Damascus vs Reykjavik - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Damascus	Reykjavik
🚶 Cost of living one person	$671	$3268
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1492	$6787
🏠 One person rent	$315	$2025
🏘️ Family rent	$505	$3029
🍽️ Food expenses	$250	$894
🚐 Transport expenses	$61.5	$101
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$47.6	$4361
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	24 km	4 km
🎓 Higher education	28	52
😀 Quality of life	39	91
🏙️ Population	2.69M	140K

The cost of living in Damascus is 79% less expensive than in Reykjavik. Cities ranked 7287th and 88th ($671 vs $3268) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 1st in Syria and Iceland, respectively. Check Syria vs Iceland comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.1 months in Damascus compared to 1.3 months in Reykjavik. Damascus ranked 1st best city to live in Syria vs Reykjavik ranked 1st in Iceland, while ranked 7834th and 191st among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Damascus vs Reykjavik

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	Damascus	Reykjavik
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$7.99	$27.9
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$28.8	$79.5
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.96	$20.5
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.61	$13
☕ Cappuccino	$1.95	$6.12
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.38	$3.33
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$219	$2075
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$160	$1851
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$398	$3279
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$295	$2774
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$88	$45.2
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$135	$70.4
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$54.5	$84
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	13.62%	9.56%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1865	$8015
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$645	$6578
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.1	$5.36
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$17	$88.4
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$6.96	$28.3
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.43	$2.55
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.98	$2.04
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.5	$4.43
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.66	$3.55
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.83	$6.58
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.22	$19.1
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.18	$25
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.5	$41.5
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1	$3.59
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.53	$2.58
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.07	$3.35
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.76	$5.57
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.71	$3.7
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.65	$2.56
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.46	$1.27
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.1	$3.04
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$5.97	$25.5
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.01	$3.79
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.02	$13.6
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.03	$12.9
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$0.86	$5.86
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.48	$5.2
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.59	$3.63
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$16.2	$88.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$2.98	$18
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$3.82	$92.8
💇 Haircut, simple	$2.78	$46
👖 Brand Jeans	$44.4	$144
👟 Brand Sneakers	$58	$194
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$49.6	$352
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$1711	$30378

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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 Reykjavik

Distance	City	Cost of living
6.8 km or 4.2 mi	Kopavogur	$3175
9.8 km or 6.1 mi	Hafnarfjorur	$3148
38 km or 24 mi	Keflavik	$2596
247 km or 153 mi	Akureyri	$2990
795 km or 494 mi	Torshavn	$2077
1204 km or 748 mi	Inverness	$2021
1230 km or 764 mi	Elgin	$1507
1300 km or 808 mi	Derry	$1551
1309 km or 813 mi	Greenock	$1575
1321 km or 821 mi	Aberdeen	$1769
1325 km or 823 mi	Perth	$1641
1328 km or 825 mi	Stirling	$1711
1331 km or 827 mi	Paisley	$1837
1333 km or 828 mi	Alloa	$1762
1337 km or 831 mi	Glasgow	$2058
1339 km or 832 mi	Dundee	$1480
1340 km or 833 mi	Omagh	$1703
1341 km or 833 mi	Cumbernauld	$1619
1342 km or 834 mi	Irvine	$1630
1348 km or 838 mi	East Kilbride	$1840
1349 km or 838 mi	Kilmarnock	$1527
1351 km or 839 mi	Dunfermline	$1728
1353 km or 841 mi	Hamilton	$1797
1357 km or 843 mi	Ayr	$1522
1360 km or 845 mi	Kirkcaldy	$1768
1365 km or 848 mi	Livingston	$1775
1372 km or 852 mi	Edinburgh	$2310
1382 km or 859 mi	Newtownabbey	$1808
1387 km or 862 mi	Belfast	$1884
1390 km or 864 mi	Bangor	$1484
1391 km or 864 mi	Lisburn	$1879
1401 km or 871 mi	Alesund	$1797
1413 km or 878 mi	Galway	$2768
1425 km or 886 mi	Dundalk	$1955
1431 km or 889 mi	Dumfries	$1485
1433 km or 891 mi	Nuuk	$2217
1441 km or 895 mi	Molde	$1986
1454 km or 903 mi	Kristiansund	$1887
1455 km or 904 mi	Drogheda	$2902
1455 km or 904 mi	Bergen	$2242