Amsterdam vs Damascus - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Amsterdam	Damascus
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2791	$638
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$6603	$1494
🏠 One person rent	$1828	$291
🏘️ Family rent	$3238	$523
🍽️ Food expenses	$586	$232
🚐 Transport expenses	$226	$80.7
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4145	$55.7
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	12 km	24 km
🎓 Higher education	95	25
😀 Quality of life	95	34
🏙️ Population	921K	2.69M

The cost of living in Amsterdam is 337% more expensive than in Damascus. Cities ranked 331st and 7300th ($2791 vs $638) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 1st in the Netherlands and Syria, respectively. Check the Netherlands vs Syria comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.5 months in Amsterdam compared to 0.1 months in Damascus. Amsterdam ranked 1st best city to live in the Netherlands vs Damascus ranked 1st in Syria, while ranked 29th and 7688th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Amsterdam vs Damascus

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	Amsterdam	Damascus
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$21	$5.01
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$93.8	$34.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$13.9	$4.96
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$6.3	$1.5
☕ Cappuccino	$4.22	$1.26
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.13	$1.25
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1920	$262
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1536	$154
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$3785	$590
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2716	$330
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$172	$48.5
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$264	$74.5
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$43.6	$67.2
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4.17%	13.68%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$9911	$1862
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$7140	$879
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.59	$0.1
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$93.9	$16.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$29.2	$10.9
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$2.11	$0.43
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.31	$1.07
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.08	$0.63
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.64	$1.76
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.65	$1.76
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.3	$3.37
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.1	$6.69
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.7	$10.1
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.17	$0.99
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.2	$2.12
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.9	$1
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.93	$0.86
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.89	$0.59
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.93	$0.62
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.65	$0.4
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$3.1	$1.13
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$6.64	$5.52
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.5	$1.02
🚬 Cigarette pack	$13	$3.03
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$4.93	$3.24
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.67	$0.87
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.02	$0.48
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.25	$0.59
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$59.3	$13.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$15.7	$3.03
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$38.9	$3.81
💇 Haircut, simple	$30.2	$2.82
👖 Brand Jeans	$88.7	$21.8
👟 Brand Sneakers	$105	$47.5
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$2405	$48.6
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$18104	$1666

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Cost of Living in the nearest cities

Cities near Amsterdam

Distance	City	Cost of living
14 km or 8.8 mi	Purmerend	$1944
18 km or 11 mi	Haarlem	$2291
21 km or 13 mi	IJmuiden	$2085
22 km or 14 mi	Almere	$1937
25 km or 16 mi	Zandvoort	$2090
26 km or 16 mi	Hilversum	$2049
26 km or 16 mi	Huizen	$1957
35 km or 22 mi	Langedijk	$1995
36 km or 22 mi	Utrecht	$2251
38 km or 23 mi	Leiden	$2081
38 km or 24 mi	Oegstgeest	$1934
40 km or 25 mi	Zeist	$2180
42 km or 26 mi	Lelystad	$1357
48 km or 30 mi	Leidschendam	$2042
49 km or 30 mi	Harderwijk	$1844
52 km or 32 mi	The Hague	$2199
53 km or 33 mi	Scheveningen	$2049
55 km or 34 mi	Delft	$1861
57 km or 36 mi	Dronten	$1760
59 km or 36 mi	Rotterdam	$2359
60 km or 37 mi	Veenendaal	$1631
61 km or 38 mi	Ridderkerk	$2062
64 km or 40 mi	Sliedrecht	$1969
64 km or 40 mi	Ede	$1651
65 km or 40 mi	Elburg	$1829
66 km or 41 mi	Tiel	$2432
67 km or 42 mi	Zaltbommel	$2026
70 km or 43 mi	Wageningen	$2105
72 km or 45 mi	Kampen	$1823
75 km or 47 mi	Apeldoorn	$1893
76 km or 47 mi	Texel	$1941
81 km or 50 mi	's-Hertogenbosch	$1975
82 km or 51 mi	Arnhem	$1613
83 km or 51 mi	Zwolle	$1764
83 km or 52 mi	Zwartewaterland	$1813
86 km or 54 mi	Deventer	$1851
89 km or 55 mi	Nijmegen	$1999
89 km or 55 mi	Sneek	$1890
89 km or 55 mi	Breda	$1739
91 km or 57 mi	Tilburg	$1862

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