Damascus vs Seattle - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Damascus	Seattle
🚶 Cost of living one person	$671	$3162
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1492	$7446
🏠 One person rent	$315	$1981
🏘️ Family rent	$505	$3407
🍽️ Food expenses	$250	$810
🚐 Transport expenses	$61.5	$169
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$47.6	$6556
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	24 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	28	80
😀 Quality of life	39	93
🏙️ Population	2.69M	737K

The cost of living in Damascus is 79% less expensive than in Seattle. Cities ranked 7287th and 125th ($671 vs $3162) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 92nd 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 2.1 months in Seattle. Damascus ranked 1st best city to live in Syria vs Seattle ranked 27th in the United States, while ranked 7834th and 99th 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	$7.99	$22.6
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$28.8	$104
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.96	$14.3
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.61	$8.17
☕ Cappuccino	$1.95	$6
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.38	$3.04
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$219	$2119
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$160	$1641
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$398	$3861
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$295	$2873
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$88	$169
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$135	$260
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$54.5	$76
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	13.62%	6.52%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1865	$6864
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$645	$5184
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.1	$3
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$17	$107
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$6.96	$18
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.43	$1.19
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.98	$1.37
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.5	$4.82
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.66	$4.75
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.83	$7.26
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.22	$22.7
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.18	$16.4
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.5	$21.7
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1	$6.07
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.53	$2.71
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.07	$5.36
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.76	$5.77
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.71	$3.16
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.65	$3.35
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.46	$1.75
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.1	$3.36
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$5.97	$18
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.01	$3.72
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.02	$12.1
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.03	$10.5
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$0.86	$8.04
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.48	$5.94
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.59	$2.31
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$16.2	$74.8
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$2.98	$15.6
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$3.82	$148
💇 Haircut, simple	$2.78	$28.1
👖 Brand Jeans	$44.4	$69.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$58	$112
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$49.6	$2178
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$1711	$29883

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Cities near Damascus

Distance	City	Cost of living
51 km or 32 mi	Zahle	$930
75 km or 47 mi	Kiryat Shmona	$1808
81 km or 50 mi	Jounieh	$1028
83 km or 52 mi	Sidon	$822
83 km or 52 mi	Beirut	$1261
96 km or 59 mi	Safed	$1847
105 km or 65 mi	Tyre	$647
108 km or 67 mi	Tiberias	$1808
110 km or 68 mi	Ma'alot-Tarshiha	$1803
111 km or 69 mi	Tripoli	$787
114 km or 71 mi	Irbid	$753
115 km or 72 mi	Arraba	$1789
116 km or 72 mi	Karmiel	$1630
117 km or 73 mi	Sakhnin	$1745
125 km or 78 mi	Tamra	$1798
125 km or 78 mi	Nahariya	$1775
126 km or 78 mi	Nof HaGalil	$1862
129 km or 80 mi	Nazareth	$1850
130 km or 81 mi	Acre	$1633
131 km or 81 mi	Shefa-'Amr	$1828
135 km or 84 mi	Migdal HaEmek	$1917
136 km or 84 mi	Kiryat Motzkin	$1842
136 km or 85 mi	Kiryat Ata	$1769
137 km or 85 mi	Kiryat Yam	$1819
137 km or 85 mi	Kiryat Bialik	$1804
137 km or 85 mi	Afula	$1817
141 km or 88 mi	Homs	$402
142 km or 88 mi	Nesher	$1757
143 km or 89 mi	Jerash	$748
145 km or 90 mi	Haifa	$1840
145 km or 90 mi	Yokneam Illit	$1932
154 km or 95 mi	Umm al-Fahm	$1954
163 km or 101 mi	Zikhron Ya'akov	$1978
168 km or 105 mi	Baqa-Jatt	$2001
169 km or 105 mi	Pardes Hanna-Karkur	$1991
173 km or 107 mi	Al-Salt	$548
173 km or 108 mi	Nablus	$915
174 km or 108 mi	Hadera	$1786
177 km or 110 mi	Amman	$1009
184 km or 114 mi	Tayibe	$2108

Cities near Seattle

Distance	City	Cost of living
9.1 km or 5.7 mi	Mercer Island	$2851
11 km or 6.5 mi	Bellevue	$3313
14 km or 8.5 mi	Kirkland	$2907
15 km or 9.2 mi	Tukwila	$2644
15 km or 9.5 mi	Burien	$2652
16 km or 10 mi	Bainbridge Island	$2814
17 km or 10 mi	Shoreline	$2723
17 km or 10 mi	Renton	$2552
17 km or 11 mi	Redmond	$3269
17 km or 11 mi	Kenmore	$2674
19 km or 12 mi	SeaTac	$2745
21 km or 13 mi	Bothell	$2730
22 km or 14 mi	Sammamish	$2812
22 km or 14 mi	Edmonds	$2669
23 km or 14 mi	Issaquah	$2741
24 km or 15 mi	Des Moines	$2641
24 km or 15 mi	Lynnwood	$2678
24 km or 15 mi	Bremerton	$2525
26 km or 16 mi	Kent	$2796
30 km or 19 mi	Mill Creek	$2655
33 km or 20 mi	Federal Way	$2523
34 km or 21 mi	Maple Valley	$2609
35 km or 21 mi	Mukilteo	$2632
35 km or 22 mi	Auburn	$2295
41 km or 25 mi	Everett	$2649
42 km or 26 mi	Tacoma	$2461
46 km or 28 mi	University Place	$2702
48 km or 30 mi	Puyallup	$2782
50 km or 31 mi	Lake Stevens	$2623
51 km or 32 mi	Lakewood	$2473
52 km or 33 mi	Marysville	$2603
57 km or 35 mi	Spanaway	$2384
74 km or 46 mi	Lacey	$2632
76 km or 47 mi	Olympia	$2551
78 km or 48 mi	Sequim	$2644
80 km or 50 mi	Oak Harbor	$2762
90 km or 56 mi	Mount Vernon	$2419
100 km or 62 mi	Port Angeles	$2480
109 km or 68 mi	Centralia	$2749
119 km or 74 mi	Victoria	$2114