Damascus vs Rawalpindi - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Damascus	Rawalpindi
🚶 Cost of living one person	$638	$401
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1494	$1010
🏠 One person rent	$291	$150
🏘️ Family rent	$523	$317
🍽️ Food expenses	$232	$163
🚐 Transport expenses	$80.7	$42.5
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$55.7	$170
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Unhealthy
✈️ Airport proximity	24 km	23 km
🎓 Higher education	25	68
😀 Quality of life	34	46
🏙️ Population	2.69M	2.1M

The cost of living in Damascus is 59% more expensive than in Rawalpindi. Cities ranked 7300th and 8953rd ($638 vs $401) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 5th in Syria and Pakistan, respectively. Check Syria vs Pakistan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.1 months in Damascus compared to 0.4 months in Rawalpindi. Damascus ranked 1st best city to live in Syria vs Rawalpindi ranked 4th in Pakistan, while ranked 7688th and 6500th among best cities to live in the world.

Salary adjustment calculator
the estimated difference in money purchasing power

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

Prices in Damascus vs Rawalpindi

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

	Damascus	Rawalpindi
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$5.01	$1.79
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$34.8	$13.9
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.96	$4.78
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.5	$1.43
☕ Cappuccino	$1.26	$1.64
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.25	$0.32
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$262	$113
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$154	$58
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$590	$341
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$330	$169
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$48.5	$63.6
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$74.5	$97.1
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$67.2	$17
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	13.68%	19.97%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1862	$747
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$879	$421
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.1	$0.18
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$16.9	$9.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$10.9	$3.5
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.43	$0.95
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.07	$0.81
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.63	$0.55
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.76	$1.31
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.76	$1.17
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.37	$6.42
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.69	$3.31
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.1	$4.32
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.99	$0.98
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.12	$0.62
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1	$0.87
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.86	$0.53
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.59	$0.37
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.62	$0.5
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.4	$0.25
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.13	$0.5
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$5.52	$25
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.02	$0.96
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.03	$1.95
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.24	$0.92
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$0.87	$1.27
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.48	$0.78
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.59	$0.43
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$13.2	$10.1
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$3.03	$3.6
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$3.81	$12.2
💇 Haircut, simple	$2.82	$2.1
👖 Brand Jeans	$21.8	$10.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$47.5	$84.1
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$48.6	$37.8
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$1666	$1075

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	$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 Rawalpindi

Distance	City	Cost of living
11 km or 7 mi	Islamabad	$442
40 km or 25 mi	Wah	$382
82 km or 51 mi	Mirpur	$354
116 km or 72 mi	Mardan	$366
120 km or 75 mi	Mandi Bahauddin	$355
135 km or 84 mi	Baramulla	$273
146 km or 90 mi	Mingora	$364
148 km or 92 mi	Gujrat	$373
151 km or 94 mi	Kohat	$379
152 km or 94 mi	Peshawar	$346
170 km or 105 mi	Srinagar	$354
173 km or 107 mi	Sargodha	$458
180 km or 112 mi	Hafizabad	$380
183 km or 114 mi	Sialkot	$281
192 km or 119 mi	Jammu	$287
192 km or 119 mi	Gujranwala	$308
210 km or 130 mi	Chiniot	$389
211 km or 131 mi	Kamoke	$321
228 km or 142 mi	Sheikhupura	$374
243 km or 151 mi	Faisalabad	$306
257 km or 160 mi	Lahore	$411
258 km or 160 mi	Jalalabad	$303
269 km or 167 mi	Jhang	$292
275 km or 171 mi	Gojra	$342
276 km or 172 mi	Sahiwal	$305
277 km or 172 mi	Amritsar	$383
283 km or 176 mi	Pathankot	$355
294 km or 183 mi	Khost	$366
312 km or 194 mi	Okara	$300
346 km or 215 mi	Jalandhar	$358
355 km or 221 mi	Gardez	$386
374 km or 232 mi	Kabul	$474
382 km or 238 mi	Khanewal	$361
385 km or 239 mi	Burewala	$356
397 km or 247 mi	Ludhiana	$441
409 km or 254 mi	Multan	$392
430 km or 267 mi	Ghazni	$389
457 km or 284 mi	Dera Ghazi Khan	$297
474 km or 294 mi	Chandigarh	$369
475 km or 295 mi	Shimla	$272