Damascus vs San Diego - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 01, 2024

	Damascus	San Diego
🚶 Cost of living one person	$583	$3427
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1433	$7903
🏠 One person rent	$225	$2366
🏘️ Family rent	$409	$4375
🍽️ Food expenses	$203	$686
🚐 Transport expenses	$117	$192
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$56.5	$5439
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	24 km	3 km
🎓 Higher education	25	87
😀 Quality of life	36	91
🏙️ Population	2.5M	1.39M

The cost of living in Damascus is 83% less expensive than in San Diego. Cities ranked 7822nd and 26th ($583 vs $3427) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 23rd 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 1.6 months in San Diego. Damascus ranked 1st best city to live in Syria vs San Diego ranked 15th in the United States, while ranked 7665th and 107th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Damascus vs San Diego

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	Damascus	San Diego
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$4.03	$20.9
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$24	$85.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.52	$12.1
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.51	$8.8
☕ Cappuccino	$1.29	$5.63
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.95	$2.87
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$270	$2498
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$126	$2064
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$474	$4740
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$293	$3919
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$19.9	$142
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$30.2	$218
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$49.7	$73.6
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	11.93%	6.64%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1756	$11408
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1228	$8035
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.08	$2.57
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$17	$71.4
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$11.4	$22.2
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$2.66	$1.35
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.01	$1.14
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.1	$3.69
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.55	$3.92
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.6	$4.13
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.88	$12.8
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.76	$13.4
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.17	$19.3
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.04	$4.46
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.8	$1.84
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.7	$3.2
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.82	$4.58
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.55	$2.9
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.41	$2.18
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.33	$1.54
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.14	$2.64
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$5.47	$14.7
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.01	$2.13
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.03	$10.5
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.25	$16.1
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$0.87	$6.94
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.48	$4.91
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.59	$2.16
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$12.3	$79.3
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$3.01	$17.2
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$3.85	$129
💇 Haircut, simple	$2.79	$22.2
👖 Brand Jeans	$30.6	$61.8
👟 Brand Sneakers	$50.3	$95.2
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$94.1	$1701
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$1634	$18429

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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 Diego

Distance	City	Cost of living
4.2 km or 2.6 mi	Coronado	$3051
7.2 km or 4.5 mi	National	$2907
13 km or 7.8 mi	Lemon Grove	$2844
14 km or 9 mi	Chula Vista	$2969
14 km or 9 mi	La Mesa	$2868
16 km or 9.8 mi	Imperial Beach	$2851
18 km or 11 mi	La Jolla	$2867
21 km or 13 mi	El Cajon	$2910
24 km or 15 mi	Tijuana	$1184
25 km or 15 mi	Santee	$2788
30 km or 19 mi	Poway	$2784
38 km or 24 mi	Encinitas	$2879
40 km or 25 mi	Las Delicias	$1032
43 km or 26 mi	Rosarito Beach	$1029
46 km or 29 mi	Escondido	$2884
47 km or 30 mi	San Marcos	$2722
52 km or 33 mi	Carlsbad	$3046
54 km or 33 mi	Vista	$2732
57 km or 36 mi	Oceanside	$3094
73 km or 46 mi	Fallbrook	$2709
88 km or 55 mi	Temecula	$2597
91 km or 57 mi	San Clemente	$3070
95 km or 59 mi	Murrieta	$3155
97 km or 61 mi	Dana Point	$2751
98 km or 61 mi	French Valley	$2684
99 km or 61 mi	San Juan Capistrano	$2681
99 km or 61 mi	Wildomar	$2803
104 km or 65 mi	Laguna Niguel	$2461
107 km or 66 mi	Laguna Beach	$2755
107 km or 67 mi	Menifee	$2637
109 km or 68 mi	Ensenada	$1027
109 km or 68 mi	Lake Elsinore	$2730
110 km or 68 mi	Mission Viejo	$3513
110 km or 69 mi	Laguna Hills	$2957
111 km or 69 mi	Rancho Santa Margarita	$2960
114 km or 71 mi	Aliso Viejo	$3180
114 km or 71 mi	Lake Forest	$2944
115 km or 72 mi	Hemet	$2879
119 km or 74 mi	Perris	$2609
119 km or 74 mi	Temescal Valley	$2606