Damascus vs Malaga - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Damascus	Malaga
🚶 Cost of living one person	$638	$1430
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1494	$3228
🏠 One person rent	$291	$851
🏘️ Family rent	$523	$1438
🍽️ Food expenses	$232	$380
🚐 Transport expenses	$80.7	$92.9
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$55.7	$1651
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	24 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	25	24
😀 Quality of life	34	78
🏙️ Population	2.69M	592K

The cost of living in Damascus is 55% less expensive than in Malaga. Cities ranked 7300th and 3759th ($638 vs $1430) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 31st 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 1.2 months in Malaga. Damascus ranked 1st best city to live in Syria vs Malaga ranked 19th in Spain, while ranked 7688th and 708th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Damascus vs Malaga

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	Damascus	Malaga
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$5.01	$12.5
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$34.8	$47.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.96	$9.27
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.5	$3.66
☕ Cappuccino	$1.26	$2.4
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.25	$2.13
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$262	$969
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$154	$689
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$590	$1741
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$330	$1176
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$48.5	$76.1
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$74.5	$119
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$67.2	$29.9
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	13.68%	3.49%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1862	$6060
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$879	$2594
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.1	$1.46
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$16.9	$27.1
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$10.9	$16.6
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.43	$1.64
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.07	$1.09
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.63	$1.25
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.76	$1.53
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.76	$2.75
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.37	$14.5
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.69	$7.57
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.1	$11.6
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.99	$2.25
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.12	$1.75
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1	$1.45
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.86	$2.13
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.59	$1.66
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.62	$1.76
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.4	$0.41
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.13	$2.26
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$5.52	$5.97
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.02	$1.01
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.03	$5.78
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.24	$6.61
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$0.87	$2.68
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.48	$2.05
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.59	$1.52
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$13.2	$39.3
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$3.03	$8.58
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$3.81	$37.7
💇 Haircut, simple	$2.82	$13.5
👖 Brand Jeans	$21.8	$75.4
👟 Brand Sneakers	$47.5	$87
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$48.6	$378
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$1666	$9532

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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 Malaga

Distance	City	Cost of living
18 km or 11 mi	Benalmadena	$1415
24 km or 15 mi	Mijas	$1353
27 km or 17 mi	Fuengirola	$1347
36 km or 22 mi	Antequera	$1178
48 km or 30 mi	Marbella	$2040
55 km or 34 mi	Loja	$1316
65 km or 40 mi	Almunecar	$945
67 km or 41 mi	Ronda	$893
71 km or 44 mi	Estepona	$1395
80 km or 50 mi	Motril	$895
89 km or 55 mi	Granada	$1164
94 km or 58 mi	Alcala la Real	$2087
104 km or 64 mi	La Linea de la Concepcion	$1145
105 km or 65 mi	Gibraltar City	$2278
109 km or 68 mi	Ecija	$1201
113 km or 70 mi	Los Barrios	$1041
114 km or 71 mi	Algeciras	$889
119 km or 74 mi	Martos	$1204
122 km or 76 mi	Ceuta	$1141
124 km or 77 mi	Arcos de la Frontera	$1144
125 km or 78 mi	Adra	$1073
130 km or 81 mi	Jaen	$930
132 km or 82 mi	Tarifa	$1196
133 km or 83 mi	Cordoba	$1100
137 km or 85 mi	Carmona	$1197
143 km or 89 mi	El Ejido	$1004
148 km or 92 mi	Dos Hermanas	$1164
152 km or 94 mi	Jerez de la Frontera	$892
154 km or 96 mi	Tetouan	$517
158 km or 98 mi	Seville	$1255
158 km or 98 mi	Chiclana de la Frontera	$1018
162 km or 101 mi	Tangier	$679
169 km or 105 mi	Linares	$1220
169 km or 105 mi	Cadiz	$1359
171 km or 106 mi	Ubeda	$1316
174 km or 108 mi	Rota	$1358
176 km or 109 mi	Almeria	$1170
196 km or 122 mi	Almonte	$1165
207 km or 129 mi	Melilla	$801
218 km or 135 mi	Nador	$449