Damascus vs Yekaterinburg - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: June 21, 2026

	Damascus	Yekaterinburg
🚶 Cost of living one person	$706	$1163
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1602	$2729
🏠 One person rent	$323	$633
🏘️ Family rent	$531	$1107
🍽️ Food expenses	$270	$368
🚐 Transport expenses	$66.7	$53.1
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$45	$1033
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	24 km	17 km
🎓 Higher education	29	48
😀 Quality of life	40	64
🏙️ Population	2.69M	1.47M

The cost of living in Damascus is 39% less expensive than in Yekaterinburg. Cities ranked 7245th and 4849th ($706 vs $1163) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 4th in Syria and Russia, respectively. Check Syria vs Russia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.1 months in Damascus compared to 0.9 months in Yekaterinburg. Damascus ranked 1st best city to live in Syria vs Yekaterinburg ranked 5th in Russia, while ranked 7855th and 5361st among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Damascus vs Yekaterinburg

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	Damascus	Yekaterinburg
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$9.98	$14.4
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$35	$56.9
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$6.8	$6.85
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.89	$2.26
☕ Cappuccino	$2.62	$3.27
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.79	$1.64
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$287	$737
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$168	$486
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$529	$1319
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$309	$877
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$85.3	$84.4
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$131	$128
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$46.4	$12.7
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	14.35%	21.97%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1741	$2871
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$605	$1871
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.12	$0.53
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$12	$20.7
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$9.2	$4.2
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.42	$0.91
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.98	$1.24
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.45	$0.73
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.63	$1.43
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.6	$1.77
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.53	$14.2
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.65	$5.64
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.9	$13.4
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.97	$2.17
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.44	$1.97
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.07	$1.81
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.02	$3.18
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.75	$0.76
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.67	$0.6
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.45	$0.65
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.08	$2.22
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$5.96	$8.24
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.96	$1.32
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.77	$3.5
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.6	$4.32
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$1.14	$3.99
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.65	$0.86
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.78	$1.65
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$21.1	$56.8
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$3.92	$6.22
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$5.04	$20.2
💇 Haircut, simple	$3.64	$5.59
👖 Brand Jeans	$34.5	$91.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$59.9	$141
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$65	$381
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$1772	$7933

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Cities near Damascus

Distance	City	Cost of living
51 km or 32 mi	Zahle	$1093
75 km or 47 mi	Kiryat Shmona	$2164
81 km or 50 mi	Jounieh	$1204
83 km or 52 mi	Sidon	$927
83 km or 52 mi	Beirut	$1441
96 km or 59 mi	Safed	$2195
105 km or 65 mi	Tyre	$700
108 km or 67 mi	Tiberias	$2044
110 km or 68 mi	Ma'alot-Tarshiha	$2153
111 km or 69 mi	Tripoli	$841
114 km or 71 mi	Irbid	$771
115 km or 72 mi	Arraba	$2150
116 km or 72 mi	Karmiel	$2008
117 km or 73 mi	Sakhnin	$2112
125 km or 78 mi	Tamra	$2142
125 km or 78 mi	Nahariya	$2069
126 km or 78 mi	Nof HaGalil	$2172
129 km or 80 mi	Nazareth	$2125
130 km or 81 mi	Acre	$1873
131 km or 81 mi	Shefa-'Amr	$2122
135 km or 84 mi	Migdal HaEmek	$2165
136 km or 84 mi	Kiryat Motzkin	$2113
136 km or 85 mi	Kiryat Ata	$2047
137 km or 85 mi	Kiryat Bialik	$2089
137 km or 85 mi	Kiryat Yam	$2095
137 km or 85 mi	Afula	$2133
141 km or 88 mi	Homs	$390
142 km or 88 mi	Nesher	$2043
143 km or 89 mi	Jerash	$745
145 km or 90 mi	Haifa	$1891
145 km or 90 mi	Yokneam Illit	$2184
154 km or 95 mi	Umm al-Fahm	$2245
163 km or 101 mi	Zikhron Ya'akov	$2230
168 km or 105 mi	Baqa-Jatt	$2214
169 km or 105 mi	Pardes Hanna-Karkur	$2129
173 km or 107 mi	Al-Salt	$538
173 km or 108 mi	Nablus	$1070
174 km or 108 mi	Hadera	$1918
177 km or 110 mi	Amman	$1032
184 km or 114 mi	Tayibe	$2347

Cities near Yekaterinburg

Distance	City	Cost of living
95 km or 59 mi	Municipal Formation of the Kamensk-Uralsky	$954
96 km or 59 mi	Kamensk-Uralsky	$952
126 km or 78 mi	Nizhny Tagil	$952
194 km or 120 mi	Zlatoust	$757
194 km or 121 mi	Chelyabinsk	$786
201 km or 125 mi	Miass	$780
291 km or 181 mi	Perm	$791
302 km or 188 mi	Tyumen	$1024
333 km or 207 mi	Kurgan	$713
371 km or 231 mi	Ufa	$913
396 km or 246 mi	Magnitogorsk	$656
447 km or 277 mi	Kostanay	$702
448 km or 278 mi	Izhevsk	$708
461 km or 287 mi	Sterlitamak	$788
486 km or 302 mi	Salavat	$840
524 km or 326 mi	Naberezhnye Chelny	$868
558 km or 346 mi	Nizhnekamsk	$771
559 km or 348 mi	Almetyevsk	$830
577 km or 358 mi	Petropavl	$575
639 km or 397 mi	Orsk	$615
666 km or 414 mi	Orenburg	$812
678 km or 421 mi	Kirov	$648
685 km or 426 mi	Kokshetau	$763
716 km or 445 mi	Kazan	$981
760 km or 473 mi	Aktobe	$606
771 km or 479 mi	Syktyvkar	$727
773 km or 480 mi	Yoshkar-Ola	$754
780 km or 485 mi	Samara	$845
798 km or 496 mi	Tolyatti	$789
816 km or 507 mi	Ulyanovsk	$705
821 km or 510 mi	Cheboksary	$749
823 km or 511 mi	Omsk	$819
865 km or 537 mi	Oral	$620
872 km or 542 mi	Syzran	$792
882 km or 548 mi	Surgut	$784
949 km or 590 mi	Nur-Sultan	$823
982 km or 610 mi	Balakovo	$748
1011 km or 628 mi	Saransk	$834
1014 km or 630 mi	Nizhny Novgorod	$1051
1023 km or 636 mi	Nizhnevartovsk	$754