Calgary vs Damascus - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Calgary	Damascus
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2079	$671
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4683	$1492
🏠 One person rent	$1191	$315
🏘️ Family rent	$1928	$505
🍽️ Food expenses	$572	$250
🚐 Transport expenses	$169	$61.5
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$2977	$47.6
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	9 km	24 km
🎓 Higher education	53	28
😀 Quality of life	91	39
🏙️ Population	1.31M	2.69M

The cost of living in Calgary is 210% more expensive than in Damascus. Cities ranked 1781st and 7287th ($2079 vs $671) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 27th and 1st in Canada and Syria, respectively. Check Canada vs Syria comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.4 months in Calgary compared to 0.1 months in Damascus. Calgary ranked 15th best city to live in Canada vs Damascus ranked 1st in Syria, while ranked 160th and 7834th 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	$16.7	$7.99
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$61.3	$28.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.9	$5.96
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$6.16	$1.61
☕ Cappuccino	$4.07	$1.95
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.01	$1.38
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1190	$219
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$957	$160
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2105	$398
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1560	$295
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$132	$88
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$203	$135
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$55.3	$54.5
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	5.19%	13.62%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3658	$1865
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3126	$645
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.69	$0.1
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$84.8	$17
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$15.3	$6.96
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.01	$0.43
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.92	$0.98
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.34	$0.5
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.76	$1.66
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.57	$1.83
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.4	$3.22
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.7	$7.18
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.4	$11.5
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.13	$1
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.34	$1.53
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.68	$1.07
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.35	$0.76
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.31	$0.71
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.49	$0.65
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.18	$0.46
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.13	$1.1
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$15.3	$5.97
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.86	$1.01
🚬 Cigarette pack	$13.1	$3.02
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.25	$3.03
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.47	$0.86
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.53	$0.48
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.51	$0.59
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$53.7	$16.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$12.6	$2.98
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$91.5	$3.82
💇 Haircut, simple	$21.7	$2.78
👖 Brand Jeans	$58	$44.4
👟 Brand Sneakers	$87.5	$58
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$796	$49.6
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$15727	$1711

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Cities near Calgary

Distance	City	Cost of living
106 km or 66 mi	Banff	$1773
137 km or 85 mi	Red Deer	$1782
174 km or 108 mi	Lethbridge	$1632
248 km or 154 mi	Leduc	$1730
265 km or 165 mi	Medicine Hat	$1544
278 km or 173 mi	Spruce Grove	$1648
279 km or 173 mi	Edmonton	$1823
357 km or 222 mi	Sandpoint	$2617
402 km or 250 mi	Kelowna	$1949
422 km or 262 mi	Coeur d'Alene	$2366
426 km or 265 mi	Post Falls	$2343
429 km or 266 mi	Penticton	$1759
440 km or 273 mi	Spokane Valley	$2231
442 km or 275 mi	Kamloops	$1748
443 km or 275 mi	Great Falls	$1973
452 km or 281 mi	Spokane	$2228
466 km or 289 mi	Missoula	$2111
517 km or 322 mi	Helena	$2490
524 km or 325 mi	Saskatoon	$1817
526 km or 327 mi	Moscow	$1765
531 km or 330 mi	Pullman	$1913
556 km or 345 mi	Grande Prairie	$1854
560 km or 348 mi	Lewiston	$1774
572 km or 355 mi	Butte	$1625
579 km or 360 mi	Moses Lake	$2001
600 km or 373 mi	Chilliwack	$1842
603 km or 375 mi	Moose Jaw	$1486
607 km or 377 mi	Wenatchee	$2219
616 km or 382 mi	Prince Albert	$1478
630 km or 391 mi	Abbotsford	$1987
636 km or 395 mi	Whistler	$2414
637 km or 396 mi	Walla Walla	$2080
638 km or 396 mi	Bozeman	$2641
641 km or 398 mi	Maple Ridge	$2361
650 km or 404 mi	Langley	$1952
650 km or 404 mi	Pasco	$2057
651 km or 405 mi	Coquitlam	$2488
654 km or 406 mi	Bellingham	$2443
654 km or 406 mi	Richland	$2470
655 km or 407 mi	Fort McMurray	$1887

Cities near Damascus

Distance	City	Cost of living
51 km or 32 mi	Zahle	$930
75 km or 47 mi	Kiryat Shmona	$1808
81 km or 50 mi	Jounieh	$1028
83 km or 52 mi	Sidon	$822
83 km or 52 mi	Beirut	$1261
96 km or 59 mi	Safed	$1847
105 km or 65 mi	Tyre	$647
108 km or 67 mi	Tiberias	$1808
110 km or 68 mi	Ma'alot-Tarshiha	$1803
111 km or 69 mi	Tripoli	$787
114 km or 71 mi	Irbid	$753
115 km or 72 mi	Arraba	$1789
116 km or 72 mi	Karmiel	$1630
117 km or 73 mi	Sakhnin	$1745
125 km or 78 mi	Tamra	$1798
125 km or 78 mi	Nahariya	$1775
126 km or 78 mi	Nof HaGalil	$1862
129 km or 80 mi	Nazareth	$1850
130 km or 81 mi	Acre	$1633
131 km or 81 mi	Shefa-'Amr	$1828
135 km or 84 mi	Migdal HaEmek	$1917
136 km or 84 mi	Kiryat Motzkin	$1842
136 km or 85 mi	Kiryat Ata	$1769
137 km or 85 mi	Kiryat Yam	$1819
137 km or 85 mi	Kiryat Bialik	$1804
137 km or 85 mi	Afula	$1817
141 km or 88 mi	Homs	$402
142 km or 88 mi	Nesher	$1757
143 km or 89 mi	Jerash	$748
145 km or 90 mi	Haifa	$1840
145 km or 90 mi	Yokneam Illit	$1932
154 km or 95 mi	Umm al-Fahm	$1954
163 km or 101 mi	Zikhron Ya'akov	$1978
168 km or 105 mi	Baqa-Jatt	$2001
169 km or 105 mi	Pardes Hanna-Karkur	$1991
173 km or 107 mi	Al-Salt	$548
173 km or 108 mi	Nablus	$915
174 km or 108 mi	Hadera	$1786
177 km or 110 mi	Amman	$1009
184 km or 114 mi	Tayibe	$2108