Copenhagen vs Damascus - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Copenhagen	Damascus
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2483	$672
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5751	$1612
🏠 One person rent	$1424	$271
🏘️ Family rent	$2573	$473
🍽️ Food expenses	$670	$237
🚐 Transport expenses	$204	$110
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4295	$56.1
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	8 km	24 km
🎓 Higher education	93	25
😀 Quality of life	97	32
🏙️ Population	644K	2.58M

The cost of living in Copenhagen is 270% more expensive than in Damascus. Cities ranked 795th and 7105th ($2483 vs $672) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 1st in Denmark and Syria, respectively. Check Denmark vs Syria comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.7 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 9th and 7854th among best cities to live in the world.

Salary adjustment calculator
the estimated difference in money purchasing power

Cost of living in Copenhagen vs Damascus infographic

Share this infographic!

Use the link below to embed the infographic from our site and automatically keep the data layer up to date.

If you prefer to download the image, please credit us as a source.

<img src="https://livingcost.org/assets/photo/cost/copenhagen/damascus.jpg" alt="Cost of living in Copenhagen vs Damascus infographic" style="max-width: 100%; height: auto;"><p>Source: <a href="https://livingcost.org/cost/copenhagen/damascus" target="_blank">Copenhagen vs Damascus - Cost of Living Comparison</a></p>

Prices in Copenhagen vs Damascus

Prices for goods and services in Copenhagen and Damascus are partly crowdsourced by our visitors, just like yourself. Please consider telling us about your city.

	Copenhagen	Damascus
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$20.2	$5.04
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$107	$32.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$14.9	$5
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$8.66	$1.26
☕ Cappuccino	$6.74	$1.27
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.88	$1.04
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1540	$248
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1168	$140
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$3033	$531
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2129	$294
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$144	$42.9
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$224	$66
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$38.4	$66.2
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4.19%	13.49%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$8402	$1873
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5773	$880
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.61	$0.1
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$105	$17.1
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$28.1	$10.9
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$2.14	$2.24
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$2.09	$1.07
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$3.42	$0.63
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.75	$1.76
🥚 Eggs, x12	$5.16	$1.9
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.5	$3.38
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.4	$6.61
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$16.9	$9.99
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.1	$1.01
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.29	$2.28
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.47	$1.02
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.87	$0.86
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.11	$0.59
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.09	$0.6
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.1	$0.41
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$3.01	$2.16
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$10.7	$5.5
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.93	$1.01
🚬 Cigarette pack	$9.52	$2.98
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.24	$1.95
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.34	$4.48
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.61	$2.47
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.03	$3.05
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$42.2	$13.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$19.6	$3.03
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$69.8	$19.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$28.8	$14.4
👖 Brand Jeans	$121	$21.8
👟 Brand Sneakers	$125	$47.8
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$591	$48.8
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$13230	$1645

Cost of living in other countries

Cost of living

Cost of Living in the nearest cities

Cities near Copenhagen

Distance	City	Cost of living
2 km or 1.3 mi	Frederiksberg	$2378
8.5 km or 5.3 mi	Gentofte	$2203
23 km or 14 mi	Horsholm	$2006
28 km or 17 mi	Landskrona	$1294
30 km or 19 mi	Malmo	$1570
31 km or 19 mi	Roskilde	$1867
33 km or 21 mi	Hillerod	$2088
40 km or 25 mi	Lund	$1459
40 km or 25 mi	Staffanstorp	$1439
40 km or 25 mi	Helsingor	$1713
42 km or 26 mi	Helsingborg	$1306
51 km or 32 mi	Trelleborg	$1436
66 km or 41 mi	Angelholm	$1347
71 km or 44 mi	Naestved	$1864
92 km or 57 mi	Hassleholm	$1333
104 km or 65 mi	Kristianstad	$1218
111 km or 69 mi	Halmstad	$1341
141 km or 88 mi	Odense	$2046
141 km or 88 mi	Svendborg	$1688
154 km or 96 mi	Ljungby	$1442
156 km or 97 mi	Aarhus	$1966
156 km or 97 mi	Stralsund	$1548
159 km or 99 mi	Varberg	$1299
171 km or 106 mi	Horsens	$1499
177 km or 110 mi	Fredericia	$1608
179 km or 111 mi	Rostock	$1532
179 km or 111 mi	Randers	$1618
185 km or 115 mi	Greifswald	$1578
190 km or 118 mi	Varnamo	$1434
190 km or 118 mi	Vejle	$1636
193 km or 120 mi	Vaxjo	$1328
196 km or 122 mi	Sonderborg	$1502
196 km or 122 mi	Kolding	$1476
196 km or 122 mi	Silkeborg	$1654
199 km or 124 mi	Karlskrona	$1324
199 km or 124 mi	Haderslev	$1536
211 km or 131 mi	Wismar	$1364
211 km or 131 mi	Gustrow	$1476
215 km or 133 mi	Viborg	$1565
216 km or 134 mi	Kiel	$1546

Cities near Damascus

Distance	City	Cost of living
51 km or 32 mi	Zahle	$857
75 km or 47 mi	Kiryat Shmona	$1604
81 km or 50 mi	Jounieh	$948
83 km or 52 mi	Sidon	$767
83 km or 52 mi	Beirut	$1165
96 km or 59 mi	Safed	$1635
105 km or 65 mi	Tyre	$545
108 km or 67 mi	Tiberias	$1544
110 km or 68 mi	Ma'alot-Tarshiha	$1619
111 km or 69 mi	Tripoli	$708
114 km or 71 mi	Irbid	$630
115 km or 72 mi	Arraba	$1624
116 km or 72 mi	Karmiel	$1579
117 km or 73 mi	Sakhnin	$1612
125 km or 78 mi	Tamra	$1617
125 km or 78 mi	Nahariya	$1565
126 km or 78 mi	Nof HaGalil	$1659
129 km or 80 mi	Nazareth	$1674
130 km or 81 mi	Acre	$1451
131 km or 81 mi	Shefa-'Amr	$1617
135 km or 84 mi	Migdal HaEmek	$1664
136 km or 84 mi	Kiryat Motzkin	$1585
136 km or 85 mi	Kiryat Ata	$1591
137 km or 85 mi	Kiryat Yam	$1604
137 km or 85 mi	Kiryat Bialik	$1607
137 km or 85 mi	Afula	$1614
141 km or 88 mi	Homs	$462
142 km or 88 mi	Nesher	$1532
143 km or 89 mi	Jerash	$598
145 km or 90 mi	Haifa	$1582
145 km or 90 mi	Yokneam Illit	$1706
154 km or 95 mi	Umm al-Fahm	$1708
163 km or 101 mi	Zikhron Ya'akov	$1749
168 km or 105 mi	Baqa-Jatt	$1758
169 km or 105 mi	Pardes Hanna-Karkur	$1787
173 km or 107 mi	Al-Salt	$692
173 km or 108 mi	Nablus	$730
174 km or 108 mi	Hadera	$1556
177 km or 110 mi	Amman	$1004
184 km or 114 mi	Tayibe	$1838