Damascus vs Munich - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Damascus	Munich
🚶 Cost of living one person	$638	$2201
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1494	$5311
🏠 One person rent	$291	$1313
🏘️ Family rent	$523	$2479
🍽️ Food expenses	$232	$524
🚐 Transport expenses	$80.7	$211
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$55.7	$3560
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	24 km	23 km
🎓 Higher education	25	90
😀 Quality of life	34	93
🏙️ Population	2.69M	1.51M

The cost of living in Damascus is 71% less expensive than in Munich. Cities ranked 7300th and 1352nd ($638 vs $2201) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 1st in Syria and Germany, respectively. Check Syria vs Germany comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.1 months in Damascus compared to 1.6 months in Munich. Damascus ranked 1st best city to live in Syria vs Munich ranked 8th in Germany, while ranked 7688th and 54th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Damascus vs Munich

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	Damascus	Munich
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$5.01	$16.2
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$34.8	$69.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.96	$12.6
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.5	$4.92
☕ Cappuccino	$1.26	$4.32
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.25	$3.69
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$262	$1323
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$154	$1006
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$590	$2618
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$330	$2005
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$48.5	$205
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$74.5	$313
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$67.2	$38.8
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	13.68%	3.97%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1862	$12224
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$879	$8488
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.1	$4.1
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$16.9	$59.5
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$10.9	$24.8
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.43	$1.85
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.07	$1.36
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.63	$2.12
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.76	$2.7
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.76	$3.7
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.37	$14.8
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.69	$11.7
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.1	$18.9
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.99	$2.88
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.12	$1.86
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1	$2.53
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.86	$3.62
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.59	$1.85
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.62	$1.56
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.4	$0.57
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.13	$1.83
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$5.52	$6.83
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.02	$1.1
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.03	$9.08
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.24	$8.17
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$0.87	$3.34
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.48	$1.92
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.59	$1.42
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$13.2	$52.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$3.03	$13.5
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$3.81	$73.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$2.82	$22.5
👖 Brand Jeans	$21.8	$92.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$47.5	$97.9
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$48.6	$953
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$1666	$14702

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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 Bialik	$1666
137 km or 85 mi	Kiryat Yam	$1657
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 Munich

Distance	City	Cost of living
16 km or 9.6 mi	Germering	$1789
16 km or 10 mi	Unterschleiheim	$1746
17 km or 10 mi	Puchheim	$1772
17 km or 11 mi	Dachau	$1755
20 km or 13 mi	Olching	$1730
23 km or 15 mi	Starnberg	$1727
24 km or 15 mi	Furstenfeldbruck	$1711
31 km or 19 mi	Erding	$1631
31 km or 19 mi	Geretsried	$1679
32 km or 20 mi	Freising	$1611
44 km or 28 mi	Pfaffenhofen an der Ilm	$1568
47 km or 29 mi	Weilheim in Oberbayern	$1700
48 km or 30 mi	Aichach	$1613
50 km or 31 mi	Friedberg	$1644
52 km or 32 mi	Rosenheim	$1164
53 km or 33 mi	Konigsbrunn	$1638
53 km or 33 mi	Landsberg am Lech	$1637
57 km or 35 mi	Augsburg	$1728
61 km or 38 mi	Gersthofen	$1644
62 km or 38 mi	Landshut	$1569
62 km or 38 mi	Waldkraiburg	$1541
62 km or 39 mi	Neusa	$1645
71 km or 44 mi	Ingolstadt	$1465
71 km or 44 mi	Muhldorf	$1537
72 km or 45 mi	Neuburg an der Donau	$1508
76 km or 48 mi	Kaufbeuren	$1698
77 km or 48 mi	Traunreut	$1517
80 km or 50 mi	Garmisch-Partenkirchen	$1911
85 km or 53 mi	Traunstein	$1540
87 km or 54 mi	Donauworth	$1544
98 km or 61 mi	Innsbruck	$1636
103 km or 64 mi	Gunzburg	$1538
104 km or 65 mi	Kempten	$1502
105 km or 65 mi	Regensburg	$1627
105 km or 65 mi	Memmingen	$1565
110 km or 69 mi	Straubing	$1522
112 km or 70 mi	Nordlingen	$1509
114 km or 71 mi	Senden	$1516
116 km or 72 mi	Salzburg	$1672
119 km or 74 mi	Sonthofen	$1560