Bratislava vs Damascus - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Bratislava	Damascus
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1307	$672
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3111	$1612
🏠 One person rent	$719	$271
🏘️ Family rent	$1173	$473
🍽️ Food expenses	$387	$237
🚐 Transport expenses	$89.3	$110
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1524	$56.1
😷 Air quality	Good	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	8 km	24 km
🎓 Higher education	65	25
😀 Quality of life	80	32
🏙️ Population	476K	2.58M

The cost of living in Bratislava is 95% more expensive than in Damascus. Cities ranked 4319th and 7105th ($1307 vs $672) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 1st in Slovakia and Syria, respectively. Check Slovakia vs Syria comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.2 months in Bratislava compared to 0.1 months in Damascus. Bratislava ranked 1st best city to live in Slovakia vs Damascus ranked 1st in Syria, while ranked 506th and 7854th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Bratislava vs Damascus

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	Bratislava	Damascus
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$10.1	$5.04
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$45.6	$32.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$8.52	$5
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.64	$1.26
☕ Cappuccino	$2.83	$1.27
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.01	$1.04
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$693	$248
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$529	$140
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1189	$531
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$876	$294
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$139	$42.9
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$216	$66
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$18.2	$66.2
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4.35%	13.49%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5419	$1873
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3950	$880
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.21	$0.1
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$37.8	$17.1
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$15.5	$10.9
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.75	$2.24
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.18	$1.07
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.47	$0.63
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.51	$1.76
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.3	$1.9
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.2	$3.38
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.1	$6.61
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.3	$9.99
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.68	$1.01
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.88	$2.28
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.3	$1.02
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.01	$0.86
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.48	$0.59
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.73	$0.6
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.57	$0.41
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.93	$2.16
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$6.31	$5.5
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.04	$1.01
🚬 Cigarette pack	$5.51	$2.98
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.15	$1.95
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.55	$4.48
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.49	$2.47
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.28	$3.05
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$40.5	$13.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$10.8	$3.03
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$36	$19.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$14.3	$14.4
👖 Brand Jeans	$77	$21.8
👟 Brand Sneakers	$91.2	$47.8
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$628	$48.8
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$15558	$1645

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Cities near Bratislava

Distance	City	Cost of living
1.3 km or 0.8 mi	Petrzalka	$1234
33 km or 20 mi	Mosonmagyarovar	$827
44 km or 27 mi	Trnava	$1197
55 km or 34 mi	Vienna	$1965
62 km or 38 mi	Klosterneuburg	$1681
62 km or 38 mi	Modling	$1772
64 km or 40 mi	Gyor	$788
65 km or 40 mi	Sopron	$860
67 km or 42 mi	Baden bei Wien	$1698
70 km or 44 mi	Breclav	$989
72 km or 45 mi	Piestany	$935
74 km or 46 mi	Wiener Neustadt	$1188
75 km or 46 mi	Nitra	$1062
78 km or 49 mi	Hodonin	$1051
81 km or 50 mi	Nove Zamky	$1037
87 km or 54 mi	Komarno	$1067
106 km or 66 mi	Uherske Hradiste	$1130
108 km or 67 mi	Szombathely	$789
108 km or 67 mi	Trencin	$1150
111 km or 69 mi	Levice	$898
111 km or 69 mi	Sankt Polten	$1653
111 km or 69 mi	Znojmo	$1136
114 km or 71 mi	Tatabanya	$910
115 km or 71 mi	Krems an der Donau	$1632
123 km or 76 mi	Brno	$1344
128 km or 79 mi	Zlin	$1220
130 km or 81 mi	Kromeriz	$1094
131 km or 81 mi	Veszprem	$883
131 km or 82 mi	Prievidza	$952
143 km or 89 mi	Szekesfehervar	$805
146 km or 91 mi	Povazska Bystrica	$1065
146 km or 91 mi	Zalaegerszeg	$814
148 km or 92 mi	Prostejov	$1137
148 km or 92 mi	Vsetin	$1195
148 km or 92 mi	Prerov	$938
149 km or 93 mi	Trebic	$1211
156 km or 97 mi	Vac	$876
157 km or 98 mi	Zvolen	$1574
157 km or 98 mi	Kapfenberg	$1485
159 km or 99 mi	Erd	$849

Cities near Damascus

Distance	City	Cost of living
51 km or 32 mi	Zahle	$857
75 km or 47 mi	Kiryat Shmona	$1604
81 km or 50 mi	Jounieh	$948
83 km or 52 mi	Sidon	$767
83 km or 52 mi	Beirut	$1165
96 km or 59 mi	Safed	$1635
105 km or 65 mi	Tyre	$545
108 km or 67 mi	Tiberias	$1544
110 km or 68 mi	Ma'alot-Tarshiha	$1619
111 km or 69 mi	Tripoli	$708
114 km or 71 mi	Irbid	$630
115 km or 72 mi	Arraba	$1624
116 km or 72 mi	Karmiel	$1579
117 km or 73 mi	Sakhnin	$1612
125 km or 78 mi	Tamra	$1617
125 km or 78 mi	Nahariya	$1565
126 km or 78 mi	Nof HaGalil	$1659
129 km or 80 mi	Nazareth	$1674
130 km or 81 mi	Acre	$1451
131 km or 81 mi	Shefa-'Amr	$1617
135 km or 84 mi	Migdal HaEmek	$1664
136 km or 84 mi	Kiryat Motzkin	$1585
136 km or 85 mi	Kiryat Ata	$1591
137 km or 85 mi	Kiryat Yam	$1604
137 km or 85 mi	Kiryat Bialik	$1607
137 km or 85 mi	Afula	$1614
141 km or 88 mi	Homs	$462
142 km or 88 mi	Nesher	$1532
143 km or 89 mi	Jerash	$598
145 km or 90 mi	Haifa	$1582
145 km or 90 mi	Yokneam Illit	$1706
154 km or 95 mi	Umm al-Fahm	$1708
163 km or 101 mi	Zikhron Ya'akov	$1749
168 km or 105 mi	Baqa-Jatt	$1758
169 km or 105 mi	Pardes Hanna-Karkur	$1787
173 km or 107 mi	Al-Salt	$692
173 km or 108 mi	Nablus	$730
174 km or 108 mi	Hadera	$1556
177 km or 110 mi	Amman	$1004
184 km or 114 mi	Tayibe	$1838