Damascus vs Seattle - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Damascus	Seattle
🚶 Cost of living one person	$638	$3015
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1494	$7449
🏠 One person rent	$291	$1896
🏘️ Family rent	$523	$3549
🍽️ Food expenses	$232	$746
🚐 Transport expenses	$80.7	$160
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$55.7	$6742
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	24 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	25	80
😀 Quality of life	34	91
🏙️ Population	2.69M	737K

The cost of living in Damascus is 79% less expensive than in Seattle. Cities ranked 7300th and 158th ($638 vs $3015) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 140th 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 15th in the United States, while ranked 7688th and 98th 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	$5.01	$21.9
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$34.8	$90.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.96	$13.6
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.5	$7.98
☕ Cappuccino	$1.26	$5.55
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.25	$2.97
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$262	$2086
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$154	$1567
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$590	$3947
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$330	$3067
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$48.5	$157
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$74.5	$237
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$67.2	$68.8
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	13.68%	6.44%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1862	$6966
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$879	$5351
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.1	$2.73
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$16.9	$96.7
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$10.9	$18
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.43	$1.16
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.07	$1.18
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.63	$4.03
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.76	$4.44
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.76	$4.89
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.37	$20.3
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.69	$14.6
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.1	$20.4
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.99	$5.19
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.12	$2.38
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1	$5.37
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.86	$5.76
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.59	$2.64
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.62	$3.47
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.4	$1.56
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.13	$2.91
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$5.52	$17.8
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.02	$3.15
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.03	$12
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.24	$10.4
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$0.87	$5.95
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.48	$6.98
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.59	$2.49
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$13.2	$65.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$3.03	$16
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$3.81	$183
💇 Haircut, simple	$2.82	$25.9
👖 Brand Jeans	$21.8	$68.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$47.5	$101
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$48.6	$2185
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$1666	$29407

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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 Seattle

Distance	City	Cost of living
9.1 km or 5.7 mi	Mercer Island	$2826
11 km or 6.5 mi	Bellevue	$3273
14 km or 8.5 mi	Kirkland	$2882
15 km or 9.2 mi	Tukwila	$2624
15 km or 9.5 mi	Burien	$2642
16 km or 10 mi	Bainbridge Island	$2810
17 km or 10 mi	Shoreline	$2973
17 km or 10 mi	Renton	$2595
17 km or 11 mi	Redmond	$3239
17 km or 11 mi	Kenmore	$2718
19 km or 12 mi	SeaTac	$2741
21 km or 13 mi	Bothell	$2625
22 km or 14 mi	Sammamish	$2759
22 km or 14 mi	Edmonds	$2785
23 km or 14 mi	Issaquah	$2606
24 km or 15 mi	Des Moines	$2623
24 km or 15 mi	Lynnwood	$2726
24 km or 15 mi	Bremerton	$2462
26 km or 16 mi	Kent	$2784
30 km or 19 mi	Mill Creek	$2642
33 km or 20 mi	Federal Way	$2532
34 km or 21 mi	Maple Valley	$2579
35 km or 21 mi	Mukilteo	$2637
35 km or 22 mi	Auburn	$2338
41 km or 25 mi	Everett	$2589
42 km or 26 mi	Tacoma	$2517
46 km or 28 mi	University Place	$2604
48 km or 30 mi	Puyallup	$2644
50 km or 31 mi	Lake Stevens	$2604
51 km or 32 mi	Lakewood	$2449
52 km or 33 mi	Marysville	$2598
57 km or 35 mi	Spanaway	$2460
74 km or 46 mi	Lacey	$2571
76 km or 47 mi	Olympia	$2406
78 km or 48 mi	Sequim	$2692
80 km or 50 mi	Oak Harbor	$2751
90 km or 56 mi	Mount Vernon	$2542
100 km or 62 mi	Port Angeles	$2527
109 km or 68 mi	Centralia	$2523
119 km or 74 mi	Victoria	$2093