Damascus vs Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated:

Livingcost

Damascus Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte
🚶 Cost of living one person
$671
$626
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family
$1492
$1423
🏠 One person rent
$315
$275
🏘️ Family rent
$505
$478
🍽️ Food expenses
$250
$285
🚐 Transport expenses
$61.5
$13.1
💳 Monthly salary after tax
$47.6
$330
😷 Air quality
Moderate
Good
✈️ Airport proximity
24 km
9 km
🎓 Higher education
28
57
😀 Quality of life
39
49
🏙️ Population
2.69M
116K

The cost of living in Damascus is 7% more expensive than in Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte. Cities ranked 7287th and 7598th ($671 vs $626) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 2nd in Syria and Sri Lanka, respectively. Check Syria vs Sri Lanka comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.1 months in Damascus compared to 0.5 months in Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte. Damascus ranked 1st best city to live in Syria vs Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte ranked 3rd in Sri Lanka, while ranked 7834th and 6744th among best cities to live in the world.

Salary adjustment calculator
the estimated difference in money purchasing power

Cost of living in Damascus vs Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte infographic

Share this infographic!

Prices in Damascus vs Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte

Prices for goods and services in Damascus and Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte are partly crowdsourced by our visitors, just like yourself. Please consider telling us about your city.

Damascus Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu
$7.99
$4.18
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2
$28.8
$24.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's
$5.96
$8.36
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz
$1.61
$2.32
☕ Cappuccino
$1.95
$2.64
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz
$1.38
$0.76
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2
$219
$297
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2
$160
$226
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2
$398
$498
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2
$295
$415
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.
$88
$21.2
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.
$135
$32.8
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited
$54.5
$13.5
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years
13.62%
15.12%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2
$1865
$753
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2
$645
$579
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket
$0.1
$0.21
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport
$17
$7.57
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi
$6.96
$3.06
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal
$0.43
$1.08
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt
$0.98
$1.54
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb
$0.5
$0.52
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$1.66
$0.86
🥚 Eggs, x12
$1.83
$1.93
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$3.22
$7.91
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$7.18
$4.57
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$11.5
$5.83
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$1
$5.16
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$1.53
$1.07
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$1.07
$5.86
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$0.76
$1.23
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$0.71
$1.04
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$0.65
$0.99
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt
$0.46
$0.34
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz
$1.1
$1.41
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle
$5.97
$14
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz
$1.01
$1.81
🚬 Cigarette pack
$3.02
$8.34
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week
$3.03
$2.16
🧴 Hair Shampoo
$0.86
$2.75
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls
$0.48
$2.47
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube
$0.59
$1.03
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month
$16.2
$18.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person
$2.98
$3.34
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit
$3.82
$19.2
💇 Haircut, simple
$2.78
$4.29
👖 Brand Jeans
$44.4
$26.9
👟 Brand Sneakers
$58
$68
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month
$49.6
$33.8
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year
$1711
$506

Cost of living in other countries

Cost of living

More cities to compare

Cost of Living in the nearest cities

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 Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte

Distance City Cost of living
9.4 km or 5.8 mi Colombo
$646
23 km or 14 mi Gampaha
$420
36 km or 22 mi Negombo
$469
49 km or 30 mi Beruwala
$590
91 km or 57 mi Kandy
$440
101 km or 63 mi Galle
$512
126 km or 78 mi Matara
$479
169 km or 105 mi Anuradhapura
$535
235 km or 146 mi Trincomalee
$530
287 km or 178 mi Thoothukudi
$296
308 km or 192 mi Nagercoil
$279
317 km or 197 mi Tirunelveli
$270
377 km or 234 mi Thiruvananthapuram
$344
390 km or 242 mi Madurai
$347
407 km or 253 mi Varkala
$308
428 km or 266 mi Kollam
$253
440 km or 274 mi Dindigul
$310
442 km or 274 mi Thanjavur
$275
457 km or 284 mi Tiruchirappalli
$300
479 km or 297 mi Kottayam
$300
525 km or 326 mi Kochi
$382
526 km or 327 mi Ernakulam
$351
540 km or 335 mi Cuddalore
$300
542 km or 336 mi Tiruppur
$347
550 km or 342 mi Erode
$286
559 km or 348 mi Coimbatore
$326
559 km or 348 mi Pondicherry
$327
562 km or 349 mi Salem
$295
573 km or 356 mi Thrissur
$356
624 km or 388 mi Malappuram
$286
664 km or 413 mi Kozhikode
$321
676 km or 420 mi Vellore
$235
689 km or 428 mi Chennai
$437
700 km or 435 mi Mysore
$346
706 km or 439 mi Chittoor
$291
721 km or 448 mi Bangalore
$524
745 km or 463 mi Kannur
$317
753 km or 468 mi Tirupati
$327
755 km or 469 mi Madanapalle
$327
767 km or 476 mi Hulhumale
$1445