Damascus vs Male - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Damascus	Male
🚶 Cost of living one person	$671	$1320
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1492	$2817
🏠 One person rent	$315	$818
🏘️ Family rent	$505	$1403
🍽️ Food expenses	$250	$368
🚐 Transport expenses	$61.5	$43.1
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$47.6	$988
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	24 km	3 km
🎓 Higher education	28	7
😀 Quality of life	39	66
🏙️ Population	2.69M	133K

The cost of living in Damascus is 49% less expensive than in Male. Cities ranked 7287th and 4439th ($671 vs $1320) 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 7834th and 5057th 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	$7.99	$5.55
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$28.8	$29.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.96	$9.82
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.61	$4.77
☕ Cappuccino	$1.95	$3.29
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.38	$1.45
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$219	$870
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$160	$609
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$398	$1575
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$295	$1116
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$88	$75
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$135	$114
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$54.5	$81.2
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	13.62%	14%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1865	$2585
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$645	$1897
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.1	$0.65
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$17	$29.1
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$6.96	$17.5
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.43	$0.93
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.98	$1.85
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.5	$1.59
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.66	$1.34
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.83	$1.78
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.22	$9.08
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.18	$6.15
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.5	$8.98
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1	$4.03
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.53	$3.83
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.07	$4.35
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.76	$3.26
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.71	$1.53
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.65	$1.22
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.46	$0.35
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.1	$1.97
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$5.97	$8.87
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.01	$2.96
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.02	$13
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.03	$5.39
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$0.86	$3.83
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.48	$3.18
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.59	$1.81
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$16.2	$80.1
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$2.98	$9.82
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$3.82	$23.2
💇 Haircut, simple	$2.78	$4.39
👖 Brand Jeans	$44.4	$42.7
👟 Brand Sneakers	$58	$90.5
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$49.6	$166
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$1711	$3575

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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 Male

Distance	City	Cost of living
5.4 km or 3.4 mi	Hulhumale	$1445
610 km or 379 mi	Thiruvananthapuram	$344
618 km or 384 mi	Varkala	$308
621 km or 386 mi	Nagercoil	$279
624 km or 388 mi	Kollam	$253
687 km or 427 mi	Tirunelveli	$270
688 km or 428 mi	Kottayam	$300
713 km or 443 mi	Kochi	$382
714 km or 444 mi	Ernakulam	$351
724 km or 450 mi	Thoothukudi	$296
761 km or 473 mi	Beruwala	$590
763 km or 474 mi	Colombo	$646
766 km or 476 mi	Thrissur	$356
771 km or 479 mi	Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte	$626
772 km or 479 mi	Galle	$512
777 km or 483 mi	Negombo	$469
788 km or 490 mi	Gampaha	$420
803 km or 499 mi	Matara	$479
814 km or 506 mi	Malappuram	$286
817 km or 507 mi	Madurai	$347
825 km or 513 mi	Kozhikode	$321
843 km or 524 mi	Dindigul	$310
849 km or 528 mi	Coimbatore	$326
862 km or 535 mi	Kandy	$440
879 km or 546 mi	Kannur	$317
892 km or 554 mi	Anuradhapura	$535
899 km or 559 mi	Tiruppur	$347
922 km or 573 mi	Erode	$286
935 km or 581 mi	Tiruchirappalli	$300
964 km or 599 mi	Thanjavur	$275
968 km or 602 mi	Mysore	$346
977 km or 607 mi	Salem	$295
979 km or 608 mi	Mangalore	$400
983 km or 611 mi	Trincomalee	$530
1027 km or 638 mi	Udupi	$283
1076 km or 669 mi	Bangalore	$524
1087 km or 675 mi	Cuddalore	$300
1093 km or 679 mi	Tumkur	$355
1106 km or 688 mi	Shimoga	$340
1108 km or 688 mi	Pondicherry	$327