Brussels vs Damascus - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	Brussels	Damascus
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2065	$675
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4988	$1514
🏠 One person rent	$1165	$310
🏘️ Family rent	$2046	$498
🍽️ Food expenses	$658	$255
🚐 Transport expenses	$92.4	$62.5
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3697	$48.3
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	11 km	24 km
🎓 Higher education	96	29
😀 Quality of life	92	40
🏙️ Population	196K	2.69M

The cost of living in Brussels is 206% more expensive than in Damascus. Cities ranked 1872nd and 7406th ($2065 vs $675) 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 1.8 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 99th and 7899th 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	$24.7	$9.24
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$80.5	$30.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$14.7	$5.96
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$6.48	$1.75
☕ Cappuccino	$4.55	$2.26
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.46	$1.57
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1092	$251
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$909	$145
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1988	$459
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1675	$268
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$160	$89
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$250	$137
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$58.9	$54.5
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.39%	14.16%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5177	$1767
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3603	$627
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.95	$0.1
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$64.8	$14.3
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$23.7	$8
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.98	$0.37
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.56	$0.86
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.76	$0.49
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.62	$1.61
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.89	$1.75
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$16.9	$3.05
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.9	$6.08
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$21	$13.2
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3	$0.99
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.61	$1.53
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.69	$1.1
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.82	$0.88
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.54	$0.77
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.45	$0.69
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.76	$0.46
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$3.64	$0.93
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$9.72	$6.88
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.5	$0.97
🚬 Cigarette pack	$13.6	$2.69
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$10.4	$3.14
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.15	$0.99
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.52	$0.56
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.37	$0.68
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$40.9	$18.5
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$15.7	$3.42
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$38.2	$4.39
💇 Haircut, simple	$28.9	$3.18
👖 Brand Jeans	$104	$40.8
👟 Brand Sneakers	$105	$62.9
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1225	$56.8
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$19894	$1770

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Cities near Brussels

Distance	City	Cost of living
3.2 km or 2 mi	Schaerbeek	$1920
3.3 km or 2.1 mi	Saint-Gilles	$1932
4 km or 2.5 mi	Anderlecht	$1939
4.2 km or 2.6 mi	Forest	$1993
4.5 km or 2.8 mi	Woluwe-Saint-Lambert	$1853
6.2 km or 3.8 mi	Watermael-Boitsfort	$1906
7.3 km or 4.6 mi	Dilbeek	$1900
10 km or 6.3 mi	Sint-Pieters-Leeuw	$1917
10 km or 6.4 mi	Vilvoorde	$1866
11 km or 6.8 mi	Tervuren	$1894
15 km or 9 mi	Overijse	$1860
15 km or 9.1 mi	Waterloo	$2050
15 km or 9.1 mi	Halle	$1886
17 km or 11 mi	Zemst	$1854
19 km or 12 mi	Braine-l'Alleud	$1910
19 km or 12 mi	Rixensart	$1838
21 km or 13 mi	Mechelen	$1877
21 km or 13 mi	Tubize	$1851
23 km or 14 mi	Ottignies-Louvain-la-Neuve	$1834
23 km or 14 mi	Wavre	$1785
23 km or 15 mi	Herent	$1864
24 km or 15 mi	Ninove	$1809
24 km or 15 mi	Aalst	$1890
25 km or 15 mi	Leuven	$1920
26 km or 16 mi	Dendermonde	$1706
28 km or 17 mi	Nivelles	$1702
31 km or 20 mi	Braine-le-Comte	$1796
35 km or 22 mi	Lier	$1772
35 km or 22 mi	Geraardsbergen	$1692
36 km or 23 mi	Heist-op-den-Berg	$1815
37 km or 23 mi	Mortsel	$1734
37 km or 23 mi	Aarschot	$1830
37 km or 23 mi	Soignies	$1763
38 km or 23 mi	Zottegem	$1766
38 km or 24 mi	Lokeren	$1734
38 km or 24 mi	Sint-Niklaas	$1727
40 km or 25 mi	Gembloux	$1887
40 km or 25 mi	Beveren	$1849
41 km or 26 mi	Tienen	$1742
41 km or 26 mi	Antwerp	$1857

Cities near Damascus

Distance	City	Cost of living
51 km or 32 mi	Zahle	$1005
75 km or 47 mi	Kiryat Shmona	$1925
81 km or 50 mi	Jounieh	$1106
83 km or 52 mi	Sidon	$865
83 km or 52 mi	Beirut	$1353
96 km or 59 mi	Safed	$1973
105 km or 65 mi	Tyre	$676
108 km or 67 mi	Tiberias	$1870
110 km or 68 mi	Ma'alot-Tarshiha	$1929
111 km or 69 mi	Tripoli	$842
114 km or 71 mi	Irbid	$753
115 km or 72 mi	Arraba	$1917
116 km or 72 mi	Karmiel	$1770
117 km or 73 mi	Sakhnin	$1873
125 km or 78 mi	Tamra	$1934
125 km or 78 mi	Nahariya	$1894
126 km or 78 mi	Nof HaGalil	$2000
129 km or 80 mi	Nazareth	$1981
130 km or 81 mi	Acre	$1766
131 km or 81 mi	Shefa-'Amr	$1960
135 km or 84 mi	Migdal HaEmek	$2027
136 km or 84 mi	Kiryat Motzkin	$1936
136 km or 85 mi	Kiryat Ata	$1911
137 km or 85 mi	Kiryat Yam	$1949
137 km or 85 mi	Kiryat Bialik	$1940
137 km or 85 mi	Afula	$1909
141 km or 88 mi	Homs	$385
142 km or 88 mi	Nesher	$1856
143 km or 89 mi	Jerash	$740
145 km or 90 mi	Haifa	$1930
145 km or 90 mi	Yokneam Illit	$2071
154 km or 95 mi	Umm al-Fahm	$2061
163 km or 101 mi	Zikhron Ya'akov	$2103
168 km or 105 mi	Baqa-Jatt	$2098
169 km or 105 mi	Pardes Hanna-Karkur	$2101
173 km or 107 mi	Al-Salt	$546
173 km or 108 mi	Nablus	$978
174 km or 108 mi	Hadera	$1887
177 km or 110 mi	Amman	$1013
184 km or 114 mi	Tayibe	$2207