Damascus vs Skopje - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Damascus	Skopje
🚶 Cost of living one person	$638	$772
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1494	$1834
🏠 One person rent	$291	$368
🏘️ Family rent	$523	$599
🍽️ Food expenses	$232	$273
🚐 Transport expenses	$80.7	$43.6
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$55.7	$704
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	24 km	16 km
🎓 Higher education	25	43
😀 Quality of life	34	63
🏙️ Population	2.69M	423K

The cost of living in Damascus is 17% less expensive than in Skopje. Cities ranked 7300th and 6556th ($638 vs $772) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 1st in Syria and North Macedonia, respectively. Check Syria vs North Macedonia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.1 months in Damascus compared to 0.9 months in Skopje. Damascus ranked 1st best city to live in Syria vs Skopje ranked 1st in North Macedonia, while ranked 7688th and 4750th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Damascus vs Skopje

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	Damascus	Skopje
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$5.01	$6.61
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$34.8	$28.9
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.96	$5.97
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.5	$2.04
☕ Cappuccino	$1.26	$1.98
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.25	$1.69
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$262	$335
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$154	$244
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$590	$570
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$330	$412
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$48.5	$88.7
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$74.5	$137
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$67.2	$17.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	13.68%	4.8%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1862	$2252
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$879	$1584
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.1	$0.67
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$16.9	$25.3
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$10.9	$4.89
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.43	$1.38
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.07	$1.16
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.63	$0.7
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.76	$1.56
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.76	$1.89
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.37	$8.13
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.69	$7.63
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.1	$12.3
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.99	$0.98
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.12	$1.24
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1	$1.23
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.86	$1.82
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.59	$0.8
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.62	$0.91
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.4	$0.34
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.13	$1.45
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$5.52	$5.95
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.02	$1.02
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.03	$2.88
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.24	$5.35
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$0.87	$3.76
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.48	$1.16
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.59	$2.39
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$13.2	$33.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$3.03	$5.91
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$3.81	$33.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$2.82	$4.26
👖 Brand Jeans	$21.8	$72.4
👟 Brand Sneakers	$47.5	$86.1
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$48.6	$298
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$1666	$4225

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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 Skopje

Distance	City	Cost of living
29 km or 18 mi	Kumanovo	$588
38 km or 24 mi	Tetovo	$682
41 km or 26 mi	Veles	$545
69 km or 43 mi	Stip	$561
72 km or 44 mi	Prilep	$537
78 km or 48 mi	Kavadarci	$556
79 km or 49 mi	Pristina	$595
106 km or 66 mi	Bitola	$635
110 km or 68 mi	Ohrid	$636
110 km or 69 mi	Mitrovica	$463
117 km or 73 mi	Strumica	$612
138 km or 85 mi	Blagoevgrad	$576
140 km or 87 mi	Plav	$1030
148 km or 92 mi	Elbasan	$639
149 km or 92 mi	Pernik	$682
150 km or 93 mi	Novi Pazar	$662
152 km or 95 mi	Tirana	$1015
153 km or 95 mi	Nis	$711
154 km or 95 mi	Kamez	$935
155 km or 97 mi	Giannitsa	$1028
160 km or 99 mi	Shkoder	$679
160 km or 100 mi	Berane	$1070
162 km or 101 mi	Korce	$765
164 km or 102 mi	Ptolemaida	$1042
170 km or 106 mi	Bansko	$866
175 km or 108 mi	Sofia	$1037
175 km or 109 mi	Veria	$1027
180 km or 112 mi	Durres	$772
184 km or 115 mi	Ulcinj	$965
186 km or 115 mi	Podgorica	$975
187 km or 116 mi	Mojkovac	$1070
189 km or 117 mi	Berat	$749
189 km or 118 mi	Kozani	$943
193 km or 120 mi	Bar	$972
196 km or 122 mi	Thessaloniki	$1106
203 km or 126 mi	Serres	$988
211 km or 131 mi	Katerini	$973
211 km or 131 mi	Fier	$614
212 km or 132 mi	Cetinje	$816
216 km or 134 mi	Budva	$1117