Damascus vs Ulaanbaatar - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Damascus	Ulaanbaatar
🚶 Cost of living one person	$671	$870
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1492	$2091
🏠 One person rent	$315	$430
🏘️ Family rent	$505	$764
🍽️ Food expenses	$250	$306
🚐 Transport expenses	$61.5	$43.7
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$47.6	$516
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	24 km	14 km
🎓 Higher education	28	43
😀 Quality of life	39	61
🏙️ Population	2.69M	1.4M

The cost of living in Damascus is 23% less expensive than in Ulaanbaatar. Cities ranked 7287th and 6373rd ($671 vs $870) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 1st in Syria and Mongolia, respectively. Check Syria vs Mongolia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.1 months in Damascus compared to 0.6 months in Ulaanbaatar. Damascus ranked 1st best city to live in Syria vs Ulaanbaatar ranked 1st in Mongolia, while ranked 7834th and 5856th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Damascus vs Ulaanbaatar

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	Damascus	Ulaanbaatar
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$7.99	$5.45
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$28.8	$29.3
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.96	$5.44
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.61	$1.95
☕ Cappuccino	$1.95	$2.41
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.38	$0.69
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$219	$417
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$160	$358
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$398	$769
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$295	$656
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$88	$46
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$135	$70.7
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$54.5	$14.9
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	13.62%	6.05%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1865	$1651
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$645	$881
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.1	$0.28
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$17	$8.29
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$6.96	$4.98
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.43	$1.01
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.98	$1.39
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.5	$0.85
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.66	$2.06
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.83	$2.07
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.22	$11.6
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.18	$5.88
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.5	$5.32
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1	$2.98
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.53	$2.22
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.07	$4.11
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.76	$2.58
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.71	$0.66
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.65	$1
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.46	$0.51
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.1	$1.2
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$5.97	$9.25
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.01	$1.39
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.02	$1.69
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.03	$9.31
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$0.86	$3.61
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.48	$2.49
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.59	$1.79
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$16.2	$70
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$2.98	$3.92
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$3.82	$19
💇 Haircut, simple	$2.78	$4.85
👖 Brand Jeans	$44.4	$81.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$58	$97.9
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$49.6	$167
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$1711	$6621

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Cities near Damascus

Distance	City	Cost of living
51 km or 32 mi	Zahle	$930
75 km or 47 mi	Kiryat Shmona	$1808
81 km or 50 mi	Jounieh	$1028
83 km or 52 mi	Sidon	$822
83 km or 52 mi	Beirut	$1261
96 km or 59 mi	Safed	$1847
105 km or 65 mi	Tyre	$647
108 km or 67 mi	Tiberias	$1808
110 km or 68 mi	Ma'alot-Tarshiha	$1803
111 km or 69 mi	Tripoli	$787
114 km or 71 mi	Irbid	$753
115 km or 72 mi	Arraba	$1789
116 km or 72 mi	Karmiel	$1630
117 km or 73 mi	Sakhnin	$1745
125 km or 78 mi	Tamra	$1798
125 km or 78 mi	Nahariya	$1775
126 km or 78 mi	Nof HaGalil	$1862
129 km or 80 mi	Nazareth	$1850
130 km or 81 mi	Acre	$1633
131 km or 81 mi	Shefa-'Amr	$1828
135 km or 84 mi	Migdal HaEmek	$1917
136 km or 84 mi	Kiryat Motzkin	$1842
136 km or 85 mi	Kiryat Ata	$1769
137 km or 85 mi	Kiryat Yam	$1819
137 km or 85 mi	Kiryat Bialik	$1804
137 km or 85 mi	Afula	$1817
141 km or 88 mi	Homs	$402
142 km or 88 mi	Nesher	$1757
143 km or 89 mi	Jerash	$748
145 km or 90 mi	Haifa	$1840
145 km or 90 mi	Yokneam Illit	$1932
154 km or 95 mi	Umm al-Fahm	$1954
163 km or 101 mi	Zikhron Ya'akov	$1978
168 km or 105 mi	Baqa-Jatt	$2001
169 km or 105 mi	Pardes Hanna-Karkur	$1991
173 km or 107 mi	Al-Salt	$548
173 km or 108 mi	Nablus	$915
174 km or 108 mi	Hadera	$1786
177 km or 110 mi	Amman	$1009
184 km or 114 mi	Tayibe	$2108

Cities near Ulaanbaatar

Distance	City	Cost of living
268 km or 167 mi	Bulgan	$838
437 km or 272 mi	Ulan-Ude	$676
520 km or 323 mi	Irkutsk	$735
559 km or 347 mi	Angarsk	$725
656 km or 408 mi	Chita	$912
794 km or 493 mi	Manzhouli	$631
798 km or 496 mi	Bayannur	$986
835 km or 519 mi	Xilinhot	$677
840 km or 522 mi	Baotou	$659
875 km or 544 mi	Hohhot	$541
914 km or 568 mi	Ulanqab	$629
917 km or 570 mi	Wuhai	$1365
934 km or 581 mi	Ordos	$655
954 km or 593 mi	Hulunbuir	$638
969 km or 602 mi	Fengzhen	$642
985 km or 612 mi	Bratsk	$518
992 km or 616 mi	Shizuishan	$785
1008 km or 626 mi	Datong	$748
1012 km or 629 mi	Zhangjiakou	$652
1025 km or 637 mi	Yakeshi	$614
1028 km or 639 mi	Huairen	$654
1050 km or 652 mi	Shenmu	$580
1051 km or 653 mi	Yinchuan	$548
1051 km or 653 mi	Shuozhou	$600
1094 km or 680 mi	Lingwu	$564
1103 km or 685 mi	Qingtongxia	$563
1106 km or 687 mi	Wuzhong	$589
1113 km or 692 mi	Jinchang	$480
1124 km or 698 mi	Yuanping	$546
1126 km or 700 mi	Zhangye	$484
1131 km or 703 mi	Chifeng	$615
1131 km or 703 mi	Jiuquan	$470
1156 km or 718 mi	Xinzhou	$553
1164 km or 723 mi	Wuwei	$411
1165 km or 724 mi	Chengde	$694
1166 km or 724 mi	Ulanhot	$532
1166 km or 724 mi	Zhongwei	$597
1169 km or 726 mi	Beijing	$1029
1169 km or 727 mi	Yumen	$439
1176 km or 731 mi	Zalantun	$600