Damascus vs Rome - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Damascus	Rome
🚶 Cost of living one person	$638	$1718
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1494	$4113
🏠 One person rent	$291	$929
🏘️ Family rent	$523	$1682
🍽️ Food expenses	$232	$472
🚐 Transport expenses	$80.7	$164
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$55.7	$1842
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	24 km	7 km
🎓 Higher education	25	92
😀 Quality of life	34	86
🏙️ Population	2.69M	2.75M

The cost of living in Damascus is 63% less expensive than in Rome. Cities ranked 7300th and 2624th ($638 vs $1718) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 2nd in Syria and Italy, respectively. Check Syria vs Italy comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.1 months in Damascus compared to 1.1 months in Rome. Damascus ranked 1st best city to live in Syria vs Rome ranked 1st in Italy, while ranked 7688th and 337th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Damascus vs Rome

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	Damascus	Rome
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$5.01	$14.5
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$34.8	$60.3
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.96	$10.6
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.5	$5.2
☕ Cappuccino	$1.26	$1.67
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.25	$2.38
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$262	$1049
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$154	$701
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$590	$2124
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$330	$1286
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$48.5	$130
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$74.5	$199
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$67.2	$28.4
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	13.68%	4.16%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1862	$7056
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$879	$3427
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.1	$1.57
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$16.9	$36.6
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$10.9	$16.2
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.43	$1.87
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.07	$1.61
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.63	$1.71
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.76	$2.3
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.76	$4.06
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.37	$16
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.69	$11.1
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.1	$17.8
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.99	$2.54
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.12	$2.1
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1	$1.95
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.86	$2.97
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.59	$1.65
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.62	$1.72
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.4	$0.29
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.13	$2.15
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$5.52	$6.12
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.02	$1.68
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.03	$6.92
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.24	$8.06
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$0.87	$4.17
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.48	$2.88
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.59	$2.83
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$13.2	$51.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$3.03	$10.3
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$3.81	$112
💇 Haircut, simple	$2.82	$20.1
👖 Brand Jeans	$21.8	$71.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$47.5	$85.5
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$48.6	$502
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$1666	$9864

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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 Rome

Distance	City	Cost of living
2.7 km or 1.7 mi	Vatican City	$964
19 km or 12 mi	Frascati	$1562
34 km or 21 mi	Ladispoli	$1504
44 km or 27 mi	Cisterna di Latina	$1324
47 km or 29 mi	Colleferro	$1270
51 km or 32 mi	Anzio	$1289
59 km or 37 mi	Latina	$1250
61 km or 38 mi	Civitavecchia	$1543
65 km or 40 mi	Rieti	$1224
66 km or 41 mi	Viterbo	$1287
76 km or 47 mi	Terni	$1004
78 km or 48 mi	Frosinone	$1046
80 km or 49 mi	Avezzano	$1058
91 km or 56 mi	L'Aquila	$1208
93 km or 58 mi	Terracina	$1340
120 km or 74 mi	Foligno	$1241
132 km or 82 mi	Teramo	$1171
136 km or 84 mi	Perugia	$1100
140 km or 87 mi	Ascoli Piceno	$1128
148 km or 92 mi	Chieti	$1294
156 km or 97 mi	Pescara	$1312
170 km or 106 mi	Aversa	$1101
173 km or 107 mi	Santa Maria Capua Vetere	$1074
174 km or 108 mi	Fermo	$1239
175 km or 109 mi	Macerata	$1133
178 km or 111 mi	Giugliano in Campania	$1231
179 km or 112 mi	Caserta	$1181
181 km or 113 mi	Arezzo	$1267
183 km or 114 mi	Frattamaggiore	$1218
184 km or 115 mi	Siena	$1518
185 km or 115 mi	Campobasso	$955
187 km or 116 mi	Civitanova Marche	$1204
189 km or 117 mi	Naples	$1396
209 km or 130 mi	Ancona	$1270
210 km or 130 mi	Benevento	$1165
213 km or 133 mi	Castellammare di Stabia	$1301
221 km or 137 mi	Avellino	$1061
221 km or 137 mi	Fano	$1229
226 km or 140 mi	Amalfi	$1521
227 km or 141 mi	San Marino City	$1201