Damascus vs Tripoli - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Damascus	Tripoli
🚶 Cost of living one person	$638	$464
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1494	$1222
🏠 One person rent	$291	$164
🏘️ Family rent	$523	$359
🍽️ Food expenses	$232	$182
🚐 Transport expenses	$80.7	$62
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$55.7	$336
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	24 km	10 km
🎓 Higher education	25	20
😀 Quality of life	34	45
🏙️ Population	2.69M	1.29M

The cost of living in Damascus is 37% more expensive than in Tripoli. Cities ranked 7300th and 8801st ($638 vs $464) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 1st in Syria and Libya, respectively. Check Syria vs Libya comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.1 months in Damascus compared to 0.7 months in Tripoli. Damascus ranked 1st best city to live in Syria vs Tripoli ranked 1st in Libya, while ranked 7688th and 6545th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Damascus vs Tripoli

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	Damascus	Tripoli
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$5.01	$5.09
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$34.8	$20.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.96	$4.05
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.5	$0.71
☕ Cappuccino	$1.26	$0.58
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.25	$0.52
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$262	$182
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$154	$107
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$590	$468
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$330	$263
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$48.5	$21.6
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$74.5	$33.5
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$67.2	$21.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	13.68%	17.47%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1862	$1382
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$879	$402
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.1	$0.31
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$16.9	$22.6
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$10.9	$7.99
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.43	$0.54
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.07	$1.11
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.63	$0.26
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.76	$1.32
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.76	$1.56
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.37	$5.26
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.69	$3.47
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.1	$10.5
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.99	$2.09
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.12	$1.34
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1	$0.78
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.86	$0.55
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.59	$0.7
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.62	$0.69
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.4	$0.16
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.13	$1.5
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$5.52	$1.05
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.02	$0.9
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.03	$2.04
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.24	$4.5
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$0.87	$1.29
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.48	$0.71
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.59	$0.84
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$13.2	$29
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$3.03	$5.08
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$3.81	$26.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$2.82	$1.47
👖 Brand Jeans	$21.8	$23.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$47.5	$61.3
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$48.6	$57.9
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$1666	$1187

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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 Tripoli

Distance	City	Cost of living
45 km or 28 mi	Zawiya	$368
66 km or 41 mi	Sabratha	$396
80 km or 50 mi	Gharyan	$387
103 km or 64 mi	Zuwarah	$392
104 km or 64 mi	Al-Khums	$418
110 km or 68 mi	Yafran	$404
187 km or 116 mi	Misrata	$436
305 km or 190 mi	Sfax	$448
308 km or 191 mi	Gabes	$377
355 km or 221 mi	Mosta	$1346
355 km or 221 mi	Marsaskala	$1325
356 km or 221 mi	Zabbar	$1415
356 km or 221 mi	Birkirkara	$1524
357 km or 222 mi	Naxxar	$1486
357 km or 222 mi	Valletta	$1583
358 km or 222 mi	San Gwann	$1555
358 km or 222 mi	Gzira	$1624
359 km or 223 mi	Sliema	$1749
359 km or 223 mi	St. Paul's Bay	$1384
404 km or 251 mi	Sousse	$495
422 km or 262 mi	Kairouan	$410
442 km or 275 mi	Gafsa	$386
456 km or 284 mi	Nabeul	$443
472 km or 293 mi	Ragusa	$1106
476 km or 296 mi	Gela	$941
488 km or 303 mi	Niscemi	$1077
495 km or 307 mi	Agrigento	$971
504 km or 313 mi	Syracuse	$1098
516 km or 320 mi	Tunis	$535
516 km or 321 mi	La Marsa	$549
521 km or 323 mi	Aryanah	$465
543 km or 337 mi	Catania	$1161
545 km or 338 mi	Tebessa	$459
552 km or 343 mi	Marsala	$1019
575 km or 357 mi	Bizerte	$348
575 km or 357 mi	Trapani	$938
583 km or 362 mi	Palermo	$1137
591 km or 367 mi	El Oued	$349
611 km or 380 mi	Souk Ahras	$364
624 km or 388 mi	Reggio Calabria	$1058