Damascus vs Tirana - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Damascus	Tirana
🚶 Cost of living one person	$638	$1015
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1494	$2462
🏠 One person rent	$291	$464
🏘️ Family rent	$523	$807
🍽️ Food expenses	$232	$357
🚐 Transport expenses	$80.7	$101
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$55.7	$698
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	24 km	13 km
🎓 Higher education	25	45
😀 Quality of life	34	67
🏙️ Population	2.69M	418K

The cost of living in Damascus is 37% less expensive than in Tirana. Cities ranked 7300th and 5400th ($638 vs $1015) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 1st in Syria and Albania, respectively. Check Syria vs Albania comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.1 months in Damascus compared to 0.7 months in Tirana. Damascus ranked 1st best city to live in Syria vs Tirana ranked 1st in Albania, while ranked 7688th and 3525th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Damascus vs Tirana

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	Damascus	Tirana
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$5.01	$9.12
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$34.8	$45.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.96	$8.29
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.5	$2.87
☕ Cappuccino	$1.26	$1.9
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.25	$1.49
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$262	$525
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$154	$340
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$590	$1004
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$330	$605
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$48.5	$68.5
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$74.5	$104
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$67.2	$18
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	13.68%	5.79%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1862	$3096
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$879	$1560
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.1	$0.42
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$16.9	$16.5
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$10.9	$26.6
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.43	$2.07
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.07	$1.86
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.63	$0.92
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.76	$1.63
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.76	$3.61
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.37	$11.6
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.69	$6.98
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.1	$14.3
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.99	$1.56
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.12	$2.35
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1	$1.75
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.86	$1.85
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.59	$1.16
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.62	$1.12
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.4	$0.44
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.13	$1.9
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$5.52	$11.7
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.02	$1.27
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.03	$3.73
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.24	$6.99
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$0.87	$4.94
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.48	$2.8
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.59	$3.31
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$13.2	$41.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$3.03	$8.78
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$3.81	$30.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$2.82	$5.62
👖 Brand Jeans	$21.8	$57.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$47.5	$99.3
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$48.6	$255
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$1666	$5391

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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 Tirana

Distance	City	Cost of living
7.4 km or 4.6 mi	Kamez	$935
30 km or 19 mi	Durres	$772
33 km or 20 mi	Elbasan	$639
70 km or 44 mi	Berat	$749
72 km or 45 mi	Fier	$614
83 km or 52 mi	Ulcinj	$965
85 km or 53 mi	Ohrid	$636
86 km or 54 mi	Shkoder	$679
102 km or 63 mi	Vlore	$746
104 km or 65 mi	Bar	$972
112 km or 70 mi	Korce	$765
122 km or 76 mi	Tetovo	$682
131 km or 81 mi	Bitola	$635
132 km or 82 mi	Podgorica	$975
133 km or 83 mi	Budva	$1117
140 km or 87 mi	Cetinje	$816
141 km or 88 mi	Plav	$1030
145 km or 90 mi	Prilep	$537
150 km or 93 mi	Kotor	$1150
152 km or 95 mi	Skopje	$772
162 km or 100 mi	Sarande	$987
168 km or 105 mi	Veles	$545
169 km or 105 mi	Berane	$1070
175 km or 109 mi	Brindisi	$1164
176 km or 110 mi	Lecce	$1182
181 km or 112 mi	Ptolemaida	$1042
181 km or 113 mi	Kumanovo	$588
182 km or 113 mi	Mojkovac	$1070
183 km or 114 mi	Kavadarci	$556
186 km or 115 mi	Pristina	$595
190 km or 118 mi	Corfu	$1056
192 km or 119 mi	Cavtat	$1187
193 km or 120 mi	Mitrovica	$463
199 km or 124 mi	Ostuni	$1199
201 km or 125 mi	Kozani	$943
202 km or 126 mi	Stip	$561
203 km or 126 mi	Dubrovnik	$1227
205 km or 127 mi	Ioannina	$930
210 km or 131 mi	Novi Pazar	$662
219 km or 136 mi	Veria	$1027