Calgary vs Damascus - Cost of Living Comparison

	Calgary	Damascus
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1881	$647
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4575	$1530
🏠 One person rent	$1024	$272
🏘️ Family rent	$1899	$404
🍽️ Food expenses	$554	$206
🚐 Transport expenses	$175	$95.1
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4161	$53.5
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	8 km	24 km
🎓 Higher education	54	33
😀 Quality of life	93	39
🏙️ Population	1.24M	1.75M

The cost of living in Calgary is 191% more expensive than in Damascus. Cities ranked 1847th and 7157th ($1881 vs $647) 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 2.2 months in Calgary compared to 0.1 months in Damascus. Calgary ranked 5th best city to live in Canada vs Damascus ranked 1st in Syria, while ranked 48th and 7274th 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	$17.1	$3.99
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$66.2	$22.2
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$8.63	$4.03
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.47	$1.22
☕ Cappuccino	$3.75	$0.88
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.75	$0.67
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$958	$271
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$813	$205
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2064	$484
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1555	$310
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$114	$8.51
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$174	$13
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$68.2	$46
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4.32%	12.01%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3153	$1764
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2857	$1072
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.82	$0.09
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$86.7	$14.5
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$15.6	$13.9
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.39	$1.29
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.86	$1.33
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.26	$1.17
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.42	$1.46
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.96	$1.76
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.9	$4.12
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.8	$4.94
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.8	$12.1
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.04	$1.01
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.5	$2.37
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.8	$0.59
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.95	$0.95
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.35	$0.58
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.48	$0.38
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.16	$0.47
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$4.55	$2.18
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$11.7	$4.73
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.86	$0.9
🚬 Cigarette pack	$12.5	$1.99
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$11.5	$1.96
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$8.08	$4.49
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.75	$2.45
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.05	$3.04
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$61.3	$14.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$12.5	$4.01
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$60.8	$19.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$18.5	$14.5
👖 Brand Jeans	$57.9	$35
👟 Brand Sneakers	$82	$92.2
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$930	$199
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$12409	$2387

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Cities near Calgary

Distance	City	Cost of living
106 km or 66 mi	Banff	$1868
137 km or 85 mi	Red Deer	$1553
174 km or 108 mi	Lethbridge	$1669
248 km or 154 mi	Leduc	$1699
265 km or 165 mi	Medicine Hat	$1439
278 km or 173 mi	Spruce Grove	$1741
279 km or 173 mi	Edmonton	$1692
357 km or 222 mi	Sandpoint	$1556
402 km or 250 mi	Kelowna	$1774
422 km or 262 mi	Coeur d'Alene	$1994
426 km or 265 mi	Post Falls	$1941
429 km or 266 mi	Penticton	$1801
440 km or 273 mi	Spokane Valley	$1943
442 km or 275 mi	Kamloops	$1529
443 km or 275 mi	Great Falls	$1902
452 km or 281 mi	Spokane	$1886
466 km or 289 mi	Missoula	$1766
517 km or 322 mi	Helena	$1813
524 km or 325 mi	Saskatoon	$1513
526 km or 327 mi	Moscow	$1344
531 km or 330 mi	Pullman	$1402
556 km or 345 mi	Grande Prairie	$1734
560 km or 348 mi	Lewiston	$1610
572 km or 355 mi	Butte	$1341
579 km or 360 mi	Moses Lake	$1911
600 km or 373 mi	Chilliwack	$1872
603 km or 375 mi	Moose Jaw	$1638
607 km or 377 mi	Wenatchee	$1877
616 km or 382 mi	Prince Albert	$1530
630 km or 391 mi	Abbotsford	$1579
636 km or 395 mi	Whistler	$2493
637 km or 396 mi	Walla Walla	$1681
638 km or 396 mi	Bozeman	$1971
641 km or 398 mi	Maple Ridge	$1914
650 km or 404 mi	Langley	$1837
650 km or 404 mi	Pasco	$1628
651 km or 405 mi	Coquitlam	$2071
654 km or 406 mi	Bellingham	$2177
654 km or 406 mi	Richland	$1880
655 km or 407 mi	Fort McMurray	$1758

Cities near Damascus

Distance	City	Cost of living
51 km or 32 mi	Zahle	$1189
75 km or 47 mi	Kiryat Shmona	$1571
81 km or 50 mi	Jounieh	$1187
83 km or 52 mi	Sidon	$806
83 km or 52 mi	Beirut	$1409
96 km or 59 mi	Safed	$1641
105 km or 65 mi	Tyre	$1679
108 km or 67 mi	Tiberias	$1601
110 km or 68 mi	Ma'alot-Tarshiha	$1647
111 km or 69 mi	Tripoli	$926
114 km or 71 mi	Irbid	$582
115 km or 72 mi	Arraba	$1648
116 km or 72 mi	Karmiel	$1669
117 km or 73 mi	Sakhnin	$1646
125 km or 78 mi	Tamra	$1648
125 km or 78 mi	Nahariya	$1643
126 km or 78 mi	Nof HaGalil	$1649
129 km or 80 mi	Nazareth	$1372
130 km or 81 mi	Acre	$1281
131 km or 81 mi	Shefa-'Amr	$1645
135 km or 84 mi	Migdal HaEmek	$1648
136 km or 84 mi	Kiryat Motzkin	$1593
136 km or 85 mi	Kiryat Ata	$1341
137 km or 85 mi	Kiryat Bialik	$1666
137 km or 85 mi	Kiryat Yam	$1644
137 km or 85 mi	Afula	$1145
141 km or 88 mi	Homs	$467
142 km or 88 mi	Nesher	$1505
143 km or 89 mi	Jerash	$572
145 km or 90 mi	Haifa	$1568
145 km or 90 mi	Yokneam Illit	$1586
154 km or 95 mi	Umm al-Fahm	$1641
163 km or 101 mi	Zikhron Ya'akov	$1633
168 km or 105 mi	Baqa-Jatt	$1650
169 km or 105 mi	Pardes Hanna-Karkur	$1734
173 km or 107 mi	Al-Salt	$633
173 km or 108 mi	Nablus	$868
174 km or 108 mi	Hadera	$1548
177 km or 110 mi	Amman	$968
184 km or 114 mi	Tayibe	$1642