Damascus vs San Diego - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	Damascus	San Diego
🚶 Cost of living one person	$675	$3507
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1514	$7962
🏠 One person rent	$310	$2395
🏘️ Family rent	$498	$4150
🍽️ Food expenses	$255	$737
🚐 Transport expenses	$62.5	$179
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$48.3	$5553
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	24 km	3 km
🎓 Higher education	29	86
😀 Quality of life	40	91
🏙️ Population	2.69M	1.39M

The cost of living in Damascus is 81% less expensive than in San Diego. Cities ranked 7406th and 50th ($675 vs $3507) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 38th 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 26th in the United States, while ranked 7899th and 137th 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	$9.24	$22.1
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$30.1	$86.3
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.96	$15
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.75	$8.74
☕ Cappuccino	$2.26	$6.24
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.57	$3.1
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$251	$2519
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$145	$2068
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$459	$4514
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$268	$3653
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$89	$165
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$137	$253
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$54.5	$71.6
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	14.16%	6.5%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1767	$8566
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$627	$6843
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.1	$2.51
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$14.3	$72
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$8	$19.6
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.37	$1.23
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.86	$1.28
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.49	$3.98
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.61	$3.95
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.75	$6.16
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.05	$16
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.08	$13.6
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.2	$20.9
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.99	$4.33
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.53	$1.8
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.1	$4.22
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.88	$4.8
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.77	$2.67
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.69	$2.5
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.46	$1.61
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.93	$3.26
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$6.88	$16.7
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.97	$2.8
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.69	$12.2
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.14	$14.9
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$0.99	$9.99
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.56	$5.5
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.68	$2.48
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$18.5	$62.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$3.42	$18.2
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$4.39	$131
💇 Haircut, simple	$3.18	$30.3
👖 Brand Jeans	$40.8	$63
👟 Brand Sneakers	$62.9	$109
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$56.8	$1998
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$1770	$26517

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Cities near Damascus

Distance	City	Cost of living
51 km or 32 mi	Zahle	$1005
75 km or 47 mi	Kiryat Shmona	$1925
81 km or 50 mi	Jounieh	$1106
83 km or 52 mi	Sidon	$865
83 km or 52 mi	Beirut	$1353
96 km or 59 mi	Safed	$1973
105 km or 65 mi	Tyre	$676
108 km or 67 mi	Tiberias	$1870
110 km or 68 mi	Ma'alot-Tarshiha	$1929
111 km or 69 mi	Tripoli	$842
114 km or 71 mi	Irbid	$753
115 km or 72 mi	Arraba	$1917
116 km or 72 mi	Karmiel	$1770
117 km or 73 mi	Sakhnin	$1873
125 km or 78 mi	Tamra	$1934
125 km or 78 mi	Nahariya	$1894
126 km or 78 mi	Nof HaGalil	$2000
129 km or 80 mi	Nazareth	$1981
130 km or 81 mi	Acre	$1766
131 km or 81 mi	Shefa-'Amr	$1960
135 km or 84 mi	Migdal HaEmek	$2027
136 km or 84 mi	Kiryat Motzkin	$1936
136 km or 85 mi	Kiryat Ata	$1911
137 km or 85 mi	Kiryat Yam	$1949
137 km or 85 mi	Kiryat Bialik	$1940
137 km or 85 mi	Afula	$1909
141 km or 88 mi	Homs	$385
142 km or 88 mi	Nesher	$1856
143 km or 89 mi	Jerash	$740
145 km or 90 mi	Haifa	$1930
145 km or 90 mi	Yokneam Illit	$2071
154 km or 95 mi	Umm al-Fahm	$2061
163 km or 101 mi	Zikhron Ya'akov	$2103
168 km or 105 mi	Baqa-Jatt	$2098
169 km or 105 mi	Pardes Hanna-Karkur	$2101
173 km or 107 mi	Al-Salt	$546
173 km or 108 mi	Nablus	$978
174 km or 108 mi	Hadera	$1887
177 km or 110 mi	Amman	$1013
184 km or 114 mi	Tayibe	$2207

Cities near San Diego

Distance	City	Cost of living
4.2 km or 2.6 mi	Coronado	$3220
7.2 km or 4.5 mi	National	$3053
13 km or 7.8 mi	Lemon Grove	$2995
14 km or 9 mi	Chula Vista	$2995
14 km or 9 mi	La Mesa	$2963
16 km or 9.8 mi	Imperial Beach	$2933
18 km or 11 mi	La Jolla	$3033
21 km or 13 mi	El Cajon	$3040
24 km or 15 mi	Tijuana	$1295
25 km or 15 mi	Santee	$2948
30 km or 19 mi	Poway	$2995
38 km or 24 mi	Encinitas	$3243
40 km or 25 mi	Las Delicias	$1141
43 km or 26 mi	Rosarito Beach	$1138
46 km or 29 mi	Escondido	$3261
47 km or 30 mi	San Marcos	$2995
52 km or 33 mi	Carlsbad	$3245
54 km or 33 mi	Vista	$2976
57 km or 36 mi	Oceanside	$3251
73 km or 46 mi	Fallbrook	$2927
88 km or 55 mi	Temecula	$2676
91 km or 57 mi	San Clemente	$2963
95 km or 59 mi	Murrieta	$3070
97 km or 61 mi	Dana Point	$3030
98 km or 61 mi	French Valley	$2758
99 km or 61 mi	San Juan Capistrano	$3085
99 km or 61 mi	Wildomar	$2815
104 km or 65 mi	Laguna Niguel	$3513
107 km or 66 mi	Laguna Beach	$3122
107 km or 67 mi	Menifee	$2621
109 km or 68 mi	Ensenada	$968
109 km or 68 mi	Lake Elsinore	$2669
110 km or 68 mi	Mission Viejo	$3544
110 km or 69 mi	Laguna Hills	$3027
111 km or 69 mi	Rancho Santa Margarita	$2980
114 km or 71 mi	Aliso Viejo	$3449
114 km or 71 mi	Lake Forest	$2554
115 km or 72 mi	Hemet	$2767
119 km or 74 mi	Perris	$2697
119 km or 74 mi	Temescal Valley	$2804