Damascus vs Vienna - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Damascus	Vienna
🚶 Cost of living one person	$638	$1844
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1494	$4559
🏠 One person rent	$291	$949
🏘️ Family rent	$523	$1773
🍽️ Food expenses	$232	$532
🚐 Transport expenses	$80.7	$184
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$55.7	$2695
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	24 km	18 km
🎓 Higher education	25	98
😀 Quality of life	34	93
🏙️ Population	2.69M	1.97M

The cost of living in Damascus is 65% less expensive than in Vienna. Cities ranked 7300th and 2270th ($638 vs $1844) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 1st in Syria and Austria, respectively. Check Syria vs Austria comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.1 months in Damascus compared to 1.5 months in Vienna. Damascus ranked 1st best city to live in Syria vs Vienna ranked 1st in Austria, while ranked 7688th and 52nd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Damascus vs Vienna

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	Damascus	Vienna
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$5.01	$14.1
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$34.8	$63.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.96	$10.7
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.5	$5.22
☕ Cappuccino	$1.26	$4.19
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.25	$2.66
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$262	$966
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$154	$676
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$590	$1899
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$330	$1349
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$48.5	$180
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$74.5	$279
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$67.2	$34.6
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	13.68%	3.65%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1862	$10201
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$879	$6325
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.1	$2.5
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$16.9	$49
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$10.9	$19.9
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.43	$1.74
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.07	$1.5
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.63	$2.49
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.76	$2.29
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.76	$4.42
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.37	$15.5
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.69	$13.6
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.1	$20.9
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.99	$2.83
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.12	$2.16
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1	$2.98
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.86	$3.73
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.59	$2.14
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.62	$1.83
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.4	$0.54
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.13	$2.7
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$5.52	$7.56
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.02	$1.27
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.03	$6.54
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.24	$12.8
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$0.87	$3.36
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.48	$1.83
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.59	$2.08
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$13.2	$40.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$3.03	$12.3
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$3.81	$140
💇 Haircut, simple	$2.82	$18.4
👖 Brand Jeans	$21.8	$99
👟 Brand Sneakers	$47.5	$98.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$48.6	$276
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$1666	$18199

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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 Vienna

Distance	City	Cost of living
11 km or 7.1 mi	Klosterneuburg	$1582
15 km or 9.4 mi	Modling	$1719
25 km or 15 mi	Baden bei Wien	$1627
45 km or 28 mi	Wiener Neustadt	$1586
55 km or 34 mi	Bratislava	$1275
56 km or 35 mi	Petrzalka	$1202
56 km or 35 mi	Sankt Polten	$1559
60 km or 38 mi	Sopron	$919
61 km or 38 mi	Krems an der Donau	$1553
72 km or 45 mi	Breclav	$943
76 km or 47 mi	Znojmo	$1087
77 km or 48 mi	Mosonmagyarovar	$794
91 km or 56 mi	Hodonin	$1098
92 km or 57 mi	Trnava	$1181
110 km or 68 mi	Szombathely	$701
111 km or 69 mi	Gyor	$784
111 km or 69 mi	Brno	$1329
112 km or 70 mi	Amstetten	$1335
116 km or 72 mi	Piestany	$935
118 km or 73 mi	Trebic	$1120
118 km or 73 mi	Kapfenberg	$1323
125 km or 77 mi	Uherske Hradiste	$1381
127 km or 79 mi	Nitra	$1039
132 km or 82 mi	Leoben	$1263
136 km or 84 mi	Nove Zamky	$1019
140 km or 87 mi	Komarno	$1045
142 km or 88 mi	Kromeriz	$1107
144 km or 90 mi	Jihlava	$974
144 km or 90 mi	Trencin	$1118
145 km or 90 mi	Graz	$1594
146 km or 91 mi	Steyr	$1474
148 km or 92 mi	Zlin	$1169
151 km or 94 mi	Prostejov	$1075
155 km or 96 mi	Linz	$1593
156 km or 97 mi	Zalaegerszeg	$750
157 km or 98 mi	Leonding	$1555
158 km or 98 mi	Traun	$1549
160 km or 99 mi	Prerov	$983
164 km or 102 mi	Ceske Budejovice	$1227
166 km or 103 mi	Levice	$987