Berlin vs Damascus - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	Berlin	Damascus
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2302	$675
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5175	$1514
🏠 One person rent	$1280	$310
🏘️ Family rent	$2205	$498
🍽️ Food expenses	$553	$255
🚐 Transport expenses	$315	$62.5
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3706	$48.3
😷 Air quality	Good	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	19 km	24 km
🎓 Higher education	100	29
😀 Quality of life	95	40
🏙️ Population	3.78M	2.69M

The cost of living in Berlin is 241% more expensive than in Damascus. Cities ranked 1275th and 7406th ($2302 vs $675) 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 7th best city to live in Germany vs Damascus ranked 1st in Syria, while ranked 35th and 7899th 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	$9.24
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$65.2	$30.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$13.1	$5.96
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.17	$1.75
☕ Cappuccino	$4.72	$2.26
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.77	$1.57
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1324	$251
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$952	$145
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2341	$459
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1711	$268
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$208	$89
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$321	$137
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$46.4	$54.5
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.51%	14.16%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$8913	$1767
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6080	$627
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$4.45	$0.1
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$69.8	$14.3
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$29.9	$8
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.99	$0.37
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.37	$0.86
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.08	$0.49
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.94	$1.61
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.14	$1.75
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.6	$3.05
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.6	$6.08
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$18.6	$13.2
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.49	$0.99
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.07	$1.53
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.85	$1.1
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.62	$0.88
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.38	$0.77
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.78	$0.69
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.69	$0.46
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.06	$0.93
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.38	$6.88
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.33	$0.97
🚬 Cigarette pack	$10.1	$2.69
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$10.5	$3.14
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.95	$0.99
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.69	$0.56
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.17	$0.68
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$35.2	$18.5
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$15.8	$3.42
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$68.6	$4.39
💇 Haircut, simple	$22.1	$3.18
👖 Brand Jeans	$97.9	$40.8
👟 Brand Sneakers	$101	$62.9
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$135	$56.8
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$10963	$1770

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Cities near Berlin

Distance	City	Cost of living
15 km or 9.2 mi	Teltow	$1931
18 km or 11 mi	Hohen Neuendorf	$1930
18 km or 11 mi	Hennigsdorf	$1921
20 km or 13 mi	Falkensee	$1905
21 km or 13 mi	Bernau bei Berlin	$1940
25 km or 16 mi	Potsdam	$1940
25 km or 16 mi	Ludwigsfelde	$1889
28 km or 18 mi	Oranienburg	$1920
30 km or 19 mi	Konigs Wusterhausen	$1896
34 km or 21 mi	Werder	$1870
34 km or 21 mi	Strausberg	$1895
46 km or 29 mi	Eberswalde	$1878
49 km or 31 mi	Furstenwalde	$1816
50 km or 31 mi	Luckenwalde	$1853
57 km or 36 mi	Brandenburg an der Havel	$1859
60 km or 37 mi	Neuruppin	$1846
72 km or 44 mi	Rathenow	$1846
81 km or 50 mi	Frankfurt	$1698
86 km or 53 mi	Schwedt	$1857
88 km or 55 mi	Wittenberg	$1460
97 km or 60 mi	Neustrelitz	$1557
97 km or 60 mi	Eisenhuttenstadt	$1587
104 km or 65 mi	Stendal	$1493
106 km or 66 mi	Cottbus	$1382
107 km or 67 mi	Burg bei Magdeburg	$1483
107 km or 67 mi	Zerbst	$1490
109 km or 68 mi	Dessau-Rolau	$1489
109 km or 68 mi	Torgau	$1488
116 km or 72 mi	Neubrandenburg	$1597
119 km or 74 mi	Senftenberg	$1502
121 km or 75 mi	Waren	$1543
124 km or 77 mi	Bitterfeld-Wolfen	$1457
124 km or 77 mi	Schonebeck	$1481
125 km or 78 mi	Spremberg	$1464
127 km or 79 mi	Magdeburg	$1473
128 km or 79 mi	Szczecin	$1240
128 km or 80 mi	Kothen	$1467
128 km or 80 mi	Gorzow Wielkopolski	$1121
131 km or 81 mi	Delitzsch	$1553
134 km or 83 mi	Hoyerswerda	$1474

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