Damascus vs San Antonio - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 01, 2024

	Damascus	San Antonio
🚶 Cost of living one person	$583	$2219
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1433	$5120
🏠 One person rent	$225	$1382
🏘️ Family rent	$409	$2287
🍽️ Food expenses	$203	$542
🚐 Transport expenses	$117	$151
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$56.5	$3866
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	24 km	10 km
🎓 Higher education	25	81
😀 Quality of life	36	90
🏙️ Population	2.5M	1.43M

The cost of living in Damascus is 74% less expensive than in San Antonio. Cities ranked 7822nd and 1242nd ($583 vs $2219) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 1113th in Syria and the United States, respectively. Check Syria vs the United States comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.1 months in Damascus compared to 1.7 months in San Antonio. Damascus ranked 1st best city to live in Syria vs San Antonio ranked 25th in the United States, while ranked 7665th and 137th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Damascus vs San Antonio

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	Damascus	San Antonio
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$4.03	$16
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$24	$66.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.52	$11.2
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.51	$5.37
☕ Cappuccino	$1.29	$5.45
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.95	$2.63
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$270	$1467
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$126	$1106
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$474	$2477
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$293	$1891
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$19.9	$130
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$30.2	$205
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$49.7	$73.5
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	11.93%	6.6%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1756	$7160
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1228	$3053
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.08	$2.42
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$17	$55.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$11.4	$17.8
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$2.66	$0.8
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.01	$1.06
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.1	$2.69
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.55	$3.31
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.6	$3.15
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.88	$12
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.76	$10.1
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.17	$13.6
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.04	$4.52
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.8	$1.5
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.7	$3.8
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.82	$3.46
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.55	$1.76
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.41	$2.69
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.33	$1.16
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.14	$2.37
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$5.47	$12.7
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.01	$2.28
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.03	$7.99
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.25	$6.93
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$0.87	$5.35
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.48	$3.7
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.59	$1.45
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$12.3	$50.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$3.01	$13.8
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$3.85	$94
💇 Haircut, simple	$2.79	$16.1
👖 Brand Jeans	$30.6	$52.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$50.3	$93.5
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$94.1	$1445
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$1634	$19044

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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 San Antonio

Distance	City	Cost of living
27 km or 17 mi	Schertz	$2146
30 km or 18 mi	Cibolo	$2158
48 km or 30 mi	New Braunfels	$2175
54 km or 33 mi	Seguin	$2146
74 km or 46 mi	San Marcos	$2093
87 km or 54 mi	Kyle	$2150
93 km or 58 mi	Kerrville	$2186
122 km or 76 mi	Austin	$2590
136 km or 85 mi	Cedar Park	$2191
140 km or 87 mi	Leander	$2190
141 km or 88 mi	Pflugerville	$2179
145 km or 90 mi	Round Rock	$2095
157 km or 98 mi	Georgetown	$2146
161 km or 100 mi	Victoria	$2220
197 km or 122 mi	Copperas Cove	$2013
200 km or 124 mi	Harker Heights	$1989
201 km or 125 mi	Killeen	$1902
210 km or 130 mi	Eagle Pass	$1979
213 km or 132 mi	Piedras Negras	$710
215 km or 134 mi	Corpus Christi	$1560
216 km or 134 mi	Temple	$2066
221 km or 137 mi	Kingsville	$1789
233 km or 145 mi	Del Rio	$1931
235 km or 146 mi	Laredo	$1842
236 km or 147 mi	Ciudad Acuna	$789
237 km or 147 mi	Nuevo Laredo	$595
247 km or 153 mi	Bryan	$1925
247 km or 154 mi	College Station	$1829
261 km or 162 mi	Rosenberg	$2136
269 km or 167 mi	Waco	$2071
279 km or 174 mi	Sugar Land	$2148
286 km or 178 mi	Missouri	$2128
293 km or 182 mi	San Angelo	$1972
300 km or 186 mi	Lake Jackson	$2080
300 km or 187 mi	The Woodlands	$2737
303 km or 188 mi	Houston	$2221
308 km or 191 mi	Spring	$2126
309 km or 192 mi	Conroe	$1801
310 km or 193 mi	Pearland	$2118
312 km or 194 mi	Stephenville	$2108