Damascus vs San Jose, United States - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	Damascus	San Jose
🚶 Cost of living one person	$675	$3962
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1514	$8268
🏠 One person rent	$310	$2809
🏘️ Family rent	$498	$4461
🍽️ Food expenses	$255	$768
🚐 Transport expenses	$62.5	$184
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$48.3	$5742
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	24 km	8 km
🎓 Higher education	29	87
😀 Quality of life	40	91
🏙️ Population	2.69M	1.01M

The cost of living in Damascus is 83% less expensive than in San Jose, United States. Cities ranked 7406th and 8th ($675 vs $3962) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 5th 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 1.4 months in San Jose, United States. Damascus ranked 1st best city to live in Syria vs San Jose, United States ranked 31st in the United States, while ranked 7899th and 148th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Damascus vs San Jose, United States

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	Damascus	San Jose
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$9.24	$23.2
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$30.1	$100
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.96	$12
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.75	$9
☕ Cappuccino	$2.26	$5.63
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.57	$3.41
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$251	$3015
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$145	$2454
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$459	$4507
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$268	$4037
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$89	$169
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$137	$256
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$54.5	$74.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	14.16%	6.44%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1767	$9481
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$627	$9796
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.1	$2.5
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$14.3	$89.6
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$8	$21.2
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.37	$1.26
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.86	$1.57
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.49	$4.69
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.61	$3.72
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.75	$5.55
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.05	$20.3
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.08	$13.1
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.2	$22.5
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.99	$6.41
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.53	$2.24
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.1	$5.8
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.88	$5.84
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.77	$3.97
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.69	$3.62
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.46	$1.82
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.93	$3.29
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$6.88	$15.2
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.97	$2.52
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.69	$11.5
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.14	$10.4
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$0.99	$6.94
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.56	$6.98
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.68	$2.5
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$18.5	$130
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$3.42	$16.6
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$4.39	$150
💇 Haircut, simple	$3.18	$20.6
👖 Brand Jeans	$40.8	$56.4
👟 Brand Sneakers	$62.9	$97.5
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$56.8	$1802
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$1770	$23160

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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 Jose, United States

Distance	City	Cost of living
7.6 km or 4.7 mi	Campbell	$3488
9.7 km or 6.1 mi	Santa Clara	$3608
11 km or 6.8 mi	Los Gatos	$4273
13 km or 8.4 mi	Saratoga	$3379
15 km or 9.1 mi	Milpitas	$3257
15 km or 9.3 mi	Cupertino	$2871
16 km or 10 mi	Sunnyvale	$3508
18 km or 11 mi	Mountain View	$3603
21 km or 13 mi	Los Altos	$3254
27 km or 17 mi	Palo Alto	$3805
27 km or 17 mi	Morgan Hill	$3181
28 km or 18 mi	Fremont	$3589
29 km or 18 mi	Newark	$3261
29 km or 18 mi	East Palo Alto	$3382
32 km or 20 mi	Menlo Park	$3395
36 km or 22 mi	Union	$3137
38 km or 23 mi	Redwood	$3771
39 km or 24 mi	Santa Cruz	$3489
41 km or 25 mi	San Carlos	$3359
41 km or 25 mi	Pleasanton	$3520
42 km or 26 mi	Gilroy	$3017
43 km or 27 mi	Livermore	$3065
44 km or 27 mi	Watsonville	$3676
44 km or 27 mi	Belmont	$3593
44 km or 28 mi	Foster	$3604
45 km or 28 mi	Hayward	$2910
46 km or 28 mi	Dublin	$3094
47 km or 29 mi	San Lorenzo	$2802
48 km or 30 mi	San Mateo	$3831
48 km or 30 mi	Castro Valley	$2983
53 km or 33 mi	San Leandro	$3007
53 km or 33 mi	Burlingame	$3346
54 km or 33 mi	San Ramon	$2859
57 km or 36 mi	Millbrae	$3282
59 km or 36 mi	Danville	$3778
60 km or 38 mi	San Bruno	$3264
61 km or 38 mi	Alameda	$3277
62 km or 38 mi	Tracy	$2089
63 km or 39 mi	South San Francisco	$3245
64 km or 40 mi	Oakland	$3212