Damascus vs Sarajevo - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	Damascus	Sarajevo
🚶 Cost of living one person	$675	$956
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1514	$2264
🏠 One person rent	$310	$451
🏘️ Family rent	$498	$763
🍽️ Food expenses	$255	$356
🚐 Transport expenses	$62.5	$51.9
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$48.3	$744
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	24 km	8 km
🎓 Higher education	29	47
😀 Quality of life	40	66
🏙️ Population	2.69M	276K

The cost of living in Damascus is 29% less expensive than in Sarajevo. Cities ranked 7406th and 5994th ($675 vs $956) 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 0.8 months in Sarajevo. Damascus ranked 1st best city to live in Syria vs Sarajevo ranked 1st in Bosnia and Herzegovina, while ranked 7899th and 5011th 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	$9.24	$9.32
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$30.1	$32.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.96	$8.77
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.75	$2.86
☕ Cappuccino	$2.26	$2.24
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.57	$2.24
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$251	$391
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$145	$276
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$459	$704
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$268	$501
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$89	$127
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$137	$197
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$54.5	$24.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	14.16%	4.28%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1767	$3347
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$627	$2388
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.1	$1.33
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$14.3	$34.3
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$8	$8.45
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.37	$1.56
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.86	$1.35
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.49	$1.09
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.61	$1.79
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.75	$3.01
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.05	$11.7
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.08	$8.08
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.2	$14.9
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.99	$1.52
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.53	$1.83
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.1	$2.06
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.88	$2.13
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.77	$1.05
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.69	$1.25
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.46	$0.52
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.93	$1.72
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$6.88	$8.99
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.97	$1.02
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.69	$4.1
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.14	$9.2
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$0.99	$3.33
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.56	$1.41
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.68	$2.19
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$18.5	$33.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$3.42	$6.57
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$4.39	$29.3
💇 Haircut, simple	$3.18	$4.27
👖 Brand Jeans	$40.8	$92.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$62.9	$103
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$56.8	$247
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$1770	$3948

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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 Sarajevo

Distance	City	Cost of living
55 km or 34 mi	Zenica	$631
75 km or 47 mi	Mostar	$819
77 km or 48 mi	Tuzla	$721
99 km or 61 mi	Doboj	$682
117 km or 73 mi	Bijeljina	$741
125 km or 78 mi	Valjevo	$924
138 km or 86 mi	Mojkovac	$1193
139 km or 86 mi	Dubrovnik	$1744
140 km or 87 mi	Banja Luka	$965
144 km or 89 mi	Cavtat	$1661
147 km or 91 mi	Slavonski Brod	$992
155 km or 96 mi	Cacak	$888
163 km or 101 mi	Kotor	$1288
163 km or 101 mi	Split	$1673
163 km or 101 mi	Berane	$1156
169 km or 105 mi	Cetinje	$990
171 km or 106 mi	Kastela	$1566
171 km or 107 mi	Sanski Most	$629
173 km or 107 mi	Podgorica	$1066
177 km or 110 mi	Hvar	$1571
179 km or 111 mi	Budva	$1206
183 km or 114 mi	Prijedor	$723
187 km or 116 mi	Novi Pazar	$851
188 km or 117 mi	Plav	$1150
189 km or 118 mi	Osijek	$1160
192 km or 119 mi	Novi Sad	$1173
194 km or 121 mi	Belgrade	$1378
203 km or 126 mi	Kragujevac	$948
203 km or 126 mi	Sibenik	$1191
204 km or 127 mi	Bar	$1150
219 km or 136 mi	Shkoder	$839
225 km or 140 mi	Ulcinj	$1119
226 km or 141 mi	Mitrovica	$571
229 km or 142 mi	Bihac	$676
246 km or 153 mi	Pecs	$1124
257 km or 160 mi	Zadar	$1457
258 km or 160 mi	Bjelovar	$1171
260 km or 161 mi	Pristina	$694
261 km or 162 mi	Baja	$1031
267 km or 166 mi	Subotica	$923