Damascus vs Male - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: June 21, 2026

	Damascus	Male
🚶 Cost of living one person	$706	$1321
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1602	$2809
🏠 One person rent	$323	$810
🏘️ Family rent	$531	$1372
🍽️ Food expenses	$270	$379
🚐 Transport expenses	$66.7	$44.2
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$45	$863
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	24 km	3 km
🎓 Higher education	29	8
😀 Quality of life	40	64
🏙️ Population	2.69M	133K

The cost of living in Damascus is 47% less expensive than in Male. Cities ranked 7245th and 4490th ($706 vs $1321) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 2nd in Syria and Maldives, respectively. Check Syria vs Maldives comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.1 months in Damascus compared to 0.7 months in Male. Damascus ranked 1st best city to live in Syria vs Male ranked 1st in Maldives, while ranked 7855th and 5278th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Damascus vs Male

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	Damascus	Male
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$9.98	$6.01
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$35	$38.5
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$6.8	$9.71
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.89	$4.89
☕ Cappuccino	$2.62	$3.24
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.79	$1.63
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$287	$808
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$168	$624
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$529	$1454
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$309	$1116
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$85.3	$75.7
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$131	$115
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$46.4	$73.2
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	14.35%	14.04%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1741	$2242
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$605	$1870
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.12	$0.65
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$12	$32.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$9.2	$17.5
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.42	$0.95
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.98	$1.96
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.45	$1.53
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.63	$1.37
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.6	$1.77
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.53	$6.43
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.65	$6.17
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.9	$9.51
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.97	$4.03
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.44	$3
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.07	$4.3
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.02	$2.82
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.75	$2.03
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.67	$1.65
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.45	$0.38
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.08	$1.97
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$5.96	$11.5
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.96	$2.69
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.77	$15
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.6	$5.3
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$1.14	$3.77
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.65	$3.16
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.78	$1.82
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$21.1	$75.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$3.92	$9.64
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$5.04	$22.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$3.64	$4.32
👖 Brand Jeans	$34.5	$40.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$59.9	$84.5
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$65	$191
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$1772	$3305

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Cities near Damascus

Distance	City	Cost of living
51 km or 32 mi	Zahle	$1093
75 km or 47 mi	Kiryat Shmona	$2164
81 km or 50 mi	Jounieh	$1204
83 km or 52 mi	Sidon	$927
83 km or 52 mi	Beirut	$1441
96 km or 59 mi	Safed	$2195
105 km or 65 mi	Tyre	$700
108 km or 67 mi	Tiberias	$2044
110 km or 68 mi	Ma'alot-Tarshiha	$2153
111 km or 69 mi	Tripoli	$841
114 km or 71 mi	Irbid	$771
115 km or 72 mi	Arraba	$2150
116 km or 72 mi	Karmiel	$2008
117 km or 73 mi	Sakhnin	$2112
125 km or 78 mi	Tamra	$2142
125 km or 78 mi	Nahariya	$2069
126 km or 78 mi	Nof HaGalil	$2172
129 km or 80 mi	Nazareth	$2125
130 km or 81 mi	Acre	$1873
131 km or 81 mi	Shefa-'Amr	$2122
135 km or 84 mi	Migdal HaEmek	$2165
136 km or 84 mi	Kiryat Motzkin	$2113
136 km or 85 mi	Kiryat Ata	$2047
137 km or 85 mi	Kiryat Bialik	$2089
137 km or 85 mi	Kiryat Yam	$2095
137 km or 85 mi	Afula	$2133
141 km or 88 mi	Homs	$390
142 km or 88 mi	Nesher	$2043
143 km or 89 mi	Jerash	$745
145 km or 90 mi	Haifa	$1891
145 km or 90 mi	Yokneam Illit	$2184
154 km or 95 mi	Umm al-Fahm	$2245
163 km or 101 mi	Zikhron Ya'akov	$2230
168 km or 105 mi	Baqa-Jatt	$2214
169 km or 105 mi	Pardes Hanna-Karkur	$2129
173 km or 107 mi	Al-Salt	$538
173 km or 108 mi	Nablus	$1070
174 km or 108 mi	Hadera	$1918
177 km or 110 mi	Amman	$1032
184 km or 114 mi	Tayibe	$2347

Cities near Male

Distance	City	Cost of living
5.4 km or 3.4 mi	Hulhumale	$1387
610 km or 379 mi	Thiruvananthapuram	$342
618 km or 384 mi	Varkala	$291
621 km or 386 mi	Nagercoil	$261
624 km or 388 mi	Kollam	$243
687 km or 427 mi	Tirunelveli	$260
688 km or 428 mi	Kottayam	$268
713 km or 443 mi	Kochi	$372
714 km or 444 mi	Ernakulam	$329
724 km or 450 mi	Thoothukudi	$278
761 km or 473 mi	Beruwala	$582
763 km or 474 mi	Colombo	$683
766 km or 476 mi	Thrissur	$335
771 km or 479 mi	Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte	$597
772 km or 479 mi	Galle	$479
777 km or 483 mi	Negombo	$467
788 km or 490 mi	Gampaha	$381
803 km or 499 mi	Matara	$477
814 km or 506 mi	Malappuram	$259
817 km or 507 mi	Madurai	$342
825 km or 513 mi	Kozhikode	$315
843 km or 524 mi	Dindigul	$290
849 km or 528 mi	Coimbatore	$313
862 km or 535 mi	Kandy	$418
879 km or 546 mi	Kannur	$312
892 km or 554 mi	Anuradhapura	$538
899 km or 559 mi	Tiruppur	$330
922 km or 573 mi	Erode	$274
935 km or 581 mi	Tiruchirappalli	$297
964 km or 599 mi	Thanjavur	$275
968 km or 602 mi	Mysore	$332
977 km or 607 mi	Salem	$283
979 km or 608 mi	Mangalore	$379
983 km or 611 mi	Trincomalee	$522
1027 km or 638 mi	Udupi	$265
1076 km or 669 mi	Bangalore	$507
1087 km or 675 mi	Cuddalore	$294
1093 km or 679 mi	Tumkur	$303
1106 km or 688 mi	Shimoga	$318
1108 km or 688 mi	Pondicherry	$322