Berlin vs Damascus - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Berlin	Damascus
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2222	$671
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4975	$1492
🏠 One person rent	$1217	$315
🏘️ Family rent	$2066	$505
🍽️ Food expenses	$555	$250
🚐 Transport expenses	$304	$61.5
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3412	$47.6
😷 Air quality	Good	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	19 km	24 km
🎓 Higher education	100	28
😀 Quality of life	96	39
🏙️ Population	3.78M	2.69M

The cost of living in Berlin is 231% more expensive than in Damascus. Cities ranked 1418th and 7287th ($2222 vs $671) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 1st in Germany and Syria, respectively. Check Germany vs Syria comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.5 months in Berlin compared to 0.1 months in Damascus. Berlin ranked 4th best city to live in Germany vs Damascus ranked 1st in Syria, while ranked 35th and 7834th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Berlin vs Damascus

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	Berlin	Damascus
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$16.6	$7.99
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$66.5	$28.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$13.4	$5.96
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.2	$1.61
☕ Cappuccino	$4.41	$1.95
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.43	$1.38
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1250	$219
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$928	$160
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2200	$398
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1631	$295
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$180	$88
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$277	$135
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$45.2	$54.5
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.62%	13.62%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$8887	$1865
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6036	$645
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$4.44	$0.1
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$66.5	$17
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$28.6	$6.96
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.98	$0.43
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.38	$0.98
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.12	$0.5
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.73	$1.66
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.11	$1.83
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.1	$3.22
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.2	$7.18
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$17.3	$11.5
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.44	$1
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.05	$1.53
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.7	$1.07
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.89	$0.76
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.48	$0.71
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.09	$0.65
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.75	$0.46
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.13	$1.1
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.24	$5.97
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.22	$1.01
🚬 Cigarette pack	$10.1	$3.02
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$10.5	$3.03
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.6	$0.86
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.93	$0.48
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.89	$0.59
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$36.4	$16.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$14.8	$2.98
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$67	$3.82
💇 Haircut, simple	$19.1	$2.78
👖 Brand Jeans	$86.5	$44.4
👟 Brand Sneakers	$104	$58
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$149	$49.6
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$9480	$1711

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Cities near Berlin

Distance	City	Cost of living
15 km or 9.2 mi	Teltow	$1868
18 km or 11 mi	Hohen Neuendorf	$1893
18 km or 11 mi	Hennigsdorf	$1892
20 km or 13 mi	Falkensee	$1862
21 km or 13 mi	Bernau bei Berlin	$1888
25 km or 16 mi	Potsdam	$1902
25 km or 16 mi	Ludwigsfelde	$1851
28 km or 18 mi	Oranienburg	$1887
30 km or 19 mi	Konigs Wusterhausen	$1841
34 km or 21 mi	Werder	$1826
34 km or 21 mi	Strausberg	$1856
46 km or 29 mi	Eberswalde	$1862
49 km or 31 mi	Furstenwalde	$1776
50 km or 31 mi	Luckenwalde	$1810
57 km or 36 mi	Brandenburg an der Havel	$1839
60 km or 37 mi	Neuruppin	$1826
72 km or 44 mi	Rathenow	$1822
81 km or 50 mi	Frankfurt	$1681
86 km or 53 mi	Schwedt	$1852
88 km or 55 mi	Wittenberg	$1454
97 km or 60 mi	Neustrelitz	$1484
97 km or 60 mi	Eisenhuttenstadt	$1567
104 km or 65 mi	Stendal	$1430
106 km or 66 mi	Cottbus	$1363
107 km or 67 mi	Burg bei Magdeburg	$1425
107 km or 67 mi	Zerbst	$1424
109 km or 68 mi	Dessau-Rolau	$1436
109 km or 68 mi	Torgau	$1471
116 km or 72 mi	Neubrandenburg	$1501
119 km or 74 mi	Senftenberg	$1486
121 km or 75 mi	Waren	$1479
124 km or 77 mi	Bitterfeld-Wolfen	$1421
124 km or 77 mi	Schonebeck	$1417
125 km or 78 mi	Spremberg	$1435
127 km or 79 mi	Magdeburg	$1411
128 km or 79 mi	Szczecin	$1166
128 km or 80 mi	Kothen	$1422
128 km or 80 mi	Gorzow Wielkopolski	$1113
131 km or 81 mi	Delitzsch	$1563
134 km or 83 mi	Hoyerswerda	$1446

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