Damascus vs Dresden - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Damascus	Dresden
🚶 Cost of living one person	$672	$1462
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1612	$3582
🏠 One person rent	$271	$729
🏘️ Family rent	$473	$1362
🍽️ Food expenses	$237	$467
🚐 Transport expenses	$110	$142
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$56.1	$3112
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	24 km	10 km
🎓 Higher education	25	65
😀 Quality of life	32	89
🏙️ Population	2.58M	563K

The cost of living in Damascus is 54% less expensive than in Dresden. Cities ranked 7105th and 3857th ($672 vs $1462) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 506th in Syria and Germany, respectively. Check Syria vs Germany comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.1 months in Damascus compared to 2.1 months in Dresden. Damascus ranked 1st best city to live in Syria vs Dresden ranked 30th in Germany, while ranked 7854th and 203rd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Damascus vs Dresden

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	Damascus	Dresden
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$5.04	$12
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$32.8	$54.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5	$10.2
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.26	$4.46
☕ Cappuccino	$1.27	$3.54
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.04	$3.46
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$248	$710
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$140	$466
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$531	$1354
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$294	$981
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$42.9	$171
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$66	$263
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$66.2	$43.4
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	13.49%	3.96%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1873	$5042
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$880	$3939
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.1	$3.35
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$17.1	$59.7
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$10.9	$22.4
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$2.24	$1.9
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.07	$1.18
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.63	$1.74
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.76	$2.34
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.9	$3.54
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.38	$14
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.61	$12.3
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.99	$18.4
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.01	$2.89
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.28	$1.65
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.02	$2.2
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.86	$3.89
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.59	$1.6
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.6	$1.65
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.41	$0.54
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.16	$1.74
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$5.5	$6.28
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.01	$0.9
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.98	$8.4
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$1.95	$9.25
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.48	$2.42
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.47	$1.37
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.05	$1.59
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$13.4	$32.7
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$3.03	$12.7
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$19.9	$52.5
💇 Haircut, simple	$14.4	$15.1
👖 Brand Jeans	$21.8	$70
👟 Brand Sneakers	$47.8	$101
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$48.8	$297
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$1645	$12328

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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

Cities near Dresden

Distance	City	Cost of living
7.2 km or 4.5 mi	Freital	$1404
7.7 km or 4.8 mi	Radebeul	$1413
14 km or 8.9 mi	Coswig	$1386
17 km or 11 mi	Pirna	$1393
22 km or 14 mi	Meissen	$1354
32 km or 20 mi	Freiberg	$1215
42 km or 26 mi	Riesa	$1330
44 km or 28 mi	Decin	$1107
44 km or 28 mi	Dobeln	$1306
47 km or 29 mi	Teplice	$929
48 km or 30 mi	Usti nad Labem	$978
50 km or 31 mi	Bautzen	$1377
51 km or 31 mi	Litvinov	$1362
55 km or 34 mi	Senftenberg	$1390
56 km or 35 mi	Hoyerswerda	$1369
61 km or 38 mi	Most	$957
62 km or 39 mi	Chemnitz	$1228
64 km or 40 mi	Litomerice	$1103
69 km or 43 mi	Ceska Lipa	$1130
69 km or 43 mi	Chomutov	$1051
72 km or 45 mi	Limbach-Oberfrohna	$1261
73 km or 45 mi	Spremberg	$1349
73 km or 46 mi	Annaberg-Buchholz	$1261
74 km or 46 mi	Grimma	$1347
76 km or 47 mi	Torgau	$1345
77 km or 48 mi	Zittau	$1353
87 km or 54 mi	Glauchau	$1210
88 km or 55 mi	Gorlitz	$1364
89 km or 55 mi	Cottbus	$1261
92 km or 57 mi	Altenburg	$1273
95 km or 59 mi	Zwickau	$1095
98 km or 61 mi	Liberec	$1106
98 km or 61 mi	Markkleeberg	$1406
100 km or 62 mi	Leipzig	$1449
101 km or 63 mi	Werdau	$1191
104 km or 65 mi	Kladno	$1244
107 km or 66 mi	Jablonec nad Nisou	$1035
108 km or 67 mi	Mlada Boleslav	$1216
110 km or 68 mi	Karlovy Vary	$1024
111 km or 69 mi	Delitzsch	$1387