Damascus vs Riyadh - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 01, 2024

	Damascus	Riyadh
🚶 Cost of living one person	$583	$1642
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1433	$3429
🏠 One person rent	$225	$996
🏘️ Family rent	$409	$1477
🍽️ Food expenses	$203	$346
🚐 Transport expenses	$117	$162
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$56.5	$2566
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	24 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	25	71
😀 Quality of life	36	74
🏙️ Population	2.5M	7.01M

The cost of living in Damascus is 65% less expensive than in Riyadh. Cities ranked 7822nd and 2922nd ($583 vs $1642) 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 1.6 months in Riyadh. Damascus ranked 1st best city to live in Syria vs Riyadh ranked 1st in Saudi Arabia, while ranked 7665th and 1210th 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	$4.03	$7.92
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$24	$53.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.52	$8.05
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.51	$1.87
☕ Cappuccino	$1.29	$4.36
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.95	$0.82
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$270	$1149
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$126	$792
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$474	$2059
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$293	$1124
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$19.9	$58.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$30.2	$91.6
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$49.7	$73.9
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	11.93%	5.3%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1756	$2076
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1228	$1301
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.08	$1.06
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$17	$32.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$11.4	$15.8
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$2.66	$0.61
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.01	$1.67
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.1	$1.19
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.55	$2.15
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.6	$2.56
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.88	$7.88
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.76	$7.66
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.17	$12.6
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.04	$2.09
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.8	$1.71
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.7	$1.59
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.82	$1.83
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.55	$1.29
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.41	$1.2
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.33	$0.41
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.14	$1.89
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$5.47	$4.02
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.01	$1.93
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.03	$7.27
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.25	$2.02
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$0.87	$4.07
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.48	$2
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.59	$5.95
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$12.3	$100
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$3.01	$17.2
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$3.85	$49.8
💇 Haircut, simple	$2.79	$10.4
👖 Brand Jeans	$30.6	$52.7
👟 Brand Sneakers	$50.3	$108
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$94.1	$358
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$1634	$9649

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Cities near Damascus

Distance	City	Cost of living
51 km or 32 mi	Zahle	$882
75 km or 47 mi	Kiryat Shmona	$1673
81 km or 50 mi	Jounieh	$982
83 km or 52 mi	Sidon	$770
83 km or 52 mi	Beirut	$1195
96 km or 59 mi	Safed	$1622
105 km or 65 mi	Tyre	$633
108 km or 67 mi	Tiberias	$1427
110 km or 68 mi	Ma'alot-Tarshiha	$1633
111 km or 69 mi	Tripoli	$665
114 km or 71 mi	Irbid	$625
115 km or 72 mi	Arraba	$1635
116 km or 72 mi	Karmiel	$1617
117 km or 73 mi	Sakhnin	$1645
125 km or 78 mi	Tamra	$1622
125 km or 78 mi	Nahariya	$1570
126 km or 78 mi	Nof HaGalil	$1660
129 km or 80 mi	Nazareth	$1689
130 km or 81 mi	Acre	$1447
131 km or 81 mi	Shefa-'Amr	$1619
135 km or 84 mi	Migdal HaEmek	$1674
136 km or 84 mi	Kiryat Motzkin	$1610
136 km or 85 mi	Kiryat Ata	$1594
137 km or 85 mi	Kiryat Yam	$1601
137 km or 85 mi	Kiryat Bialik	$1594
137 km or 85 mi	Afula	$1660
141 km or 88 mi	Homs	$528
142 km or 88 mi	Nesher	$1467
143 km or 89 mi	Jerash	$602
145 km or 90 mi	Haifa	$1567
145 km or 90 mi	Yokneam Illit	$1744
154 km or 95 mi	Umm al-Fahm	$1728
163 km or 101 mi	Zikhron Ya'akov	$1718
168 km or 105 mi	Baqa-Jatt	$1746
169 km or 105 mi	Pardes Hanna-Karkur	$1725
173 km or 107 mi	Al-Salt	$679
173 km or 108 mi	Nablus	$849
174 km or 108 mi	Hadera	$1593
177 km or 110 mi	Amman	$981
184 km or 114 mi	Tayibe	$1850

Cities near Riyadh

Distance	City	Cost of living
310 km or 193 mi	Al-Mubarraz	$768
316 km or 196 mi	Unaizah	$1013
350 km or 217 mi	Ar Rass	$860
389 km or 242 mi	Dhahran	$959
394 km or 245 mi	Dammam	$1005
395 km or 245 mi	Jubail	$910
417 km or 259 mi	Qatif	$868
420 km or 261 mi	Riffa	$1285
421 km or 262 mi	Isa Town	$1327
426 km or 265 mi	Manama	$1375
460 km or 286 mi	Al Wafrah	$1256
480 km or 298 mi	As Sulayyil	$1085
491 km or 305 mi	Doha	$1872
496 km or 308 mi	Al Khor	$1810
540 km or 336 mi	Kuwait City	$1424
595 km or 369 mi	Ha'il	$996
611 km or 379 mi	Umm Qasr	$708
618 km or 384 mi	Al-Faw	$710
631 km or 392 mi	Bushehr	$646
646 km or 401 mi	Az Zubayr	$698
652 km or 405 mi	Abadan	$543
658 km or 409 mi	Basra	$875
659 km or 410 mi	Khorramshahr	$540
668 km or 415 mi	Bisha	$938
680 km or 423 mi	Borazjan	$621
701 km or 436 mi	Bandar-e Mahshahr	$544
713 km or 443 mi	Madinat Zayed	$1673
714 km or 443 mi	Nasiriyah	$671
719 km or 447 mi	Medina	$892
737 km or 458 mi	Kazerun	$606
747 km or 464 mi	Behbahan	$541
754 km or 469 mi	Samawah	$594
766 km or 476 mi	Ahvaz	$559
775 km or 481 mi	Abu Dhabi	$1936
790 km or 491 mi	Mecca	$1032
798 km or 496 mi	Shiraz	$606
800 km or 497 mi	Amarah	$685
804 km or 499 mi	Bareq	$920
804 km or 500 mi	Jahrom	$798
823 km or 511 mi	Yasuj	$561