Damascus vs Seattle - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Damascus	Seattle
🚶 Cost of living one person	$672	$2908
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1612	$7212
🏠 One person rent	$271	$1829
🏘️ Family rent	$473	$3413
🍽️ Food expenses	$237	$707
🚐 Transport expenses	$110	$161
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$56.1	$6392
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	24 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	25	80
😀 Quality of life	32	92
🏙️ Population	2.58M	737K

The cost of living in Damascus is 77% less expensive than in Seattle. Cities ranked 7105th and 206th ($672 vs $2908) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 168th 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 2.2 months in Seattle. Damascus ranked 1st best city to live in Syria vs Seattle ranked 16th in the United States, while ranked 7854th and 102nd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Damascus vs Seattle

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	Damascus	Seattle
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$5.04	$19.3
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$32.8	$89.2
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5	$12.8
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.26	$8.02
☕ Cappuccino	$1.27	$5.61
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.04	$3.13
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$248	$1947
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$140	$1538
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$531	$3856
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$294	$2943
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$42.9	$142
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$66	$220
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$66.2	$67.4
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	13.49%	6.42%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1873	$7855
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$880	$5704
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.1	$2.77
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$17.1	$97.1
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$10.9	$18
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$2.24	$1.25
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.07	$1.17
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.63	$3.71
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.76	$4.4
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.9	$4.47
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.38	$17.1
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.61	$13.6
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.99	$20.5
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.01	$4.95
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.28	$1.82
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.02	$4.93
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.86	$5.33
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.59	$2.81
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.6	$3.32
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.41	$1.63
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.16	$3.04
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$5.5	$15.6
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.01	$2.79
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.98	$12.1
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$1.95	$10.5
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.48	$5.98
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.47	$6.97
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.05	$2.46
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$13.4	$63.5
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$3.03	$16.1
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$19.9	$183
💇 Haircut, simple	$14.4	$25.7
👖 Brand Jeans	$21.8	$67.8
👟 Brand Sneakers	$47.8	$94.1
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$48.8	$2227
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$1645	$28179

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Cities near Damascus

Distance	City	Cost of living
51 km or 32 mi	Zahle	$857
75 km or 47 mi	Kiryat Shmona	$1604
81 km or 50 mi	Jounieh	$948
83 km or 52 mi	Sidon	$767
83 km or 52 mi	Beirut	$1165
96 km or 59 mi	Safed	$1635
105 km or 65 mi	Tyre	$545
108 km or 67 mi	Tiberias	$1544
110 km or 68 mi	Ma'alot-Tarshiha	$1619
111 km or 69 mi	Tripoli	$708
114 km or 71 mi	Irbid	$630
115 km or 72 mi	Arraba	$1624
116 km or 72 mi	Karmiel	$1579
117 km or 73 mi	Sakhnin	$1612
125 km or 78 mi	Tamra	$1617
125 km or 78 mi	Nahariya	$1565
126 km or 78 mi	Nof HaGalil	$1659
129 km or 80 mi	Nazareth	$1674
130 km or 81 mi	Acre	$1451
131 km or 81 mi	Shefa-'Amr	$1617
135 km or 84 mi	Migdal HaEmek	$1664
136 km or 84 mi	Kiryat Motzkin	$1585
136 km or 85 mi	Kiryat Ata	$1591
137 km or 85 mi	Kiryat Yam	$1604
137 km or 85 mi	Kiryat Bialik	$1607
137 km or 85 mi	Afula	$1614
141 km or 88 mi	Homs	$462
142 km or 88 mi	Nesher	$1532
143 km or 89 mi	Jerash	$598
145 km or 90 mi	Haifa	$1582
145 km or 90 mi	Yokneam Illit	$1706
154 km or 95 mi	Umm al-Fahm	$1708
163 km or 101 mi	Zikhron Ya'akov	$1749
168 km or 105 mi	Baqa-Jatt	$1758
169 km or 105 mi	Pardes Hanna-Karkur	$1787
173 km or 107 mi	Al-Salt	$692
173 km or 108 mi	Nablus	$730
174 km or 108 mi	Hadera	$1556
177 km or 110 mi	Amman	$1004
184 km or 114 mi	Tayibe	$1838

Cities near Seattle

Distance	City	Cost of living
9.1 km or 5.7 mi	Mercer Island	$2759
11 km or 6.5 mi	Bellevue	$3179
14 km or 8.5 mi	Kirkland	$2901
15 km or 9.2 mi	Tukwila	$2542
15 km or 9.5 mi	Burien	$2512
16 km or 10 mi	Bainbridge Island	$2904
17 km or 10 mi	Shoreline	$3091
17 km or 10 mi	Renton	$2301
17 km or 11 mi	Redmond	$3229
17 km or 11 mi	Kenmore	$2784
19 km or 12 mi	SeaTac	$2489
21 km or 13 mi	Bothell	$2866
22 km or 14 mi	Sammamish	$2743
22 km or 14 mi	Edmonds	$2821
23 km or 14 mi	Issaquah	$2655
24 km or 15 mi	Des Moines	$2512
24 km or 15 mi	Lynnwood	$2769
24 km or 15 mi	Bremerton	$2491
26 km or 16 mi	Kent	$2819
30 km or 19 mi	Mill Creek	$2692
33 km or 20 mi	Federal Way	$2449
34 km or 21 mi	Maple Valley	$2515
35 km or 21 mi	Mukilteo	$2619
35 km or 22 mi	Auburn	$2172
41 km or 25 mi	Everett	$2569
42 km or 26 mi	Tacoma	$2348
46 km or 28 mi	University Place	$2655
48 km or 30 mi	Puyallup	$2774
50 km or 31 mi	Lake Stevens	$2581
51 km or 32 mi	Lakewood	$2417
52 km or 33 mi	Marysville	$2576
57 km or 35 mi	Spanaway	$2307
74 km or 46 mi	Lacey	$2534
76 km or 47 mi	Olympia	$2435
78 km or 48 mi	Sequim	$2609
80 km or 50 mi	Oak Harbor	$2612
90 km or 56 mi	Mount Vernon	$2314
100 km or 62 mi	Port Angeles	$2546
109 km or 68 mi	Centralia	$2577
119 km or 74 mi	Victoria	$2263