Damascus vs Warsaw - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Damascus	Warsaw
🚶 Cost of living one person	$672	$1780
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1612	$4145
🏠 One person rent	$271	$1071
🏘️ Family rent	$473	$1872
🍽️ Food expenses	$237	$440
🚐 Transport expenses	$110	$108
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$56.1	$1966
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	24 km	7 km
🎓 Higher education	25	93
😀 Quality of life	32	83
🏙️ Population	2.58M	1.86M

The cost of living in Damascus is 62% less expensive than in Warsaw. Cities ranked 7105th and 2592nd ($672 vs $1780) 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 1.1 months in Warsaw. Damascus ranked 1st best city to live in Syria vs Warsaw ranked 1st in Poland, while ranked 7854th and 387th 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	$5.04	$10.3
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$32.8	$54.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5	$9.78
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.26	$4.93
☕ Cappuccino	$1.27	$4.19
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.04	$1.99
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$248	$1055
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$140	$822
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$531	$2024
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$294	$1452
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$42.9	$183
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$66	$286
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$66.2	$18.9
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	13.49%	7.35%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1873	$6035
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$880	$4031
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.1	$1.06
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$17.1	$35.6
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$10.9	$8.63
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$2.24	$1.79
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.07	$1.32
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.63	$1.52
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.76	$1.89
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.9	$3.87
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.38	$12.9
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.61	$9.21
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.99	$11.5
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.01	$1.28
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.28	$1.72
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.02	$1.92
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.86	$4.14
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.59	$1.16
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.6	$1.1
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.41	$0.46
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.16	$3.13
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$5.5	$11.1
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.01	$1.34
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.98	$5.34
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$1.95	$12.6
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.48	$4.53
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.47	$4.52
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.05	$3.94
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$13.4	$43.3
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$3.03	$9.29
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$19.9	$90.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$14.4	$29.4
👖 Brand Jeans	$21.8	$100
👟 Brand Sneakers	$47.8	$98.5
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$48.8	$529
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$1645	$13474

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Cities near Damascus

Distance	City	Cost of living
51 km or 32 mi	Zahle	$857
75 km or 47 mi	Kiryat Shmona	$1604
81 km or 50 mi	Jounieh	$948
83 km or 52 mi	Sidon	$767
83 km or 52 mi	Beirut	$1165
96 km or 59 mi	Safed	$1635
105 km or 65 mi	Tyre	$545
108 km or 67 mi	Tiberias	$1544
110 km or 68 mi	Ma'alot-Tarshiha	$1619
111 km or 69 mi	Tripoli	$708
114 km or 71 mi	Irbid	$630
115 km or 72 mi	Arraba	$1624
116 km or 72 mi	Karmiel	$1579
117 km or 73 mi	Sakhnin	$1612
125 km or 78 mi	Tamra	$1617
125 km or 78 mi	Nahariya	$1565
126 km or 78 mi	Nof HaGalil	$1659
129 km or 80 mi	Nazareth	$1674
130 km or 81 mi	Acre	$1451
131 km or 81 mi	Shefa-'Amr	$1617
135 km or 84 mi	Migdal HaEmek	$1664
136 km or 84 mi	Kiryat Motzkin	$1585
136 km or 85 mi	Kiryat Ata	$1591
137 km or 85 mi	Kiryat Yam	$1604
137 km or 85 mi	Kiryat Bialik	$1607
137 km or 85 mi	Afula	$1614
141 km or 88 mi	Homs	$462
142 km or 88 mi	Nesher	$1532
143 km or 89 mi	Jerash	$598
145 km or 90 mi	Haifa	$1582
145 km or 90 mi	Yokneam Illit	$1706
154 km or 95 mi	Umm al-Fahm	$1708
163 km or 101 mi	Zikhron Ya'akov	$1749
168 km or 105 mi	Baqa-Jatt	$1758
169 km or 105 mi	Pardes Hanna-Karkur	$1787
173 km or 107 mi	Al-Salt	$692
173 km or 108 mi	Nablus	$730
174 km or 108 mi	Hadera	$1556
177 km or 110 mi	Amman	$1004
184 km or 114 mi	Tayibe	$1838

Cities near Warsaw

Distance	City	Cost of living
17 km or 10 mi	Pruszkow	$1443
19 km or 12 mi	Otwock	$1406
68 km or 42 mi	Skierniewice	$1128
79 km or 49 mi	Ciechanow	$1136
85 km or 53 mi	Siedlce	$931
91 km or 56 mi	Radom	$932
98 km or 61 mi	Plock	$1103
103 km or 64 mi	Ostroleka	$1042
110 km or 68 mi	Pulawy	$1185
114 km or 71 mi	Kutno	$1104
119 km or 74 mi	Lodz	$1224
127 km or 79 mi	Lomza	$916
130 km or 81 mi	Piotrkow Trybunalski	$889
143 km or 89 mi	Wloclawek	$1005
144 km or 89 mi	Biala Podlaska	$1113
145 km or 90 mi	Ostrowiec Swietokrzyski	$1085
149 km or 92 mi	Belchatow	$1022
152 km or 94 mi	Lublin	$1257
152 km or 94 mi	Kielce	$1021
159 km or 99 mi	Swidnik	$1200
175 km or 109 mi	Bialystok	$1002
178 km or 110 mi	Olsztyn	$1134
180 km or 112 mi	Brest	$527
186 km or 115 mi	Torun	$957
187 km or 116 mi	Tarnobrzeg	$1160
198 km or 123 mi	Inowroclaw	$1099
199 km or 123 mi	Elk	$1057
206 km or 128 mi	Czestochowa	$1053
207 km or 129 mi	Chelm	$1118
208 km or 129 mi	Grudziadz	$1047
208 km or 129 mi	Kalisz	$935
217 km or 135 mi	Mielec	$1101
228 km or 141 mi	Bydgoszcz	$1068
236 km or 146 mi	Gniezno	$1118
241 km or 150 mi	Malbork	$1096
243 km or 151 mi	Elblag	$977
243 km or 151 mi	Suwalki	$1061
245 km or 152 mi	Tarnow	$839
246 km or 153 mi	Dabrowa Gornicza	$1054
247 km or 153 mi	Grodno	$390