Damascus vs Hamburg City - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	Damascus	Hamburg City
🚶 Cost of living one person	$675	$2194
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1514	$5194
🏠 One person rent	$310	$1163
🏘️ Family rent	$498	$2033
🍽️ Food expenses	$255	$593
🚐 Transport expenses	$62.5	$276
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$48.3	$4099
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	24 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	29	84
😀 Quality of life	40	95
🏙️ Population	2.69M	1.91M

The cost of living in Damascus is 69% less expensive than in Hamburg City. Cities ranked 7406th and 1513th ($675 vs $2194) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 4th 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 1.9 months in Hamburg City. Damascus ranked 1st best city to live in Syria vs Hamburg City ranked 4th in Germany, while ranked 7899th and 31st among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Damascus vs Hamburg City

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	Damascus	Hamburg City
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$9.24	$17.8
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$30.1	$77.9
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.96	$14.3
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.75	$5.94
☕ Cappuccino	$2.26	$4.9
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.57	$3.63
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$251	$1250
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$145	$901
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$459	$2225
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$268	$1644
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$89	$153
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$137	$233
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$54.5	$38.8
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	14.16%	3.78%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1767	$9649
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$627	$5540
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.1	$4.53
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$14.3	$69
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$8	$32.5
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.37	$2.06
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.86	$1.32
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.49	$2.33
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.61	$3.29
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.75	$4.51
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.05	$14.6
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.08	$11.9
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.2	$21.1
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.99	$3.42
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.53	$2.24
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.1	$2.52
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.88	$4.74
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.77	$1.78
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.69	$1.69
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.46	$0.75
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.93	$2.38
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$6.88	$7.15
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.97	$1.21
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.69	$10.3
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.14	$12.7
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$0.99	$3.47
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.56	$1.79
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.68	$1.99
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$18.5	$50.1
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$3.42	$16.7
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$4.39	$64.5
💇 Haircut, simple	$3.18	$26.4
👖 Brand Jeans	$40.8	$88.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$62.9	$112
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$56.8	$296
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$1770	$23203

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Cities near Damascus

Distance	City	Cost of living
51 km or 32 mi	Zahle	$1005
75 km or 47 mi	Kiryat Shmona	$1925
81 km or 50 mi	Jounieh	$1106
83 km or 52 mi	Sidon	$865
83 km or 52 mi	Beirut	$1353
96 km or 59 mi	Safed	$1973
105 km or 65 mi	Tyre	$676
108 km or 67 mi	Tiberias	$1870
110 km or 68 mi	Ma'alot-Tarshiha	$1929
111 km or 69 mi	Tripoli	$842
114 km or 71 mi	Irbid	$753
115 km or 72 mi	Arraba	$1917
116 km or 72 mi	Karmiel	$1770
117 km or 73 mi	Sakhnin	$1873
125 km or 78 mi	Tamra	$1934
125 km or 78 mi	Nahariya	$1894
126 km or 78 mi	Nof HaGalil	$2000
129 km or 80 mi	Nazareth	$1981
130 km or 81 mi	Acre	$1766
131 km or 81 mi	Shefa-'Amr	$1960
135 km or 84 mi	Migdal HaEmek	$2027
136 km or 84 mi	Kiryat Motzkin	$1936
136 km or 85 mi	Kiryat Ata	$1911
137 km or 85 mi	Kiryat Yam	$1949
137 km or 85 mi	Kiryat Bialik	$1940
137 km or 85 mi	Afula	$1909
141 km or 88 mi	Homs	$385
142 km or 88 mi	Nesher	$1856
143 km or 89 mi	Jerash	$740
145 km or 90 mi	Haifa	$1930
145 km or 90 mi	Yokneam Illit	$2071
154 km or 95 mi	Umm al-Fahm	$2061
163 km or 101 mi	Zikhron Ya'akov	$2103
168 km or 105 mi	Baqa-Jatt	$2098
169 km or 105 mi	Pardes Hanna-Karkur	$2101
173 km or 107 mi	Al-Salt	$546
173 km or 108 mi	Nablus	$978
174 km or 108 mi	Hadera	$1887
177 km or 110 mi	Amman	$1013
184 km or 114 mi	Tayibe	$2207

Cities near Hamburg City

Distance	City	Cost of living
17 km or 11 mi	Reinbek	$1650
17 km or 11 mi	Norderstedt	$1635
18 km or 11 mi	Pinneberg	$1623
20 km or 13 mi	Wedel	$1613
21 km or 13 mi	Ahrensburg	$1667
21 km or 13 mi	Buxtehude	$1569
21 km or 13 mi	Quickborn	$1626
25 km or 15 mi	Winsen	$1584
28 km or 17 mi	Geesthacht	$1662
32 km or 20 mi	Elmshorn	$1598
32 km or 20 mi	Kaltenkirchen	$1624
35 km or 22 mi	Stade	$1554
38 km or 24 mi	Bad Oldesloe	$1685
43 km or 27 mi	Luneburg	$1563
52 km or 33 mi	Itzehoe	$1586
57 km or 36 mi	Lubeck	$1767
58 km or 36 mi	Neumunster	$1588
62 km or 38 mi	Bad Schwartau	$1716
63 km or 39 mi	Rotenburg an der Wumme	$1571
64 km or 40 mi	Soltau	$1580
75 km or 47 mi	Uelzen	$1648
81 km or 50 mi	Walsrode	$1586
83 km or 52 mi	Geestland	$1494
86 km or 54 mi	Kiel	$1588
87 km or 54 mi	Verden an der Aller	$1580
87 km or 54 mi	Rendsburg	$1525
88 km or 54 mi	Osterholz-Scharmbeck	$1559
88 km or 55 mi	Achim	$1574
93 km or 57 mi	Cuxhaven	$1498
93 km or 58 mi	Heide	$1566
94 km or 58 mi	Bremerhaven	$1825
94 km or 58 mi	Schwerin	$1337
95 km or 59 mi	Bremen City	$1752
102 km or 63 mi	Nordenham	$1470
103 km or 64 mi	Celle	$1529
103 km or 64 mi	Eckernforde	$1563
104 km or 64 mi	Wismar	$1443
106 km or 66 mi	Syke	$1575
107 km or 66 mi	Delmenhorst	$1583
109 km or 68 mi	Salzwedel	$1492