Calgary vs Damascus - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Calgary	Damascus
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2077	$638
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4598	$1494
🏠 One person rent	$1226	$291
🏘️ Family rent	$1942	$523
🍽️ Food expenses	$561	$232
🚐 Transport expenses	$162	$80.7
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3168	$55.7
😷 Air quality	Good	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	9 km	24 km
🎓 Higher education	53	25
😀 Quality of life	90	34
🏙️ Population	1.31M	2.69M

The cost of living in Calgary is 225% more expensive than in Damascus. Cities ranked 1646th and 7300th ($2077 vs $638) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 23rd and 1st in Canada and Syria, respectively. Check Canada vs Syria comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.5 months in Calgary compared to 0.1 months in Damascus. Calgary ranked 8th best city to live in Canada vs Damascus ranked 1st in Syria, while ranked 153rd and 7688th 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	$15.2	$5.01
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$60.7	$34.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.97	$4.96
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.29	$1.5
☕ Cappuccino	$4.1	$1.26
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.02	$1.25
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1222	$262
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$991	$154
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2053	$590
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1592	$330
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$131	$48.5
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$200	$74.5
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$57.4	$67.2
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.03%	13.68%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3283	$1862
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3066	$879
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.57	$0.1
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$80.8	$16.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$14.5	$10.9
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.09	$0.43
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$2.11	$1.07
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.47	$0.63
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.98	$1.76
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.79	$1.76
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.2	$3.37
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.1	$6.69
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.5	$10.1
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.12	$0.99
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.31	$2.12
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.69	$1
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.19	$0.86
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.52	$0.59
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.42	$0.62
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.2	$0.4
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.37	$1.13
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$15.2	$5.52
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.92	$1.02
🚬 Cigarette pack	$13	$3.03
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.11	$3.24
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.68	$0.87
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.77	$0.48
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.21	$0.59
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$49.1	$13.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$11.7	$3.03
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$61.4	$3.81
💇 Haircut, simple	$22.6	$2.82
👖 Brand Jeans	$56.3	$21.8
👟 Brand Sneakers	$82.4	$47.5
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$841	$48.6
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$16603	$1666

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Cities near Calgary

Distance	City	Cost of living
106 km or 66 mi	Banff	$1743
137 km or 85 mi	Red Deer	$1676
174 km or 108 mi	Lethbridge	$1614
248 km or 154 mi	Leduc	$1656
265 km or 165 mi	Medicine Hat	$1487
278 km or 173 mi	Spruce Grove	$1588
279 km or 173 mi	Edmonton	$1769
357 km or 222 mi	Sandpoint	$2568
402 km or 250 mi	Kelowna	$1886
422 km or 262 mi	Coeur d'Alene	$2299
426 km or 265 mi	Post Falls	$2284
429 km or 266 mi	Penticton	$1638
440 km or 273 mi	Spokane Valley	$2174
442 km or 275 mi	Kamloops	$1770
443 km or 275 mi	Great Falls	$2007
452 km or 281 mi	Spokane	$2163
466 km or 289 mi	Missoula	$2054
517 km or 322 mi	Helena	$2327
524 km or 325 mi	Saskatoon	$1786
526 km or 327 mi	Moscow	$1792
531 km or 330 mi	Pullman	$1612
556 km or 345 mi	Grande Prairie	$1778
560 km or 348 mi	Lewiston	$1884
572 km or 355 mi	Butte	$1632
579 km or 360 mi	Moses Lake	$2009
600 km or 373 mi	Chilliwack	$1761
603 km or 375 mi	Moose Jaw	$1360
607 km or 377 mi	Wenatchee	$2248
616 km or 382 mi	Prince Albert	$1446
630 km or 391 mi	Abbotsford	$1883
636 km or 395 mi	Whistler	$2023
637 km or 396 mi	Walla Walla	$1968
638 km or 396 mi	Bozeman	$2616
641 km or 398 mi	Maple Ridge	$1969
650 km or 404 mi	Langley	$2021
650 km or 404 mi	Pasco	$2050
651 km or 405 mi	Coquitlam	$2490
654 km or 406 mi	Bellingham	$2466
654 km or 406 mi	Richland	$2181
655 km or 407 mi	Fort McMurray	$1871

Cities near Damascus

Distance	City	Cost of living
51 km or 32 mi	Zahle	$912
75 km or 47 mi	Kiryat Shmona	$1709
81 km or 50 mi	Jounieh	$1020
83 km or 52 mi	Sidon	$798
83 km or 52 mi	Beirut	$1255
96 km or 59 mi	Safed	$1681
105 km or 65 mi	Tyre	$573
108 km or 67 mi	Tiberias	$1600
110 km or 68 mi	Ma'alot-Tarshiha	$1647
111 km or 69 mi	Tripoli	$776
114 km or 71 mi	Irbid	$679
115 km or 72 mi	Arraba	$1633
116 km or 72 mi	Karmiel	$1531
117 km or 73 mi	Sakhnin	$1612
125 km or 78 mi	Tamra	$1655
125 km or 78 mi	Nahariya	$1616
126 km or 78 mi	Nof HaGalil	$1709
129 km or 80 mi	Nazareth	$1732
130 km or 81 mi	Acre	$1502
131 km or 81 mi	Shefa-'Amr	$1677
135 km or 84 mi	Migdal HaEmek	$1742
136 km or 84 mi	Kiryat Motzkin	$1666
136 km or 85 mi	Kiryat Ata	$1647
137 km or 85 mi	Kiryat Bialik	$1666
137 km or 85 mi	Kiryat Yam	$1657
137 km or 85 mi	Afula	$1652
141 km or 88 mi	Homs	$456
142 km or 88 mi	Nesher	$1593
143 km or 89 mi	Jerash	$608
145 km or 90 mi	Haifa	$1645
145 km or 90 mi	Yokneam Illit	$1778
154 km or 95 mi	Umm al-Fahm	$1756
163 km or 101 mi	Zikhron Ya'akov	$1731
168 km or 105 mi	Baqa-Jatt	$1782
169 km or 105 mi	Pardes Hanna-Karkur	$1728
173 km or 107 mi	Al-Salt	$552
173 km or 108 mi	Nablus	$877
174 km or 108 mi	Hadera	$1576
177 km or 110 mi	Amman	$994
184 km or 114 mi	Tayibe	$1902