Berlin vs Damascus - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: June 21, 2026

	Berlin	Damascus
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2371	$706
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5321	$1602
🏠 One person rent	$1330	$323
🏘️ Family rent	$2289	$531
🍽️ Food expenses	$561	$270
🚐 Transport expenses	$319	$66.7
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3423	$45
😷 Air quality	Good	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	19 km	24 km
🎓 Higher education	100	29
😀 Quality of life	94	40
🏙️ Population	3.78M	2.69M

The cost of living in Berlin is 236% more expensive than in Damascus. Cities ranked 1150th and 7245th ($2371 vs $706) 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 1.4 months in Berlin compared to 0.1 months in Damascus. Berlin ranked 9th best city to live in Germany vs Damascus ranked 1st in Syria, while ranked 45th and 7855th 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	$16.2	$9.98
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$69.6	$35
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$14.4	$6.8
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.26	$1.89
☕ Cappuccino	$4.65	$2.62
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.71	$1.79
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1383	$287
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1009	$168
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2475	$529
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1800	$309
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$199	$85.3
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$307	$131
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$47	$46.4
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.78%	14.35%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$8891	$1741
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6112	$605
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$4.59	$0.12
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$72.4	$12
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$29.1	$9.2
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$2.2	$0.42
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.31	$0.98
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.26	$0.45
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.86	$1.63
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.44	$1.6
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$16.3	$3.53
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.6	$5.65
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$18.7	$13.9
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.6	$0.97
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.07	$1.44
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.84	$1.07
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.6	$1.02
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.23	$0.75
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.61	$0.67
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.69	$0.45
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.1	$1.08
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.65	$5.96
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.42	$0.96
🚬 Cigarette pack	$10.4	$2.77
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.25	$3.6
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.31	$1.14
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.88	$0.65
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2	$0.78
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$39.4	$21.1
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$15	$3.92
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$69.6	$5.04
💇 Haircut, simple	$25.6	$3.64
👖 Brand Jeans	$101	$34.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$109	$59.9
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$124	$65
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$12679	$1772

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Cities near Berlin

Distance	City	Cost of living
15 km or 9.2 mi	Teltow	$1930
18 km or 11 mi	Hohen Neuendorf	$1960
18 km or 11 mi	Hennigsdorf	$1941
20 km or 13 mi	Falkensee	$1902
21 km or 13 mi	Bernau bei Berlin	$1979
25 km or 16 mi	Potsdam	$1908
25 km or 16 mi	Ludwigsfelde	$1878
28 km or 18 mi	Oranienburg	$1921
30 km or 19 mi	Konigs Wusterhausen	$1895
34 km or 21 mi	Werder	$1840
34 km or 21 mi	Strausberg	$1920
46 km or 29 mi	Eberswalde	$1903
49 km or 31 mi	Furstenwalde	$1804
50 km or 31 mi	Luckenwalde	$1827
57 km or 36 mi	Brandenburg an der Havel	$1854
60 km or 37 mi	Neuruppin	$1863
72 km or 44 mi	Rathenow	$1848
81 km or 50 mi	Frankfurt	$1682
86 km or 53 mi	Schwedt	$1870
88 km or 55 mi	Wittenberg	$1482
97 km or 60 mi	Neustrelitz	$1517
97 km or 60 mi	Eisenhuttenstadt	$1558
104 km or 65 mi	Stendal	$1460
106 km or 66 mi	Cottbus	$1332
107 km or 67 mi	Burg bei Magdeburg	$1459
107 km or 67 mi	Zerbst	$1462
109 km or 68 mi	Dessau-Rolau	$1459
109 km or 68 mi	Torgau	$1482
116 km or 72 mi	Neubrandenburg	$1551
119 km or 74 mi	Senftenberg	$1461
121 km or 75 mi	Waren	$1505
124 km or 77 mi	Bitterfeld-Wolfen	$1434
124 km or 77 mi	Schonebeck	$1448
125 km or 78 mi	Spremberg	$1419
127 km or 79 mi	Magdeburg	$1443
128 km or 79 mi	Szczecin	$1190
128 km or 80 mi	Kothen	$1416
128 km or 80 mi	Gorzow Wielkopolski	$1080
131 km or 81 mi	Delitzsch	$1551
134 km or 83 mi	Hoyerswerda	$1470

Cities near Damascus

Distance	City	Cost of living
51 km or 32 mi	Zahle	$1093
75 km or 47 mi	Kiryat Shmona	$2164
81 km or 50 mi	Jounieh	$1204
83 km or 52 mi	Sidon	$927
83 km or 52 mi	Beirut	$1441
96 km or 59 mi	Safed	$2195
105 km or 65 mi	Tyre	$700
108 km or 67 mi	Tiberias	$2044
110 km or 68 mi	Ma'alot-Tarshiha	$2153
111 km or 69 mi	Tripoli	$841
114 km or 71 mi	Irbid	$771
115 km or 72 mi	Arraba	$2150
116 km or 72 mi	Karmiel	$2008
117 km or 73 mi	Sakhnin	$2112
125 km or 78 mi	Tamra	$2142
125 km or 78 mi	Nahariya	$2069
126 km or 78 mi	Nof HaGalil	$2172
129 km or 80 mi	Nazareth	$2125
130 km or 81 mi	Acre	$1873
131 km or 81 mi	Shefa-'Amr	$2122
135 km or 84 mi	Migdal HaEmek	$2165
136 km or 84 mi	Kiryat Motzkin	$2113
136 km or 85 mi	Kiryat Ata	$2047
137 km or 85 mi	Kiryat Bialik	$2089
137 km or 85 mi	Kiryat Yam	$2095
137 km or 85 mi	Afula	$2133
141 km or 88 mi	Homs	$390
142 km or 88 mi	Nesher	$2043
143 km or 89 mi	Jerash	$745
145 km or 90 mi	Haifa	$1891
145 km or 90 mi	Yokneam Illit	$2184
154 km or 95 mi	Umm al-Fahm	$2245
163 km or 101 mi	Zikhron Ya'akov	$2230
168 km or 105 mi	Baqa-Jatt	$2214
169 km or 105 mi	Pardes Hanna-Karkur	$2129
173 km or 107 mi	Al-Salt	$538
173 km or 108 mi	Nablus	$1070
174 km or 108 mi	Hadera	$1918
177 km or 110 mi	Amman	$1032
184 km or 114 mi	Tayibe	$2347