Damascus vs Warsaw - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 01, 2024

	Damascus	Warsaw
🚶 Cost of living one person	$583	$1464
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1433	$3391
🏠 One person rent	$225	$919
🏘️ Family rent	$409	$1636
🍽️ Food expenses	$203	$336
🚐 Transport expenses	$117	$97.3
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$56.5	$1771
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	24 km	7 km
🎓 Higher education	25	93
😀 Quality of life	36	83
🏙️ Population	2.5M	1.86M

The cost of living in Damascus is 60% less expensive than in Warsaw. Cities ranked 7822nd and 3564th ($583 vs $1464) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 1st 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 7665th and 342nd 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	$4.03	$9.04
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$24	$43.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.52	$7.72
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.51	$3.8
☕ Cappuccino	$1.29	$3.52
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.95	$1.74
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$270	$923
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$126	$699
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$474	$1731
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$293	$1282
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$19.9	$161
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$30.2	$250
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$49.7	$14.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	11.93%	7.56%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1756	$5380
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1228	$3613
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.08	$1.1
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$17	$27.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$11.4	$8.42
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$2.66	$1.68
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.01	$1.01
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.1	$1.1
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.55	$1.48
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.6	$3.35
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.88	$8.96
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.76	$6.45
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.17	$11.8
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.04	$0.94
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.8	$1.55
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.7	$1.78
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.82	$3.03
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.55	$0.83
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.41	$1.22
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.33	$0.46
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.14	$2.2
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$5.47	$7.98
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.01	$1.1
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.03	$4.78
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.25	$5.32
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$0.87	$3.32
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.48	$2.2
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.59	$3
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$12.3	$36.7
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$3.01	$8.1
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$3.85	$40.6
💇 Haircut, simple	$2.79	$15.7
👖 Brand Jeans	$30.6	$86.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$50.3	$90.5
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$94.1	$511
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$1634	$11854

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Cities near Damascus

Distance	City	Cost of living
51 km or 32 mi	Zahle	$882
75 km or 47 mi	Kiryat Shmona	$1673
81 km or 50 mi	Jounieh	$982
83 km or 52 mi	Sidon	$770
83 km or 52 mi	Beirut	$1195
96 km or 59 mi	Safed	$1622
105 km or 65 mi	Tyre	$633
108 km or 67 mi	Tiberias	$1427
110 km or 68 mi	Ma'alot-Tarshiha	$1633
111 km or 69 mi	Tripoli	$665
114 km or 71 mi	Irbid	$625
115 km or 72 mi	Arraba	$1635
116 km or 72 mi	Karmiel	$1617
117 km or 73 mi	Sakhnin	$1645
125 km or 78 mi	Tamra	$1622
125 km or 78 mi	Nahariya	$1570
126 km or 78 mi	Nof HaGalil	$1660
129 km or 80 mi	Nazareth	$1689
130 km or 81 mi	Acre	$1447
131 km or 81 mi	Shefa-'Amr	$1619
135 km or 84 mi	Migdal HaEmek	$1674
136 km or 84 mi	Kiryat Motzkin	$1610
136 km or 85 mi	Kiryat Ata	$1594
137 km or 85 mi	Kiryat Yam	$1601
137 km or 85 mi	Kiryat Bialik	$1594
137 km or 85 mi	Afula	$1660
141 km or 88 mi	Homs	$528
142 km or 88 mi	Nesher	$1467
143 km or 89 mi	Jerash	$602
145 km or 90 mi	Haifa	$1567
145 km or 90 mi	Yokneam Illit	$1744
154 km or 95 mi	Umm al-Fahm	$1728
163 km or 101 mi	Zikhron Ya'akov	$1718
168 km or 105 mi	Baqa-Jatt	$1746
169 km or 105 mi	Pardes Hanna-Karkur	$1725
173 km or 107 mi	Al-Salt	$679
173 km or 108 mi	Nablus	$849
174 km or 108 mi	Hadera	$1593
177 km or 110 mi	Amman	$981
184 km or 114 mi	Tayibe	$1850

Cities near Warsaw

Distance	City	Cost of living
17 km or 10 mi	Pruszkow	$1238
19 km or 12 mi	Otwock	$1218
68 km or 42 mi	Skierniewice	$1029
79 km or 49 mi	Ciechanow	$1040
85 km or 53 mi	Siedlce	$842
91 km or 56 mi	Radom	$907
98 km or 61 mi	Plock	$1090
103 km or 64 mi	Ostroleka	$1029
110 km or 68 mi	Pulawy	$987
114 km or 71 mi	Kutno	$994
119 km or 74 mi	Lodz	$1161
127 km or 79 mi	Lomza	$1027
130 km or 81 mi	Piotrkow Trybunalski	$816
143 km or 89 mi	Wloclawek	$708
144 km or 89 mi	Biala Podlaska	$969
145 km or 90 mi	Ostrowiec Swietokrzyski	$973
149 km or 92 mi	Belchatow	$936
152 km or 94 mi	Lublin	$1016
152 km or 94 mi	Kielce	$863
159 km or 99 mi	Swidnik	$999
175 km or 109 mi	Bialystok	$949
178 km or 110 mi	Olsztyn	$1006
180 km or 112 mi	Brest	$415
186 km or 115 mi	Torun	$1024
187 km or 116 mi	Tarnobrzeg	$1002
198 km or 123 mi	Inowroclaw	$1008
199 km or 123 mi	Elk	$1013
206 km or 128 mi	Czestochowa	$943
207 km or 129 mi	Chelm	$980
208 km or 129 mi	Grudziadz	$1042
208 km or 129 mi	Kalisz	$849
217 km or 135 mi	Mielec	$1043
228 km or 141 mi	Bydgoszcz	$1118
236 km or 146 mi	Gniezno	$1037
241 km or 150 mi	Malbork	$995
243 km or 151 mi	Elblag	$791
243 km or 151 mi	Suwalki	$1028
245 km or 152 mi	Tarnow	$940
246 km or 153 mi	Dabrowa Gornicza	$1011
247 km or 153 mi	Grodno	$385