Damascus vs Zagreb - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Damascus	Zagreb
🚶 Cost of living one person	$638	$1253
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1494	$2899
🏠 One person rent	$291	$663
🏘️ Family rent	$523	$1071
🍽️ Food expenses	$232	$383
🚐 Transport expenses	$80.7	$103
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$55.7	$1581
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	24 km	11 km
🎓 Higher education	25	38
😀 Quality of life	34	76
🏙️ Population	2.69M	767K

The cost of living in Damascus is 49% less expensive than in Zagreb. Cities ranked 7300th and 4331st ($638 vs $1253) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 4th in Syria and Croatia, respectively. Check Syria vs Croatia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.1 months in Damascus compared to 1.3 months in Zagreb. Damascus ranked 1st best city to live in Syria vs Zagreb ranked 1st in Croatia, while ranked 7688th and 843rd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Damascus vs Zagreb

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	Damascus	Zagreb
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$5.01	$9.73
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$34.8	$50.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.96	$8.52
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.5	$2.94
☕ Cappuccino	$1.26	$2.12
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.25	$2.88
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$262	$624
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$154	$503
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$590	$1087
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$330	$826
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$48.5	$108
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$74.5	$165
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$67.2	$27.9
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	13.68%	4.02%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1862	$4361
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$879	$2995
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.1	$0.56
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$16.9	$51.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$10.9	$12.5
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.43	$1.62
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.07	$1.18
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.63	$1.46
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.76	$2.1
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.76	$3.88
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.37	$9.52
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.69	$9.43
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.1	$11.2
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.99	$1.51
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.12	$1.55
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1	$1.78
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.86	$2.5
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.59	$1.18
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.62	$1.22
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.4	$0.74
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.13	$2.25
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$5.52	$7.06
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.02	$1.51
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.03	$5.38
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.24	$6.68
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$0.87	$3.57
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.48	$1.9
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.59	$2.16
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$13.2	$40.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$3.03	$7.3
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$3.81	$43
💇 Haircut, simple	$2.82	$7.95
👖 Brand Jeans	$21.8	$86.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$47.5	$87.8
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$48.6	$394
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$1666	$10861

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

Distance	City	Cost of living
14 km or 8.9 mi	Velika Gorica	$1101
46 km or 29 mi	Karlovac	$912
61 km or 38 mi	Novo Mesto	$1080
70 km or 43 mi	Bjelovar	$1008
71 km or 44 mi	Celje	$1116
87 km or 54 mi	Maribor	$1082
90 km or 56 mi	Velenje	$1157
97 km or 60 mi	Murska Sobota	$842
109 km or 68 mi	Nagykanizsa	$711
110 km or 68 mi	Bihac	$556
110 km or 68 mi	Prijedor	$659
114 km or 71 mi	Ljubljana	$1468
128 km or 79 mi	Sanski Most	$558
129 km or 80 mi	Rijeka	$1152
132 km or 82 mi	Kranj	$1261
135 km or 84 mi	Zalaegerszeg	$750
144 km or 89 mi	Wolfsberg	$1303
146 km or 91 mi	Graz	$1594
150 km or 93 mi	Banja Luka	$803
155 km or 96 mi	Kaposvar	$750
156 km or 97 mi	Klagenfurt	$1653
168 km or 104 mi	Trieste	$1421
168 km or 104 mi	Szombathely	$701
176 km or 109 mi	Slavonski Brod	$847
179 km or 111 mi	Nova Gorica	$985
179 km or 111 mi	Pecs	$848
180 km or 112 mi	Izola	$1263
181 km or 113 mi	Gorizia	$1223
186 km or 116 mi	Villach	$1582
188 km or 117 mi	Piran	$1247
188 km or 117 mi	Leoben	$1263
189 km or 118 mi	Kapfenberg	$1323
195 km or 121 mi	Pula	$941
196 km or 122 mi	Zadar	$1122
208 km or 129 mi	Doboj	$603
209 km or 130 mi	Veszprem	$786
212 km or 132 mi	Udine	$1307
213 km or 132 mi	Osijek	$958
215 km or 134 mi	Sopron	$919
221 km or 137 mi	Szekszard	$747