Damascus vs Dresden - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Damascus	Dresden
🚶 Cost of living one person	$638	$1402
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1494	$3491
🏠 One person rent	$291	$684
🏘️ Family rent	$523	$1301
🍽️ Food expenses	$232	$460
🚐 Transport expenses	$80.7	$138
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$55.7	$2953
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	24 km	10 km
🎓 Higher education	25	65
😀 Quality of life	34	88
🏙️ Population	2.69M	566K

The cost of living in Damascus is 54% less expensive than in Dresden. Cities ranked 7300th and 3862nd ($638 vs $1402) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 512th 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 33rd in Germany, while ranked 7688th and 217th 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	$5.01	$12.9
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$34.8	$56.5
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.96	$9.93
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.5	$4.54
☕ Cappuccino	$1.26	$3.48
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.25	$3.58
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$262	$656
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$154	$439
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$590	$1357
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$330	$929
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$48.5	$162
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$74.5	$248
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$67.2	$39
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	13.68%	3.94%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1862	$4831
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$879	$3685
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.1	$3.14
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$16.9	$61.4
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$10.9	$21.2
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.43	$1.79
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.07	$1.09
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.63	$1.68
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.76	$2.18
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.76	$3.22
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.37	$13
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.69	$11.4
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.1	$18.8
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.99	$2.82
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.12	$1.57
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1	$2.12
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.86	$3.6
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.59	$1.52
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.62	$1.57
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.4	$0.55
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.13	$1.57
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$5.52	$6.07
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.02	$0.91
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.03	$7.76
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.24	$9.35
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$0.87	$2.29
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.48	$1.3
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.59	$1.5
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$13.2	$29.7
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$3.03	$11.7
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$3.81	$48.2
💇 Haircut, simple	$2.82	$14.5
👖 Brand Jeans	$21.8	$75.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$47.5	$98.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$48.6	$323
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$1666	$13167

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Cities near Damascus

Distance	City	Cost of living
51 km or 32 mi	Zahle	$912
75 km or 47 mi	Kiryat Shmona	$1709
81 km or 50 mi	Jounieh	$1020
83 km or 52 mi	Sidon	$798
83 km or 52 mi	Beirut	$1255
96 km or 59 mi	Safed	$1681
105 km or 65 mi	Tyre	$573
108 km or 67 mi	Tiberias	$1600
110 km or 68 mi	Ma'alot-Tarshiha	$1647
111 km or 69 mi	Tripoli	$776
114 km or 71 mi	Irbid	$679
115 km or 72 mi	Arraba	$1633
116 km or 72 mi	Karmiel	$1531
117 km or 73 mi	Sakhnin	$1612
125 km or 78 mi	Tamra	$1655
125 km or 78 mi	Nahariya	$1616
126 km or 78 mi	Nof HaGalil	$1709
129 km or 80 mi	Nazareth	$1732
130 km or 81 mi	Acre	$1502
131 km or 81 mi	Shefa-'Amr	$1677
135 km or 84 mi	Migdal HaEmek	$1742
136 km or 84 mi	Kiryat Motzkin	$1666
136 km or 85 mi	Kiryat Ata	$1647
137 km or 85 mi	Kiryat Bialik	$1666
137 km or 85 mi	Kiryat Yam	$1657
137 km or 85 mi	Afula	$1652
141 km or 88 mi	Homs	$456
142 km or 88 mi	Nesher	$1593
143 km or 89 mi	Jerash	$608
145 km or 90 mi	Haifa	$1645
145 km or 90 mi	Yokneam Illit	$1778
154 km or 95 mi	Umm al-Fahm	$1756
163 km or 101 mi	Zikhron Ya'akov	$1731
168 km or 105 mi	Baqa-Jatt	$1782
169 km or 105 mi	Pardes Hanna-Karkur	$1728
173 km or 107 mi	Al-Salt	$552
173 km or 108 mi	Nablus	$877
174 km or 108 mi	Hadera	$1576
177 km or 110 mi	Amman	$994
184 km or 114 mi	Tayibe	$1902

Cities near Dresden

Distance	City	Cost of living
7.2 km or 4.5 mi	Freital	$1347
7.7 km or 4.8 mi	Radebeul	$1351
14 km or 8.9 mi	Coswig	$1341
17 km or 11 mi	Pirna	$1352
22 km or 14 mi	Meissen	$1325
32 km or 20 mi	Freiberg	$1202
42 km or 26 mi	Riesa	$1309
44 km or 28 mi	Decin	$1048
44 km or 28 mi	Dobeln	$1278
47 km or 29 mi	Teplice	$880
48 km or 30 mi	Usti nad Labem	$971
50 km or 31 mi	Bautzen	$1420
51 km or 31 mi	Litvinov	$1314
55 km or 34 mi	Senftenberg	$1351
56 km or 35 mi	Hoyerswerda	$1373
61 km or 38 mi	Most	$942
62 km or 39 mi	Chemnitz	$1187
64 km or 40 mi	Litomerice	$1092
69 km or 43 mi	Ceska Lipa	$1081
69 km or 43 mi	Chomutov	$1033
72 km or 45 mi	Limbach-Oberfrohna	$1222
73 km or 45 mi	Spremberg	$1310
73 km or 46 mi	Annaberg-Buchholz	$1307
74 km or 46 mi	Grimma	$1353
76 km or 47 mi	Torgau	$1350
77 km or 48 mi	Zittau	$1352
87 km or 54 mi	Glauchau	$1147
88 km or 55 mi	Gorlitz	$1362
89 km or 55 mi	Cottbus	$1241
92 km or 57 mi	Altenburg	$1281
95 km or 59 mi	Zwickau	$1011
98 km or 61 mi	Liberec	$1030
98 km or 61 mi	Markkleeberg	$1452
100 km or 62 mi	Leipzig	$1516
101 km or 63 mi	Werdau	$1118
104 km or 65 mi	Kladno	$1216
107 km or 66 mi	Jablonec nad Nisou	$950
108 km or 67 mi	Mlada Boleslav	$1092
110 km or 68 mi	Karlovy Vary	$979
111 km or 69 mi	Delitzsch	$1419