Damascus vs Reykjavik - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: June 21, 2026

	Damascus	Reykjavik
🚶 Cost of living one person	$706	$3205
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1602	$6762
🏠 One person rent	$323	$1954
🏘️ Family rent	$531	$2956
🍽️ Food expenses	$270	$904
🚐 Transport expenses	$66.7	$100
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$45	$4423
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	24 km	4 km
🎓 Higher education	29	53
😀 Quality of life	40	88
🏙️ Population	2.69M	139K

The cost of living in Damascus is 78% less expensive than in Reykjavik. Cities ranked 7245th and 119th ($706 vs $3205) 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 1.4 months in Reykjavik. Damascus ranked 1st best city to live in Syria vs Reykjavik ranked 1st in Iceland, while ranked 7855th and 258th 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	$9.98	$28.3
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$35	$97.9
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$6.8	$20
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.89	$13.4
☕ Cappuccino	$2.62	$6.5
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.79	$3.26
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$287	$2129
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$168	$1743
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$529	$3328
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$309	$2660
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$85.3	$52.2
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$131	$80.3
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$46.4	$82
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	14.35%	8.69%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1741	$7748
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$605	$6175
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.12	$5.38
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$12	$90.3
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$9.2	$28.9
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.42	$2.12
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.98	$2.04
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.45	$4.21
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.63	$3.46
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.6	$6.99
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.53	$20.2
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.65	$24.8
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.9	$44.1
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.97	$3.41
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.44	$2.66
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.07	$3.17
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.02	$5.99
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.75	$3.65
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.67	$1.89
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.45	$1.16
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.08	$3
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$5.96	$23.2
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.96	$3.72
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.77	$13.5
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.6	$11.6
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$1.14	$5.76
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.65	$5.18
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.78	$3.63
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$21.1	$90.3
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$3.92	$19.2
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$5.04	$92.8
💇 Haircut, simple	$3.64	$47.2
👖 Brand Jeans	$34.5	$146
👟 Brand Sneakers	$59.9	$178
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$65	$472
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$1772	$30029

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Cities near Damascus

Distance	City	Cost of living
51 km or 32 mi	Zahle	$1093
75 km or 47 mi	Kiryat Shmona	$2164
81 km or 50 mi	Jounieh	$1204
83 km or 52 mi	Sidon	$927
83 km or 52 mi	Beirut	$1441
96 km or 59 mi	Safed	$2195
105 km or 65 mi	Tyre	$700
108 km or 67 mi	Tiberias	$2044
110 km or 68 mi	Ma'alot-Tarshiha	$2153
111 km or 69 mi	Tripoli	$841
114 km or 71 mi	Irbid	$771
115 km or 72 mi	Arraba	$2150
116 km or 72 mi	Karmiel	$2008
117 km or 73 mi	Sakhnin	$2112
125 km or 78 mi	Tamra	$2142
125 km or 78 mi	Nahariya	$2069
126 km or 78 mi	Nof HaGalil	$2172
129 km or 80 mi	Nazareth	$2125
130 km or 81 mi	Acre	$1873
131 km or 81 mi	Shefa-'Amr	$2122
135 km or 84 mi	Migdal HaEmek	$2165
136 km or 84 mi	Kiryat Motzkin	$2113
136 km or 85 mi	Kiryat Ata	$2047
137 km or 85 mi	Kiryat Bialik	$2089
137 km or 85 mi	Kiryat Yam	$2095
137 km or 85 mi	Afula	$2133
141 km or 88 mi	Homs	$390
142 km or 88 mi	Nesher	$2043
143 km or 89 mi	Jerash	$745
145 km or 90 mi	Haifa	$1891
145 km or 90 mi	Yokneam Illit	$2184
154 km or 95 mi	Umm al-Fahm	$2245
163 km or 101 mi	Zikhron Ya'akov	$2230
168 km or 105 mi	Baqa-Jatt	$2214
169 km or 105 mi	Pardes Hanna-Karkur	$2129
173 km or 107 mi	Al-Salt	$538
173 km or 108 mi	Nablus	$1070
174 km or 108 mi	Hadera	$1918
177 km or 110 mi	Amman	$1032
184 km or 114 mi	Tayibe	$2347

Cities near Reykjavik

Distance	City	Cost of living
6.8 km or 4.2 mi	Kopavogur	$3092
9.8 km or 6.1 mi	Hafnarfjorur	$3106
38 km or 24 mi	Keflavik	$2581
247 km or 153 mi	Akureyri	$2921
795 km or 494 mi	Torshavn	$2017
1204 km or 748 mi	Inverness	$2005
1230 km or 764 mi	Elgin	$1523
1300 km or 808 mi	Derry	$1646
1309 km or 813 mi	Greenock	$1647
1321 km or 821 mi	Aberdeen	$1806
1325 km or 823 mi	Perth	$1640
1328 km or 825 mi	Stirling	$1835
1331 km or 827 mi	Paisley	$1885
1333 km or 828 mi	Alloa	$1842
1337 km or 831 mi	Glasgow	$2114
1339 km or 832 mi	Dundee	$1593
1340 km or 833 mi	Omagh	$1763
1341 km or 833 mi	Cumbernauld	$1611
1342 km or 834 mi	Irvine	$1704
1348 km or 838 mi	East Kilbride	$1878
1349 km or 838 mi	Kilmarnock	$1600
1351 km or 839 mi	Dunfermline	$1750
1353 km or 841 mi	Hamilton	$1831
1357 km or 843 mi	Ayr	$1586
1360 km or 845 mi	Kirkcaldy	$1794
1365 km or 848 mi	Livingston	$1760
1372 km or 852 mi	Edinburgh	$2295
1382 km or 859 mi	Newtownabbey	$1820
1387 km or 862 mi	Belfast	$1878
1390 km or 864 mi	Bangor	$1485
1391 km or 864 mi	Lisburn	$1923
1401 km or 871 mi	Alesund	$2021
1413 km or 878 mi	Galway	$3003
1425 km or 886 mi	Dundalk	$2264
1431 km or 889 mi	Dumfries	$1456
1433 km or 891 mi	Nuuk	$2508
1441 km or 895 mi	Molde	$2101
1454 km or 903 mi	Kristiansund	$1944
1455 km or 904 mi	Drogheda	$2518
1455 km or 904 mi	Bergen	$2336