Amsterdam vs Damascus - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Amsterdam	Damascus
🚶 Cost of living one person	$3118	$671
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$7329	$1492
🏠 One person rent	$2031	$315
🏘️ Family rent	$3485	$505
🍽️ Food expenses	$654	$250
🚐 Transport expenses	$260	$61.5
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4702	$47.6
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	12 km	24 km
🎓 Higher education	95	28
😀 Quality of life	96	39
🏙️ Population	921K	2.69M

The cost of living in Amsterdam is 365% more expensive than in Damascus. Cities ranked 143rd and 7287th ($3118 vs $671) 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 31st and 7834th 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	$21.3	$7.99
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$103	$28.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$15.4	$5.96
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$7.2	$1.61
☕ Cappuccino	$4.94	$1.95
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.76	$1.38
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$2130	$219
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1705	$160
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$3833	$398
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2970	$295
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$191	$88
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$292	$135
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$51	$54.5
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.81%	13.62%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$10418	$1865
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$7591	$645
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.92	$0.1
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$113	$17
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$33.2	$6.96
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$2.31	$0.43
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.6	$0.98
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.56	$0.5
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.66	$1.66
🥚 Eggs, x12	$5.47	$1.83
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.6	$3.22
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.8	$7.18
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$19.8	$11.5
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.9	$1
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.6	$1.53
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.18	$1.07
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.47	$0.76
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.04	$0.71
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.93	$0.65
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1	$0.46
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$3.85	$1.1
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.23	$5.97
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.82	$1.01
🚬 Cigarette pack	$14.2	$3.02
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.84	$3.03
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.62	$0.86
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.5	$0.48
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.96	$0.59
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$55.9	$16.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$17.3	$2.98
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$44.2	$3.82
💇 Haircut, simple	$37.4	$2.78
👖 Brand Jeans	$103	$44.4
👟 Brand Sneakers	$124	$58
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$2892	$49.6
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$19920	$1711

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Cities near Amsterdam

Distance	City	Cost of living
14 km or 8.8 mi	Purmerend	$2178
18 km or 11 mi	Haarlem	$2589
21 km or 13 mi	IJmuiden	$2252
22 km or 14 mi	Almere	$2230
25 km or 16 mi	Zandvoort	$1846
26 km or 16 mi	Hilversum	$2568
26 km or 16 mi	Huizen	$2256
35 km or 22 mi	Langedijk	$2235
36 km or 22 mi	Utrecht	$2718
38 km or 23 mi	Leiden	$2222
38 km or 24 mi	Oegstgeest	$2134
40 km or 25 mi	Zeist	$2414
42 km or 26 mi	Lelystad	$1514
48 km or 30 mi	Leidschendam	$2392
49 km or 30 mi	Harderwijk	$2111
52 km or 32 mi	The Hague	$2581
53 km or 33 mi	Scheveningen	$2374
55 km or 34 mi	Delft	$2228
57 km or 36 mi	Dronten	$2011
59 km or 36 mi	Rotterdam	$2615
60 km or 37 mi	Veenendaal	$1829
61 km or 38 mi	Ridderkerk	$2329
64 km or 40 mi	Sliedrecht	$2262
64 km or 40 mi	Ede	$1860
65 km or 40 mi	Elburg	$2082
66 km or 41 mi	Tiel	$2706
67 km or 42 mi	Zaltbommel	$2302
70 km or 43 mi	Wageningen	$2318
72 km or 45 mi	Kampen	$2070
75 km or 47 mi	Apeldoorn	$2154
76 km or 47 mi	Texel	$2187
81 km or 50 mi	's-Hertogenbosch	$2263
82 km or 51 mi	Arnhem	$1986
83 km or 51 mi	Zwolle	$1992
83 km or 52 mi	Zwartewaterland	$2058
86 km or 54 mi	Deventer	$2107
89 km or 55 mi	Nijmegen	$2164
89 km or 55 mi	Sneek	$2100
89 km or 55 mi	Breda	$2087
91 km or 57 mi	Tilburg	$2238

Cities near Damascus

Distance	City	Cost of living
51 km or 32 mi	Zahle	$930
75 km or 47 mi	Kiryat Shmona	$1808
81 km or 50 mi	Jounieh	$1028
83 km or 52 mi	Sidon	$822
83 km or 52 mi	Beirut	$1261
96 km or 59 mi	Safed	$1847
105 km or 65 mi	Tyre	$647
108 km or 67 mi	Tiberias	$1808
110 km or 68 mi	Ma'alot-Tarshiha	$1803
111 km or 69 mi	Tripoli	$787
114 km or 71 mi	Irbid	$753
115 km or 72 mi	Arraba	$1789
116 km or 72 mi	Karmiel	$1630
117 km or 73 mi	Sakhnin	$1745
125 km or 78 mi	Tamra	$1798
125 km or 78 mi	Nahariya	$1775
126 km or 78 mi	Nof HaGalil	$1862
129 km or 80 mi	Nazareth	$1850
130 km or 81 mi	Acre	$1633
131 km or 81 mi	Shefa-'Amr	$1828
135 km or 84 mi	Migdal HaEmek	$1917
136 km or 84 mi	Kiryat Motzkin	$1842
136 km or 85 mi	Kiryat Ata	$1769
137 km or 85 mi	Kiryat Yam	$1819
137 km or 85 mi	Kiryat Bialik	$1804
137 km or 85 mi	Afula	$1817
141 km or 88 mi	Homs	$402
142 km or 88 mi	Nesher	$1757
143 km or 89 mi	Jerash	$748
145 km or 90 mi	Haifa	$1840
145 km or 90 mi	Yokneam Illit	$1932
154 km or 95 mi	Umm al-Fahm	$1954
163 km or 101 mi	Zikhron Ya'akov	$1978
168 km or 105 mi	Baqa-Jatt	$2001
169 km or 105 mi	Pardes Hanna-Karkur	$1991
173 km or 107 mi	Al-Salt	$548
173 km or 108 mi	Nablus	$915
174 km or 108 mi	Hadera	$1786
177 km or 110 mi	Amman	$1009
184 km or 114 mi	Tayibe	$2108