Brussels vs Damascus - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: June 21, 2026

	Brussels	Damascus
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2030	$706
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4894	$1602
🏠 One person rent	$1166	$323
🏘️ Family rent	$1999	$531
🍽️ Food expenses	$628	$270
🚐 Transport expenses	$88	$66.7
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3313	$45
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	11 km	24 km
🎓 Higher education	96	29
😀 Quality of life	91	40
🏙️ Population	196K	2.69M

The cost of living in Brussels is 188% more expensive than in Damascus. Cities ranked 1939th and 7245th ($2030 vs $706) 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 121st and 7855th 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	$21.2	$9.98
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$80	$35
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$13.7	$6.8
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.64	$1.89
☕ Cappuccino	$4.38	$2.62
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.4	$1.79
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1112	$287
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$903	$168
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2002	$529
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1605	$309
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$169	$85.3
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$262	$131
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$52.2	$46.4
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.77%	14.35%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5037	$1741
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4002	$605
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.91	$0.12
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$63.5	$12
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$21.4	$9.2
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$2.06	$0.42
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.51	$0.98
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.7	$0.45
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.56	$1.63
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.8	$1.6
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.7	$3.53
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.7	$5.65
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$21.4	$13.9
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.04	$0.97
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.5	$1.44
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.71	$1.07
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.7	$1.02
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.5	$0.75
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.28	$0.67
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.81	$0.45
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$3.5	$1.08
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$9.36	$5.96
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.55	$0.96
🚬 Cigarette pack	$13.8	$2.77
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$10.5	$3.6
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.04	$1.14
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.49	$0.65
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.3	$0.78
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$39.1	$21.1
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$15.3	$3.92
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$38	$5.04
💇 Haircut, simple	$28.2	$3.64
👖 Brand Jeans	$102	$34.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$106	$59.9
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1423	$65
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$19621	$1772

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Cities near Brussels

Distance	City	Cost of living
3.2 km or 2 mi	Schaerbeek	$1896
3.3 km or 2.1 mi	Saint-Gilles	$1895
4 km or 2.5 mi	Anderlecht	$1926
4.2 km or 2.6 mi	Forest	$1969
4.5 km or 2.8 mi	Woluwe-Saint-Lambert	$1837
6.2 km or 3.8 mi	Watermael-Boitsfort	$1870
7.3 km or 4.6 mi	Dilbeek	$1861
10 km or 6.3 mi	Sint-Pieters-Leeuw	$1866
10 km or 6.4 mi	Vilvoorde	$1844
11 km or 6.8 mi	Tervuren	$1874
15 km or 9 mi	Overijse	$1832
15 km or 9.1 mi	Waterloo	$1993
15 km or 9.1 mi	Halle	$1843
17 km or 11 mi	Zemst	$1833
19 km or 12 mi	Braine-l'Alleud	$1888
19 km or 12 mi	Rixensart	$1793
21 km or 13 mi	Mechelen	$1848
21 km or 13 mi	Tubize	$1819
23 km or 14 mi	Ottignies-Louvain-la-Neuve	$1813
23 km or 14 mi	Wavre	$1769
23 km or 15 mi	Herent	$1845
24 km or 15 mi	Ninove	$1799
24 km or 15 mi	Aalst	$1881
25 km or 15 mi	Leuven	$1895
26 km or 16 mi	Dendermonde	$1769
28 km or 17 mi	Nivelles	$1703
31 km or 20 mi	Braine-le-Comte	$1781
35 km or 22 mi	Lier	$1743
35 km or 22 mi	Geraardsbergen	$1686
36 km or 23 mi	Heist-op-den-Berg	$1757
37 km or 23 mi	Mortsel	$1688
37 km or 23 mi	Aarschot	$1799
37 km or 23 mi	Soignies	$1746
38 km or 23 mi	Zottegem	$1753
38 km or 24 mi	Lokeren	$1742
38 km or 24 mi	Sint-Niklaas	$1799
40 km or 25 mi	Gembloux	$1939
40 km or 25 mi	Beveren	$1829
41 km or 26 mi	Tienen	$1727
41 km or 26 mi	Antwerp	$1834

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