Antwerp vs Damascus - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Antwerp	Damascus
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1818	$671
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4384	$1492
🏠 One person rent	$909	$315
🏘️ Family rent	$1498	$505
🍽️ Food expenses	$627	$250
🚐 Transport expenses	$143	$61.5
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$2918	$47.6
😷 Air quality	Good	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	24 km
🎓 Higher education	87	28
😀 Quality of life	91	39
🏙️ Population	529K	2.69M

The cost of living in Antwerp is 171% more expensive than in Damascus. Cities ranked 2669th and 7287th ($1818 vs $671) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 20th and 1st in Belgium and Syria, respectively. Check Belgium vs Syria comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.6 months in Antwerp compared to 0.1 months in Damascus. Antwerp ranked 2nd best city to live in Belgium vs Damascus ranked 1st in Syria, while ranked 196th and 7834th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Antwerp vs Damascus

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	Antwerp	Damascus
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$20.4	$7.99
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$107	$28.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$12.2	$5.96
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.6	$1.61
☕ Cappuccino	$4.14	$1.95
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.47	$1.38
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$866	$219
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$702	$160
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1473	$398
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1205	$295
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$122	$88
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$187	$135
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$52.1	$54.5
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	2.94%	13.62%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4402	$1865
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3153	$645
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.25	$0.1
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$48.2	$17
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$26.9	$6.96
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.88	$0.43
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.41	$0.98
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.46	$0.5
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.11	$1.66
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.76	$1.83
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$17.8	$3.22
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.8	$7.18
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$21.9	$11.5
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.88	$1
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.3	$1.53
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.22	$1.07
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.07	$0.76
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.74	$0.71
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.23	$0.65
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.66	$0.46
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$3.07	$1.1
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$9.18	$5.97
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.84	$1.01
🚬 Cigarette pack	$11.9	$3.02
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$13.9	$3.03
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.74	$0.86
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.06	$0.48
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.65	$0.59
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$39	$16.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$15.2	$2.98
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$31.8	$3.82
💇 Haircut, simple	$19.9	$2.78
👖 Brand Jeans	$110	$44.4
👟 Brand Sneakers	$109	$58
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$646	$49.6
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$21567	$1711

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Cities near Antwerp

Distance	City	Cost of living
6.2 km or 3.9 mi	Mortsel	$1696
11 km or 6.6 mi	Beveren	$1804
15 km or 9.3 mi	Lier	$1737
19 km or 12 mi	Sint-Niklaas	$1671
23 km or 14 mi	Mechelen	$1835
26 km or 16 mi	Zemst	$1791
28 km or 17 mi	Heist-op-den-Berg	$1830
30 km or 19 mi	Herentals	$1512
31 km or 19 mi	Dendermonde	$1571
32 km or 20 mi	Lokeren	$1745
32 km or 20 mi	Bergen op Zoom	$2224
32 km or 20 mi	Hoogstraten	$1701
32 km or 20 mi	Vilvoorde	$1732
35 km or 22 mi	Roosendaal	$2175
39 km or 24 mi	Schaerbeek	$1854
39 km or 24 mi	Turnhout	$1639
39 km or 24 mi	Herent	$1823
40 km or 25 mi	Aarschot	$1794
41 km or 25 mi	Aalst	$1846
41 km or 25 mi	Woluwe-Saint-Lambert	$1758
41 km or 26 mi	Brussels	$2028
42 km or 26 mi	Geel	$1729
42 km or 26 mi	Etten-Leur	$2057
43 km or 27 mi	Anderlecht	$1889
43 km or 27 mi	Leuven	$1867
44 km or 27 mi	Dilbeek	$1858
45 km or 28 mi	Saint-Gilles	$1876
45 km or 28 mi	Forest	$1931
45 km or 28 mi	Tervuren	$1845
46 km or 29 mi	Scherpenheuvel-Zichem	$1742
46 km or 29 mi	Watermael-Boitsfort	$1847
48 km or 30 mi	Goes	$2374
49 km or 30 mi	Breda	$2087
49 km or 31 mi	Overijse	$1816
49 km or 31 mi	Sint-Pieters-Leeuw	$1870
50 km or 31 mi	Ninove	$1768
51 km or 32 mi	Ghent	$1811
52 km or 33 mi	Diest	$1726
55 km or 34 mi	Halle	$1835
56 km or 35 mi	Waterloo	$2025

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