Damascus vs Montreal - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Damascus	Montreal
🚶 Cost of living one person	$638	$1857
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1494	$4312
🏠 One person rent	$291	$940
🏘️ Family rent	$523	$1577
🍽️ Food expenses	$232	$575
🚐 Transport expenses	$80.7	$187
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$55.7	$2742
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Good
✈️ Airport proximity	24 km	11 km
🎓 Higher education	25	100
😀 Quality of life	34	93
🏙️ Population	2.69M	1.8M

The cost of living in Damascus is 66% less expensive than in Montreal. Cities ranked 7300th and 2225th ($638 vs $1857) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 51st 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 1st in Canada, while ranked 7688th and 51st 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	$5.01	$15.9
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$34.8	$64.3
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.96	$11
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.5	$6.26
☕ Cappuccino	$1.26	$3.71
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.25	$2.06
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$262	$1030
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$154	$807
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$590	$1828
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$330	$1371
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$48.5	$47.4
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$74.5	$73.9
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$67.2	$40.8
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	13.68%	6.03%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1862	$6524
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$879	$4131
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.1	$2.65
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$16.9	$73.4
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$10.9	$17.8
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.43	$1.19
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.07	$2.36
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.63	$2.76
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.76	$2.93
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.76	$3.61
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.37	$16.7
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.69	$12.2
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.1	$14.4
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.99	$3.37
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.12	$1.51
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1	$4.19
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.86	$4.33
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.59	$2.42
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.62	$2.42
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.4	$1.19
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.13	$1.89
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$5.52	$13.8
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.02	$2.89
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.03	$11.8
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.24	$9.31
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$0.87	$4.99
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.48	$4.48
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.59	$2.49
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$13.2	$34.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$3.03	$10.9
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$3.81	$126
💇 Haircut, simple	$2.82	$16.6
👖 Brand Jeans	$21.8	$59.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$47.5	$94.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$48.6	$639
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$1666	$5725

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Cities near Damascus

Distance	City	Cost of living
51 km or 32 mi	Zahle	$912
75 km or 47 mi	Kiryat Shmona	$1709
81 km or 50 mi	Jounieh	$1020
83 km or 52 mi	Sidon	$798
83 km or 52 mi	Beirut	$1255
96 km or 59 mi	Safed	$1681
105 km or 65 mi	Tyre	$573
108 km or 67 mi	Tiberias	$1600
110 km or 68 mi	Ma'alot-Tarshiha	$1647
111 km or 69 mi	Tripoli	$776
114 km or 71 mi	Irbid	$679
115 km or 72 mi	Arraba	$1633
116 km or 72 mi	Karmiel	$1531
117 km or 73 mi	Sakhnin	$1612
125 km or 78 mi	Tamra	$1655
125 km or 78 mi	Nahariya	$1616
126 km or 78 mi	Nof HaGalil	$1709
129 km or 80 mi	Nazareth	$1732
130 km or 81 mi	Acre	$1502
131 km or 81 mi	Shefa-'Amr	$1677
135 km or 84 mi	Migdal HaEmek	$1742
136 km or 84 mi	Kiryat Motzkin	$1666
136 km or 85 mi	Kiryat Ata	$1647
137 km or 85 mi	Kiryat Yam	$1657
137 km or 85 mi	Kiryat Bialik	$1666
137 km or 85 mi	Afula	$1652
141 km or 88 mi	Homs	$456
142 km or 88 mi	Nesher	$1593
143 km or 89 mi	Jerash	$608
145 km or 90 mi	Haifa	$1645
145 km or 90 mi	Yokneam Illit	$1778
154 km or 95 mi	Umm al-Fahm	$1756
163 km or 101 mi	Zikhron Ya'akov	$1731
168 km or 105 mi	Baqa-Jatt	$1782
169 km or 105 mi	Pardes Hanna-Karkur	$1728
173 km or 107 mi	Al-Salt	$552
173 km or 108 mi	Nablus	$877
174 km or 108 mi	Hadera	$1576
177 km or 110 mi	Amman	$994
184 km or 114 mi	Tayibe	$1902

Cities near Montreal

Distance	City	Cost of living
3.6 km or 2.3 mi	Saint-Lambert	$1790
4.3 km or 2.7 mi	Westmount	$1773
4.4 km or 2.8 mi	Longueuil	$1835
6.4 km or 4 mi	Mount Royal	$1792
9.4 km or 5.9 mi	Cote-Saint-Luc	$1803
9.9 km or 6.1 mi	Brossard	$2004
11 km or 7 mi	La Prairie	$1889
13 km or 8.3 mi	Boucherville	$1804
14 km or 8.9 mi	Candiac	$1852
16 km or 9.8 mi	Saint-Constant	$1824
16 km or 10 mi	Dorval	$1810
17 km or 10 mi	Saint-Bruno-de-Montarville	$1836
17 km or 10 mi	Laval	$1900
20 km or 12 mi	Sainte-Julie	$1800
20 km or 12 mi	Dollard-des-Ormeaux	$1814
20 km or 13 mi	Chateauguay	$1841
21 km or 13 mi	Pointe-Claire	$1819
22 km or 14 mi	Varennes	$1764
22 km or 14 mi	Terrebonne	$1776
23 km or 14 mi	Chambly	$1829
24 km or 15 mi	Boisbriand	$1732
25 km or 15 mi	Kirkland	$1807
26 km or 16 mi	Repentigny	$1743
26 km or 16 mi	Sainte-Therese	$1753
27 km or 17 mi	Mascouche	$1735
27 km or 17 mi	Saint-Eustache	$1768
29 km or 18 mi	Beloeil	$1742
31 km or 19 mi	Blainville	$1761
31 km or 20 mi	Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu	$1769
38 km or 23 mi	L'Assomption	$1651
39 km or 24 mi	Vaudreuil-Dorion	$1830
41 km or 26 mi	Saint-Lin-Laurentides	$1690
44 km or 27 mi	Mirabel	$1762
46 km or 28 mi	Saint-Jerome	$1733
49 km or 31 mi	Saint-Hyacinthe	$1562
53 km or 33 mi	Salaberry-de-Valleyfield	$1894
57 km or 35 mi	Joliette	$1433
66 km or 41 mi	Granby	$1106
68 km or 42 mi	Sorel-Tracy	$1532
91 km or 56 mi	Plattsburgh	$1692