Damascus vs Riyadh - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Damascus	Riyadh
🚶 Cost of living one person	$671	$1627
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1492	$3576
🏠 One person rent	$315	$931
🏘️ Family rent	$505	$1463
🍽️ Food expenses	$250	$375
🚐 Transport expenses	$61.5	$184
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$47.6	$2496
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	24 km	21 km
🎓 Higher education	28	73
😀 Quality of life	39	80
🏙️ Population	2.69M	7.01M

The cost of living in Damascus is 59% less expensive than in Riyadh. Cities ranked 7287th and 3418th ($671 vs $1627) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 1st in Syria and Saudi Arabia, respectively. Check Syria vs Saudi Arabia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.1 months in Damascus compared to 1.5 months in Riyadh. Damascus ranked 1st best city to live in Syria vs Riyadh ranked 1st in Saudi Arabia, while ranked 7834th and 759th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Damascus vs Riyadh

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	Damascus	Riyadh
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$7.99	$7.98
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$28.8	$53.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.96	$8.06
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.61	$1.86
☕ Cappuccino	$1.95	$4.24
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.38	$0.78
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$219	$1007
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$160	$738
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$398	$1807
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$295	$1160
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$88	$64.4
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$135	$99.8
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$54.5	$74.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	13.62%	5.19%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1865	$2939
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$645	$2197
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.1	$1.07
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$17	$37.5
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$6.96	$18.5
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.43	$0.62
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.98	$1.6
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.5	$1.28
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.66	$2.46
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.83	$2.88
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.22	$8.6
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.18	$10.3
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.5	$14.6
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1	$2.25
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.53	$1.66
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.07	$1.79
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.76	$1.53
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.71	$1.27
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.65	$1.44
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.46	$0.38
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.1	$2.38
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$5.97	$9.3
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.01	$1.75
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.02	$7.34
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.03	$2.73
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$0.86	$4.67
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.48	$2.36
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.59	$5.22
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$16.2	$101
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$2.98	$16
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$3.82	$51.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$2.78	$7.99
👖 Brand Jeans	$44.4	$58.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$58	$110
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$49.6	$451
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$1711	$9818

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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 Riyadh

Distance	City	Cost of living
310 km or 193 mi	Al-Mubarraz	$806
316 km or 196 mi	Unaizah	$967
350 km or 217 mi	Ar Rass	$862
389 km or 242 mi	Dhahran	$908
394 km or 245 mi	Dammam	$1008
395 km or 245 mi	Jubail	$930
417 km or 259 mi	Qatif	$873
420 km or 261 mi	Riffa	$1201
421 km or 262 mi	Isa Town	$1230
426 km or 265 mi	Manama	$1237
460 km or 286 mi	Al Wafrah	$1283
480 km or 298 mi	As Sulayyil	$1008
491 km or 305 mi	Doha	$1849
496 km or 308 mi	Al Khor	$1770
540 km or 336 mi	Kuwait City	$1454
595 km or 369 mi	Ha'il	$825
611 km or 379 mi	Umm Qasr	$726
618 km or 384 mi	Al-Faw	$730
631 km or 392 mi	Bushehr	$453
646 km or 401 mi	Az Zubayr	$719
652 km or 405 mi	Abadan	$549
658 km or 409 mi	Basra	$889
659 km or 410 mi	Khorramshahr	$542
668 km or 415 mi	Bisha	$918
680 km or 423 mi	Borazjan	$477
701 km or 436 mi	Bandar-e Mahshahr	$521
713 km or 443 mi	Madinat Zayed	$1730
714 km or 443 mi	Nasiriyah	$669
719 km or 447 mi	Medina	$1182
737 km or 458 mi	Kazerun	$503
747 km or 464 mi	Behbahan	$483
754 km or 469 mi	Samawah	$583
766 km or 476 mi	Ahvaz	$571
775 km or 481 mi	Abu Dhabi	$1942
790 km or 491 mi	Mecca	$1162
798 km or 496 mi	Shiraz	$553
800 km or 497 mi	Amarah	$681
804 km or 499 mi	Bareq	$903
804 km or 500 mi	Jahrom	$530
823 km or 511 mi	Yasuj	$463