Syria
Latakia
#2 Top 5 cities
Latakia is Syria's principal port and can host specialist or humanitarian activity, but coastal violence, outages and weak services make normal expat life impractical.
Country overview
Population
709Â 000
Year-round temperatures
Day: 16°C až 31°C
Night: 8°C až 24°C
Climate
Mediterranean coastal climate with hot, humid summers and mild, wetter winters.
Distance to the sea
0 km
Social atmosphere
4/10
Costs
Housing cost
7/10
Food cost
6/10
Business friendliness
3/10
Safety
1/10
Security is extremely fragile, with recent violence in the coastal region, terrorism risk, unexploded ordnance and limited emergency support.
Natural disaster resilience
5/10
The coast is exposed to earthquakes, winter storms, flooding, landslides and summer heat; the 2023 regional earthquake demonstrated the risk.
Other scores
Other scores
Internet availability
3/10
Internet speed
2/10
Internet stability
2/10
Electricity stability
2/10
Community types
Largest nationality groups
- 🇷🇺Russians
- 🇱🇧Lebanese
Pros / Cons
Pros
- +Beaches and sea
- +Lower living costs
Cons
- −Severe security risk
- −Infrastructure instability
- −Smaller expat scene
- −Fewer work opportunities