Calgary vs Damascus - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 01, 2024

	Calgary	Damascus
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2113	$583
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4833	$1433
🏠 One person rent	$1211	$225
🏘️ Family rent	$1953	$409
🍽️ Food expenses	$578	$203
🚐 Transport expenses	$189	$117
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3532	$56.5
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	8 km	24 km
🎓 Higher education	53	25
😀 Quality of life	92	36
🏙️ Population	1.31M	2.5M

The cost of living in Calgary is 263% more expensive than in Damascus. Cities ranked 1526th and 7822nd ($2113 vs $583) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 32nd and 1st in Canada and Syria, respectively. Check Canada vs Syria comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.7 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 66th and 7665th 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	$4.03
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$64	$24
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.3	$4.52
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.56	$1.51
☕ Cappuccino	$3.87	$1.29
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.12	$0.95
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1165	$270
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$944	$126
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1993	$474
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1559	$293
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$156	$19.9
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$241	$30.2
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$66.7	$49.7
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.41%	11.93%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3410	$1756
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3182	$1228
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.69	$0.08
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$82.1	$17
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$20.3	$11.4
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.22	$2.66
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$2.15	$1.01
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.46	$1.1
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.43	$1.55
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.83	$1.6
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.6	$3.88
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13	$5.76
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.5	$9.17
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.31	$1.04
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.38	$1.8
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.05	$0.7
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.22	$0.82
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.56	$0.55
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.34	$0.41
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.19	$0.33
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.41	$1.14
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$15	$5.47
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.76	$1.01
🚬 Cigarette pack	$13.5	$3.03
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.57	$3.25
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.91	$0.87
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.19	$0.48
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.52	$0.59
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$56.1	$12.3
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$12.9	$3.01
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$66.2	$3.85
💇 Haircut, simple	$20	$2.79
👖 Brand Jeans	$62.9	$30.6
👟 Brand Sneakers	$87.8	$50.3
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$904	$94.1
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$21983	$1634

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Cities near Calgary

Distance	City	Cost of living
106 km or 66 mi	Banff	$1860
137 km or 85 mi	Red Deer	$1688
174 km or 108 mi	Lethbridge	$1675
248 km or 154 mi	Leduc	$1694
265 km or 165 mi	Medicine Hat	$1510
278 km or 173 mi	Spruce Grove	$1711
279 km or 173 mi	Edmonton	$1732
357 km or 222 mi	Sandpoint	$2798
402 km or 250 mi	Kelowna	$1696
422 km or 262 mi	Coeur d'Alene	$2269
426 km or 265 mi	Post Falls	$2276
429 km or 266 mi	Penticton	$1718
440 km or 273 mi	Spokane Valley	$2061
442 km or 275 mi	Kamloops	$1835
443 km or 275 mi	Great Falls	$2484
452 km or 281 mi	Spokane	$2022
466 km or 289 mi	Missoula	$1795
517 km or 322 mi	Helena	$2023
524 km or 325 mi	Saskatoon	$1858
526 km or 327 mi	Moscow	$1526
531 km or 330 mi	Pullman	$1568
556 km or 345 mi	Grande Prairie	$1789
560 km or 348 mi	Lewiston	$1731
572 km or 355 mi	Butte	$1585
579 km or 360 mi	Moses Lake	$1908
600 km or 373 mi	Chilliwack	$1760
603 km or 375 mi	Moose Jaw	$1613
607 km or 377 mi	Wenatchee	$2358
616 km or 382 mi	Prince Albert	$1629
630 km or 391 mi	Abbotsford	$1990
636 km or 395 mi	Whistler	$2445
637 km or 396 mi	Walla Walla	$2064
638 km or 396 mi	Bozeman	$2269
641 km or 398 mi	Maple Ridge	$2218
650 km or 404 mi	Langley	$2034
650 km or 404 mi	Pasco	$2098
651 km or 405 mi	Coquitlam	$2595
654 km or 406 mi	Bellingham	$2251
654 km or 406 mi	Richland	$1896
655 km or 407 mi	Fort McMurray	$1722

Cities near Damascus

Distance	City	Cost of living
51 km or 32 mi	Zahle	$882
75 km or 47 mi	Kiryat Shmona	$1673
81 km or 50 mi	Jounieh	$982
83 km or 52 mi	Sidon	$770
83 km or 52 mi	Beirut	$1195
96 km or 59 mi	Safed	$1622
105 km or 65 mi	Tyre	$633
108 km or 67 mi	Tiberias	$1427
110 km or 68 mi	Ma'alot-Tarshiha	$1633
111 km or 69 mi	Tripoli	$665
114 km or 71 mi	Irbid	$625
115 km or 72 mi	Arraba	$1635
116 km or 72 mi	Karmiel	$1617
117 km or 73 mi	Sakhnin	$1645
125 km or 78 mi	Tamra	$1622
125 km or 78 mi	Nahariya	$1570
126 km or 78 mi	Nof HaGalil	$1660
129 km or 80 mi	Nazareth	$1689
130 km or 81 mi	Acre	$1447
131 km or 81 mi	Shefa-'Amr	$1619
135 km or 84 mi	Migdal HaEmek	$1674
136 km or 84 mi	Kiryat Motzkin	$1610
136 km or 85 mi	Kiryat Ata	$1594
137 km or 85 mi	Kiryat Yam	$1601
137 km or 85 mi	Kiryat Bialik	$1594
137 km or 85 mi	Afula	$1660
141 km or 88 mi	Homs	$528
142 km or 88 mi	Nesher	$1467
143 km or 89 mi	Jerash	$602
145 km or 90 mi	Haifa	$1567
145 km or 90 mi	Yokneam Illit	$1744
154 km or 95 mi	Umm al-Fahm	$1728
163 km or 101 mi	Zikhron Ya'akov	$1718
168 km or 105 mi	Baqa-Jatt	$1746
169 km or 105 mi	Pardes Hanna-Karkur	$1725
173 km or 107 mi	Al-Salt	$679
173 km or 108 mi	Nablus	$849
174 km or 108 mi	Hadera	$1593
177 km or 110 mi	Amman	$981
184 km or 114 mi	Tayibe	$1850