Calgary vs Damascus - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Calgary	Damascus
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2149	$672
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4908	$1612
🏠 One person rent	$1251	$271
🏘️ Family rent	$2067	$473
🍽️ Food expenses	$593	$237
🚐 Transport expenses	$170	$110
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3509	$56.1
😷 Air quality	Good	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	9 km	24 km
🎓 Higher education	53	25
😀 Quality of life	90	32
🏙️ Population	1.31M	2.58M

The cost of living in Calgary is 220% more expensive than in Damascus. Cities ranked 1473rd and 7105th ($2149 vs $672) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 28th and 1st in Canada and Syria, respectively. Check Canada vs Syria comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.6 months in Calgary compared to 0.1 months in Damascus. Calgary ranked 6th best city to live in Canada vs Damascus ranked 1st in Syria, while ranked 131st and 7854th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Calgary vs Damascus

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	Calgary	Damascus
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$16.9	$5.04
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$64.6	$32.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.2	$5
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.43	$1.26
☕ Cappuccino	$4.28	$1.27
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.04	$1.04
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1277	$248
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1002	$140
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2181	$531
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1707	$294
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$134	$42.9
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$206	$66
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$59.9	$66.2
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.34%	13.49%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3298	$1873
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3114	$880
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.75	$0.1
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$83.8	$17.1
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$15.5	$10.9
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.12	$2.24
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$2.07	$1.07
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.49	$0.63
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.17	$1.76
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.96	$1.9
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.5	$3.38
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.2	$6.61
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.9	$9.99
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.35	$1.01
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.44	$2.28
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.96	$1.02
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.15	$0.86
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.5	$0.59
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.31	$0.6
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.33	$0.41
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.61	$2.16
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$14.9	$5.5
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.97	$1.01
🚬 Cigarette pack	$13.6	$2.98
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.18	$1.95
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.97	$4.48
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.9	$2.47
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.32	$3.05
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$53	$13.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$13	$3.03
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$65.5	$19.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$23.4	$14.4
👖 Brand Jeans	$55	$21.8
👟 Brand Sneakers	$84.7	$47.8
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$984	$48.8
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$19196	$1645

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Cities near Calgary

Distance	City	Cost of living
106 km or 66 mi	Banff	$1914
137 km or 85 mi	Red Deer	$1727
174 km or 108 mi	Lethbridge	$1701
248 km or 154 mi	Leduc	$1723
265 km or 165 mi	Medicine Hat	$1577
278 km or 173 mi	Spruce Grove	$1709
279 km or 173 mi	Edmonton	$1785
357 km or 222 mi	Sandpoint	$2523
402 km or 250 mi	Kelowna	$2001
422 km or 262 mi	Coeur d'Alene	$2275
426 km or 265 mi	Post Falls	$2250
429 km or 266 mi	Penticton	$1781
440 km or 273 mi	Spokane Valley	$2156
442 km or 275 mi	Kamloops	$1854
443 km or 275 mi	Great Falls	$2139
452 km or 281 mi	Spokane	$2150
466 km or 289 mi	Missoula	$2011
517 km or 322 mi	Helena	$2498
524 km or 325 mi	Saskatoon	$1793
526 km or 327 mi	Moscow	$1642
531 km or 330 mi	Pullman	$1566
556 km or 345 mi	Grande Prairie	$1786
560 km or 348 mi	Lewiston	$1830
572 km or 355 mi	Butte	$1610
579 km or 360 mi	Moses Lake	$1917
600 km or 373 mi	Chilliwack	$1765
603 km or 375 mi	Moose Jaw	$1408
607 km or 377 mi	Wenatchee	$2322
616 km or 382 mi	Prince Albert	$1487
630 km or 391 mi	Abbotsford	$1976
636 km or 395 mi	Whistler	$2469
637 km or 396 mi	Walla Walla	$2010
638 km or 396 mi	Bozeman	$2484
641 km or 398 mi	Maple Ridge	$2243
650 km or 404 mi	Langley	$1983
650 km or 404 mi	Pasco	$2042
651 km or 405 mi	Coquitlam	$2553
654 km or 406 mi	Bellingham	$2278
654 km or 406 mi	Richland	$2169
655 km or 407 mi	Fort McMurray	$1871

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