Damascus vs Thimphu - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Damascus	Thimphu
🚶 Cost of living one person	$638	$422
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1494	$1047
🏠 One person rent	$291	$145
🏘️ Family rent	$523	$225
🍽️ Food expenses	$232	$176
🚐 Transport expenses	$80.7	$46
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$55.7	$550
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	24 km	22 km
🎓 Higher education	25	5
😀 Quality of life	34	34
🏙️ Population	2.69M	115K

The cost of living in Damascus is 51% more expensive than in Thimphu. Cities ranked 7300th and 8915th ($638 vs $422) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 2nd in Syria and Bhutan, respectively. Check Syria vs Bhutan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.1 months in Damascus compared to 1.3 months in Thimphu. Damascus ranked 1st best city to live in Syria vs Thimphu ranked 1st in Bhutan, while ranked 7688th and 7592nd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Damascus vs Thimphu

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	Damascus	Thimphu
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$5.01	$3.18
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$34.8	$17.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.96	$4.04
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.5	$2.3
☕ Cappuccino	$1.26	$1.86
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.25	$0.54
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$262	$159
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$154	$94.7
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$590	$250
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$330	$161
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$48.5	$16.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$74.5	$25.6
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$67.2	$20.7
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	13.68%	10.76%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1862	$605
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$879	$920
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.1	$1.48
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$16.9	$27.1
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$10.9	$19.4
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.43	$0.91
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.07	$0.84
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.63	$0.77
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.76	$0.72
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.76	$2.02
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.37	$4.92
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.69	$4.2
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.1	$4.11
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.99	$2.1
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.12	$1.4
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1	$1.77
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.86	$0.77
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.59	$0.48
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.62	$0.55
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.4	$0.21
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.13	$1.06
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$5.52	$4.94
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.02	$0.73
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.03	$3.79
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.24	$1.58
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$0.87	$3.59
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.48	$1.25
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.59	$0.65
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$13.2	$38.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$3.03	$3.23
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$3.81	$28.8
💇 Haircut, simple	$2.82	$3.27
👖 Brand Jeans	$21.8	$32
👟 Brand Sneakers	$47.5	$43.9
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$48.6	$239
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$1666	$666

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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 Thimphu

Distance	City	Cost of living
22 km or 14 mi	Paro	$459
147 km or 91 mi	Siliguri	$312
196 km or 122 mi	Rangpur	$296
203 km or 126 mi	Saidpur	$296
211 km or 131 mi	Shigatse	$900
214 km or 133 mi	Damak	$317
257 km or 159 mi	Raiganj	$309
257 km or 160 mi	Guwahati	$342
258 km or 160 mi	Biratnagar	$323
259 km or 161 mi	Dispur	$335
266 km or 166 mi	Balurghat	$307
280 km or 174 mi	Lhasa	$963
287 km or 178 mi	Purnia	$300
294 km or 183 mi	Bogra	$280
308 km or 191 mi	Shillong	$408
313 km or 195 mi	Malda	$308
313 km or 195 mi	Mymensingh	$264
350 km or 217 mi	Saharsa	$292
360 km or 224 mi	Bhagalpur	$282
362 km or 225 mi	Rajshahi	$274
364 km or 226 mi	Sylhet	$305
377 km or 234 mi	Janakpur	$292
401 km or 249 mi	Berhampore	$304
413 km or 257 mi	Narsingdi	$295
418 km or 260 mi	Brahmanbaria	$297
421 km or 262 mi	Kathmandu	$419
424 km or 264 mi	Lalitpur	$341
426 km or 265 mi	Dhaka	$430
438 km or 272 mi	Agartala	$367
439 km or 273 mi	Narayanganj	$309
444 km or 276 mi	Muzaffarpur	$288
454 km or 282 mi	Hetauda	$294
468 km or 291 mi	Krishnanagar	$281
474 km or 295 mi	Birgunj	$321
482 km or 299 mi	Jessore	$289
486 km or 302 mi	Shantipur	$294
493 km or 306 mi	Patna	$316
495 km or 308 mi	Durgapur	$292
500 km or 311 mi	Asansol	$299
502 km or 312 mi	Kulti	$300