramat HaSharon	$1974
44 km or 27 mi	Tira	$2153
44 km or 27 mi	Yavne	$2064
44 km or 28 mi	Herzliya	$2937
45 km or 28 mi	Bat Yam	$2040
45 km or 28 mi	Ra'anana	$2290
45 km or 28 mi	Tayibe	$2108
46 km or 29 mi	Kiryat Malakhi	$2027
46 km or 29 mi	Dura	$1021
52 km or 32 mi	Kiryat Gat	$2032
52 km or 33 mi	Al-Salt	$548
53 km or 33 mi	Ashdod	$1993
58 km or 36 mi	Netanya	$2247
60 km or 37 mi	Baqa-Jatt	$2001
65 km or 41 mi	Ashkelon	$1850