Damascus vs Malaga - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Damascus	Malaga
🚶 Cost of living one person	$672	$1519
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1612	$3537
🏠 One person rent	$271	$941
🏘️ Family rent	$473	$1683
🍽️ Food expenses	$237	$384
🚐 Transport expenses	$110	$85.1
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$56.1	$1781
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	24 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	25	24
😀 Quality of life	32	78
🏙️ Population	2.58M	586K

The cost of living in Damascus is 56% less expensive than in Malaga. Cities ranked 7105th and 3616th ($672 vs $1519) 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 1.2 months in Malaga. Damascus ranked 1st best city to live in Syria vs Malaga ranked 18th in Spain, while ranked 7854th and 654th 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	$5.04	$13.2
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$32.8	$55.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5	$8.85
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.26	$3.1
☕ Cappuccino	$1.27	$2.03
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.04	$2.06
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$248	$1055
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$140	$761
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$531	$1968
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$294	$1402
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$42.9	$91.1
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$66	$138
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$66.2	$30.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	13.49%	3.57%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1873	$6321
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$880	$2750
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.1	$1.56
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$17.1	$28.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$10.9	$13.4
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$2.24	$1.76
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.07	$1.15
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.63	$1.17
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.76	$1.48
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.9	$2.57
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.38	$12.7
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.61	$6.94
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.99	$11.6
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.01	$2.12
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.28	$1.85
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.02	$1.6
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.86	$2.19
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.59	$1.63
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.6	$1.7
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.41	$0.54
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.16	$2.08
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$5.5	$5.25
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.01	$1.24
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.98	$6.13
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$1.95	$5.91
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.48	$3.2
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.47	$2.55
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.05	$2.43
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$13.4	$41.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$3.03	$8.89
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$19.9	$49.5
💇 Haircut, simple	$14.4	$12.8
👖 Brand Jeans	$21.8	$61.4
👟 Brand Sneakers	$47.8	$92.5
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$48.8	$401
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$1645	$14939

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Cities near Damascus

Distance	City	Cost of living
51 km or 32 mi	Zahle	$857
75 km or 47 mi	Kiryat Shmona	$1604
81 km or 50 mi	Jounieh	$948
83 km or 52 mi	Sidon	$767
83 km or 52 mi	Beirut	$1165
96 km or 59 mi	Safed	$1635
105 km or 65 mi	Tyre	$545
108 km or 67 mi	Tiberias	$1544
110 km or 68 mi	Ma'alot-Tarshiha	$1619
111 km or 69 mi	Tripoli	$708
114 km or 71 mi	Irbid	$630
115 km or 72 mi	Arraba	$1624
116 km or 72 mi	Karmiel	$1579
117 km or 73 mi	Sakhnin	$1612
125 km or 78 mi	Tamra	$1617
125 km or 78 mi	Nahariya	$1565
126 km or 78 mi	Nof HaGalil	$1659
129 km or 80 mi	Nazareth	$1674
130 km or 81 mi	Acre	$1451
131 km or 81 mi	Shefa-'Amr	$1617
135 km or 84 mi	Migdal HaEmek	$1664
136 km or 84 mi	Kiryat Motzkin	$1585
136 km or 85 mi	Kiryat Ata	$1591
137 km or 85 mi	Kiryat Yam	$1604
137 km or 85 mi	Kiryat Bialik	$1607
137 km or 85 mi	Afula	$1614
141 km or 88 mi	Homs	$462
142 km or 88 mi	Nesher	$1532
143 km or 89 mi	Jerash	$598
145 km or 90 mi	Haifa	$1582
145 km or 90 mi	Yokneam Illit	$1706
154 km or 95 mi	Umm al-Fahm	$1708
163 km or 101 mi	Zikhron Ya'akov	$1749
168 km or 105 mi	Baqa-Jatt	$1758
169 km or 105 mi	Pardes Hanna-Karkur	$1787
173 km or 107 mi	Al-Salt	$692
173 km or 108 mi	Nablus	$730
174 km or 108 mi	Hadera	$1556
177 km or 110 mi	Amman	$1004
184 km or 114 mi	Tayibe	$1838

Cities near Malaga

Distance	City	Cost of living
18 km or 11 mi	Benalmadena	$1482
24 km or 15 mi	Mijas	$1432
27 km or 17 mi	Fuengirola	$1407
36 km or 22 mi	Antequera	$1272
48 km or 30 mi	Marbella	$2180
55 km or 34 mi	Loja	$1415
65 km or 40 mi	Almunecar	$993
67 km or 41 mi	Ronda	$1388
71 km or 44 mi	Estepona	$1430
80 km or 50 mi	Motril	$1146
89 km or 55 mi	Granada	$1288
94 km or 58 mi	Alcala la Real	$2079
104 km or 64 mi	La Linea de la Concepcion	$1214
105 km or 65 mi	Gibraltar City	$2431
109 km or 68 mi	Ecija	$1297
113 km or 70 mi	Los Barrios	$1097
114 km or 71 mi	Algeciras	$938
119 km or 74 mi	Martos	$1284
122 km or 76 mi	Ceuta	$1221
124 km or 77 mi	Arcos de la Frontera	$1229
125 km or 78 mi	Adra	$1108
130 km or 81 mi	Jaen	$1013
132 km or 82 mi	Tarifa	$1256
133 km or 83 mi	Cordoba	$1165
137 km or 85 mi	Carmona	$1290
143 km or 89 mi	El Ejido	$1025
148 km or 92 mi	Dos Hermanas	$1260
152 km or 94 mi	Jerez de la Frontera	$936
154 km or 96 mi	Tetouan	$535
158 km or 98 mi	Seville	$1358
158 km or 98 mi	Chiclana de la Frontera	$1341
162 km or 101 mi	Tangier	$710
169 km or 105 mi	Linares	$1316
169 km or 105 mi	Cadiz	$1454
171 km or 106 mi	Ubeda	$1461
174 km or 108 mi	Rota	$1446
176 km or 109 mi	Almeria	$1110
196 km or 122 mi	Almonte	$1196
207 km or 129 mi	Melilla	$855
218 km or 135 mi	Nador	$429