Damascus vs Hamburg City - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Damascus	Hamburg City
🚶 Cost of living one person	$671	$2172
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1492	$5195
🏠 One person rent	$315	$1127
🏘️ Family rent	$505	$1961
🍽️ Food expenses	$250	$611
🚐 Transport expenses	$61.5	$270
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$47.6	$3668
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	24 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	28	84
😀 Quality of life	39	95
🏙️ Population	2.69M	1.91M

The cost of living in Damascus is 69% less expensive than in Hamburg City. Cities ranked 7287th and 1536th ($671 vs $2172) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 5th 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 1.7 months in Hamburg City. Damascus ranked 1st best city to live in Syria vs Hamburg City ranked 6th in Germany, while ranked 7834th and 41st 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	$7.99	$20.9
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$28.8	$92.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.96	$14
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.61	$5.78
☕ Cappuccino	$1.95	$4.89
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.38	$3.53
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$219	$1214
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$160	$867
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$398	$2245
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$295	$1554
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$88	$151
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$135	$229
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$54.5	$39.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	13.62%	3.79%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1865	$9266
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$645	$6228
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.1	$4.19
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$17	$68
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$6.96	$31.9
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.43	$2
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.98	$1.29
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.5	$2.19
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.66	$3.29
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.83	$4.12
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.22	$14
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.18	$11.2
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.5	$20.7
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1	$3.35
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.53	$2.18
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.07	$2.49
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.76	$4.68
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.71	$1.66
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.65	$1.59
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.46	$0.7
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.1	$2.34
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$5.97	$6.99
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.01	$1.19
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.02	$10
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.03	$12.8
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$0.86	$3.41
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.48	$1.75
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.59	$1.95
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$16.2	$48.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$2.98	$17.3
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$3.82	$63.7
💇 Haircut, simple	$2.78	$25.6
👖 Brand Jeans	$44.4	$93.6
👟 Brand Sneakers	$58	$117
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$49.6	$260
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$1711	$27074

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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 Hamburg City

Distance	City	Cost of living
17 km or 11 mi	Reinbek	$1633
17 km or 11 mi	Norderstedt	$1624
18 km or 11 mi	Pinneberg	$1605
20 km or 13 mi	Wedel	$1602
21 km or 13 mi	Ahrensburg	$1649
21 km or 13 mi	Buxtehude	$1559
21 km or 13 mi	Quickborn	$1611
25 km or 15 mi	Winsen	$1558
28 km or 17 mi	Geesthacht	$1635
32 km or 20 mi	Elmshorn	$1588
32 km or 20 mi	Kaltenkirchen	$1610
35 km or 22 mi	Stade	$1555
38 km or 24 mi	Bad Oldesloe	$1666
43 km or 27 mi	Luneburg	$1537
52 km or 33 mi	Itzehoe	$1566
57 km or 36 mi	Lubeck	$1743
58 km or 36 mi	Neumunster	$1601
62 km or 38 mi	Bad Schwartau	$1686
63 km or 39 mi	Rotenburg an der Wumme	$1572
64 km or 40 mi	Soltau	$1585
75 km or 47 mi	Uelzen	$1640
81 km or 50 mi	Walsrode	$1589
83 km or 52 mi	Geestland	$1527
86 km or 54 mi	Kiel	$1678
87 km or 54 mi	Verden an der Aller	$1585
87 km or 54 mi	Rendsburg	$1488
88 km or 54 mi	Osterholz-Scharmbeck	$1589
88 km or 55 mi	Achim	$1579
93 km or 57 mi	Cuxhaven	$1527
93 km or 58 mi	Heide	$1543
94 km or 58 mi	Bremerhaven	$1796
94 km or 58 mi	Schwerin	$1326
95 km or 59 mi	Bremen City	$1785
102 km or 63 mi	Nordenham	$1515
103 km or 64 mi	Celle	$1536
103 km or 64 mi	Eckernforde	$1564
104 km or 64 mi	Wismar	$1421
106 km or 66 mi	Syke	$1591
107 km or 66 mi	Delmenhorst	$1623
109 km or 68 mi	Salzwedel	$1429