Budapest vs Damascus - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Budapest	Damascus
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1185	$672
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2918	$1612
🏠 One person rent	$589	$271
🏘️ Family rent	$1010	$473
🍽️ Food expenses	$362	$237
🚐 Transport expenses	$114	$110
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1262	$56.1
😷 Air quality	Good	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	18 km	24 km
🎓 Higher education	92	25
😀 Quality of life	80	32
🏙️ Population	1.69M	2.58M

The cost of living in Budapest is 76% more expensive than in Damascus. Cities ranked 4643rd and 7105th ($1185 vs $672) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 1st in Hungary and Syria, respectively. Check Hungary vs Syria comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.1 months in Budapest compared to 0.1 months in Damascus. Budapest ranked 1st best city to live in Hungary vs Damascus ranked 1st in Syria, while ranked 551st and 7854th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Budapest vs Damascus

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	Budapest	Damascus
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$10.4	$5.04
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$47.3	$32.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.94	$5
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.65	$1.26
☕ Cappuccino	$2.73	$1.27
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.68	$1.04
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$603	$248
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$453	$140
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1093	$531
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$799	$294
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$86.9	$42.9
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$134	$66
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$18.5	$66.2
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	7.5%	13.49%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4116	$1873
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2686	$880
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.27	$0.1
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$25.6	$17.1
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$12.8	$10.9
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.77	$2.24
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.19	$1.07
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.34	$0.63
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.64	$1.76
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.9	$1.9
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.4	$3.38
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.68	$6.61
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.3	$9.99
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.72	$1.01
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.85	$2.28
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.94	$1.02
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.83	$0.86
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.22	$0.59
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.31	$0.6
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.35	$0.41
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.96	$2.16
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$5.76	$5.5
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.12	$1.01
🚬 Cigarette pack	$6.1	$2.98
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$10.4	$1.95
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.78	$4.48
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.44	$2.47
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.24	$3.05
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$50	$13.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$7.59	$3.03
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$61.2	$19.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$11.9	$14.4
👖 Brand Jeans	$80.3	$21.8
👟 Brand Sneakers	$94.2	$47.8
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$448	$48.8
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$11060	$1645

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Cities near Budapest

Distance	City	Cost of living
8.2 km or 5.1 mi	Budafok-Teteny	$960
16 km or 9.8 mi	Erd	$849
16 km or 10 mi	Dunakeszi	$1018
17 km or 11 mi	Szigetszentmiklos	$901
27 km or 17 mi	Godollo	$992
32 km or 20 mi	Vac	$876
49 km or 31 mi	Tatabanya	$910
58 km or 36 mi	Szekesfehervar	$805
58 km or 36 mi	Dunaujvaros	$770
67 km or 42 mi	Cegled	$849
74 km or 46 mi	Komarno	$1067
82 km or 51 mi	Kecskemet	$953
84 km or 52 mi	Nove Zamky	$1037
86 km or 53 mi	Salgotarjan	$879
86 km or 53 mi	Levice	$898
93 km or 58 mi	Szolnok	$712
96 km or 59 mi	Veszprem	$883
104 km or 65 mi	Lucenec	$1166
107 km or 67 mi	Gyor	$788
109 km or 68 mi	Eger	$864
115 km or 72 mi	Nitra	$1062
121 km or 75 mi	Zvolen	$1574
123 km or 76 mi	Ozd	$879
130 km or 81 mi	Szekszard	$780
138 km or 86 mi	Banska Bystrica	$1103
139 km or 86 mi	Mosonmagyarovar	$827
145 km or 90 mi	Prievidza	$952
146 km or 91 mi	Trnava	$1197
146 km or 91 mi	Miskolc	$784
146 km or 91 mi	Baja	$761
150 km or 93 mi	Piestany	$935
153 km or 95 mi	Hodmezovasarhely	$837
158 km or 98 mi	Kaposvar	$745
160 km or 99 mi	Petrzalka	$1234
161 km or 100 mi	Bratislava	$1307
163 km or 101 mi	Subotica	$797
163 km or 101 mi	Szeged	$860
170 km or 106 mi	Pecs	$851
172 km or 107 mi	Trencin	$1150
174 km or 108 mi	Martin	$1090

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