Damascus vs Vienna - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Damascus	Vienna
🚶 Cost of living one person	$671	$2132
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1492	$5197
🏠 One person rent	$315	$1089
🏘️ Family rent	$505	$1885
🍽️ Food expenses	$250	$658
🚐 Transport expenses	$61.5	$186
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$47.6	$3535
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	24 km	18 km
🎓 Higher education	28	98
😀 Quality of life	39	95
🏙️ Population	2.69M	1.97M

The cost of living in Damascus is 69% less expensive than in Vienna. Cities ranked 7287th and 1640th ($671 vs $2132) 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 1.7 months in Vienna. Damascus ranked 1st best city to live in Syria vs Vienna ranked 1st in Austria, while ranked 7834th and 39th 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	$7.99	$17.5
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$28.8	$92.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.96	$11.7
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.61	$5.98
☕ Cappuccino	$1.95	$5.19
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.38	$3.86
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$219	$1128
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$160	$788
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$398	$2026
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$295	$1430
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$88	$194
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$135	$296
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$54.5	$39.5
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	13.62%	3.55%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1865	$10556
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$645	$6355
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.1	$2.75
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$17	$51
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$6.96	$19.6
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.43	$1.79
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.98	$1.77
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.5	$2.95
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.66	$2.9
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.83	$4.75
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.22	$20
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.18	$15.8
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.5	$24.4
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1	$3.5
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.53	$2.48
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.07	$3.51
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.76	$4.51
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.71	$2.22
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.65	$2.11
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.46	$0.63
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.1	$2.99
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$5.97	$6.99
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.01	$1.46
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.02	$7.5
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.03	$19.6
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$0.86	$4.62
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.48	$1.85
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.59	$3.04
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$16.2	$49.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$2.98	$13.8
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$3.82	$163
💇 Haircut, simple	$2.78	$21.8
👖 Brand Jeans	$44.4	$95.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$58	$97.2
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$49.6	$364
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$1711	$25585

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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 Vienna

Distance	City	Cost of living
11 km or 7.1 mi	Klosterneuburg	$1859
15 km or 9.4 mi	Modling	$1976
25 km or 15 mi	Baden bei Wien	$1917
45 km or 28 mi	Wiener Neustadt	$2019
55 km or 34 mi	Bratislava	$1497
56 km or 35 mi	Petrzalka	$1388
56 km or 35 mi	Sankt Polten	$1774
60 km or 38 mi	Sopron	$1052
61 km or 38 mi	Krems an der Donau	$1759
72 km or 45 mi	Breclav	$1148
76 km or 47 mi	Znojmo	$1233
77 km or 48 mi	Mosonmagyarovar	$917
91 km or 56 mi	Hodonin	$1229
92 km or 57 mi	Trnava	$1311
110 km or 68 mi	Szombathely	$823
111 km or 69 mi	Gyor	$861
111 km or 69 mi	Brno	$1570
112 km or 70 mi	Amstetten	$1468
116 km or 72 mi	Piestany	$985
118 km or 73 mi	Trebic	$1097
118 km or 73 mi	Kapfenberg	$1574
125 km or 77 mi	Uherske Hradiste	$1606
127 km or 79 mi	Nitra	$1176
132 km or 82 mi	Leoben	$1378
136 km or 84 mi	Nove Zamky	$1134
140 km or 87 mi	Komarno	$1148
142 km or 88 mi	Kromeriz	$1229
144 km or 90 mi	Jihlava	$1103
144 km or 90 mi	Trencin	$1257
145 km or 90 mi	Graz	$1685
146 km or 91 mi	Steyr	$1651
148 km or 92 mi	Zlin	$1282
151 km or 94 mi	Prostejov	$1182
155 km or 96 mi	Linz	$1760
156 km or 97 mi	Zalaegerszeg	$845
157 km or 98 mi	Leonding	$1707
158 km or 98 mi	Traun	$1660
160 km or 99 mi	Prerov	$1056
164 km or 102 mi	Ceske Budejovice	$1308
166 km or 103 mi	Levice	$946