Damascus vs Leipzig - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Damascus	Leipzig
🚶 Cost of living one person	$671	$1690
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1492	$3962
🏠 One person rent	$315	$856
🏘️ Family rent	$505	$1466
🍽️ Food expenses	$250	$550
🚐 Transport expenses	$61.5	$148
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$47.6	$3010
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	24 km	14 km
🎓 Higher education	28	71
😀 Quality of life	39	92
🏙️ Population	2.69M	620K

The cost of living in Damascus is 60% less expensive than in Leipzig. Cities ranked 7287th and 3162nd ($671 vs $1690) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 230th 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 1.8 months in Leipzig. Damascus ranked 1st best city to live in Syria vs Leipzig ranked 15th in Germany, while ranked 7834th and 113th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Damascus vs Leipzig

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	Damascus	Leipzig
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$7.99	$15.2
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$28.8	$70.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.96	$11.7
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.61	$5.19
☕ Cappuccino	$1.95	$4.11
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.38	$3.45
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$219	$745
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$160	$560
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$398	$1353
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$295	$1030
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$88	$209
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$135	$321
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$54.5	$50.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	13.62%	3.95%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1865	$4459
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$645	$2997
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.1	$4.08
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$17	$66.8
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$6.96	$19.9
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.43	$2.02
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.98	$1.28
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.5	$2.22
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.66	$3.72
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.83	$3.96
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.22	$15.6
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.18	$12.8
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.5	$21.2
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1	$3.44
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.53	$2.09
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.07	$2.31
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.76	$5.05
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.71	$1.65
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.65	$1.45
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.46	$0.76
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.1	$1.96
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$5.97	$6.92
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.01	$1.04
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.02	$10.1
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.03	$10.4
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$0.86	$2.18
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.48	$1.33
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.59	$1.42
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$16.2	$41.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$2.98	$14
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$3.82	$37.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$2.78	$20.7
👖 Brand Jeans	$44.4	$104
👟 Brand Sneakers	$58	$94
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$49.6	$437
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$1711	$10887

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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 Leipzig

Distance	City	Cost of living
6.2 km or 3.8 mi	Markkleeberg	$1601
22 km or 13 mi	Delitzsch	$1563
26 km or 16 mi	Grimma	$1491
27 km or 17 mi	Merseburg	$1415
32 km or 20 mi	Bitterfeld-Wolfen	$1421
33 km or 20 mi	Weienfels	$1420
33 km or 21 mi	Halle	$1388
36 km or 22 mi	Halle-Neustadt	$1415
36 km or 22 mi	Zeitz	$1419
39 km or 24 mi	Altenburg	$1396
45 km or 28 mi	Naumburg	$1422
50 km or 31 mi	Torgau	$1471
54 km or 34 mi	Kothen	$1422
55 km or 34 mi	Gera	$1126
56 km or 35 mi	Dobeln	$1408
57 km or 35 mi	Dessau-Rolau	$1436
58 km or 36 mi	Glauchau	$1251
58 km or 36 mi	Limbach-Oberfrohna	$1374
61 km or 38 mi	Eisleben	$1420
62 km or 39 mi	Wittenberg	$1454
63 km or 39 mi	Riesa	$1436
67 km or 41 mi	Werdau	$1207
67 km or 42 mi	Chemnitz	$1385
69 km or 43 mi	Bernburg	$1421
69 km or 43 mi	Zwickau	$1084
70 km or 43 mi	Apolda	$1381
72 km or 45 mi	Jena	$1320
74 km or 46 mi	Zerbst	$1424
77 km or 48 mi	Greiz	$1298
77 km or 48 mi	Sangerhausen	$1422
78 km or 49 mi	Meissen	$1448
79 km or 49 mi	Aschersleben	$1423
80 km or 50 mi	Reichenbach im Vogtland	$1249
82 km or 51 mi	Freiberg	$1301
82 km or 51 mi	Stafurt	$1424
84 km or 52 mi	Weimar	$1427
86 km or 54 mi	Coswig	$1475
88 km or 54 mi	Schonebeck	$1417
93 km or 58 mi	Radebeul	$1485
94 km or 59 mi	Annaberg-Buchholz	$1401