Copenhagen vs Damascus - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 01, 2024

	Copenhagen	Damascus
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2387	$583
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5438	$1433
🏠 One person rent	$1384	$225
🏘️ Family rent	$2466	$409
🍽️ Food expenses	$626	$203
🚐 Transport expenses	$204	$117
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3915	$56.5
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	8 km	24 km
🎓 Higher education	93	25
😀 Quality of life	96	36
🏙️ Population	644K	2.5M

The cost of living in Copenhagen is 310% more expensive than in Damascus. Cities ranked 872nd and 7822nd ($2387 vs $583) 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 1.6 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 7665th 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	$19.6	$4.03
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$94.7	$24
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$13.6	$4.52
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$8.1	$1.51
☕ Cappuccino	$6.2	$1.29
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$4.03	$0.95
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1538	$270
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1122	$126
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2867	$474
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2046	$293
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$146	$19.9
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$223	$30.2
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$32.6	$49.7
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4.14%	11.93%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$8131	$1756
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5911	$1228
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.49	$0.08
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$88.8	$17
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$32.1	$11.4
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$2.08	$2.66
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$2.02	$1.01
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$3.28	$1.1
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.65	$1.55
🥚 Eggs, x12	$5.02	$1.6
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.9	$3.88
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.8	$5.76
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$17.9	$9.17
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.02	$1.04
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.85	$1.8
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.19	$0.7
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.38	$0.82
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.95	$0.55
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.85	$0.41
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.07	$0.33
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$3.03	$1.14
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$10.8	$5.47
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.86	$1.01
🚬 Cigarette pack	$9.02	$3.03
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$7.01	$3.25
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.92	$0.87
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.7	$0.48
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.22	$0.59
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$41	$12.3
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$17.8	$3.01
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$68.2	$3.85
💇 Haircut, simple	$26.4	$2.79
👖 Brand Jeans	$114	$30.6
👟 Brand Sneakers	$118	$50.3
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$539	$94.1
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$8976	$1634

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Cities near Copenhagen

Distance	City	Cost of living
2 km or 1.3 mi	Frederiksberg	$2008
8.5 km or 5.3 mi	Gentofte	$2011
23 km or 14 mi	Horsholm	$1887
28 km or 17 mi	Landskrona	$1276
30 km or 19 mi	Malmo	$1566
31 km or 19 mi	Roskilde	$1766
33 km or 21 mi	Hillerod	$1999
40 km or 25 mi	Lund	$1480
40 km or 25 mi	Staffanstorp	$1413
40 km or 25 mi	Helsingor	$1652
42 km or 26 mi	Helsingborg	$1392
51 km or 32 mi	Trelleborg	$1439
66 km or 41 mi	Angelholm	$1375
71 km or 44 mi	Naestved	$1638
92 km or 57 mi	Hassleholm	$1330
104 km or 65 mi	Kristianstad	$1181
111 km or 69 mi	Halmstad	$1318
141 km or 88 mi	Odense	$1972
141 km or 88 mi	Svendborg	$1569
154 km or 96 mi	Ljungby	$1363
156 km or 97 mi	Aarhus	$1880
156 km or 97 mi	Stralsund	$1392
159 km or 99 mi	Varberg	$1282
171 km or 106 mi	Horsens	$1541
177 km or 110 mi	Fredericia	$1584
179 km or 111 mi	Rostock	$1403
179 km or 111 mi	Randers	$1581
185 km or 115 mi	Greifswald	$1380
190 km or 118 mi	Varnamo	$1438
190 km or 118 mi	Vejle	$1657
193 km or 120 mi	Vaxjo	$1382
196 km or 122 mi	Sonderborg	$1398
196 km or 122 mi	Kolding	$1426
196 km or 122 mi	Silkeborg	$1506
199 km or 124 mi	Karlskrona	$1159
199 km or 124 mi	Haderslev	$1599
211 km or 131 mi	Wismar	$1338
211 km or 131 mi	Gustrow	$1380
215 km or 133 mi	Viborg	$1519
216 km or 134 mi	Kiel	$1329

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