Damascus vs Tashkent - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: June 21, 2026

	Damascus	Tashkent
🚶 Cost of living one person	$706	$842
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1602	$2134
🏠 One person rent	$323	$422
🏘️ Family rent	$531	$747
🍽️ Food expenses	$270	$280
🚐 Transport expenses	$66.7	$50.7
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$45	$308
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	24 km	5 km
🎓 Higher education	29	47
😀 Quality of life	40	56
🏙️ Population	2.69M	2.96M

The cost of living in Damascus is 16% less expensive than in Tashkent. Cities ranked 7245th and 6584th ($706 vs $842) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 1st in Syria and Uzbekistan, respectively. Check Syria vs Uzbekistan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.1 months in Damascus compared to 0.4 months in Tashkent. Damascus ranked 1st best city to live in Syria vs Tashkent ranked 1st in Uzbekistan, while ranked 7855th and 6238th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Damascus vs Tashkent

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	Damascus	Tashkent
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$9.98	$5.84
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$35	$33.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$6.8	$4.57
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.89	$1.43
☕ Cappuccino	$2.62	$2.39
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.79	$0.7
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$287	$546
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$168	$328
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$529	$967
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$309	$603
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$85.3	$38.3
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$131	$59.5
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$46.4	$12.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	14.35%	23.99%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1741	$1617
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$605	$917
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.12	$0.14
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$12	$11.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$9.2	$3.64
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.42	$1.08
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.98	$1.25
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.45	$0.53
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.63	$1.79
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.6	$1.85
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.53	$8.71
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.65	$4.32
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.9	$11.8
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.97	$1.35
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.44	$1.84
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.07	$2.64
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.02	$1.57
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.75	$0.59
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.67	$0.41
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.45	$0.3
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.08	$1.53
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$5.96	$6.64
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.96	$1.32
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.77	$2
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.6	$15
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$1.14	$3.51
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.65	$1.27
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.78	$1.96
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$21.1	$56.3
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$3.92	$5.85
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$5.04	$27.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$3.64	$7.94
👖 Brand Jeans	$34.5	$49.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$59.9	$102
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$65	$317
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$1772	$10369

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Cities near Damascus

Distance	City	Cost of living
51 km or 32 mi	Zahle	$1093
75 km or 47 mi	Kiryat Shmona	$2164
81 km or 50 mi	Jounieh	$1204
83 km or 52 mi	Sidon	$927
83 km or 52 mi	Beirut	$1441
96 km or 59 mi	Safed	$2195
105 km or 65 mi	Tyre	$700
108 km or 67 mi	Tiberias	$2044
110 km or 68 mi	Ma'alot-Tarshiha	$2153
111 km or 69 mi	Tripoli	$841
114 km or 71 mi	Irbid	$771
115 km or 72 mi	Arraba	$2150
116 km or 72 mi	Karmiel	$2008
117 km or 73 mi	Sakhnin	$2112
125 km or 78 mi	Tamra	$2142
125 km or 78 mi	Nahariya	$2069
126 km or 78 mi	Nof HaGalil	$2172
129 km or 80 mi	Nazareth	$2125
130 km or 81 mi	Acre	$1873
131 km or 81 mi	Shefa-'Amr	$2122
135 km or 84 mi	Migdal HaEmek	$2165
136 km or 84 mi	Kiryat Motzkin	$2113
136 km or 85 mi	Kiryat Ata	$2047
137 km or 85 mi	Kiryat Bialik	$2089
137 km or 85 mi	Kiryat Yam	$2095
137 km or 85 mi	Afula	$2133
141 km or 88 mi	Homs	$390
142 km or 88 mi	Nesher	$2043
143 km or 89 mi	Jerash	$745
145 km or 90 mi	Haifa	$1891
145 km or 90 mi	Yokneam Illit	$2184
154 km or 95 mi	Umm al-Fahm	$2245
163 km or 101 mi	Zikhron Ya'akov	$2230
168 km or 105 mi	Baqa-Jatt	$2214
169 km or 105 mi	Pardes Hanna-Karkur	$2129
173 km or 107 mi	Al-Salt	$538
173 km or 108 mi	Nablus	$1070
174 km or 108 mi	Hadera	$1918
177 km or 110 mi	Amman	$1032
184 km or 114 mi	Tayibe	$2347

Cities near Tashkent

Distance	City	Cost of living
32 km or 20 mi	Chirchiq	$759
87 km or 54 mi	Istiklol	$599
115 km or 71 mi	Shymkent	$587
117 km or 73 mi	Khujand	$576
123 km or 77 mi	Buston	$622
127 km or 79 mi	Ghafurov	$583
149 km or 92 mi	Konibodom	$610
156 km or 97 mi	Istaravshan	$645
178 km or 110 mi	Jizzakh	$568
204 km or 127 mi	Namangan	$572
226 km or 140 mi	Margilan	$669
235 km or 146 mi	Fergana	$688
238 km or 148 mi	Turkistan	$549
244 km or 152 mi	Panjakent	$704
247 km or 153 mi	Taraz	$488
254 km or 158 mi	Kentau	$535
267 km or 166 mi	Andijan	$471
267 km or 166 mi	Samarkand	$497
280 km or 174 mi	Talas	$555
306 km or 190 mi	Dushanbe	$773
308 km or 191 mi	Osh	$570
313 km or 195 mi	Toktogul	$646
314 km or 195 mi	Jalal-Abad	$609
322 km or 200 mi	Tursunzoda	$737
387 km or 241 mi	Qurghonteppa	$734
400 km or 249 mi	Qarshi	$500
443 km or 275 mi	Bukhara	$439
471 km or 292 mi	Bishkek	$789
493 km or 306 mi	Kant	$500
499 km or 310 mi	Kyzylorda	$492
510 km or 317 mi	Kunduz	$468
526 km or 327 mi	Tokmok	$636
542 km or 337 mi	Turkmenabat	$1795
544 km or 338 mi	Mazar-i-Sharif	$493
562 km or 349 mi	Naryn	$601
597 km or 371 mi	Puli Khumri	$447
598 km or 372 mi	Sheberghan	$470
605 km or 376 mi	Kashgar	$518
610 km or 379 mi	Artux	$514
641 km or 398 mi	Kaskelen	$899