Damascus vs Gothenburg - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Damascus	Gothenburg
🚶 Cost of living one person	$671	$1823
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1492	$4155
🏠 One person rent	$315	$902
🏘️ Family rent	$505	$1552
🍽️ Food expenses	$250	$582
🚐 Transport expenses	$61.5	$185
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$47.6	$3793
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	24 km	13 km
🎓 Higher education	28	46
😀 Quality of life	39	94
🏙️ Population	2.69M	675K

The cost of living in Damascus is 63% less expensive than in Gothenburg. Cities ranked 7287th and 2645th ($671 vs $1823) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 5th in Syria and Sweden, respectively. Check Syria vs Sweden comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.1 months in Damascus compared to 2.1 months in Gothenburg. Damascus ranked 1st best city to live in Syria vs Gothenburg ranked 3rd in Sweden, while ranked 7834th and 68th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Damascus vs Gothenburg

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	Damascus	Gothenburg
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$7.99	$13.7
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$28.8	$92.2
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.96	$12.1
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.61	$7.34
☕ Cappuccino	$1.95	$4.88
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.38	$3.01
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$219	$955
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$160	$735
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$398	$1688
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$295	$1310
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$88	$83.6
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$135	$127
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$54.5	$39.4
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	13.62%	3.86%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1865	$6255
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$645	$4279
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.1	$3.9
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$17	$90.7
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$6.96	$25.1
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.43	$1.87
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.98	$1.69
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.5	$2.82
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.66	$3.14
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.83	$4.5
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.22	$11.6
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.18	$11.9
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.5	$19.4
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1	$3.19
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.53	$2.7
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.07	$3.04
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.76	$4.26
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.71	$1.74
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.65	$1.79
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.46	$1.11
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.1	$3.22
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$5.97	$12.5
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.01	$2.19
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.02	$8.07
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.03	$8.13
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$0.86	$3.95
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.48	$3.19
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.59	$2.91
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$16.2	$40.1
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$2.98	$17.6
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$3.82	$57.5
💇 Haircut, simple	$2.78	$27.5
👖 Brand Jeans	$44.4	$85.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$58	$96.1
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$49.6	$171
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$1711	$4093

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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 Gothenburg

Distance	City	Cost of living
2.8 km or 1.7 mi	Molndal	$1684
58 km or 36 mi	Boras	$1503
66 km or 41 mi	Varberg	$1444
70 km or 44 mi	Trollhattan	$1353
76 km or 47 mi	Uddevalla	$1543
80 km or 50 mi	Vanersborg	$1405
90 km or 56 mi	Frederikshavn	$1542
126 km or 78 mi	Halmstad	$1362
130 km or 81 mi	Jonkoping	$1528
134 km or 83 mi	Varnamo	$1529
136 km or 84 mi	Skovde	$1551
142 km or 88 mi	Aalborg	$1866
150 km or 93 mi	Ljungby	$1502
157 km or 98 mi	Mariestad	$1516
164 km or 102 mi	Halden	$1761
167 km or 104 mi	Angelholm	$1485
179 km or 111 mi	Randers	$1675
182 km or 113 mi	Fredrikstad	$2181
186 km or 115 mi	Sarpsborg	$1895
186 km or 115 mi	Helsingor	$1977
186 km or 116 mi	Vetlanda	$1542
187 km or 116 mi	Helsingborg	$1485
191 km or 118 mi	Vaxjo	$1482
191 km or 119 mi	Larvik	$1830
192 km or 119 mi	Sandefjord	$1997
194 km or 121 mi	Hillerod	$2280
199 km or 124 mi	Hassleholm	$1472
200 km or 124 mi	Aarhus	$2088
202 km or 125 mi	Horsholm	$2184
202 km or 126 mi	Tonsberg	$1976
206 km or 128 mi	Landskrona	$1421
207 km or 129 mi	Viborg	$1658
208 km or 129 mi	Arendal	$1830
210 km or 131 mi	Karlstad	$1460
212 km or 132 mi	Moss	$1949
212 km or 132 mi	Porsgrunn	$1818
213 km or 132 mi	Horten	$1819
216 km or 134 mi	Gentofte	$2379
222 km or 138 mi	Skien	$1882
223 km or 138 mi	Arvika	$1397