Damascus vs Riga - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Damascus	Riga
🚶 Cost of living one person	$638	$1113
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1494	$2787
🏠 One person rent	$291	$532
🏘️ Family rent	$523	$924
🍽️ Food expenses	$232	$390
🚐 Transport expenses	$80.7	$75.5
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$55.7	$1303
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	24 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	25	61
😀 Quality of life	34	79
🏙️ Population	2.69M	605K

The cost of living in Damascus is 43% less expensive than in Riga. Cities ranked 7300th and 4764th ($638 vs $1113) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 2nd in Syria and Latvia, respectively. Check Syria vs Latvia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.1 months in Damascus compared to 1.2 months in Riga. Damascus ranked 1st best city to live in Syria vs Riga ranked 1st in Latvia, while ranked 7688th and 596th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Damascus vs Riga

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	Damascus	Riga
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$5.01	$11.7
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$34.8	$51.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.96	$7.59
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.5	$5.24
☕ Cappuccino	$1.26	$3.49
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.25	$1.47
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$262	$473
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$154	$316
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$590	$915
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$330	$586
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$48.5	$168
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$74.5	$255
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$67.2	$17.4
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	13.68%	4.56%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1862	$2774
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$879	$1723
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.1	$1.56
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$16.9	$33
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$10.9	$8.97
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.43	$1.71
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.07	$1.31
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.63	$1.33
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.76	$2.16
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.76	$2.75
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.37	$11.4
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.69	$7
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.1	$10.8
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.99	$1.61
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.12	$1.74
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1	$2.35
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.86	$3.37
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.59	$0.93
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.62	$0.89
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.4	$0.54
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.13	$2.34
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$5.52	$7.81
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.02	$1.71
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.03	$5.15
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.24	$8.06
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$0.87	$4.79
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.48	$1.95
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.59	$3.14
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$13.2	$40.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$3.03	$10
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$3.81	$42.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$2.82	$16.8
👖 Brand Jeans	$21.8	$70.6
👟 Brand Sneakers	$47.5	$92.5
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$48.6	$488
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$1666	$13840

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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 Riga

Distance	City	Cost of living
21 km or 13 mi	Jurmala	$1299
34 km or 21 mi	Ogre	$933
40 km or 25 mi	Jelgava	$804
103 km or 64 mi	Valmiera	$835
118 km or 74 mi	Jekabpils	$840
123 km or 77 mi	Siauliai	$953
129 km or 80 mi	Mazeikiai	$983
137 km or 85 mi	Panevezys	$950
161 km or 100 mi	Ventspils	$869
161 km or 100 mi	Parnu	$1064
174 km or 108 mi	Kuressaare	$1064
181 km or 112 mi	Viljandi	$933
186 km or 115 mi	Utena	$936
190 km or 118 mi	Daugavpils	$843
195 km or 121 mi	Liepaja	$953
203 km or 126 mi	Rezekne	$761
209 km or 130 mi	Jonava	$847
223 km or 138 mi	Tartu	$1045
228 km or 142 mi	Kaunas	$1150
229 km or 142 mi	Klaipeda	$969
262 km or 163 mi	Vilnius	$1261
270 km or 168 mi	Marijampole	$882
271 km or 168 mi	Pskov	$467
279 km or 174 mi	Tallinn	$1414
283 km or 176 mi	Alytus	$850
286 km or 178 mi	Maardu	$1219
298 km or 185 mi	Rakvere	$899
327 km or 203 mi	Suwalki	$1016
330 km or 205 mi	Kohtla-Jarve	$973
335 km or 208 mi	Kaliningrad	$741
339 km or 211 mi	Raseborg	$1441
347 km or 215 mi	Sillamae	$952
353 km or 219 mi	Kirkkonummi	$1509
357 km or 222 mi	Visby	$1273
361 km or 225 mi	Narva	$953
362 km or 225 mi	Helsinki	$1816
364 km or 226 mi	Espoo	$1879
365 km or 227 mi	Grodno	$385
365 km or 227 mi	Elk	$1025
367 km or 228 mi	Lohja	$1220