Damascus vs Munich - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 01, 2024

	Damascus	Munich
🚶 Cost of living one person	$583	$2188
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1433	$5197
🏠 One person rent	$225	$1327
🏘️ Family rent	$409	$2400
🍽️ Food expenses	$203	$507
🚐 Transport expenses	$117	$203
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$56.5	$3867
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Good
✈️ Airport proximity	24 km	23 km
🎓 Higher education	25	91
😀 Quality of life	36	94
🏙️ Population	2.5M	1.49M

The cost of living in Damascus is 73% less expensive than in Munich. Cities ranked 7822nd and 1315th ($583 vs $2188) 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 1.8 months in Munich. Damascus ranked 1st best city to live in Syria vs Munich ranked 9th in Germany, while ranked 7665th and 48th 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	$4.03	$14.6
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$24	$68
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.52	$11
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.51	$4.78
☕ Cappuccino	$1.29	$4.32
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.95	$3.28
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$270	$1411
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$126	$1028
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$474	$2472
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$293	$1982
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$19.9	$177
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$30.2	$276
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$49.7	$45.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	11.93%	3.53%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1756	$11808
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1228	$8614
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.08	$4.02
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$17	$53
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$11.4	$24.2
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$2.66	$2
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.01	$1.37
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.1	$2.29
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.55	$2.49
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.6	$3.72
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.88	$14.4
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.76	$13.1
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.17	$17.5
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.04	$2.65
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.8	$1.75
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.7	$2.58
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.82	$2.83
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.55	$2
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.41	$2.08
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.33	$0.57
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.14	$1.72
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$5.47	$6.31
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.01	$1.1
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.03	$8.57
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.25	$8.17
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$0.87	$3.43
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.48	$1.27
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.59	$1.42
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$12.3	$45.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$3.01	$14.3
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$3.85	$74.8
💇 Haircut, simple	$2.79	$18.8
👖 Brand Jeans	$30.6	$95.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$50.3	$97.3
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$94.1	$922
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$1634	$18334

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Cities near Damascus

Distance	City	Cost of living
51 km or 32 mi	Zahle	$882
75 km or 47 mi	Kiryat Shmona	$1673
81 km or 50 mi	Jounieh	$982
83 km or 52 mi	Sidon	$770
83 km or 52 mi	Beirut	$1195
96 km or 59 mi	Safed	$1622
105 km or 65 mi	Tyre	$633
108 km or 67 mi	Tiberias	$1427
110 km or 68 mi	Ma'alot-Tarshiha	$1633
111 km or 69 mi	Tripoli	$665
114 km or 71 mi	Irbid	$625
115 km or 72 mi	Arraba	$1635
116 km or 72 mi	Karmiel	$1617
117 km or 73 mi	Sakhnin	$1645
125 km or 78 mi	Tamra	$1622
125 km or 78 mi	Nahariya	$1570
126 km or 78 mi	Nof HaGalil	$1660
129 km or 80 mi	Nazareth	$1689
130 km or 81 mi	Acre	$1447
131 km or 81 mi	Shefa-'Amr	$1619
135 km or 84 mi	Migdal HaEmek	$1674
136 km or 84 mi	Kiryat Motzkin	$1610
136 km or 85 mi	Kiryat Ata	$1594
137 km or 85 mi	Kiryat Yam	$1601
137 km or 85 mi	Kiryat Bialik	$1594
137 km or 85 mi	Afula	$1660
141 km or 88 mi	Homs	$528
142 km or 88 mi	Nesher	$1467
143 km or 89 mi	Jerash	$602
145 km or 90 mi	Haifa	$1567
145 km or 90 mi	Yokneam Illit	$1744
154 km or 95 mi	Umm al-Fahm	$1728
163 km or 101 mi	Zikhron Ya'akov	$1718
168 km or 105 mi	Baqa-Jatt	$1746
169 km or 105 mi	Pardes Hanna-Karkur	$1725
173 km or 107 mi	Al-Salt	$679
173 km or 108 mi	Nablus	$849
174 km or 108 mi	Hadera	$1593
177 km or 110 mi	Amman	$981
184 km or 114 mi	Tayibe	$1850

Cities near Munich

Distance	City	Cost of living
16 km or 9.6 mi	Germering	$1803
16 km or 10 mi	Unterschleiheim	$1758
17 km or 10 mi	Puchheim	$1794
17 km or 11 mi	Dachau	$1763
20 km or 13 mi	Olching	$1755
23 km or 15 mi	Starnberg	$1748
24 km or 15 mi	Furstenfeldbruck	$1728
31 km or 19 mi	Erding	$1603
31 km or 19 mi	Geretsried	$1698
32 km or 20 mi	Freising	$1608
44 km or 28 mi	Pfaffenhofen an der Ilm	$1576
47 km or 29 mi	Weilheim in Oberbayern	$1733
48 km or 30 mi	Aichach	$1634
50 km or 31 mi	Friedberg	$1668
52 km or 32 mi	Rosenheim	$1206
53 km or 33 mi	Konigsbrunn	$1660
53 km or 33 mi	Landsberg am Lech	$1646
57 km or 35 mi	Augsburg	$1751
61 km or 38 mi	Gersthofen	$1663
62 km or 38 mi	Landshut	$1560
62 km or 38 mi	Waldkraiburg	$1537
62 km or 39 mi	Neusa	$1663
71 km or 44 mi	Ingolstadt	$1481
71 km or 44 mi	Muhldorf	$1533
72 km or 45 mi	Neuburg an der Donau	$1517
76 km or 48 mi	Kaufbeuren	$1575
77 km or 48 mi	Traunreut	$1505
80 km or 50 mi	Garmisch-Partenkirchen	$1937
85 km or 53 mi	Traunstein	$1516
87 km or 54 mi	Donauworth	$1568
98 km or 61 mi	Innsbruck	$1720
103 km or 64 mi	Gunzburg	$1587
104 km or 65 mi	Kempten	$1585
105 km or 65 mi	Regensburg	$1438
105 km or 65 mi	Memmingen	$1582
110 km or 69 mi	Straubing	$1487
112 km or 70 mi	Nordlingen	$1546
114 km or 71 mi	Senden	$1585
116 km or 72 mi	Salzburg	$1691
119 km or 74 mi	Sonthofen	$1599