Damascus vs Washington - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Damascus	Washington
🚶 Cost of living one person	$671	$3328
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1492	$7867
🏠 One person rent	$315	$2171
🏘️ Family rent	$505	$3805
🍽️ Food expenses	$250	$759
🚐 Transport expenses	$61.5	$156
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$47.6	$6208
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	24 km	5 km
🎓 Higher education	28	100
😀 Quality of life	39	96
🏙️ Population	2.69M	690K

The cost of living in Damascus is 80% less expensive than in Washington. Cities ranked 7287th and 73rd ($671 vs $3328) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 58th in Syria and the United States, respectively. Check Syria vs the United States comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.1 months in Damascus compared to 1.9 months in Washington. Damascus ranked 1st best city to live in Syria vs Washington ranked 4th in the United States, while ranked 7834th and 26th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Damascus vs Washington

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	Damascus	Washington
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$7.99	$21.4
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$28.8	$100
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.96	$12
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.61	$8.68
☕ Cappuccino	$1.95	$6.08
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.38	$3.25
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$219	$2374
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$160	$1874
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$398	$4381
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$295	$3331
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$88	$127
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$135	$193
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$54.5	$70.7
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	13.62%	6.47%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1865	$6387
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$645	$4905
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.1	$2.75
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$17	$98.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$6.96	$18.5
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.43	$0.9
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.98	$1.09
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.5	$3.84
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.66	$5.04
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.83	$4.6
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.22	$18.1
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.18	$16.1
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.5	$19.8
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1	$5.55
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.53	$2.03
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.07	$4.89
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.76	$6.42
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.71	$2.83
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.65	$3.61
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.46	$1.7
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.1	$3.58
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$5.97	$16.1
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.01	$4.27
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.02	$13.1
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.03	$9.19
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$0.86	$4.82
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.48	$4.34
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.59	$2.56
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$16.2	$108
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$2.98	$16.5
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$3.82	$196
💇 Haircut, simple	$2.78	$35
👖 Brand Jeans	$44.4	$72.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$58	$111
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$49.6	$2676
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$1711	$24065

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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 Washington

Distance	City	Cost of living
2.5 km or 1.5 mi	Georgetown	$3054
9.5 km or 5.9 mi	Bailey's Crossroads	$2576
10 km or 6.3 mi	Alexandria	$2919
11 km or 6.8 mi	Bethesda	$2710
12 km or 7.5 mi	Silver Spring	$2287
15 km or 9.2 mi	College Park	$2563
17 km or 11 mi	Springfield	$2355
17 km or 11 mi	Greenbelt	$2482
23 km or 14 mi	Rockville	$2612
24 km or 15 mi	Fairfax	$2791
26 km or 16 mi	Bowie	$2495
27 km or 17 mi	Laurel	$2338
28 km or 17 mi	Reston	$2697
30 km or 19 mi	Waldorf	$2509
31 km or 19 mi	Gaithersburg	$2522
32 km or 20 mi	Herndon	$2773
34 km or 21 mi	Woodbridge	$2582
34 km or 21 mi	Marumsco	$2506
36 km or 22 mi	Centreville	$3275
37 km or 23 mi	Germantown	$2601
38 km or 23 mi	Columbia	$2788
41 km or 26 mi	Manassas	$2693
42 km or 26 mi	Ashburn	$2755
47 km or 29 mi	Annapolis	$2940
49 km or 31 mi	Catonsville	$2450
51 km or 32 mi	Leesburg	$2288
57 km or 35 mi	Eldersburg	$2494
57 km or 35 mi	Baltimore	$2323
61 km or 38 mi	Owings Mills	$2581
68 km or 42 mi	Frederick	$2339
76 km or 47 mi	Fredericksburg	$2347
83 km or 52 mi	Charles Town	$1845
87 km or 54 mi	Edgewood	$3069
92 km or 57 mi	Bel Air South	$2824
93 km or 58 mi	Bel Air North	$2699
102 km or 63 mi	Hanover	$2255
102 km or 63 mi	Hagerstown	$2066
103 km or 64 mi	Winchester	$2400
106 km or 66 mi	Waynesboro	$1935
122 km or 76 mi	York	$1949