Damascus vs Ramallah - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Damascus	Ramallah
🚶 Cost of living one person	$638	$996
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1494	$2359
🏠 One person rent	$291	$434
🏘️ Family rent	$523	$758
🍽️ Food expenses	$232	$393
🚐 Transport expenses	$80.7	$66.5
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$55.7	$973
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	24 km	32 km
🎓 Higher education	25	56
😀 Quality of life	34	51
🏙️ Population	2.69M	39K

The cost of living in Damascus is 36% less expensive than in Ramallah. Cities ranked 7300th and 5524th ($638 vs $996) 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 1 months in Ramallah. Damascus ranked 1st best city to live in Syria vs Ramallah ranked 1st in the Palestine, while ranked 7688th and 6159th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Damascus vs Ramallah

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	Damascus	Ramallah
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$5.01	$9.47
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$34.8	$43.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.96	$10
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.5	$5.56
☕ Cappuccino	$1.26	$3.85
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.25	$0.77
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$262	$402
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$154	$317
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$590	$776
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$330	$588
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$48.5	$60.1
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$74.5	$93.1
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$67.2	$39.9
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	13.68%	6.08%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1862	$1126
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$879	$922
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.1	$2.4
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$16.9	$77.1
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$10.9	$16.5
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.43	$1.99
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.07	$1.91
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.63	$1.02
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.76	$2.09
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.76	$3.19
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.37	$7.18
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.69	$8.28
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.1	$17.3
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.99	$2.13
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.12	$2.16
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1	$1.91
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.86	$1.74
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.59	$1.06
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.62	$1.32
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.4	$0.56
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.13	$1.57
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$5.52	$11.1
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.02	$2.75
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.03	$7.6
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.24	$5.4
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$0.87	$4.78
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.48	$2.08
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.59	$4.08
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$13.2	$68.8
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$3.03	$8.36
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$3.81	$29.2
💇 Haircut, simple	$2.82	$6.44
👖 Brand Jeans	$21.8	$74.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$47.5	$98.9
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$48.6	$190
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$1666	$4230

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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 Ramallah

Distance	City	Cost of living
13 km or 7.9 mi	Jerusalem	$2114
21 km or 13 mi	Modi'in-Maccabim-Re'ut	$1915
21 km or 13 mi	Bethlehem	$905
23 km or 14 mi	Ariel	$1556
26 km or 16 mi	Beit Shemesh	$1506
29 km or 18 mi	Lod	$1891
31 km or 19 mi	Ramla	$2123
32 km or 20 mi	Rosh HaAyin	$1919
32 km or 20 mi	Kafr Qasim	$1927
34 km or 21 mi	Yehud	$1930
36 km or 22 mi	Nablus	$877
36 km or 23 mi	Petah Tikva	$1853
37 km or 23 mi	Rehovot	$1811
38 km or 23 mi	Kiryat Ono	$1894
38 km or 24 mi	Ness Ziona	$1943
38 km or 24 mi	Rishon LeZion	$2028
39 km or 24 mi	Qalqilya	$761
40 km or 25 mi	Bnei Brak	$2072
41 km or 26 mi	Hod HaSharon	$2035
41 km or 26 mi	Hebron	$762
41 km or 26 mi	Givatayim	$2156
42 km or 26 mi	Ramat Gan	$2232
42 km or 26 mi	Kfar Saba	$1965
43 km or 27 mi	Holon	$1834
43 km or 27 mi	Tel Aviv	$2306
44 km or 27 mi	Ramat HaSharon	$1912
44 km or 27 mi	Tira	$1931
44 km or 27 mi	Yavne	$1884
44 km or 28 mi	Herzliya	$2145
45 km or 28 mi	Bat Yam	$1890
45 km or 28 mi	Ra'anana	$1990
45 km or 28 mi	Tayibe	$1902
46 km or 29 mi	Kiryat Malakhi	$1809
46 km or 29 mi	Dura	$813
52 km or 32 mi	Kiryat Gat	$1757
52 km or 33 mi	Al-Salt	$552
53 km or 33 mi	Ashdod	$1837
58 km or 36 mi	Netanya	$2138
60 km or 37 mi	Baqa-Jatt	$1782
65 km or 41 mi	Ashkelon	$1511