Damascus vs Dusseldorf - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Damascus	Dusseldorf
🚶 Cost of living one person	$671	$1979
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1492	$4769
🏠 One person rent	$315	$1090
🏘️ Family rent	$505	$1897
🍽️ Food expenses	$250	$553
🚐 Transport expenses	$61.5	$178
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$47.6	$3937
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	24 km	7 km
🎓 Higher education	28	92
😀 Quality of life	39	96
🏙️ Population	2.69M	631K

The cost of living in Damascus is 66% less expensive than in Dusseldorf. Cities ranked 7287th and 2065th ($671 vs $1979) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 10th 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 months in Dusseldorf. Damascus ranked 1st best city to live in Syria vs Dusseldorf ranked 3rd in Germany, while ranked 7834th and 25th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Damascus vs Dusseldorf

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	Damascus	Dusseldorf
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$7.99	$17.2
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$28.8	$75.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.96	$13
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.61	$5.4
☕ Cappuccino	$1.95	$4.31
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.38	$3.46
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$219	$1139
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$160	$859
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$398	$2011
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$295	$1558
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$88	$134
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$135	$207
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$54.5	$41.2
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	13.62%	3.94%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1865	$7326
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$645	$6067
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.1	$3.96
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$17	$64.8
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$6.96	$29.7
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.43	$2.02
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.98	$1.37
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.5	$2.23
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.66	$2.98
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.83	$4.11
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.22	$13.3
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.18	$13
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.5	$21.7
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1	$3.13
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.53	$2.05
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.07	$2.25
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.76	$4.05
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.71	$1.68
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.65	$1.29
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.46	$0.81
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.1	$2.54
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$5.97	$7.25
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.01	$1.19
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.02	$9.24
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.03	$6.61
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$0.86	$3.29
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.48	$1.6
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.59	$1.66
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$16.2	$46.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$2.98	$15.5
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$3.82	$60.7
💇 Haircut, simple	$2.78	$16.7
👖 Brand Jeans	$44.4	$115
👟 Brand Sneakers	$58	$121
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$49.6	$789
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$1711	$23360

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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

Cities near Dusseldorf

Distance	City	Cost of living
6.5 km or 4 mi	Neuss	$1650
9.4 km or 5.8 mi	Ratingen	$1631
9.9 km or 6.2 mi	Erkrath	$1661
10 km or 6.3 mi	Kaarst	$1645
13 km or 8.3 mi	Hilden	$1674
14 km or 8.5 mi	Mettmann	$1613
16 km or 9.8 mi	Dormagen	$1711
16 km or 9.9 mi	Willich	$1616
17 km or 11 mi	Monheim am Rhein	$1740
17 km or 11 mi	Haan	$1645
17 km or 11 mi	Heiligenhaus	$1567
18 km or 11 mi	Langenfeld	$1727
18 km or 11 mi	Krefeld	$1626
19 km or 12 mi	Korschenbroich	$1634
19 km or 12 mi	Wulfrath	$1574
20 km or 13 mi	Grevenbroich	$1659
21 km or 13 mi	Leichlingen	$1708
22 km or 14 mi	Tonisvorst	$1596
22 km or 14 mi	Velbert	$1555
22 km or 14 mi	Duisburg	$1340
23 km or 14 mi	Solingen	$1691
23 km or 14 mi	Mulheim	$1543
24 km or 15 mi	Monchengladbach	$1651
26 km or 16 mi	Pulheim	$1741
26 km or 16 mi	Leverkusen	$2037
27 km or 17 mi	Viersen	$1605
27 km or 17 mi	Oberhausen	$1605
27 km or 17 mi	Moers	$1525
28 km or 17 mi	Neukirchen-Vluyn	$1544
28 km or 17 mi	Wuppertal	$1488
29 km or 18 mi	Kempen	$1586
29 km or 18 mi	Remscheid	$1608
30 km or 18 mi	Bedburg	$1650
30 km or 18 mi	Essen	$1516
31 km or 19 mi	Bergheim	$1678
32 km or 20 mi	Wermelskirchen	$1630
34 km or 21 mi	Bottrop	$1474
34 km or 21 mi	Kamp-Lintfort	$1552
34 km or 21 mi	Hattingen	$1547
35 km or 22 mi	Cologne	$1968