Damascus vs Warsaw - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Damascus	Warsaw
🚶 Cost of living one person	$638	$1607
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1494	$3809
🏠 One person rent	$291	$995
🏘️ Family rent	$523	$1825
🍽️ Food expenses	$232	$369
🚐 Transport expenses	$80.7	$107
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$55.7	$1906
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	24 km	7 km
🎓 Higher education	25	94
😀 Quality of life	34	83
🏙️ Population	2.69M	1.86M

The cost of living in Damascus is 60% less expensive than in Warsaw. Cities ranked 7300th and 3022nd ($638 vs $1607) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 2nd in Syria and Poland, respectively. Check Syria vs Poland comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.1 months in Damascus compared to 1.2 months in Warsaw. Damascus ranked 1st best city to live in Syria vs Warsaw ranked 1st in Poland, while ranked 7688th and 410th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Damascus vs Warsaw

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	Damascus	Warsaw
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$5.01	$10.1
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$34.8	$50.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.96	$8.81
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.5	$4.05
☕ Cappuccino	$1.26	$3.95
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.25	$1.93
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$262	$949
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$154	$749
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$590	$1958
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$330	$1406
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$48.5	$189
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$74.5	$292
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$67.2	$16.2
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	13.68%	7.47%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1862	$6081
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$879	$4065
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.1	$1.12
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$16.9	$27.6
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$10.9	$10.6
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.43	$1.64
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.07	$1.06
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.63	$1.29
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.76	$1.55
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.76	$3.23
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.37	$9.38
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.69	$6
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.1	$11.5
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.99	$1.17
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.12	$1.68
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1	$1.81
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.86	$3.33
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.59	$0.95
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.62	$1.08
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.4	$0.45
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.13	$2.54
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$5.52	$7.55
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.02	$1.25
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.03	$5.02
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.24	$8.06
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$0.87	$3.99
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.48	$3.18
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.59	$3.23
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$13.2	$39.5
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$3.03	$8.87
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$3.81	$59.4
💇 Haircut, simple	$2.82	$28.2
👖 Brand Jeans	$21.8	$86.8
👟 Brand Sneakers	$47.5	$88.8
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$48.6	$522
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$1666	$13608

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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 Yam	$1657
137 km or 85 mi	Kiryat Bialik	$1666
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 Warsaw

Distance	City	Cost of living
17 km or 10 mi	Pruszkow	$1324
19 km or 12 mi	Otwock	$1302
68 km or 42 mi	Skierniewice	$1090
79 km or 49 mi	Ciechanow	$1095
85 km or 53 mi	Siedlce	$882
91 km or 56 mi	Radom	$884
98 km or 61 mi	Plock	$1082
103 km or 64 mi	Ostroleka	$1025
110 km or 68 mi	Pulawy	$1125
114 km or 71 mi	Kutno	$1083
119 km or 74 mi	Lodz	$1170
127 km or 79 mi	Lomza	$964
130 km or 81 mi	Piotrkow Trybunalski	$947
143 km or 89 mi	Wloclawek	$989
144 km or 89 mi	Biala Podlaska	$965
145 km or 90 mi	Ostrowiec Swietokrzyski	$1051
149 km or 92 mi	Belchatow	$1016
152 km or 94 mi	Lublin	$1234
152 km or 94 mi	Kielce	$983
159 km or 99 mi	Swidnik	$1173
175 km or 109 mi	Bialystok	$935
178 km or 110 mi	Olsztyn	$1093
180 km or 112 mi	Brest	$469
186 km or 115 mi	Torun	$866
187 km or 116 mi	Tarnobrzeg	$1098
198 km or 123 mi	Inowroclaw	$1057
199 km or 123 mi	Elk	$1025
206 km or 128 mi	Czestochowa	$950
207 km or 129 mi	Chelm	$1107
208 km or 129 mi	Grudziadz	$1042
208 km or 129 mi	Kalisz	$902
217 km or 135 mi	Mielec	$1131
228 km or 141 mi	Bydgoszcz	$974
236 km or 146 mi	Gniezno	$1105
241 km or 150 mi	Malbork	$1108
243 km or 151 mi	Elblag	$977
243 km or 151 mi	Suwalki	$1016
245 km or 152 mi	Tarnow	$893
246 km or 153 mi	Dabrowa Gornicza	$1020
247 km or 153 mi	Grodno	$385