Berlin vs Damascus - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Berlin	Damascus
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2027	$638
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4661	$1494
🏠 One person rent	$1127	$291
🏘️ Family rent	$2029	$523
🍽️ Food expenses	$505	$232
🚐 Transport expenses	$258	$80.7
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3225	$55.7
😷 Air quality	Good	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	19 km	24 km
🎓 Higher education	100	25
😀 Quality of life	95	34
🏙️ Population	3.78M	2.69M

The cost of living in Berlin is 218% more expensive than in Damascus. Cities ranked 1762nd and 7300th ($2027 vs $638) 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 1.6 months in Berlin compared to 0.1 months in Damascus. Berlin ranked 3rd best city to live in Germany vs Damascus ranked 1st in Syria, while ranked 21st and 7688th 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	$14.6	$5.01
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$65.3	$34.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$12.5	$4.96
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.57	$1.5
☕ Cappuccino	$3.85	$1.26
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.94	$1.25
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1156	$262
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$832	$154
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2233	$590
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1562	$330
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$190	$48.5
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$293	$74.5
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$40.1	$67.2
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.88%	13.68%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$8133	$1862
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5908	$879
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.68	$0.1
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$57.5	$16.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$23.9	$10.9
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.81	$0.43
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.28	$1.07
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.93	$0.63
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.88	$1.76
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.66	$1.76
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.2	$3.37
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11	$6.69
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$16.7	$10.1
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.93	$0.99
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.94	$2.12
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.27	$1
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.75	$0.86
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.99	$0.59
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.81	$0.62
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.55	$0.4
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.9	$1.13
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$6.55	$5.52
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.2	$1.02
🚬 Cigarette pack	$9.01	$3.03
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.37	$3.24
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.2	$0.87
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.73	$0.48
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.11	$0.59
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$33.3	$13.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$13	$3.03
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$59.3	$3.81
💇 Haircut, simple	$19.3	$2.82
👖 Brand Jeans	$88.2	$21.8
👟 Brand Sneakers	$95.1	$47.5
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$186	$48.6
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$9774	$1666

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Cities near Berlin

Distance	City	Cost of living
15 km or 9.2 mi	Teltow	$1707
18 km or 11 mi	Hohen Neuendorf	$1782
18 km or 11 mi	Hennigsdorf	$1770
20 km or 13 mi	Falkensee	$1714
21 km or 13 mi	Bernau bei Berlin	$1763
25 km or 16 mi	Potsdam	$1724
25 km or 16 mi	Ludwigsfelde	$1691
28 km or 18 mi	Oranienburg	$1796
30 km or 19 mi	Konigs Wusterhausen	$1695
34 km or 21 mi	Werder	$1665
34 km or 21 mi	Strausberg	$1711
46 km or 29 mi	Eberswalde	$1714
49 km or 31 mi	Furstenwalde	$1632
50 km or 31 mi	Luckenwalde	$1663
57 km or 36 mi	Brandenburg an der Havel	$1686
60 km or 37 mi	Neuruppin	$1723
72 km or 44 mi	Rathenow	$1690
81 km or 50 mi	Frankfurt	$1534
86 km or 53 mi	Schwedt	$1644
88 km or 55 mi	Wittenberg	$1354
97 km or 60 mi	Neustrelitz	$1442
97 km or 60 mi	Eisenhuttenstadt	$1437
104 km or 65 mi	Stendal	$1319
106 km or 66 mi	Cottbus	$1241
107 km or 67 mi	Burg bei Magdeburg	$1315
107 km or 67 mi	Zerbst	$1332
109 km or 68 mi	Dessau-Rolau	$1340
109 km or 68 mi	Torgau	$1350
116 km or 72 mi	Neubrandenburg	$1421
119 km or 74 mi	Senftenberg	$1351
121 km or 75 mi	Waren	$1395
124 km or 77 mi	Bitterfeld-Wolfen	$1308
124 km or 77 mi	Schonebeck	$1326
125 km or 78 mi	Spremberg	$1310
127 km or 79 mi	Magdeburg	$1282
128 km or 79 mi	Szczecin	$1108
128 km or 80 mi	Kothen	$1346
128 km or 80 mi	Gorzow Wielkopolski	$1022
131 km or 81 mi	Delitzsch	$1419
134 km or 83 mi	Hoyerswerda	$1373

Cities near Damascus

Distance	City	Cost of living
51 km or 32 mi	Zahle	$912
75 km or 47 mi	Kiryat Shmona	$1709
81 km or 50 mi	Jounieh	$1020
83 km or 52 mi	Sidon	$798
83 km or 52 mi	Beirut	$1255
96 km or 59 mi	Safed	$1681
105 km or 65 mi	Tyre	$573
108 km or 67 mi	Tiberias	$1600
110 km or 68 mi	Ma'alot-Tarshiha	$1647
111 km or 69 mi	Tripoli	$776
114 km or 71 mi	Irbid	$679
115 km or 72 mi	Arraba	$1633
116 km or 72 mi	Karmiel	$1531
117 km or 73 mi	Sakhnin	$1612
125 km or 78 mi	Tamra	$1655
125 km or 78 mi	Nahariya	$1616
126 km or 78 mi	Nof HaGalil	$1709
129 km or 80 mi	Nazareth	$1732
130 km or 81 mi	Acre	$1502
131 km or 81 mi	Shefa-'Amr	$1677
135 km or 84 mi	Migdal HaEmek	$1742
136 km or 84 mi	Kiryat Motzkin	$1666
136 km or 85 mi	Kiryat Ata	$1647
137 km or 85 mi	Kiryat Bialik	$1666
137 km or 85 mi	Kiryat Yam	$1657
137 km or 85 mi	Afula	$1652
141 km or 88 mi	Homs	$456
142 km or 88 mi	Nesher	$1593
143 km or 89 mi	Jerash	$608
145 km or 90 mi	Haifa	$1645
145 km or 90 mi	Yokneam Illit	$1778
154 km or 95 mi	Umm al-Fahm	$1756
163 km or 101 mi	Zikhron Ya'akov	$1731
168 km or 105 mi	Baqa-Jatt	$1782
169 km or 105 mi	Pardes Hanna-Karkur	$1728
173 km or 107 mi	Al-Salt	$552
173 km or 108 mi	Nablus	$877
174 km or 108 mi	Hadera	$1576
177 km or 110 mi	Amman	$994
184 km or 114 mi	Tayibe	$1902