Damascus vs Leipzig - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	Damascus	Leipzig
🚶 Cost of living one person	$675	$1652
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1514	$3912
🏠 One person rent	$310	$798
🏘️ Family rent	$498	$1342
🍽️ Food expenses	$255	$565
🚐 Transport expenses	$62.5	$152
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$48.3	$3076
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	24 km	14 km
🎓 Higher education	29	72
😀 Quality of life	40	92
🏙️ Population	2.69M	620K

The cost of living in Damascus is 59% less expensive than in Leipzig. Cities ranked 7406th and 3436th ($675 vs $1652) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 299th 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 Leipzig. Damascus ranked 1st best city to live in Syria vs Leipzig ranked 17th in Germany, while ranked 7899th and 112th 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	$9.24	$15.4
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$30.1	$71.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.96	$11.9
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.75	$5.56
☕ Cappuccino	$2.26	$4.17
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.57	$3.74
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$251	$722
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$145	$535
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$459	$1325
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$268	$942
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$89	$178
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$137	$275
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$54.5	$48.2
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	14.16%	3.99%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1767	$5097
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$627	$2610
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.1	$4.13
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$14.3	$69.4
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$8	$20.4
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.37	$2.05
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.86	$1.32
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.49	$2.32
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.61	$3.8
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.75	$4.09
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.05	$16.1
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.08	$13.1
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.2	$22.1
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.99	$3.57
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.53	$2.11
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.1	$2.35
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.88	$5.21
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.77	$1.67
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.69	$1.38
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.46	$0.77
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.93	$2.02
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$6.88	$7.07
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.97	$1.03
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.69	$10.3
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.14	$11.5
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$0.99	$2.48
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.56	$1.25
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.68	$1.64
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$18.5	$45.3
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$3.42	$15.3
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$4.39	$38.8
💇 Haircut, simple	$3.18	$19.3
👖 Brand Jeans	$40.8	$98.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$62.9	$95.7
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$56.8	$445
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$1770	$12468

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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 Leipzig

Distance	City	Cost of living
6.2 km or 3.8 mi	Markkleeberg	$1576
22 km or 13 mi	Delitzsch	$1553
26 km or 16 mi	Grimma	$1510
27 km or 17 mi	Merseburg	$1435
32 km or 20 mi	Bitterfeld-Wolfen	$1457
33 km or 20 mi	Weienfels	$1446
33 km or 21 mi	Halle	$1404
36 km or 22 mi	Halle-Neustadt	$1432
36 km or 22 mi	Zeitz	$1451
39 km or 24 mi	Altenburg	$1401
45 km or 28 mi	Naumburg	$1453
50 km or 31 mi	Torgau	$1488
54 km or 34 mi	Kothen	$1467
55 km or 34 mi	Gera	$1179
56 km or 35 mi	Dobeln	$1454
57 km or 35 mi	Dessau-Rolau	$1489
58 km or 36 mi	Glauchau	$1334
58 km or 36 mi	Limbach-Oberfrohna	$1478
61 km or 38 mi	Eisleben	$1460
62 km or 39 mi	Wittenberg	$1460
63 km or 39 mi	Riesa	$1462
67 km or 41 mi	Werdau	$1276
67 km or 42 mi	Chemnitz	$1497
69 km or 43 mi	Bernburg	$1464
69 km or 43 mi	Zwickau	$1146
70 km or 43 mi	Apolda	$1396
72 km or 45 mi	Jena	$1330
74 km or 46 mi	Zerbst	$1490
77 km or 48 mi	Greiz	$1355
77 km or 48 mi	Sangerhausen	$1466
78 km or 49 mi	Meissen	$1460
79 km or 49 mi	Aschersleben	$1475
80 km or 50 mi	Reichenbach im Vogtland	$1325
82 km or 51 mi	Freiberg	$1305
82 km or 51 mi	Stafurt	$1475
84 km or 52 mi	Weimar	$1437
86 km or 54 mi	Coswig	$1473
88 km or 54 mi	Schonebeck	$1481
93 km or 58 mi	Radebeul	$1476
94 km or 59 mi	Annaberg-Buchholz	$1479