Brisbane vs Damascus - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Brisbane	Damascus
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2065	$671
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4896	$1492
🏠 One person rent	$1253	$315
🏘️ Family rent	$2149	$505
🍽️ Food expenses	$525	$250
🚐 Transport expenses	$152	$61.5
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3956	$47.6
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	13 km	24 km
🎓 Higher education	66	28
😀 Quality of life	98	39
🏙️ Population	2.71M	2.69M

The cost of living in Brisbane is 208% more expensive than in Damascus. Cities ranked 1813th and 7287th ($2065 vs $671) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 11th and 1st in Australia and Syria, respectively. Check Australia vs Syria comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.9 months in Brisbane compared to 0.1 months in Damascus. Brisbane ranked 3rd best city to live in Australia vs Damascus ranked 1st in Syria, while ranked 9th and 7834th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Brisbane vs Damascus

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	Brisbane	Damascus
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$14.4	$7.99
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$62.7	$28.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.4	$5.96
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$7	$1.61
☕ Cappuccino	$3.66	$1.95
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.65	$1.38
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1514	$219
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1022	$160
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2603	$398
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1816	$295
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$82.2	$88
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$125	$135
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$50.5	$54.5
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.15%	13.62%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$8291	$1865
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6020	$645
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.33	$0.1
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$32.8	$17
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$18.6	$6.96
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.25	$0.43
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.36	$0.98
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2	$0.5
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.69	$1.66
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.41	$1.83
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.11	$3.22
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.8	$7.18
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.8	$11.5
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.27	$1
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.86	$1.53
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.93	$1.07
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.42	$0.76
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.48	$0.71
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.41	$0.65
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.85	$0.46
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.48	$1.1
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$12.9	$5.97
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.28	$1.01
🚬 Cigarette pack	$24.1	$3.02
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.9	$3.03
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.91	$0.86
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.28	$0.48
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.35	$0.59
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$41.9	$16.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$12.8	$2.98
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$56.3	$3.82
💇 Haircut, simple	$19.2	$2.78
👖 Brand Jeans	$76.5	$44.4
👟 Brand Sneakers	$102	$58
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1795	$49.6
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$11423	$1711

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Cities near Brisbane

Distance	City	Cost of living
31 km or 19 mi	Ipswich	$1662
45 km or 28 mi	Caboolture	$1798
66 km or 41 mi	Southport	$2140
71 km or 44 mi	Gold Coast	$2297
75 km or 47 mi	Caloundra	$1710
91 km or 57 mi	Sunshine Coast	$1697
107 km or 66 mi	Toowoomba	$1639
143 km or 89 mi	Byron Bay	$2471
243 km or 151 mi	Hervey Bay	$1712
299 km or 186 mi	Bundaberg	$1595
315 km or 196 mi	Coffs Harbour	$1988
362 km or 225 mi	Armidale	$1184
441 km or 274 mi	Gladstone	$1503
441 km or 274 mi	Port Macquarie	$1633
520 km or 323 mi	Rockhampton	$1482
618 km or 384 mi	Newcastle	$1839
682 km or 424 mi	Dubbo	$1747
719 km or 447 mi	Dee Why	$2181
722 km or 449 mi	Kellyville	$1888
730 km or 453 mi	Blacktown	$1599
732 km or 455 mi	Parramatta	$2292
733 km or 455 mi	Sydney	$2640
740 km or 460 mi	Bathurst	$1568
748 km or 465 mi	Orange	$1364
801 km or 498 mi	Wollongong	$1580
869 km or 540 mi	Goulburn	$1678
945 km or 587 mi	Canberra	$2019
1006 km or 625 mi	Wagga Wagga	$1458
1009 km or 627 mi	Griffith	$1667
1111 km or 690 mi	Townsville	$1683
1224 km or 761 mi	Shepparton	$1662
1278 km or 794 mi	Mildura	$1771
1320 km or 820 mi	Bendigo	$1362
1337 km or 831 mi	Traralgon	$1813
1367 km or 849 mi	Sunbury	$1768
1372 km or 853 mi	Pakenham	$1725
1375 km or 855 mi	Melbourne	$2308
1376 km or 855 mi	Berwick	$1706
1376 km or 855 mi	South Yarra	$1681
1377 km or 856 mi	Dandenong	$1736

Cities near Damascus

Distance	City	Cost of living
51 km or 32 mi	Zahle	$930
75 km or 47 mi	Kiryat Shmona	$1808
81 km or 50 mi	Jounieh	$1028
83 km or 52 mi	Sidon	$822
83 km or 52 mi	Beirut	$1261
96 km or 59 mi	Safed	$1847
105 km or 65 mi	Tyre	$647
108 km or 67 mi	Tiberias	$1808
110 km or 68 mi	Ma'alot-Tarshiha	$1803
111 km or 69 mi	Tripoli	$787
114 km or 71 mi	Irbid	$753
115 km or 72 mi	Arraba	$1789
116 km or 72 mi	Karmiel	$1630
117 km or 73 mi	Sakhnin	$1745
125 km or 78 mi	Tamra	$1798
125 km or 78 mi	Nahariya	$1775
126 km or 78 mi	Nof HaGalil	$1862
129 km or 80 mi	Nazareth	$1850
130 km or 81 mi	Acre	$1633
131 km or 81 mi	Shefa-'Amr	$1828
135 km or 84 mi	Migdal HaEmek	$1917
136 km or 84 mi	Kiryat Motzkin	$1842
136 km or 85 mi	Kiryat Ata	$1769
137 km or 85 mi	Kiryat Yam	$1819
137 km or 85 mi	Kiryat Bialik	$1804
137 km or 85 mi	Afula	$1817
141 km or 88 mi	Homs	$402
142 km or 88 mi	Nesher	$1757
143 km or 89 mi	Jerash	$748
145 km or 90 mi	Haifa	$1840
145 km or 90 mi	Yokneam Illit	$1932
154 km or 95 mi	Umm al-Fahm	$1954
163 km or 101 mi	Zikhron Ya'akov	$1978
168 km or 105 mi	Baqa-Jatt	$2001
169 km or 105 mi	Pardes Hanna-Karkur	$1991
173 km or 107 mi	Al-Salt	$548
173 km or 108 mi	Nablus	$915
174 km or 108 mi	Hadera	$1786
177 km or 110 mi	Amman	$1009
184 km or 114 mi	Tayibe	$2108