Damascus vs Tashkent - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Damascus	Tashkent
🚶 Cost of living one person	$638	$853
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1494	$2186
🏠 One person rent	$291	$474
🏘️ Family rent	$523	$929
🍽️ Food expenses	$232	$249
🚐 Transport expenses	$80.7	$44.6
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$55.7	$522
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	24 km	5 km
🎓 Higher education	25	46
😀 Quality of life	34	55
🏙️ Population	2.69M	2.96M

The cost of living in Damascus is 25% less expensive than in Tashkent. Cities ranked 7300th and 6253rd ($638 vs $853) 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 0.6 months in Tashkent. Damascus ranked 1st best city to live in Syria vs Tashkent ranked 1st in Uzbekistan, while ranked 7688th and 5872nd 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	$5.01	$4.98
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$34.8	$30.2
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.96	$4.32
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.5	$1.16
☕ Cappuccino	$1.26	$1.7
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.25	$0.59
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$262	$599
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$154	$396
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$590	$1255
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$330	$783
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$48.5	$25.9
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$74.5	$39.6
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$67.2	$11.6
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	13.68%	22.03%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1862	$1748
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$879	$965
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.1	$0.16
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$16.9	$9.83
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$10.9	$3.04
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.43	$0.99
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.07	$1.07
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.63	$0.47
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.76	$1.72
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.76	$1.6
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.37	$7.42
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.69	$4
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.1	$8.23
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.99	$1.3
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.12	$1.71
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1	$2.14
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.86	$1.43
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.59	$0.48
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.62	$0.33
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.4	$0.25
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.13	$1.5
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$5.52	$6.24
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.02	$1.12
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.03	$1.98
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.24	$13.8
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$0.87	$3.62
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.48	$1.31
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.59	$1.68
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$13.2	$47.3
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$3.03	$5.19
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$3.81	$20.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$2.82	$8.85
👖 Brand Jeans	$21.8	$50
👟 Brand Sneakers	$47.5	$105
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$48.6	$295
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$1666	$9301

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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 Tashkent

Distance	City	Cost of living
32 km or 20 mi	Chirchiq	$444
87 km or 54 mi	Istiklol	$613
115 km or 71 mi	Shymkent	$569
117 km or 73 mi	Khujand	$623
123 km or 77 mi	Buston	$615
127 km or 79 mi	Ghafurov	$614
149 km or 92 mi	Konibodom	$613
156 km or 97 mi	Istaravshan	$613
178 km or 110 mi	Jizzakh	$507
204 km or 127 mi	Namangan	$538
226 km or 140 mi	Margilan	$591
235 km or 146 mi	Fergana	$626
238 km or 148 mi	Turkistan	$512
244 km or 152 mi	Panjakent	$602
247 km or 153 mi	Taraz	$441
254 km or 158 mi	Kentau	$501
267 km or 166 mi	Andijan	$430
267 km or 166 mi	Samarkand	$472
280 km or 174 mi	Talas	$623
306 km or 190 mi	Dushanbe	$605
308 km or 191 mi	Osh	$477
313 km or 195 mi	Toktogul	$607
314 km or 195 mi	Jalal-Abad	$538
322 km or 200 mi	Tursunzoda	$593
387 km or 241 mi	Qurghonteppa	$596
400 km or 249 mi	Qarshi	$484
443 km or 275 mi	Bukhara	$431
471 km or 292 mi	Bishkek	$713
493 km or 306 mi	Kant	$674
499 km or 310 mi	Kyzylorda	$518
510 km or 317 mi	Kunduz	$394
526 km or 327 mi	Tokmok	$667
542 km or 337 mi	Turkmenabat	$1523
544 km or 338 mi	Mazar-i-Sharif	$408
562 km or 349 mi	Naryn	$637
597 km or 371 mi	Puli Khumri	$381
598 km or 372 mi	Sheberghan	$414
605 km or 376 mi	Kashgar	$634
610 km or 379 mi	Artux	$619
641 km or 398 mi	Kaskelen	$785