Damascus vs Seattle - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	Damascus	Seattle
🚶 Cost of living one person	$675	$3154
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1514	$7508
🏠 One person rent	$310	$1981
🏘️ Family rent	$498	$3422
🍽️ Food expenses	$255	$796
🚐 Transport expenses	$62.5	$169
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$48.3	$6532
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	24 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	29	80
😀 Quality of life	40	95
🏙️ Population	2.69M	737K

The cost of living in Damascus is 79% less expensive than in Seattle. Cities ranked 7406th and 142nd ($675 vs $3154) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 101st 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 5th in the United States, while ranked 7899th and 32nd 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	$9.24	$22.3
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$30.1	$96.5
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.96	$14.6
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.75	$7.73
☕ Cappuccino	$2.26	$6.45
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.57	$2.97
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$251	$2110
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$145	$1647
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$459	$3872
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$268	$2891
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$89	$169
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$137	$262
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$54.5	$72.8
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	14.16%	6.53%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1767	$7394
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$627	$5077
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.1	$3.01
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$14.3	$111
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$8	$16.9
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.37	$1.21
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.86	$1.44
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.49	$4.47
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.61	$4.23
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.75	$6.95
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.05	$20.7
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.08	$16.8
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.2	$21.9
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.99	$5.6
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.53	$2.27
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.1	$5.07
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.88	$6.09
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.77	$3.03
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.69	$3.45
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.46	$1.74
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.93	$3.47
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$6.88	$17.2
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.97	$3.65
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.69	$12.5
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.14	$10.5
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$0.99	$8.04
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.56	$6.86
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.68	$2.42
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$18.5	$83.5
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$3.42	$17.8
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$4.39	$147
💇 Haircut, simple	$3.18	$24.7
👖 Brand Jeans	$40.8	$69.7
👟 Brand Sneakers	$62.9	$122
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$56.8	$2521
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$1770	$28950

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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 Seattle

Distance	City	Cost of living
9.1 km or 5.7 mi	Mercer Island	$2896
11 km or 6.5 mi	Bellevue	$3292
14 km or 8.5 mi	Kirkland	$3041
15 km or 9.2 mi	Tukwila	$2681
15 km or 9.5 mi	Burien	$2717
16 km or 10 mi	Bainbridge Island	$2855
17 km or 10 mi	Shoreline	$2778
17 km or 10 mi	Renton	$2604
17 km or 11 mi	Redmond	$3559
17 km or 11 mi	Kenmore	$2702
19 km or 12 mi	SeaTac	$2807
21 km or 13 mi	Bothell	$2737
22 km or 14 mi	Sammamish	$2915
22 km or 14 mi	Edmonds	$2739
23 km or 14 mi	Issaquah	$2798
24 km or 15 mi	Des Moines	$2677
24 km or 15 mi	Lynnwood	$2734
24 km or 15 mi	Bremerton	$2475
26 km or 16 mi	Kent	$2814
30 km or 19 mi	Mill Creek	$2717
33 km or 20 mi	Federal Way	$2587
34 km or 21 mi	Maple Valley	$2656
35 km or 21 mi	Mukilteo	$2674
35 km or 22 mi	Auburn	$2325
41 km or 25 mi	Everett	$2641
42 km or 26 mi	Tacoma	$2519
46 km or 28 mi	University Place	$2720
48 km or 30 mi	Puyallup	$2828
50 km or 31 mi	Lake Stevens	$2641
51 km or 32 mi	Lakewood	$2582
52 km or 33 mi	Marysville	$2628
57 km or 35 mi	Spanaway	$2362
74 km or 46 mi	Lacey	$2584
76 km or 47 mi	Olympia	$2558
78 km or 48 mi	Sequim	$2710
80 km or 50 mi	Oak Harbor	$2754
90 km or 56 mi	Mount Vernon	$2456
100 km or 62 mi	Port Angeles	$2539
109 km or 68 mi	Centralia	$2747
119 km or 74 mi	Victoria	$2173