Damascus vs Saint Petersburg - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Damascus	Saint Petersburg
🚶 Cost of living one person	$672	$874
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1612	$2178
🏠 One person rent	$271	$442
🏘️ Family rent	$473	$863
🍽️ Food expenses	$237	$238
🚐 Transport expenses	$110	$104
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$56.1	$846
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	24 km	17 km
🎓 Higher education	25	82
😀 Quality of life	32	67
🏙️ Population	2.58M	5.38M

The cost of living in Damascus is 23% less expensive than in Saint Petersburg. Cities ranked 7105th and 6204th ($672 vs $874) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 2nd in Syria and Russia, respectively. Check Syria vs Russia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.1 months in Damascus compared to 1 months in Saint Petersburg. Damascus ranked 1st best city to live in Syria vs Saint Petersburg ranked 2nd in Russia, while ranked 7854th and 3645th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Damascus vs Saint Petersburg

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	Damascus	Saint Petersburg
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$5.04	$7.59
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$32.8	$32
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5	$4.56
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.26	$2.67
☕ Cappuccino	$1.27	$2.04
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.04	$0.99
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$248	$558
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$140	$322
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$531	$1149
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$294	$656
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$42.9	$66.7
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$66	$102
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$66.2	$5.86
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	13.49%	16.16%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1873	$3238
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$880	$2069
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.1	$0.7
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$17.1	$38.5
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$10.9	$5.97
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$2.24	$0.6
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.07	$0.85
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.63	$0.65
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.76	$1.27
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.9	$1.63
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.38	$9.24
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.61	$4.53
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.99	$8.28
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.01	$1.36
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.28	$1.37
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.02	$1.45
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.86	$2.89
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.59	$0.52
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.6	$0.47
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.41	$0.37
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.16	$1.09
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$5.5	$7
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.01	$0.77
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.98	$2.36
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$1.95	$1.24
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.48	$1.16
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.47	$1.02
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.05	$0.8
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$13.4	$31.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$3.03	$4.82
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$19.9	$15.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$14.4	$4.29
👖 Brand Jeans	$21.8	$98.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$47.8	$111
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$48.8	$321
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$1645	$6847

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Cities near Damascus

Distance	City	Cost of living
51 km or 32 mi	Zahle	$857
75 km or 47 mi	Kiryat Shmona	$1604
81 km or 50 mi	Jounieh	$948
83 km or 52 mi	Sidon	$767
83 km or 52 mi	Beirut	$1165
96 km or 59 mi	Safed	$1635
105 km or 65 mi	Tyre	$545
108 km or 67 mi	Tiberias	$1544
110 km or 68 mi	Ma'alot-Tarshiha	$1619
111 km or 69 mi	Tripoli	$708
114 km or 71 mi	Irbid	$630
115 km or 72 mi	Arraba	$1624
116 km or 72 mi	Karmiel	$1579
117 km or 73 mi	Sakhnin	$1612
125 km or 78 mi	Tamra	$1617
125 km or 78 mi	Nahariya	$1565
126 km or 78 mi	Nof HaGalil	$1659
129 km or 80 mi	Nazareth	$1674
130 km or 81 mi	Acre	$1451
131 km or 81 mi	Shefa-'Amr	$1617
135 km or 84 mi	Migdal HaEmek	$1664
136 km or 84 mi	Kiryat Motzkin	$1585
136 km or 85 mi	Kiryat Ata	$1591
137 km or 85 mi	Kiryat Yam	$1604
137 km or 85 mi	Kiryat Bialik	$1607
137 km or 85 mi	Afula	$1614
141 km or 88 mi	Homs	$462
142 km or 88 mi	Nesher	$1532
143 km or 89 mi	Jerash	$598
145 km or 90 mi	Haifa	$1582
145 km or 90 mi	Yokneam Illit	$1706
154 km or 95 mi	Umm al-Fahm	$1708
163 km or 101 mi	Zikhron Ya'akov	$1749
168 km or 105 mi	Baqa-Jatt	$1758
169 km or 105 mi	Pardes Hanna-Karkur	$1787
173 km or 107 mi	Al-Salt	$692
173 km or 108 mi	Nablus	$730
174 km or 108 mi	Hadera	$1556
177 km or 110 mi	Amman	$1004
184 km or 114 mi	Tayibe	$1838

Cities near Saint Petersburg

Distance	City	Cost of living
135 km or 84 mi	Narva	$846
156 km or 97 mi	Sillamae	$979
162 km or 101 mi	Imatra	$1149
168 km or 104 mi	Veliky Novgorod	$682
170 km or 105 mi	Lappeenranta	$1378
181 km or 112 mi	Kohtla-Jarve	$990
185 km or 115 mi	Hamina	$1439
195 km or 121 mi	Kotka	$1416
223 km or 139 mi	Kouvola	$1447
227 km or 141 mi	Savonlinna	$1230
232 km or 144 mi	Rakvere	$973
254 km or 158 mi	Mikkeli	$1389
262 km or 163 mi	Porvoo	$1453
263 km or 164 mi	Pskov	$440
269 km or 167 mi	Tartu	$1120
280 km or 174 mi	Lahti	$1453
293 km or 182 mi	Kerava	$1532
294 km or 183 mi	Varkaus	$1123
294 km or 183 mi	Jarvenpaa	$1631
295 km or 183 mi	Vantaa	$1782
296 km or 184 mi	Joensuu	$1499
297 km or 184 mi	Tuusula	$1570
299 km or 186 mi	Petrozavodsk	$514
300 km or 186 mi	Helsinki	$1936
302 km or 188 mi	Maardu	$1278
310 km or 192 mi	Nurmijarvi	$1562
310 km or 193 mi	Hyvinkaa	$1360
315 km or 196 mi	Espoo	$2023
317 km or 197 mi	Riihimaki	$1534
318 km or 197 mi	Tallinn	$1447
322 km or 200 mi	Viljandi	$966
328 km or 204 mi	Kirkkonummi	$1608
342 km or 213 mi	Hameenlinna	$1431
348 km or 216 mi	Lohja	$1363
349 km or 217 mi	Jamsa	$1467
354 km or 220 mi	Jyvaskyla	$1466
356 km or 221 mi	Kuopio	$1414
373 km or 232 mi	Valkeakoski	$1584
374 km or 233 mi	Parnu	$1102
383 km or 238 mi	Raseborg	$1525