Damascus vs Hanover - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 01, 2024

	Damascus	Hanover
🚶 Cost of living one person	$583	$1744
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1433	$4113
🏠 One person rent	$225	$899
🏘️ Family rent	$409	$1488
🍽️ Food expenses	$203	$528
🚐 Transport expenses	$117	$160
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$56.5	$2841
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	24 km	10 km
🎓 Higher education	25	84
😀 Quality of life	36	92
🏙️ Population	2.5M	553K

The cost of living in Damascus is 67% less expensive than in Hanover. Cities ranked 7822nd and 2513th ($583 vs $1744) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 34th 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 1.6 months in Hanover. Damascus ranked 1st best city to live in Syria vs Hanover ranked 12th in Germany, while ranked 7665th and 80th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Damascus vs Hanover

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	Damascus	Hanover
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$4.03	$15.2
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$24	$75.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.52	$9.92
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.51	$5.23
☕ Cappuccino	$1.29	$3.66
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.95	$3.18
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$270	$793
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$126	$597
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$474	$1511
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$293	$1013
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$19.9	$210
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$30.2	$323
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$49.7	$51.5
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	11.93%	3.94%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1756	$5001
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1228	$2903
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.08	$3.44
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$17	$52.5
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$11.4	$30.4
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$2.66	$1.91
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.01	$1.18
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.1	$2.07
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.55	$2.8
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.6	$3.49
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.88	$12.2
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.76	$16.4
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.17	$15.5
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.04	$2.49
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.8	$1.56
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.7	$2.21
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.82	$2.92
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.55	$1.46
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.41	$1.87
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.33	$0.43
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.14	$1.97
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$5.47	$5.38
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.01	$1.01
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.03	$8.9
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.25	$11.6
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$0.87	$3.24
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.48	$1.63
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.59	$1.94
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$12.3	$34.5
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$3.01	$12.9
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$3.85	$106
💇 Haircut, simple	$2.79	$19.9
👖 Brand Jeans	$30.6	$77.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$50.3	$97.8
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$94.1	$384
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$1634	$14972

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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 Hanover

Distance	City	Cost of living
7.2 km or 4.5 mi	Langenhagen	$1610
8.3 km or 5.2 mi	Ronnenberg	$1602
9 km or 5.6 mi	Laatzen	$1599
9.8 km or 6.1 mi	Seelze	$1601
11 km or 6.7 mi	Garbsen	$1599
16 km or 9.6 mi	Burgwedel	$1552
16 km or 10 mi	Lehrte	$1546
17 km or 10 mi	Sehnde	$1552
20 km or 13 mi	Burgdorf	$1517
20 km or 13 mi	Barsinghausen	$1563
21 km or 13 mi	Wunstorf	$1563
22 km or 14 mi	Springe	$1552
24 km or 15 mi	Neustadt am Rubenberge	$1552
29 km or 18 mi	Hildesheim	$1573
34 km or 21 mi	Peine	$1439
36 km or 23 mi	Celle	$1426
37 km or 23 mi	Stadthagen	$1516
40 km or 25 mi	Hamelin	$1521
47 km or 29 mi	Nienburg	$1495
49 km or 30 mi	Salzgitter	$1381
49 km or 31 mi	Rinteln	$1487
52 km or 33 mi	Petershagen	$1347
54 km or 34 mi	Braunschweig	$1391
56 km or 35 mi	Walsrode	$1488
56 km or 35 mi	Gifhorn	$1363
57 km or 35 mi	Minden	$1301
58 km or 36 mi	Porta Westfalica	$1355
59 km or 37 mi	Wolfenbuttel	$1383
63 km or 39 mi	Einbeck	$1492
64 km or 40 mi	Holzminden	$1493
67 km or 41 mi	Bad Oeynhausen	$1369
68 km or 42 mi	Soltau	$1487
69 km or 43 mi	Lemgo	$1400
70 km or 43 mi	Verden an der Aller	$1476
70 km or 44 mi	Goslar	$1431
71 km or 44 mi	Wolfsburg	$1270
72 km or 45 mi	Hoxter	$1397
73 km or 46 mi	Lohne	$1393
74 km or 46 mi	Bad Salzuflen	$1428
75 km or 47 mi	Espelkamp	$1380