Damascus vs Malaga - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Damascus	Malaga
🚶 Cost of living one person	$671	$1617
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1492	$3763
🏠 One person rent	$315	$929
🏘️ Family rent	$505	$1604
🍽️ Food expenses	$250	$467
🚐 Transport expenses	$61.5	$93.9
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$47.6	$1700
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	24 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	28	24
😀 Quality of life	39	80
🏙️ Population	2.69M	592K

The cost of living in Damascus is 59% less expensive than in Malaga. Cities ranked 7287th and 3451st ($671 vs $1617) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 27th 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 1.1 months in Malaga. Damascus ranked 1st best city to live in Syria vs Malaga ranked 21st in Spain, while ranked 7834th and 736th 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	$7.99	$16.5
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$28.8	$59.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.96	$11
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.61	$4.01
☕ Cappuccino	$1.95	$2.96
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.38	$2.47
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$219	$1047
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$160	$767
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$398	$1891
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$295	$1344
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$88	$78.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$135	$123
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$54.5	$27.4
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	13.62%	3.82%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1865	$6192
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$645	$5381
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.1	$1.61
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$17	$26.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$6.96	$16.4
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.43	$1.79
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.98	$1.24
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.5	$1.44
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.66	$1.59
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.83	$2.91
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.22	$18.2
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.18	$8.27
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.5	$14.2
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1	$2.56
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.53	$2.02
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.07	$1.6
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.76	$2.45
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.71	$1.79
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.65	$2.01
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.46	$0.48
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.1	$2.52
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$5.97	$6.58
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.01	$1.13
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.02	$6.34
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.03	$12.7
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$0.86	$2.86
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.48	$2.4
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.59	$2.26
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$16.2	$50.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$2.98	$10.2
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$3.82	$42.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$2.78	$20.9
👖 Brand Jeans	$44.4	$86.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$58	$93
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$49.6	$535
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$1711	$10933

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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 Malaga

Distance	City	Cost of living
18 km or 11 mi	Benalmadena	$1584
24 km or 15 mi	Mijas	$1511
27 km or 17 mi	Fuengirola	$1489
36 km or 22 mi	Antequera	$1301
48 km or 30 mi	Marbella	$1924
55 km or 34 mi	Loja	$1461
65 km or 40 mi	Almunecar	$1101
67 km or 41 mi	Ronda	$980
71 km or 44 mi	Estepona	$1666
80 km or 50 mi	Motril	$997
89 km or 55 mi	Granada	$1334
94 km or 58 mi	Alcala la Real	$2260
104 km or 64 mi	La Linea de la Concepcion	$1268
105 km or 65 mi	Gibraltar City	$2429
109 km or 68 mi	Ecija	$1344
113 km or 70 mi	Los Barrios	$1157
114 km or 71 mi	Algeciras	$987
119 km or 74 mi	Martos	$1382
122 km or 76 mi	Ceuta	$1312
124 km or 77 mi	Arcos de la Frontera	$1274
125 km or 78 mi	Adra	$1187
130 km or 81 mi	Jaen	$1133
132 km or 82 mi	Tarifa	$1287
133 km or 83 mi	Cordoba	$1233
137 km or 85 mi	Carmona	$1344
143 km or 89 mi	El Ejido	$1123
148 km or 92 mi	Dos Hermanas	$1359
152 km or 94 mi	Jerez de la Frontera	$989
154 km or 96 mi	Tetouan	$565
158 km or 98 mi	Seville	$1393
158 km or 98 mi	Chiclana de la Frontera	$1166
162 km or 101 mi	Tangier	$863
169 km or 105 mi	Linares	$1369
169 km or 105 mi	Cadiz	$1501
171 km or 106 mi	Ubeda	$1490
174 km or 108 mi	Rota	$1500
176 km or 109 mi	Almeria	$1298
196 km or 122 mi	Almonte	$1316
207 km or 129 mi	Melilla	$931
218 km or 135 mi	Nador	$536