Damascus vs Sharjah - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Damascus	Sharjah
🚶 Cost of living one person	$671	$1419
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1492	$3073
🏠 One person rent	$315	$859
🏘️ Family rent	$505	$1432
🍽️ Food expenses	$250	$332
🚐 Transport expenses	$61.5	$117
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$47.6	$2246
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	24 km	12 km
🎓 Higher education	28	66
😀 Quality of life	39	88
🏙️ Population	2.69M	1.25M

The cost of living in Damascus is 53% less expensive than in Sharjah. Cities ranked 7287th and 4204th ($671 vs $1419) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 6th in Syria and the United Arab Emirates, respectively. Check Syria vs the United Arab Emirates comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.1 months in Damascus compared to 1.6 months in Sharjah. Damascus ranked 1st best city to live in Syria vs Sharjah ranked 2nd in the United Arab Emirates, while ranked 7834th and 312th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Damascus vs Sharjah

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	Damascus	Sharjah
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$7.99	$5.44
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$28.8	$32.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.96	$8.6
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.61	$9.56
☕ Cappuccino	$1.95	$4.13
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.38	$0.92
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$219	$674
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$160	$578
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$398	$1188
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$295	$1064
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$88	$154
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$135	$234
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$54.5	$108
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	13.62%	4.53%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1865	$10301
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$645	$8167
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.1	$1.63
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$17	$66.5
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$6.96	$9.18
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.43	$0.79
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.98	$1.68
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.5	$1.12
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.66	$2.02
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.83	$2.73
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.22	$10.4
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.18	$6.95
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.5	$9.51
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1	$1.99
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.53	$1.53
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.07	$1.51
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.76	$1.25
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.71	$1.01
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.65	$1.28
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.46	$0.41
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.1	$2.03
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$5.97	$6.79
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.01	$1.92
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.02	$6.08
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.03	$6.43
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$0.86	$4.69
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.48	$2.47
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.59	$2.37
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$16.2	$68.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$2.98	$12.2
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$3.82	$46.2
💇 Haircut, simple	$2.78	$4.69
👖 Brand Jeans	$44.4	$49.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$58	$104
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$49.6	$260
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$1711	$6883

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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 Sharjah

Distance	City	Cost of living
10 km or 6.2 mi	Ajman	$2521
13 km or 8 mi	Dubai	$2514
28 km or 17 mi	Umm al-Quwain	$1183
95 km or 59 mi	Ras al-Khaimah	$1398
98 km or 61 mi	Fujairah	$1228
133 km or 82 mi	Al Ain	$1449
142 km or 88 mi	Abu Dhabi	$1942
222 km or 138 mi	Bandar Abbas	$632
259 km or 161 mi	Madinat Zayed	$1730
337 km or 210 mi	Seeb	$1078
346 km or 215 mi	Nizwa	$792
377 km or 235 mi	Muscat	$1081
388 km or 241 mi	Doha	$1849
392 km or 243 mi	Al Khor	$1770
394 km or 245 mi	Jahrom	$530
434 km or 270 mi	Fasa	$529
436 km or 271 mi	Jiroft	$568
456 km or 283 mi	Sirjan	$534
491 km or 305 mi	Manama	$1237
492 km or 306 mi	Riffa	$1201
493 km or 307 mi	Isa Town	$1230
510 km or 317 mi	Bam	$557
526 km or 327 mi	Chabahar	$573
534 km or 332 mi	Dhahran	$908
543 km or 337 mi	Dammam	$1008
550 km or 342 mi	Shiraz	$553
563 km or 350 mi	Marvdasht	$530
564 km or 350 mi	Rafsanjan	$604
564 km or 351 mi	Qatif	$873
566 km or 352 mi	Iranshahr	$624
572 km or 355 mi	Kerman	$761
575 km or 358 mi	Al-Mubarraz	$806
599 km or 372 mi	Borazjan	$477
600 km or 373 mi	Jubail	$930
600 km or 373 mi	Kazerun	$503
604 km or 375 mi	Bushehr	$453
699 km or 434 mi	Yasuj	$463
709 km or 440 mi	Zahedan	$808
734 km or 456 mi	Yazd	$545
771 km or 479 mi	Behbahan	$483