Bucharest vs Damascus - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Bucharest	Damascus
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1036	$672
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2606	$1612
🏠 One person rent	$496	$271
🏘️ Family rent	$863	$473
🍽️ Food expenses	$354	$237
🚐 Transport expenses	$72.4	$110
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1242	$56.1
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	12 km	24 km
🎓 Higher education	76	25
😀 Quality of life	78	32
🏙️ Population	1.72M	2.58M

The cost of living in Bucharest is 54% more expensive than in Damascus. Cities ranked 5404th and 7105th ($1036 vs $672) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 1st in Romania and Syria, respectively. Check Romania vs Syria comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.2 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 642nd and 7854th 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	$10.6	$5.04
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$47	$32.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.53	$5
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.06	$1.26
☕ Cappuccino	$3.18	$1.27
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.11	$1.04
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$545	$248
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$348	$140
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$948	$531
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$640	$294
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$99	$42.9
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$152	$66
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$9.34	$66.2
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	7.21%	13.49%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2831	$1873
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1759	$880
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.67	$0.1
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$18.6	$17.1
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$5.92	$10.9
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.64	$2.24
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.77	$1.07
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.03	$0.63
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.41	$1.76
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.32	$1.9
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.2	$3.38
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.76	$6.61
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.6	$9.99
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.24	$1.01
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.74	$2.28
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.71	$1.02
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2	$0.86
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.08	$0.59
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.05	$0.6
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.6	$0.41
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.11	$2.16
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$6.93	$5.5
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.18	$1.01
🚬 Cigarette pack	$6.06	$2.98
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.85	$1.95
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.36	$4.48
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.78	$2.47
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.29	$3.05
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$44.3	$13.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$8.19	$3.03
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$55	$19.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$11.1	$14.4
👖 Brand Jeans	$78.8	$21.8
👟 Brand Sneakers	$87.9	$47.8
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$532	$48.8
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$10286	$1645

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Cities near Bucharest

Distance	City	Cost of living
13 km or 8.3 mi	Voluntari	$900
56 km or 35 mi	Giurgiu	$852
60 km or 37 mi	Ploiesti	$786
62 km or 39 mi	Ruse	$668
77 km or 48 mi	Targoviste	$757
77 km or 48 mi	Alexandria	$663
102 km or 63 mi	Buzau	$795
102 km or 63 mi	Calarasi	$727
103 km or 64 mi	Slobozia	$759
108 km or 67 mi	Pitesti	$772
137 km or 85 mi	Slatina	$631
143 km or 89 mi	Shumen	$644
144 km or 90 mi	Brasov	$955
151 km or 94 mi	Veliko Tarnovo	$793
156 km or 97 mi	Ramnicu Valcea	$688
161 km or 100 mi	Pleven	$684
164 km or 102 mi	Sfantu Gheorghe	$751
168 km or 104 mi	Dobrich	$755
168 km or 105 mi	Focsani	$751
177 km or 110 mi	Braila	$721
180 km or 112 mi	Craiova	$744
181 km or 112 mi	Gabrovo	$589
192 km or 119 mi	Galati	$831
192 km or 119 mi	Sliven	$624
198 km or 123 mi	Varna	$931
203 km or 126 mi	Mamaia	$961
205 km or 127 mi	Constanta	$1035
216 km or 134 mi	Yambol	$561
217 km or 135 mi	Sibiu	$837
223 km or 138 mi	Stara Zagora	$693
232 km or 144 mi	Tulcea	$832
233 km or 145 mi	Targu Jiu	$761
236 km or 146 mi	Cahul	$846
237 km or 147 mi	Barlad	$759
238 km or 148 mi	Medias	$584
239 km or 148 mi	Burgas	$573
243 km or 151 mi	Vratsa	$876
251 km or 156 mi	Bacau	$735
260 km or 161 mi	Vidin	$640
267 km or 166 mi	Targu Mures	$721

Cities near Damascus

Distance	City	Cost of living
51 km or 32 mi	Zahle	$857
75 km or 47 mi	Kiryat Shmona	$1604
81 km or 50 mi	Jounieh	$948
83 km or 52 mi	Sidon	$767
83 km or 52 mi	Beirut	$1165
96 km or 59 mi	Safed	$1635
105 km or 65 mi	Tyre	$545
108 km or 67 mi	Tiberias	$1544
110 km or 68 mi	Ma'alot-Tarshiha	$1619
111 km or 69 mi	Tripoli	$708
114 km or 71 mi	Irbid	$630
115 km or 72 mi	Arraba	$1624
116 km or 72 mi	Karmiel	$1579
117 km or 73 mi	Sakhnin	$1612
125 km or 78 mi	Tamra	$1617
125 km or 78 mi	Nahariya	$1565
126 km or 78 mi	Nof HaGalil	$1659
129 km or 80 mi	Nazareth	$1674
130 km or 81 mi	Acre	$1451
131 km or 81 mi	Shefa-'Amr	$1617
135 km or 84 mi	Migdal HaEmek	$1664
136 km or 84 mi	Kiryat Motzkin	$1585
136 km or 85 mi	Kiryat Ata	$1591
137 km or 85 mi	Kiryat Yam	$1604
137 km or 85 mi	Kiryat Bialik	$1607
137 km or 85 mi	Afula	$1614
141 km or 88 mi	Homs	$462
142 km or 88 mi	Nesher	$1532
143 km or 89 mi	Jerash	$598
145 km or 90 mi	Haifa	$1582
145 km or 90 mi	Yokneam Illit	$1706
154 km or 95 mi	Umm al-Fahm	$1708
163 km or 101 mi	Zikhron Ya'akov	$1749
168 km or 105 mi	Baqa-Jatt	$1758
169 km or 105 mi	Pardes Hanna-Karkur	$1787
173 km or 107 mi	Al-Salt	$692
173 km or 108 mi	Nablus	$730
174 km or 108 mi	Hadera	$1556
177 km or 110 mi	Amman	$1004
184 km or 114 mi	Tayibe	$1838