Copenhagen vs Damascus - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Copenhagen	Damascus
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2601	$671
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$6038	$1492
🏠 One person rent	$1451	$315
🏘️ Family rent	$2570	$505
🍽️ Food expenses	$729	$250
🚐 Transport expenses	$221	$61.5
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4591	$47.6
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	8 km	24 km
🎓 Higher education	92	28
😀 Quality of life	98	39
🏙️ Population	667K	2.69M

The cost of living in Copenhagen is 288% more expensive than in Damascus. Cities ranked 713th and 7287th ($2601 vs $671) 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 1.8 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 10th and 7834th 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	$23.6	$7.99
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$109	$28.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$15.3	$5.96
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$9.14	$1.61
☕ Cappuccino	$6.84	$1.95
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$4.58	$1.38
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1734	$219
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1183	$160
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$3186	$398
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2138	$295
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$116	$88
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$182	$135
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$41.1	$54.5
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.92%	13.62%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$9559	$1865
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6448	$645
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.63	$0.1
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$116	$17
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$29.7	$6.96
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$2.23	$0.43
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$2.26	$0.98
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$4.19	$0.5
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.15	$1.66
🥚 Eggs, x12	$5.69	$1.83
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.7	$3.22
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.9	$7.18
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$18	$11.5
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.44	$1
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.42	$1.53
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.79	$1.07
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.57	$0.76
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.33	$0.71
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.16	$0.65
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.12	$0.46
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$3.01	$1.1
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$12.2	$5.97
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.86	$1.01
🚬 Cigarette pack	$10.1	$3.02
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$10.4	$3.03
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.94	$0.86
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.48	$0.48
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.62	$0.59
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$52.2	$16.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$20.5	$2.98
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$69.4	$3.82
💇 Haircut, simple	$37.7	$2.78
👖 Brand Jeans	$125	$44.4
👟 Brand Sneakers	$131	$58
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$614	$49.6
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$17654	$1711

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Cities near Copenhagen

Distance	City	Cost of living
2 km or 1.3 mi	Frederiksberg	$2617
8.5 km or 5.3 mi	Gentofte	$2379
23 km or 14 mi	Horsholm	$2184
28 km or 17 mi	Landskrona	$1421
30 km or 19 mi	Malmo	$1757
31 km or 19 mi	Roskilde	$2086
33 km or 21 mi	Hillerod	$2280
40 km or 25 mi	Lund	$1619
40 km or 25 mi	Staffanstorp	$1598
40 km or 25 mi	Helsingor	$1977
42 km or 26 mi	Helsingborg	$1485
51 km or 32 mi	Trelleborg	$1591
66 km or 41 mi	Angelholm	$1485
71 km or 44 mi	Naestved	$2029
92 km or 57 mi	Hassleholm	$1472
104 km or 65 mi	Kristianstad	$1386
111 km or 69 mi	Halmstad	$1362
141 km or 88 mi	Odense	$1805
141 km or 88 mi	Svendborg	$1785
154 km or 96 mi	Ljungby	$1502
156 km or 97 mi	Aarhus	$2088
156 km or 97 mi	Stralsund	$1523
159 km or 99 mi	Varberg	$1444
171 km or 106 mi	Horsens	$1770
177 km or 110 mi	Fredericia	$1668
179 km or 111 mi	Rostock	$1481
179 km or 111 mi	Randers	$1675
185 km or 115 mi	Greifswald	$1515
190 km or 118 mi	Varnamo	$1529
190 km or 118 mi	Vejle	$1869
193 km or 120 mi	Vaxjo	$1482
196 km or 122 mi	Sonderborg	$1563
196 km or 122 mi	Kolding	$1675
196 km or 122 mi	Silkeborg	$1861
199 km or 124 mi	Karlskrona	$1460
199 km or 124 mi	Haderslev	$1662
211 km or 131 mi	Wismar	$1421
211 km or 131 mi	Gustrow	$1467
215 km or 133 mi	Viborg	$1658
216 km or 134 mi	Kiel	$1678

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