Bangalore vs Damascus - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	Bangalore	Damascus
🚶 Cost of living one person	$523	$675
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1259	$1514
🏠 One person rent	$223	$310
🏘️ Family rent	$387	$498
🍽️ Food expenses	$186	$255
🚐 Transport expenses	$71.9	$62.5
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$266	$48.3
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	8 km	24 km
🎓 Higher education	76	29
😀 Quality of life	63	40
🏙️ Population	12.3M	2.69M

The cost of living in Bangalore is 23% less expensive than in Damascus. Cities ranked 8579th and 7406th ($523 vs $675) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 5th and 1st in India and Syria, respectively. Check India vs Syria comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.5 months in Bangalore compared to 0.1 months in Damascus. Bangalore ranked 10th best city to live in India vs Damascus ranked 1st in Syria, while ranked 5518th and 7899th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Bangalore vs Damascus

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	Bangalore	Damascus
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$3.08	$9.24
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$18.3	$30.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.17	$5.96
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.79	$1.75
☕ Cappuccino	$2.25	$2.26
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.48	$1.57
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$273	$251
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$173	$145
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$495	$459
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$309	$268
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$20.9	$89
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$32.5	$137
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$8.4	$54.5
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	8.67%	14.16%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1903	$1767
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$960	$627
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.55	$0.1
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$18.1	$14.3
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$3.23	$8
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.14	$0.37
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.61	$0.86
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.55	$0.49
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.69	$1.61
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.12	$1.75
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7	$3.05
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.21	$6.08
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.05	$13.2
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.53	$0.99
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.72	$1.53
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.31	$1.1
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.4	$0.88
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.43	$0.77
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.38	$0.69
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.22	$0.46
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.88	$0.93
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$10.6	$6.88
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.01	$0.97
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.94	$2.69
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$1.38	$3.14
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.01	$0.99
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.39	$0.56
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.47	$0.68
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$17.7	$18.5
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.1	$3.42
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$11	$4.39
💇 Haircut, simple	$1.58	$3.18
👖 Brand Jeans	$27.4	$40.8
👟 Brand Sneakers	$49.3	$62.9
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$127	$56.8
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$4350	$1770

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Cities near Bangalore

Distance	City	Cost of living
68 km or 42 mi	Tumkur	$332
96 km or 60 mi	Hindupur	$347
117 km or 73 mi	Madanapalle	$334
126 km or 78 mi	Mysore	$349
159 km or 99 mi	Salem	$297
166 km or 103 mi	Vellore	$236
166 km or 103 mi	Chittoor	$300
182 km or 113 mi	Erode	$285
191 km or 118 mi	Anantapur	$346
198 km or 123 mi	Tiruppur	$344
211 km or 131 mi	Tirupati	$322
212 km or 132 mi	Kadapa	$367
221 km or 137 mi	Proddatur	$359
230 km or 143 mi	Coimbatore	$331
244 km or 151 mi	Shimoga	$335
246 km or 153 mi	Davanagere	$282
266 km or 166 mi	Tiruchirappalli	$303
269 km or 167 mi	Pondicherry	$327
270 km or 168 mi	Cuddalore	$306
271 km or 168 mi	Malappuram	$271
273 km or 169 mi	Kannur	$320
276 km or 172 mi	Kozhikode	$316
286 km or 178 mi	Hospet	$262
290 km or 180 mi	Chennai	$430
294 km or 183 mi	Dindigul	$299
295 km or 183 mi	Thanjavur	$285
295 km or 183 mi	Mangalore	$389
295 km or 183 mi	Nandyal	$341
298 km or 185 mi	Adoni	$376
303 km or 188 mi	Nellore	$533
311 km or 194 mi	Udupi	$273
312 km or 194 mi	Thrissur	$349
321 km or 199 mi	Kurnool	$338
344 km or 214 mi	Madurai	$348
362 km or 225 mi	Ernakulam	$350
363 km or 226 mi	Kochi	$387
386 km or 240 mi	Ongole	$334
390 km or 242 mi	Hubli	$349
394 km or 245 mi	Kottayam	$299
421 km or 261 mi	Mahbubnagar	$343

Cities near Damascus

Distance	City	Cost of living
51 km or 32 mi	Zahle	$1005
75 km or 47 mi	Kiryat Shmona	$1925
81 km or 50 mi	Jounieh	$1106
83 km or 52 mi	Sidon	$865
83 km or 52 mi	Beirut	$1353
96 km or 59 mi	Safed	$1973
105 km or 65 mi	Tyre	$676
108 km or 67 mi	Tiberias	$1870
110 km or 68 mi	Ma'alot-Tarshiha	$1929
111 km or 69 mi	Tripoli	$842
114 km or 71 mi	Irbid	$753
115 km or 72 mi	Arraba	$1917
116 km or 72 mi	Karmiel	$1770
117 km or 73 mi	Sakhnin	$1873
125 km or 78 mi	Tamra	$1934
125 km or 78 mi	Nahariya	$1894
126 km or 78 mi	Nof HaGalil	$2000
129 km or 80 mi	Nazareth	$1981
130 km or 81 mi	Acre	$1766
131 km or 81 mi	Shefa-'Amr	$1960
135 km or 84 mi	Migdal HaEmek	$2027
136 km or 84 mi	Kiryat Motzkin	$1936
136 km or 85 mi	Kiryat Ata	$1911
137 km or 85 mi	Kiryat Yam	$1949
137 km or 85 mi	Kiryat Bialik	$1940
137 km or 85 mi	Afula	$1909
141 km or 88 mi	Homs	$385
142 km or 88 mi	Nesher	$1856
143 km or 89 mi	Jerash	$740
145 km or 90 mi	Haifa	$1930
145 km or 90 mi	Yokneam Illit	$2071
154 km or 95 mi	Umm al-Fahm	$2061
163 km or 101 mi	Zikhron Ya'akov	$2103
168 km or 105 mi	Baqa-Jatt	$2098
169 km or 105 mi	Pardes Hanna-Karkur	$2101
173 km or 107 mi	Al-Salt	$546
173 km or 108 mi	Nablus	$978
174 km or 108 mi	Hadera	$1887
177 km or 110 mi	Amman	$1013
184 km or 114 mi	Tayibe	$2207