Damascus vs Tehran - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Damascus	Tehran
🚶 Cost of living one person	$638	$788
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1494	$2156
🏠 One person rent	$291	$367
🏘️ Family rent	$523	$796
🍽️ Food expenses	$232	$229
🚐 Transport expenses	$80.7	$47.5
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$55.7	$264
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	24 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	25	96
😀 Quality of life	34	60
🏙️ Population	2.69M	8.69M

The cost of living in Damascus is 19% less expensive than in Tehran. Cities ranked 7300th and 6486th ($638 vs $788) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 4th 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 Tehran. Damascus ranked 1st best city to live in Syria vs Tehran ranked 1st in Iran, while ranked 7688th and 5221st among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Damascus vs Tehran

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	Damascus	Tehran
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$5.01	$4
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$34.8	$19.9
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.96	$4.99
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.5	$0.6
☕ Cappuccino	$1.26	$1.38
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.25	$0.44
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$262	$464
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$154	$324
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$590	$1087
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$330	$698
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$48.5	$9.45
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$74.5	$14.6
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$67.2	$5.99
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	13.68%	24.96%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1862	$1992
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$879	$1351
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.1	$0.26
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$16.9	$10
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$10.9	$2.74
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.43	$0.75
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.07	$0.61
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.63	$0.55
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.76	$1.88
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.76	$1.21
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.37	$3.38
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.69	$3.5
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.1	$11.8
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.99	$0.91
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.12	$1.41
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1	$0.86
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.86	$0.65
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.59	$0.55
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.62	$0.54
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.4	$0.15
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.13	$1.68
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$5.52	$0.99
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.02	$0.53
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.03	$2.5
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.24	$19.5
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$0.87	$4.69
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.48	$2.57
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.59	$1.51
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$13.2	$23.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$3.03	$1.5
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$3.81	$118
💇 Haircut, simple	$2.82	$28.7
👖 Brand Jeans	$21.8	$32.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$47.5	$130
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$48.6	$128
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$1666	$1951

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Cost of Living in the nearest cities

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 Tehran

Distance	City	Cost of living
9.8 km or 6.1 mi	Golestan	$714
12 km or 7.6 mi	Ray	$710
27 km or 17 mi	Eslamshahr	$700
27 km or 17 mi	Nasimshahr	$697
28 km or 17 mi	Qods	$698
32 km or 20 mi	Qarchak	$681
33 km or 20 mi	Shahriar	$698
34 km or 21 mi	Pakdasht	$680
36 km or 23 mi	Pardis	$665
38 km or 23 mi	Andisheh	$684
39 km or 24 mi	Robat Karim	$675
39 km or 24 mi	Fardis	$688
40 km or 25 mi	Malard	$693
43 km or 26 mi	Karaj	$736
46 km or 28 mi	Mohammadshahr	$688
52 km or 32 mi	Varamin	$651
52 km or 33 mi	Kamal Shahr	$686
78 km or 49 mi	Nazarabad	$645
120 km or 75 mi	Amol	$557
121 km or 75 mi	Khak-e Ali	$599
122 km or 76 mi	Saveh	$574
127 km or 79 mi	Qom	$488
142 km or 88 mi	Qazvin	$618
148 km or 92 mi	Babol	$458
155 km or 96 mi	Qaem Shahr	$554
176 km or 109 mi	Sari	$658
178 km or 111 mi	Semnan	$580
191 km or 119 mi	Kashan	$562
210 km or 130 mi	Lahijan	$552
239 km or 148 mi	Arak	$455
240 km or 149 mi	Rasht	$534
282 km or 175 mi	Hamadan	$443
283 km or 176 mi	Malayer	$469
284 km or 177 mi	Zanjan	$466
302 km or 188 mi	Gorgan	$685
315 km or 196 mi	Borujerd	$505
316 km or 196 mi	Shahin Shahr	$507
326 km or 202 mi	Dorud	$513
333 km or 207 mi	Shahrud	$598
334 km or 207 mi	Khomeyni Shahr	$510