Brussels vs Damascus - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Brussels	Damascus
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1816	$638
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4478	$1494
🏠 One person rent	$1024	$291
🏘️ Family rent	$1880	$523
🍽️ Food expenses	$567	$232
🚐 Transport expenses	$85.5	$80.7
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$2931	$55.7
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	11 km	24 km
🎓 Higher education	96	25
😀 Quality of life	89	34
🏙️ Population	196K	2.69M

The cost of living in Brussels is 184% more expensive than in Damascus. Cities ranked 2354th and 7300th ($1816 vs $638) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 1st in Belgium and Syria, respectively. Check Belgium vs Syria comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.6 months in Brussels compared to 0.1 months in Damascus. Brussels ranked 1st best city to live in Belgium vs Damascus ranked 1st in Syria, while ranked 190th and 7688th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Brussels vs Damascus

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	Brussels	Damascus
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$18.9	$5.01
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$76.1	$34.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$12.8	$4.96
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.16	$1.5
☕ Cappuccino	$4.01	$1.26
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.85	$1.25
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$973	$262
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$770	$154
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1932	$590
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1489	$330
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$161	$48.5
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$250	$74.5
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$52.7	$67.2
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.61%	13.68%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4675	$1862
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4207	$879
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.62	$0.1
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$53.2	$16.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$23.8	$10.9
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.79	$0.43
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.53	$1.07
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.42	$0.63
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.5	$1.76
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.19	$1.76
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.9	$3.37
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.2	$6.69
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$17.6	$10.1
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.53	$0.99
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.22	$2.12
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.49	$1
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.08	$0.86
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.11	$0.59
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.11	$0.62
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.81	$0.4
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$3.21	$1.13
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$8.6	$5.52
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.32	$1.02
🚬 Cigarette pack	$10.7	$3.03
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.25	$3.24
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.54	$0.87
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.93	$0.48
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.78	$0.59
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$34.2	$13.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$13.8	$3.03
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$38.9	$3.81
💇 Haircut, simple	$24.2	$2.82
👖 Brand Jeans	$94.5	$21.8
👟 Brand Sneakers	$107	$47.5
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$975	$48.6
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$19505	$1666

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Cities near Brussels

Distance	City	Cost of living
3.2 km or 2 mi	Schaerbeek	$1651
3.3 km or 2.1 mi	Saint-Gilles	$1663
4 km or 2.5 mi	Anderlecht	$1667
4.2 km or 2.6 mi	Forest	$1692
4.5 km or 2.8 mi	Woluwe-Saint-Lambert	$1580
6.2 km or 3.8 mi	Watermael-Boitsfort	$1647
7.3 km or 4.6 mi	Dilbeek	$1642
10 km or 6.3 mi	Sint-Pieters-Leeuw	$1660
10 km or 6.4 mi	Vilvoorde	$1539
11 km or 6.8 mi	Tervuren	$1685
15 km or 9 mi	Overijse	$1618
15 km or 9.1 mi	Waterloo	$1788
15 km or 9.1 mi	Halle	$1626
17 km or 11 mi	Zemst	$1556
19 km or 12 mi	Braine-l'Alleud	$1615
19 km or 12 mi	Rixensart	$1594
21 km or 13 mi	Mechelen	$1541
21 km or 13 mi	Tubize	$1607
23 km or 14 mi	Ottignies-Louvain-la-Neuve	$1585
23 km or 14 mi	Wavre	$1536
23 km or 15 mi	Herent	$1599
24 km or 15 mi	Ninove	$1560
24 km or 15 mi	Aalst	$1663
25 km or 15 mi	Leuven	$1683
26 km or 16 mi	Dendermonde	$1446
28 km or 17 mi	Nivelles	$1492
31 km or 20 mi	Braine-le-Comte	$1537
35 km or 22 mi	Lier	$1523
35 km or 22 mi	Geraardsbergen	$1461
36 km or 23 mi	Heist-op-den-Berg	$1488
37 km or 23 mi	Mortsel	$1530
37 km or 23 mi	Aarschot	$1362
37 km or 23 mi	Soignies	$1509
38 km or 23 mi	Zottegem	$1520
38 km or 24 mi	Lokeren	$1475
38 km or 24 mi	Sint-Niklaas	$1514
40 km or 25 mi	Gembloux	$1578
40 km or 25 mi	Beveren	$1613
41 km or 26 mi	Tienen	$1488
41 km or 26 mi	Antwerp	$1640

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