Bucharest vs Damascus - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Bucharest	Damascus
🚶 Cost of living one person	$988	$638
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2566	$1494
🏠 One person rent	$474	$291
🏘️ Family rent	$877	$523
🍽️ Food expenses	$339	$232
🚐 Transport expenses	$67.6	$80.7
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1247	$55.7
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	12 km	24 km
🎓 Higher education	77	25
😀 Quality of life	79	34
🏙️ Population	1.72M	2.69M

The cost of living in Bucharest is 55% more expensive than in Damascus. Cities ranked 5565th and 7300th ($988 vs $638) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 3rd and 1st in Romania and Syria, respectively. Check Romania vs Syria comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.3 months in Bucharest compared to 0.1 months in Damascus. Bucharest ranked 1st best city to live in Romania vs Damascus ranked 1st in Syria, while ranked 645th and 7688th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Bucharest vs Damascus

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	Bucharest	Damascus
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$10.5	$5.01
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$44.7	$34.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.25	$4.96
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.9	$1.5
☕ Cappuccino	$3.01	$1.26
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.09	$1.25
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$520	$262
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$337	$154
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$999	$590
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$658	$330
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$90.8	$48.5
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$141	$74.5
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$9.28	$67.2
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	7.1%	13.68%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3094	$1862
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1793	$879
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.63	$0.1
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$17.3	$16.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$5.57	$10.9
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.52	$0.43
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.6	$1.07
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.98	$0.63
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.35	$1.76
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.05	$1.76
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.55	$3.37
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.56	$6.69
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.9	$10.1
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.15	$0.99
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.62	$2.12
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.6	$1
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.05	$0.86
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.94	$0.59
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.89	$0.62
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.57	$0.4
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.01	$1.13
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.28	$5.52
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.12	$1.02
🚬 Cigarette pack	$5.84	$3.03
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.38	$3.24
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.93	$0.87
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.61	$0.48
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.03	$0.59
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$42.7	$13.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$7.92	$3.03
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$51.8	$3.81
💇 Haircut, simple	$10.4	$2.82
👖 Brand Jeans	$72.9	$21.8
👟 Brand Sneakers	$84	$47.5
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$569	$48.6
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$11573	$1666

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Cities near Bucharest

Distance	City	Cost of living
13 km or 8.3 mi	Voluntari	$867
56 km or 35 mi	Giurgiu	$847
60 km or 37 mi	Ploiesti	$796
62 km or 39 mi	Ruse	$633
77 km or 48 mi	Targoviste	$704
77 km or 48 mi	Alexandria	$629
102 km or 63 mi	Buzau	$729
102 km or 63 mi	Calarasi	$696
103 km or 64 mi	Slobozia	$722
108 km or 67 mi	Pitesti	$743
137 km or 85 mi	Slatina	$623
143 km or 89 mi	Shumen	$622
144 km or 90 mi	Brasov	$938
151 km or 94 mi	Veliko Tarnovo	$731
156 km or 97 mi	Ramnicu Valcea	$770
161 km or 100 mi	Pleven	$594
164 km or 102 mi	Sfantu Gheorghe	$680
168 km or 104 mi	Dobrich	$702
168 km or 105 mi	Focsani	$752
177 km or 110 mi	Braila	$741
180 km or 112 mi	Craiova	$848
181 km or 112 mi	Gabrovo	$598
192 km or 119 mi	Galati	$786
192 km or 119 mi	Sliven	$631
198 km or 123 mi	Varna	$892
203 km or 126 mi	Mamaia	$929
205 km or 127 mi	Constanta	$1002
216 km or 134 mi	Yambol	$546
217 km or 135 mi	Sibiu	$698
223 km or 138 mi	Stara Zagora	$646
232 km or 144 mi	Tulcea	$837
233 km or 145 mi	Targu Jiu	$718
236 km or 146 mi	Cahul	$812
237 km or 147 mi	Barlad	$725
238 km or 148 mi	Medias	$574
239 km or 148 mi	Burgas	$721
243 km or 151 mi	Vratsa	$687
251 km or 156 mi	Bacau	$650
260 km or 161 mi	Vidin	$605
267 km or 166 mi	Targu Mures	$758

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