Birmingham vs Damascus - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: June 21, 2026

	Birmingham	Damascus
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2204	$706
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5203	$1602
🏠 One person rent	$1254	$323
🏘️ Family rent	$1947	$531
🍽️ Food expenses	$557	$270
🚐 Transport expenses	$225	$66.7
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3956	$45
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	11 km	24 km
🎓 Higher education	96	29
😀 Quality of life	95	40
🏙️ Population	1.14M	2.69M

The cost of living in Birmingham is 212% more expensive than in Damascus. Cities ranked 1471st and 7245th ($2204 vs $706) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 57th and 1st in the United Kingdom and Syria, respectively. Check the United Kingdom vs Syria comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.8 months in Birmingham compared to 0.1 months in Damascus. Birmingham ranked 2nd best city to live in the United Kingdom vs Damascus ranked 1st in Syria, while ranked 25th and 7855th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Birmingham vs Damascus

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	Birmingham	Damascus
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$18.5	$9.98
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$74.4	$35
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.68	$6.8
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$7.08	$1.89
☕ Cappuccino	$5	$2.62
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.57	$1.79
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1251	$287
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$940	$168
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2007	$529
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1484	$309
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$207	$85.3
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$314	$131
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$45	$46.4
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	5.11%	14.35%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5467	$1741
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4236	$605
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$4	$0.12
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$94.8	$12
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$24.4	$9.2
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.99	$0.42
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.81	$0.98
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.69	$0.45
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.14	$1.63
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.59	$1.6
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.9	$3.53
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.16	$5.65
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.9	$13.9
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.58	$0.97
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.81	$1.44
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.47	$1.07
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.39	$1.02
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.53	$0.75
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.76	$0.67
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.05	$0.45
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$3.23	$1.08
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$12.5	$5.96
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.43	$0.96
🚬 Cigarette pack	$21	$2.77
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$10.5	$3.6
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.83	$1.14
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$4.81	$0.65
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.96	$0.78
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$34.9	$21.1
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$14.9	$3.92
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$110	$5.04
💇 Haircut, simple	$15.1	$3.64
👖 Brand Jeans	$98.2	$34.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$107	$59.9
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1631	$65
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$24178	$1772

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Cities near Birmingham

Distance	City	Cost of living
4.7 km or 2.9 mi	Smethwick	$1959
6.8 km or 4.2 mi	West Bromwich	$1914
11 km or 6.6 mi	Halesowen	$1894
12 km or 7.2 mi	Solihull	$2080
12 km or 7.6 mi	Walsall	$1798
14 km or 8.7 mi	Dudley	$1788
14 km or 8.7 mi	Aldridge	$1875
15 km or 9.6 mi	Willenhall	$1862
17 km or 10 mi	Stourbridge	$1825
19 km or 12 mi	Wolverhampton	$1838
19 km or 12 mi	Bromsgrove	$1891
20 km or 12 mi	Redditch	$1745
22 km or 14 mi	Tamworth	$1910
25 km or 15 mi	Cannock	$1885
26 km or 16 mi	Kidderminster	$1888
27 km or 17 mi	Coventry	$1971
30 km or 19 mi	Nuneaton	$1756
31 km or 19 mi	Warwick	$2015
32 km or 20 mi	Leamington Spa	$2158
35 km or 22 mi	Stratford-upon-Avon	$1894
37 km or 23 mi	Hinckley	$1876
39 km or 24 mi	Worcester	$1729
39 km or 24 mi	Stafford	$1870
40 km or 25 mi	Burton upon Trent	$1763
43 km or 27 mi	Telford	$1627
45 km or 28 mi	Rugby	$1833
55 km or 34 mi	Leicester	$1777
57 km or 35 mi	Derby	$1748
57 km or 35 mi	Loughborough	$1887
60 km or 37 mi	Banbury	$1820
61 km or 38 mi	Stoke-on-Trent	$1710
63 km or 39 mi	Shrewsbury	$1763
63 km or 39 mi	Newcastle-under-Lyme	$1535
66 km or 41 mi	Cheltenham	$1928
66 km or 41 mi	Market Harborough	$1917
70 km or 44 mi	Leek	$1827
72 km or 45 mi	Gloucester	$1889
73 km or 45 mi	Hereford	$1897
73 km or 46 mi	Nottingham	$1990
73 km or 46 mi	Northampton	$1886

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