Copenhagen vs Damascus - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	Copenhagen	Damascus
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2656	$675
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$6116	$1514
🏠 One person rent	$1515	$310
🏘️ Family rent	$2679	$498
🍽️ Food expenses	$728	$255
🚐 Transport expenses	$209	$62.5
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$5006	$48.3
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	8 km	24 km
🎓 Higher education	94	29
😀 Quality of life	97	40
🏙️ Population	667K	2.69M

The cost of living in Copenhagen is 294% more expensive than in Damascus. Cities ranked 650th and 7406th ($2656 vs $675) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 1st in Denmark and Syria, respectively. Check Denmark vs Syria comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.9 months in Copenhagen compared to 0.1 months in Damascus. Copenhagen ranked 1st best city to live in Denmark vs Damascus ranked 1st in Syria, while ranked 4th and 7899th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Copenhagen vs Damascus

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	Copenhagen	Damascus
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$21.8	$9.24
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$111	$30.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$15.1	$5.96
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$9.35	$1.75
☕ Cappuccino	$7.24	$2.26
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$5.03	$1.57
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1782	$251
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1244	$145
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$3169	$459
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2270	$268
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$121	$89
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$186	$137
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$43.1	$54.5
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.76%	14.16%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$10228	$1767
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6872	$627
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.85	$0.1
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$114	$14.3
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$25.9	$8
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$2.25	$0.37
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$2.33	$0.86
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$3.83	$0.49
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.76	$1.61
🥚 Eggs, x12	$5.76	$1.75
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$16.4	$3.05
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.1	$6.08
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$17.3	$13.2
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.42	$0.99
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.66	$1.53
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.19	$1.1
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.89	$0.88
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.53	$0.77
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.23	$0.69
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.15	$0.46
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$3.1	$0.93
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$12	$6.88
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.82	$0.97
🚬 Cigarette pack	$10.5	$2.69
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$10.4	$3.14
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.07	$0.99
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.57	$0.56
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.67	$0.68
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$55.6	$18.5
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$20.6	$3.42
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$71.4	$4.39
💇 Haircut, simple	$38.4	$3.18
👖 Brand Jeans	$122	$40.8
👟 Brand Sneakers	$137	$62.9
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$707	$56.8
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$14799	$1770

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Cities near Copenhagen

Distance	City	Cost of living
2 km or 1.3 mi	Frederiksberg	$2698
8.5 km or 5.3 mi	Gentofte	$2429
23 km or 14 mi	Horsholm	$2273
28 km or 17 mi	Landskrona	$1412
30 km or 19 mi	Malmo	$1907
31 km or 19 mi	Roskilde	$2192
33 km or 21 mi	Hillerod	$2364
40 km or 25 mi	Lund	$1701
40 km or 25 mi	Staffanstorp	$1695
40 km or 25 mi	Helsingor	$2042
42 km or 26 mi	Helsingborg	$1590
51 km or 32 mi	Trelleborg	$1688
66 km or 41 mi	Angelholm	$1562
71 km or 44 mi	Naestved	$2113
92 km or 57 mi	Hassleholm	$1550
104 km or 65 mi	Kristianstad	$1475
111 km or 69 mi	Halmstad	$1412
141 km or 88 mi	Odense	$1784
141 km or 88 mi	Svendborg	$1825
154 km or 96 mi	Ljungby	$1549
156 km or 97 mi	Aarhus	$2158
156 km or 97 mi	Stralsund	$1627
159 km or 99 mi	Varberg	$1491
171 km or 106 mi	Horsens	$1781
177 km or 110 mi	Fredericia	$1702
179 km or 111 mi	Rostock	$1508
179 km or 111 mi	Randers	$1691
185 km or 115 mi	Greifswald	$1619
190 km or 118 mi	Varnamo	$1633
190 km or 118 mi	Vejle	$1891
193 km or 120 mi	Vaxjo	$1516
196 km or 122 mi	Sonderborg	$1619
196 km or 122 mi	Kolding	$1689
196 km or 122 mi	Silkeborg	$1888
199 km or 124 mi	Karlskrona	$1466
199 km or 124 mi	Haderslev	$1681
211 km or 131 mi	Wismar	$1443
211 km or 131 mi	Gustrow	$1509
215 km or 133 mi	Viborg	$1667
216 km or 134 mi	Kiel	$1588

Cities near Damascus

Distance	City	Cost of living
51 km or 32 mi	Zahle	$1005
75 km or 47 mi	Kiryat Shmona	$1925
81 km or 50 mi	Jounieh	$1106
83 km or 52 mi	Sidon	$865
83 km or 52 mi	Beirut	$1353
96 km or 59 mi	Safed	$1973
105 km or 65 mi	Tyre	$676
108 km or 67 mi	Tiberias	$1870
110 km or 68 mi	Ma'alot-Tarshiha	$1929
111 km or 69 mi	Tripoli	$842
114 km or 71 mi	Irbid	$753
115 km or 72 mi	Arraba	$1917
116 km or 72 mi	Karmiel	$1770
117 km or 73 mi	Sakhnin	$1873
125 km or 78 mi	Tamra	$1934
125 km or 78 mi	Nahariya	$1894
126 km or 78 mi	Nof HaGalil	$2000
129 km or 80 mi	Nazareth	$1981
130 km or 81 mi	Acre	$1766
131 km or 81 mi	Shefa-'Amr	$1960
135 km or 84 mi	Migdal HaEmek	$2027
136 km or 84 mi	Kiryat Motzkin	$1936
136 km or 85 mi	Kiryat Ata	$1911
137 km or 85 mi	Kiryat Yam	$1949
137 km or 85 mi	Kiryat Bialik	$1940
137 km or 85 mi	Afula	$1909
141 km or 88 mi	Homs	$385
142 km or 88 mi	Nesher	$1856
143 km or 89 mi	Jerash	$740
145 km or 90 mi	Haifa	$1930
145 km or 90 mi	Yokneam Illit	$2071
154 km or 95 mi	Umm al-Fahm	$2061
163 km or 101 mi	Zikhron Ya'akov	$2103
168 km or 105 mi	Baqa-Jatt	$2098
169 km or 105 mi	Pardes Hanna-Karkur	$2101
173 km or 107 mi	Al-Salt	$546
173 km or 108 mi	Nablus	$978
174 km or 108 mi	Hadera	$1887
177 km or 110 mi	Amman	$1013
184 km or 114 mi	Tayibe	$2207