Damascus vs Vienna - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	Damascus	Vienna
🚶 Cost of living one person	$675	$2213
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1514	$5380
🏠 One person rent	$310	$1126
🏘️ Family rent	$498	$1917
🍽️ Food expenses	$255	$678
🚐 Transport expenses	$62.5	$212
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$48.3	$3705
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	24 km	18 km
🎓 Higher education	29	98
😀 Quality of life	40	94
🏙️ Population	2.69M	2.03M

The cost of living in Damascus is 70% less expensive than in Vienna. Cities ranked 7406th and 1464th ($675 vs $2213) 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 7899th and 43rd 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	$9.24	$20.2
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$30.1	$93.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.96	$13.1
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.75	$6.44
☕ Cappuccino	$2.26	$5.49
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.57	$3.96
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$251	$1142
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$145	$805
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$459	$2056
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$268	$1425
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$89	$216
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$137	$329
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$54.5	$37.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	14.16%	3.15%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1767	$12058
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$627	$6236
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.1	$3.15
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$14.3	$58.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$8	$22.5
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.37	$1.84
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.86	$1.8
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.49	$2.97
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.61	$2.98
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.75	$4.92
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.05	$20.2
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.08	$14.1
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.2	$25
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.99	$3.47
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.53	$2.47
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.1	$3.53
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.88	$4.61
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.77	$2.41
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.69	$2.16
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.46	$0.67
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.93	$3.22
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$6.88	$8
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.97	$1.52
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.69	$7.74
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.14	$19.8
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$0.99	$4.75
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.56	$1.9
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.68	$3.12
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$18.5	$45
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$3.42	$14.1
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$4.39	$166
💇 Haircut, simple	$3.18	$21.6
👖 Brand Jeans	$40.8	$94.6
👟 Brand Sneakers	$62.9	$88
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$56.8	$370
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$1770	$28817

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Cities near Damascus

Distance	City	Cost of living
51 km or 32 mi	Zahle	$1005
75 km or 47 mi	Kiryat Shmona	$1925
81 km or 50 mi	Jounieh	$1106
83 km or 52 mi	Sidon	$865
83 km or 52 mi	Beirut	$1353
96 km or 59 mi	Safed	$1973
105 km or 65 mi	Tyre	$676
108 km or 67 mi	Tiberias	$1870
110 km or 68 mi	Ma'alot-Tarshiha	$1929
111 km or 69 mi	Tripoli	$842
114 km or 71 mi	Irbid	$753
115 km or 72 mi	Arraba	$1917
116 km or 72 mi	Karmiel	$1770
117 km or 73 mi	Sakhnin	$1873
125 km or 78 mi	Tamra	$1934
125 km or 78 mi	Nahariya	$1894
126 km or 78 mi	Nof HaGalil	$2000
129 km or 80 mi	Nazareth	$1981
130 km or 81 mi	Acre	$1766
131 km or 81 mi	Shefa-'Amr	$1960
135 km or 84 mi	Migdal HaEmek	$2027
136 km or 84 mi	Kiryat Motzkin	$1936
136 km or 85 mi	Kiryat Ata	$1911
137 km or 85 mi	Kiryat Yam	$1949
137 km or 85 mi	Kiryat Bialik	$1940
137 km or 85 mi	Afula	$1909
141 km or 88 mi	Homs	$385
142 km or 88 mi	Nesher	$1856
143 km or 89 mi	Jerash	$740
145 km or 90 mi	Haifa	$1930
145 km or 90 mi	Yokneam Illit	$2071
154 km or 95 mi	Umm al-Fahm	$2061
163 km or 101 mi	Zikhron Ya'akov	$2103
168 km or 105 mi	Baqa-Jatt	$2098
169 km or 105 mi	Pardes Hanna-Karkur	$2101
173 km or 107 mi	Al-Salt	$546
173 km or 108 mi	Nablus	$978
174 km or 108 mi	Hadera	$1887
177 km or 110 mi	Amman	$1013
184 km or 114 mi	Tayibe	$2207

Cities near Vienna

Distance	City	Cost of living
11 km or 7.1 mi	Klosterneuburg	$1885
15 km or 9.4 mi	Modling	$1898
25 km or 15 mi	Baden bei Wien	$1829
45 km or 28 mi	Wiener Neustadt	$1922
55 km or 34 mi	Bratislava	$1561
56 km or 35 mi	Petrzalka	$1451
56 km or 35 mi	Sankt Polten	$1821
60 km or 38 mi	Sopron	$1114
61 km or 38 mi	Krems an der Donau	$1804
72 km or 45 mi	Breclav	$1180
76 km or 47 mi	Znojmo	$1263
77 km or 48 mi	Mosonmagyarovar	$984
91 km or 56 mi	Hodonin	$1284
92 km or 57 mi	Trnava	$1335
110 km or 68 mi	Szombathely	$875
111 km or 69 mi	Gyor	$930
111 km or 69 mi	Brno	$1639
112 km or 70 mi	Amstetten	$1527
116 km or 72 mi	Piestany	$1036
118 km or 73 mi	Trebic	$1153
118 km or 73 mi	Kapfenberg	$1566
125 km or 77 mi	Uherske Hradiste	$1633
127 km or 79 mi	Nitra	$1278
132 km or 82 mi	Leoben	$1391
136 km or 84 mi	Nove Zamky	$1166
140 km or 87 mi	Komarno	$1196
142 km or 88 mi	Kromeriz	$1312
144 km or 90 mi	Jihlava	$1133
144 km or 90 mi	Trencin	$1291
145 km or 90 mi	Graz	$1708
146 km or 91 mi	Steyr	$1683
148 km or 92 mi	Zlin	$1404
151 km or 94 mi	Prostejov	$1247
155 km or 96 mi	Linz	$1869
156 km or 97 mi	Zalaegerszeg	$893
157 km or 98 mi	Leonding	$1818
158 km or 98 mi	Traun	$1787
160 km or 99 mi	Prerov	$1119
164 km or 102 mi	Ceske Budejovice	$1346
166 km or 103 mi	Levice	$989