Damascus vs Sarajevo - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Damascus	Sarajevo
🚶 Cost of living one person	$638	$796
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1494	$1933
🏠 One person rent	$291	$368
🏘️ Family rent	$523	$658
🍽️ Food expenses	$232	$296
🚐 Transport expenses	$80.7	$44.3
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$55.7	$794
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	24 km	8 km
🎓 Higher education	25	47
😀 Quality of life	34	62
🏙️ Population	2.69M	276K

The cost of living in Damascus is 20% less expensive than in Sarajevo. Cities ranked 7300th and 6461st ($638 vs $796) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 2nd in Syria and Bosnia and Herzegovina, respectively. Check Syria vs Bosnia and Herzegovina comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.1 months in Damascus compared to 1 months in Sarajevo. Damascus ranked 1st best city to live in Syria vs Sarajevo ranked 1st in Bosnia and Herzegovina, while ranked 7688th and 4897th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Damascus vs Sarajevo

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	Damascus	Sarajevo
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$5.01	$7.03
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$34.8	$26.3
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.96	$7.13
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.5	$2.22
☕ Cappuccino	$1.26	$1.88
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.25	$1.82
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$262	$320
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$154	$225
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$590	$640
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$330	$438
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$48.5	$102
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$74.5	$156
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$67.2	$22.7
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	13.68%	3.5%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1862	$3005
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$879	$1953
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.1	$0.97
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$16.9	$27.6
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$10.9	$7.55
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.43	$1.42
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.07	$1.21
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.63	$0.93
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.76	$1.5
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.76	$2.74
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.37	$9.46
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.69	$6.85
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.1	$11.1
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.99	$1.25
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.12	$1.81
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1	$1.67
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.86	$1.97
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.59	$0.92
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.62	$1.06
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.4	$0.43
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.13	$1.52
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$5.52	$7.96
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.02	$0.96
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.03	$3.41
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.24	$8.09
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$0.87	$2.98
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.48	$1.24
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.59	$1.96
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$13.2	$28.8
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$3.03	$5.07
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$3.81	$26.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$2.82	$3.81
👖 Brand Jeans	$21.8	$86.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$47.5	$94.8
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$48.6	$228
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$1666	$2856

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Cities near Damascus

Distance	City	Cost of living
51 km or 32 mi	Zahle	$912
75 km or 47 mi	Kiryat Shmona	$1709
81 km or 50 mi	Jounieh	$1020
83 km or 52 mi	Sidon	$798
83 km or 52 mi	Beirut	$1255
96 km or 59 mi	Safed	$1681
105 km or 65 mi	Tyre	$573
108 km or 67 mi	Tiberias	$1600
110 km or 68 mi	Ma'alot-Tarshiha	$1647
111 km or 69 mi	Tripoli	$776
114 km or 71 mi	Irbid	$679
115 km or 72 mi	Arraba	$1633
116 km or 72 mi	Karmiel	$1531
117 km or 73 mi	Sakhnin	$1612
125 km or 78 mi	Tamra	$1655
125 km or 78 mi	Nahariya	$1616
126 km or 78 mi	Nof HaGalil	$1709
129 km or 80 mi	Nazareth	$1732
130 km or 81 mi	Acre	$1502
131 km or 81 mi	Shefa-'Amr	$1677
135 km or 84 mi	Migdal HaEmek	$1742
136 km or 84 mi	Kiryat Motzkin	$1666
136 km or 85 mi	Kiryat Ata	$1647
137 km or 85 mi	Kiryat Bialik	$1666
137 km or 85 mi	Kiryat Yam	$1657
137 km or 85 mi	Afula	$1652
141 km or 88 mi	Homs	$456
142 km or 88 mi	Nesher	$1593
143 km or 89 mi	Jerash	$608
145 km or 90 mi	Haifa	$1645
145 km or 90 mi	Yokneam Illit	$1778
154 km or 95 mi	Umm al-Fahm	$1756
163 km or 101 mi	Zikhron Ya'akov	$1731
168 km or 105 mi	Baqa-Jatt	$1782
169 km or 105 mi	Pardes Hanna-Karkur	$1728
173 km or 107 mi	Al-Salt	$552
173 km or 108 mi	Nablus	$877
174 km or 108 mi	Hadera	$1576
177 km or 110 mi	Amman	$994
184 km or 114 mi	Tayibe	$1902

Cities near Sarajevo

Distance	City	Cost of living
55 km or 34 mi	Zenica	$559
75 km or 47 mi	Mostar	$693
77 km or 48 mi	Tuzla	$636
99 km or 61 mi	Doboj	$603
117 km or 73 mi	Bijeljina	$661
125 km or 78 mi	Valjevo	$776
138 km or 86 mi	Mojkovac	$1070
139 km or 86 mi	Dubrovnik	$1227
140 km or 87 mi	Banja Luka	$803
144 km or 89 mi	Cavtat	$1187
147 km or 91 mi	Slavonski Brod	$847
155 km or 96 mi	Cacak	$759
163 km or 101 mi	Kotor	$1150
163 km or 101 mi	Split	$1337
163 km or 101 mi	Berane	$1070
169 km or 105 mi	Cetinje	$816
171 km or 106 mi	Kastela	$1266
171 km or 107 mi	Sanski Most	$558
173 km or 107 mi	Podgorica	$975
177 km or 110 mi	Hvar	$1274
179 km or 111 mi	Budva	$1117
183 km or 114 mi	Prijedor	$659
187 km or 116 mi	Novi Pazar	$662
188 km or 117 mi	Plav	$1030
189 km or 118 mi	Osijek	$958
192 km or 119 mi	Novi Sad	$1012
194 km or 121 mi	Belgrade	$1160
203 km or 126 mi	Kragujevac	$807
203 km or 126 mi	Sibenik	$1053
204 km or 127 mi	Bar	$972
219 km or 136 mi	Shkoder	$679
225 km or 140 mi	Ulcinj	$965
226 km or 141 mi	Mitrovica	$463
229 km or 142 mi	Bihac	$556
246 km or 153 mi	Pecs	$848
257 km or 160 mi	Zadar	$1122
258 km or 160 mi	Bjelovar	$1008
260 km or 161 mi	Pristina	$595
261 km or 162 mi	Baja	$692
267 km or 166 mi	Subotica	$768