Damascus vs Dresden - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 01, 2024

	Damascus	Dresden
🚶 Cost of living one person	$583	$1406
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1433	$3498
🏠 One person rent	$225	$696
🏘️ Family rent	$409	$1355
🍽️ Food expenses	$203	$446
🚐 Transport expenses	$117	$146
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$56.5	$2906
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	24 km	10 km
🎓 Higher education	25	65
😀 Quality of life	36	88
🏙️ Population	2.5M	555K

The cost of living in Damascus is 59% less expensive than in Dresden. Cities ranked 7822nd and 3786th ($583 vs $1406) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 426th 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 31st in Germany, while ranked 7665th and 190th 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	$4.03	$11.6
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$24	$53.2
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.52	$9.84
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.51	$4.32
☕ Cappuccino	$1.29	$3.3
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.95	$2.77
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$270	$660
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$126	$422
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$474	$1317
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$293	$955
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$19.9	$183
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$30.2	$284
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$49.7	$43.5
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	11.93%	3.99%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1756	$4611
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1228	$4133
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.08	$3.25
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$17	$71.1
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$11.4	$21.8
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$2.66	$1.82
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.01	$1.17
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.1	$1.41
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.55	$2.25
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.6	$3.52
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.88	$11.6
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.76	$13.6
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.17	$14.3
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.04	$2.61
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.8	$1.53
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.7	$2.28
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.82	$2.46
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.55	$1.66
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.41	$1.91
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.33	$0.37
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.14	$1.71
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$5.47	$5.83
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.01	$0.92
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.03	$7.89
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.25	$9.26
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$0.87	$2.35
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.48	$1.33
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.59	$1.54
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$12.3	$30
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$3.01	$10.7
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$3.85	$49.8
💇 Haircut, simple	$2.79	$15.2
👖 Brand Jeans	$30.6	$81.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$50.3	$89.3
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$94.1	$330
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$1634	$10601

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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

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	$1329
17 km or 11 mi	Pirna	$1344
22 km or 14 mi	Meissen	$1296
32 km or 20 mi	Freiberg	$1165
42 km or 26 mi	Riesa	$1269
44 km or 28 mi	Decin	$1027
44 km or 28 mi	Dobeln	$1230
47 km or 29 mi	Teplice	$1102
48 km or 30 mi	Usti nad Labem	$918
50 km or 31 mi	Bautzen	$1344
51 km or 31 mi	Litvinov	$1293
55 km or 34 mi	Senftenberg	$1384
56 km or 35 mi	Hoyerswerda	$1323
61 km or 38 mi	Most	$1130
62 km or 39 mi	Chemnitz	$1134
64 km or 40 mi	Litomerice	$1038
69 km or 43 mi	Ceska Lipa	$1063
69 km or 43 mi	Chomutov	$1127
72 km or 45 mi	Limbach-Oberfrohna	$1166
73 km or 45 mi	Spremberg	$1348
73 km or 46 mi	Annaberg-Buchholz	$1204
74 km or 46 mi	Grimma	$1269
76 km or 47 mi	Torgau	$1271
77 km or 48 mi	Zittau	$1311
87 km or 54 mi	Glauchau	$1096
88 km or 55 mi	Gorlitz	$1310
89 km or 55 mi	Cottbus	$1288
92 km or 57 mi	Altenburg	$1253
95 km or 59 mi	Zwickau	$961
98 km or 61 mi	Liberec	$1046
98 km or 61 mi	Markkleeberg	$1322
100 km or 62 mi	Leipzig	$1371
101 km or 63 mi	Werdau	$1069
104 km or 65 mi	Kladno	$1188
107 km or 66 mi	Jablonec nad Nisou	$1036
108 km or 67 mi	Mlada Boleslav	$1146
110 km or 68 mi	Karlovy Vary	$969
111 km or 69 mi	Delitzsch	$1303