Damascus vs Shiraz - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 01, 2024

	Damascus	Shiraz
🚶 Cost of living one person	$583	$606
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1433	$1711
🏠 One person rent	$225	$206
🏘️ Family rent	$409	$464
🍽️ Food expenses	$203	$264
🚐 Transport expenses	$117	$21.5
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$56.5	$197
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	24 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	25	50
😀 Quality of life	36	52
🏙️ Population	2.5M	1.57M

The cost of living in Damascus is 4% less expensive than in Shiraz. Cities ranked 7822nd and 7596th ($583 vs $606) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 38th in Syria and Iran, respectively. Check Syria vs Iran comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.1 months in Damascus compared to 0.3 months in Shiraz. Damascus ranked 1st best city to live in Syria vs Shiraz ranked 5th in Iran, while ranked 7665th and 6176th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Damascus vs Shiraz

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	Damascus	Shiraz
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$4.03	$3.08
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$24	$59
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.52	$3.03
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.51	$0.85
☕ Cappuccino	$1.29	$1.87
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.95	$1.49
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$270	$223
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$126	$146
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$474	$540
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$293	$376
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$19.9	$20.2
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$30.2	$30.8
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$49.7	$24.4
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	11.93%	21.92%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1756	$1181
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1228	$1561
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.08	$0.22
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$17	$2.35
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$11.4	$1.87
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$2.66	$0.71
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.01	$0.78
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.1	$0.6
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.55	$1.93
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.6	$1.32
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.88	$3.66
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.76	$7.19
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.17	$14.2
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.04	$0.99
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.8	$2.97
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.7	$1.1
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.82	$0.73
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.55	$0.53
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.41	$0.49
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.33	$0.35
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.14	$5.28
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$5.47	$0.8
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.01	$0.62
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.03	$2.06
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.25	$4.36
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$0.87	$5.59
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.48	$5.96
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.59	$3.4
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$12.3	$15.1
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$3.01	$2.45
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$3.85	$93.6
💇 Haircut, simple	$2.79	$28.6
👖 Brand Jeans	$30.6	$25.4
👟 Brand Sneakers	$50.3	$79.5
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$94.1	$151
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$1634	$2132

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Cities near Damascus

Distance	City	Cost of living
51 km or 32 mi	Zahle	$882
75 km or 47 mi	Kiryat Shmona	$1673
81 km or 50 mi	Jounieh	$982
83 km or 52 mi	Sidon	$770
83 km or 52 mi	Beirut	$1195
96 km or 59 mi	Safed	$1622
105 km or 65 mi	Tyre	$633
108 km or 67 mi	Tiberias	$1427
110 km or 68 mi	Ma'alot-Tarshiha	$1633
111 km or 69 mi	Tripoli	$665
114 km or 71 mi	Irbid	$625
115 km or 72 mi	Arraba	$1635
116 km or 72 mi	Karmiel	$1617
117 km or 73 mi	Sakhnin	$1645
125 km or 78 mi	Tamra	$1622
125 km or 78 mi	Nahariya	$1570
126 km or 78 mi	Nof HaGalil	$1660
129 km or 80 mi	Nazareth	$1689
130 km or 81 mi	Acre	$1447
131 km or 81 mi	Shefa-'Amr	$1619
135 km or 84 mi	Migdal HaEmek	$1674
136 km or 84 mi	Kiryat Motzkin	$1610
136 km or 85 mi	Kiryat Ata	$1594
137 km or 85 mi	Kiryat Yam	$1601
137 km or 85 mi	Kiryat Bialik	$1594
137 km or 85 mi	Afula	$1660
141 km or 88 mi	Homs	$528
142 km or 88 mi	Nesher	$1467
143 km or 89 mi	Jerash	$602
145 km or 90 mi	Haifa	$1567
145 km or 90 mi	Yokneam Illit	$1744
154 km or 95 mi	Umm al-Fahm	$1728
163 km or 101 mi	Zikhron Ya'akov	$1718
168 km or 105 mi	Baqa-Jatt	$1746
169 km or 105 mi	Pardes Hanna-Karkur	$1725
173 km or 107 mi	Al-Salt	$679
173 km or 108 mi	Nablus	$849
174 km or 108 mi	Hadera	$1593
177 km or 110 mi	Amman	$981
184 km or 114 mi	Tayibe	$1850

Cities near Shiraz

Distance	City	Cost of living
39 km or 24 mi	Marvdasht	$604
86 km or 54 mi	Kazerun	$606
131 km or 81 mi	Fasa	$890
134 km or 83 mi	Borazjan	$621
149 km or 93 mi	Yasuj	$561
158 km or 98 mi	Jahrom	$798
181 km or 112 mi	Bushehr	$646
247 km or 153 mi	Behbahan	$541
274 km or 171 mi	Shahreza	$531
304 km or 189 mi	Sirjan	$604
308 km or 192 mi	Yazd	$575
339 km or 210 mi	Bandar-e Mahshahr	$544
342 km or 212 mi	Shahr-e Kord	$387
344 km or 214 mi	Rafsanjan	$530
348 km or 216 mi	Isfahan	$599
354 km or 220 mi	Najafabad	$538
356 km or 221 mi	Izeh	$522
357 km or 222 mi	Khomeyni Shahr	$569
374 km or 232 mi	Shahin Shahr	$561
387 km or 240 mi	Qatif	$868
395 km or 246 mi	Al-Faw	$710
403 km or 251 mi	Masjed Soleyman	$543
404 km or 251 mi	Jubail	$910
416 km or 259 mi	Abadan	$543
417 km or 259 mi	Ahvaz	$559
424 km or 263 mi	Manama	$1375
427 km or 265 mi	Dammam	$1005
429 km or 267 mi	Isa Town	$1327
430 km or 267 mi	Khorramshahr	$540
433 km or 269 mi	Riffa	$1285
440 km or 273 mi	Dhahran	$959
442 km or 275 mi	Kerman	$457
442 km or 275 mi	Kuwait City	$1424
444 km or 276 mi	Shushtar	$549
447 km or 278 mi	Umm Qasr	$708
448 km or 279 mi	Al Khor	$1810
451 km or 280 mi	Bandar Abbas	$758
461 km or 286 mi	Al Wafrah	$1256
466 km or 289 mi	Basra	$875
473 km or 294 mi	Az Zubayr	$698