Damascus vs Montreal - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Damascus	Montreal
🚶 Cost of living one person	$671	$1903
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1492	$4337
🏠 One person rent	$315	$969
🏘️ Family rent	$505	$1582
🍽️ Food expenses	$250	$579
🚐 Transport expenses	$61.5	$191
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$47.6	$2945
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	24 km	11 km
🎓 Higher education	28	100
😀 Quality of life	39	95
🏙️ Population	2.69M	1.8M

The cost of living in Damascus is 65% less expensive than in Montreal. Cities ranked 7287th and 2306th ($671 vs $1903) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 52nd in Syria and Canada, respectively. Check Syria vs Canada comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.1 months in Damascus compared to 1.5 months in Montreal. Damascus ranked 1st best city to live in Syria vs Montreal ranked 4th in Canada, while ranked 7834th and 46th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Damascus vs Montreal

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	Damascus	Montreal
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$7.99	$16.2
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$28.8	$65.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.96	$11.9
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.61	$5.78
☕ Cappuccino	$1.95	$3.93
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.38	$1.98
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$219	$1055
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$160	$839
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$398	$1821
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$295	$1381
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$88	$47.9
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$135	$74.1
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$54.5	$39.4
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	13.62%	5.06%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1865	$6195
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$645	$4493
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.1	$2.66
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$17	$72.8
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$6.96	$18.9
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.43	$1.14
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.98	$2.31
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.5	$2.63
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.66	$3.14
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.83	$3.78
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.22	$15.2
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.18	$12.6
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.5	$14.6
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1	$3.48
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.53	$1.66
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.07	$3.62
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.76	$3.77
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.71	$2.52
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.65	$2.31
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.46	$1.03
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.1	$2.29
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$5.97	$13.5
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.01	$2.63
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.02	$11.9
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.03	$10.4
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$0.86	$5.32
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.48	$4.39
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.59	$2.45
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$16.2	$37.5
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$2.98	$10.9
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$3.82	$133
💇 Haircut, simple	$2.78	$20.1
👖 Brand Jeans	$44.4	$55.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$58	$105
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$49.6	$509
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$1711	$4789

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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 Montreal

Distance	City	Cost of living
3.6 km or 2.3 mi	Saint-Lambert	$1828
4.3 km or 2.7 mi	Westmount	$1814
4.4 km or 2.8 mi	Longueuil	$1842
6.4 km or 4 mi	Mount Royal	$1820
9.4 km or 5.9 mi	Cote-Saint-Luc	$1835
9.9 km or 6.1 mi	Brossard	$2055
11 km or 7 mi	La Prairie	$1911
13 km or 8.3 mi	Boucherville	$1820
14 km or 8.9 mi	Candiac	$1892
16 km or 9.8 mi	Saint-Constant	$1864
16 km or 10 mi	Dorval	$1853
17 km or 10 mi	Saint-Bruno-de-Montarville	$1869
17 km or 10 mi	Laval	$1930
20 km or 12 mi	Sainte-Julie	$1822
20 km or 12 mi	Dollard-des-Ormeaux	$1829
20 km or 13 mi	Chateauguay	$1867
21 km or 13 mi	Pointe-Claire	$1838
22 km or 14 mi	Varennes	$1786
22 km or 14 mi	Terrebonne	$1805
23 km or 14 mi	Chambly	$1853
24 km or 15 mi	Boisbriand	$1763
25 km or 15 mi	Kirkland	$1835
26 km or 16 mi	Repentigny	$1767
26 km or 16 mi	Sainte-Therese	$1785
27 km or 17 mi	Mascouche	$1766
27 km or 17 mi	Saint-Eustache	$1806
29 km or 18 mi	Beloeil	$1776
31 km or 19 mi	Blainville	$1780
31 km or 20 mi	Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu	$1805
38 km or 23 mi	L'Assomption	$1671
39 km or 24 mi	Vaudreuil-Dorion	$1850
41 km or 26 mi	Saint-Lin-Laurentides	$1719
44 km or 27 mi	Mirabel	$1782
46 km or 28 mi	Saint-Jerome	$1753
49 km or 31 mi	Saint-Hyacinthe	$1586
53 km or 33 mi	Salaberry-de-Valleyfield	$1935
57 km or 35 mi	Joliette	$1449
66 km or 41 mi	Granby	$1120
68 km or 42 mi	Sorel-Tracy	$1549
91 km or 56 mi	Plattsburgh	$1811