Bucharest vs Damascus - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	Bucharest	Damascus
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1138	$675
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2971	$1514
🏠 One person rent	$535	$310
🏘️ Family rent	$931	$498
🍽️ Food expenses	$389	$255
🚐 Transport expenses	$84.2	$62.5
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1467	$48.3
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	12 km	24 km
🎓 Higher education	78	29
😀 Quality of life	84	40
🏙️ Population	1.72M	2.69M

The cost of living in Bucharest is 69% more expensive than in Damascus. Cities ranked 4935th and 7406th ($1138 vs $675) 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 508th and 7899th 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	$11.9	$9.24
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$57.2	$30.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$8.13	$5.96
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.53	$1.75
☕ Cappuccino	$3.56	$2.26
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.41	$1.57
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$586	$251
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$385	$145
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1055	$459
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$699	$268
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$99.4	$89
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$151	$137
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$10.4	$54.5
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	7.13%	14.16%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4123	$1767
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2286	$627
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.96	$0.1
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$22.9	$14.3
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$6.84	$8
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.76	$0.37
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.66	$0.86
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.08	$0.49
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.32	$1.61
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.75	$1.75
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.2	$3.05
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.76	$6.08
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.7	$13.2
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.38	$0.99
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.77	$1.53
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.77	$1.1
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.49	$0.88
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.87	$0.77
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.91	$0.69
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.62	$0.46
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.33	$0.93
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.76	$6.88
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.22	$0.97
🚬 Cigarette pack	$6.73	$2.69
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$7.02	$3.14
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.79	$0.99
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.77	$0.56
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.11	$0.68
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$48.8	$18.5
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$8.67	$3.42
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$69.3	$4.39
💇 Haircut, simple	$11.2	$3.18
👖 Brand Jeans	$86.8	$40.8
👟 Brand Sneakers	$101	$62.9
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$769	$56.8
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$16525	$1770

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Cities near Bucharest

Distance	City	Cost of living
13 km or 8.3 mi	Voluntari	$999
56 km or 35 mi	Giurgiu	$956
60 km or 37 mi	Ploiesti	$926
62 km or 39 mi	Ruse	$784
77 km or 48 mi	Targoviste	$800
77 km or 48 mi	Alexandria	$724
102 km or 63 mi	Buzau	$831
102 km or 63 mi	Calarasi	$758
103 km or 64 mi	Slobozia	$777
108 km or 67 mi	Pitesti	$970
137 km or 85 mi	Slatina	$695
143 km or 89 mi	Shumen	$666
144 km or 90 mi	Brasov	$1150
151 km or 94 mi	Veliko Tarnovo	$759
156 km or 97 mi	Ramnicu Valcea	$826
161 km or 100 mi	Pleven	$704
164 km or 102 mi	Sfantu Gheorghe	$732
168 km or 104 mi	Dobrich	$805
168 km or 105 mi	Focsani	$910
177 km or 110 mi	Braila	$871
180 km or 112 mi	Craiova	$983
181 km or 112 mi	Gabrovo	$665
192 km or 119 mi	Galati	$950
192 km or 119 mi	Sliven	$607
198 km or 123 mi	Varna	$1099
203 km or 126 mi	Mamaia	$1062
205 km or 127 mi	Constanta	$1132
216 km or 134 mi	Yambol	$644
217 km or 135 mi	Sibiu	$840
223 km or 138 mi	Stara Zagora	$716
232 km or 144 mi	Tulcea	$916
233 km or 145 mi	Targu Jiu	$844
236 km or 146 mi	Cahul	$864
237 km or 147 mi	Barlad	$841
238 km or 148 mi	Medias	$738
239 km or 148 mi	Burgas	$872
243 km or 151 mi	Vratsa	$763
251 km or 156 mi	Bacau	$773
260 km or 161 mi	Vidin	$683
267 km or 166 mi	Targu Mures	$795

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