Damascus vs Madrid - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Damascus	Madrid
🚶 Cost of living one person	$638	$1781
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1494	$4027
🏠 One person rent	$291	$1048
🏘️ Family rent	$523	$1736
🍽️ Food expenses	$232	$445
🚐 Transport expenses	$80.7	$163
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$55.7	$2294
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	24 km	10 km
🎓 Higher education	25	98
😀 Quality of life	34	90
🏙️ Population	2.69M	3.42M

The cost of living in Damascus is 64% less expensive than in Madrid. Cities ranked 7300th and 2443rd ($638 vs $1781) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 5th in Syria and Spain, respectively. Check Syria vs Spain comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.1 months in Damascus compared to 1.3 months in Madrid. Damascus ranked 1st best city to live in Syria vs Madrid ranked 1st in Spain, while ranked 7688th and 151st among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Damascus vs Madrid

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	Damascus	Madrid
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$5.01	$14.7
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$34.8	$57
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.96	$10.6
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.5	$4.36
☕ Cappuccino	$1.26	$2.92
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.25	$2.77
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$262	$1203
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$154	$853
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$590	$2092
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$330	$1428
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$48.5	$94
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$74.5	$145
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$67.2	$30.6
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	13.68%	3.59%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1862	$6884
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$879	$3988
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.1	$1.56
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$16.9	$32.4
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$10.9	$15.8
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.43	$1.74
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.07	$1.11
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.63	$1.31
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.76	$1.31
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.76	$3.12
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.37	$13.5
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.69	$8.12
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.1	$14.5
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.99	$2.31
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.12	$1.91
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1	$2.13
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.86	$2.26
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.59	$1.78
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.62	$1.77
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.4	$0.59
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.13	$2.02
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$5.52	$6.89
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.02	$1.21
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.03	$6.25
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.24	$11.5
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$0.87	$3.96
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.48	$2.62
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.59	$2.99
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$13.2	$45
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$3.03	$10.2
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$3.81	$58.3
💇 Haircut, simple	$2.82	$15.1
👖 Brand Jeans	$21.8	$80.7
👟 Brand Sneakers	$47.5	$90.1
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$48.6	$576
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$1666	$10042

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Cities near Damascus

Distance	City	Cost of living
51 km or 32 mi	Zahle	$912
75 km or 47 mi	Kiryat Shmona	$1709
81 km or 50 mi	Jounieh	$1020
83 km or 52 mi	Sidon	$798
83 km or 52 mi	Beirut	$1255
96 km or 59 mi	Safed	$1681
105 km or 65 mi	Tyre	$573
108 km or 67 mi	Tiberias	$1600
110 km or 68 mi	Ma'alot-Tarshiha	$1647
111 km or 69 mi	Tripoli	$776
114 km or 71 mi	Irbid	$679
115 km or 72 mi	Arraba	$1633
116 km or 72 mi	Karmiel	$1531
117 km or 73 mi	Sakhnin	$1612
125 km or 78 mi	Tamra	$1655
125 km or 78 mi	Nahariya	$1616
126 km or 78 mi	Nof HaGalil	$1709
129 km or 80 mi	Nazareth	$1732
130 km or 81 mi	Acre	$1502
131 km or 81 mi	Shefa-'Amr	$1677
135 km or 84 mi	Migdal HaEmek	$1742
136 km or 84 mi	Kiryat Motzkin	$1666
136 km or 85 mi	Kiryat Ata	$1647
137 km or 85 mi	Kiryat Bialik	$1666
137 km or 85 mi	Kiryat Yam	$1657
137 km or 85 mi	Afula	$1652
141 km or 88 mi	Homs	$456
142 km or 88 mi	Nesher	$1593
143 km or 89 mi	Jerash	$608
145 km or 90 mi	Haifa	$1645
145 km or 90 mi	Yokneam Illit	$1778
154 km or 95 mi	Umm al-Fahm	$1756
163 km or 101 mi	Zikhron Ya'akov	$1731
168 km or 105 mi	Baqa-Jatt	$1782
169 km or 105 mi	Pardes Hanna-Karkur	$1728
173 km or 107 mi	Al-Salt	$552
173 km or 108 mi	Nablus	$877
174 km or 108 mi	Hadera	$1576
177 km or 110 mi	Amman	$994
184 km or 114 mi	Tayibe	$1902

Cities near Madrid

Distance	City	Cost of living
11 km or 6.6 mi	Pozuelo de Alarcon	$1565
11 km or 6.7 mi	Coslada	$1530
14 km or 8.5 mi	Alcobendas	$1433
18 km or 11 mi	Mostoles	$1573
18 km or 11 mi	Fuenlabrada	$1389
18 km or 11 mi	Torrejon de Ardoz	$1387
21 km or 13 mi	Tres Cantos	$1309
29 km or 18 mi	Alcala de Henares	$1293
50 km or 31 mi	Guadalajara	$1056
68 km or 42 mi	Toledo	$1204
69 km or 43 mi	Segovia	$1285
138 km or 86 mi	Cuenca	$1084
155 km or 97 mi	Laguna de Duero	$1201
158 km or 98 mi	Villarrobledo	$1235
162 km or 101 mi	Valladolid	$1212
177 km or 110 mi	Salamanca	$1086
196 km or 122 mi	Puertollano	$812
208 km or 129 mi	Plasencia	$1098
211 km or 131 mi	Zamora	$1286
215 km or 133 mi	Burgos	$1107
223 km or 139 mi	Albacete	$1209
242 km or 150 mi	Villanueva de la Serena	$1157
244 km or 151 mi	Requena	$1261
250 km or 156 mi	Logrono	$983
251 km or 156 mi	Caceres	$947
253 km or 157 mi	Tudela	$1241
258 km or 160 mi	Linares	$1220
269 km or 167 mi	Ubeda	$1316
272 km or 169 mi	Zaragoza	$1101
281 km or 175 mi	Merida	$1126
283 km or 176 mi	Vitoria-Gasteiz	$1532
288 km or 179 mi	Leon	$1241
295 km or 183 mi	Jaen	$930
296 km or 184 mi	Jumilla	$1241
297 km or 184 mi	Cordoba	$1100
298 km or 185 mi	Yecla	$1324
299 km or 186 mi	Braganca	$806
301 km or 187 mi	Martos	$1204
302 km or 187 mi	Caravaca de la Cruz	$1221
302 km or 188 mi	Valencia	$1522