Damascus vs Shiraz - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Damascus	Shiraz
🚶 Cost of living one person	$638	$589
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1494	$1578
🏠 One person rent	$291	$259
🏘️ Family rent	$523	$520
🍽️ Food expenses	$232	$189
🚐 Transport expenses	$80.7	$21.6
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$55.7	$205
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	24 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	25	50
😀 Quality of life	34	48
🏙️ Population	2.69M	1.57M

The cost of living in Damascus is 8% more expensive than in Shiraz. Cities ranked 7300th and 7787th ($638 vs $589) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 34th 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 4th in Iran, while ranked 7688th and 6352nd 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	$5.01	$3.99
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$34.8	$17.5
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.96	$3.53
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.5	$1.01
☕ Cappuccino	$1.26	$1.05
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.25	$1.51
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$262	$278
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$154	$202
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$590	$611
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$330	$430
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$48.5	$22.4
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$74.5	$34.6
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$67.2	$19.2
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	13.68%	22.33%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1862	$1218
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$879	$1406
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.1	$0.2
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$16.9	$2.37
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$10.9	$1.91
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.43	$0.71
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.07	$0.66
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.63	$0.49
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.76	$1.57
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.76	$1.15
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.37	$2.91
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.69	$3.83
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.1	$9.78
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.99	$0.9
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.12	$1.74
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1	$0.97
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.86	$0.53
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.59	$0.5
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.62	$0.47
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.4	$0.17
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.13	$5.29
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$5.52	$0.8
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.02	$0.63
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.03	$2.29
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.24	$4.71
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$0.87	$5.58
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.48	$6.03
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.59	$3.41
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$13.2	$16
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$3.03	$2.02
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$3.81	$97.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$2.82	$28.9
👖 Brand Jeans	$21.8	$23.6
👟 Brand Sneakers	$47.5	$90.4
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$48.6	$155
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$1666	$2161

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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 Shiraz

Distance	City	Cost of living
39 km or 24 mi	Marvdasht	$563
86 km or 54 mi	Kazerun	$557
131 km or 81 mi	Fasa	$548
134 km or 83 mi	Borazjan	$546
149 km or 93 mi	Yasuj	$529
158 km or 98 mi	Jahrom	$547
181 km or 112 mi	Bushehr	$551
247 km or 153 mi	Behbahan	$536
274 km or 171 mi	Shahreza	$502
304 km or 189 mi	Sirjan	$514
308 km or 192 mi	Yazd	$573
339 km or 210 mi	Bandar-e Mahshahr	$548
342 km or 212 mi	Shahr-e Kord	$397
344 km or 214 mi	Rafsanjan	$507
348 km or 216 mi	Isfahan	$523
354 km or 220 mi	Najafabad	$502
356 km or 221 mi	Izeh	$525
357 km or 222 mi	Khomeyni Shahr	$510
374 km or 232 mi	Shahin Shahr	$507
387 km or 240 mi	Qatif	$897
395 km or 246 mi	Al-Faw	$736
403 km or 251 mi	Masjed Soleyman	$552
404 km or 251 mi	Jubail	$901
416 km or 259 mi	Abadan	$547
417 km or 259 mi	Ahvaz	$597
424 km or 263 mi	Manama	$1280
427 km or 265 mi	Dammam	$1056
429 km or 267 mi	Isa Town	$1243
430 km or 267 mi	Khorramshahr	$544
433 km or 269 mi	Riffa	$1223
440 km or 273 mi	Dhahran	$1068
442 km or 275 mi	Kerman	$464
442 km or 275 mi	Kuwait City	$1393
444 km or 276 mi	Shushtar	$562
447 km or 278 mi	Umm Qasr	$740
448 km or 279 mi	Al Khor	$1709
451 km or 280 mi	Bandar Abbas	$634
461 km or 286 mi	Al Wafrah	$1210
466 km or 289 mi	Basra	$904
473 km or 294 mi	Az Zubayr	$723