Damascus vs Munich - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Damascus	Munich
🚶 Cost of living one person	$671	$2463
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1492	$5699
🏠 One person rent	$315	$1467
🏘️ Family rent	$505	$2572
🍽️ Food expenses	$250	$593
🚐 Transport expenses	$61.5	$237
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$47.6	$3954
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	24 km	23 km
🎓 Higher education	28	90
😀 Quality of life	39	94
🏙️ Population	2.69M	1.51M

The cost of living in Damascus is 73% less expensive than in Munich. Cities ranked 7287th and 920th ($671 vs $2463) 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 7834th and 61st 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	$7.99	$19.1
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$28.8	$80.9
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.96	$14.3
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.61	$5.48
☕ Cappuccino	$1.95	$4.83
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.38	$4.05
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$219	$1546
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$160	$1155
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$398	$2816
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$295	$2089
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$88	$191
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$135	$294
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$54.5	$43.6
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	13.62%	4.03%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1865	$13232
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$645	$9526
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.1	$4.77
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$17	$67.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$6.96	$27.7
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.43	$1.98
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.98	$1.43
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.5	$2.55
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.66	$3.05
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.83	$4.32
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.22	$17.4
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.18	$11.5
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.5	$16.7
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1	$3.82
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.53	$2.23
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.07	$2.89
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.76	$4.59
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.71	$2.25
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.65	$1.63
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.46	$0.71
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.1	$2.04
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$5.97	$8.4
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.01	$1.31
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.02	$9.75
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.03	$9.33
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$0.86	$3.71
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.48	$2.11
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.59	$1.56
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$16.2	$53.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$2.98	$15.6
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$3.82	$80.8
💇 Haircut, simple	$2.78	$21.4
👖 Brand Jeans	$44.4	$102
👟 Brand Sneakers	$58	$106
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$49.6	$954
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$1711	$14492

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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 Munich

Distance	City	Cost of living
16 km or 9.6 mi	Germering	$1966
16 km or 10 mi	Unterschleiheim	$1924
17 km or 10 mi	Puchheim	$1956
17 km or 11 mi	Dachau	$1934
20 km or 13 mi	Olching	$1905
23 km or 15 mi	Starnberg	$1901
24 km or 15 mi	Furstenfeldbruck	$1876
31 km or 19 mi	Erding	$1731
31 km or 19 mi	Geretsried	$1842
32 km or 20 mi	Freising	$1757
44 km or 28 mi	Pfaffenhofen an der Ilm	$1725
47 km or 29 mi	Weilheim in Oberbayern	$1854
48 km or 30 mi	Aichach	$1784
50 km or 31 mi	Friedberg	$1841
52 km or 32 mi	Rosenheim	$1298
53 km or 33 mi	Konigsbrunn	$1826
53 km or 33 mi	Landsberg am Lech	$1790
57 km or 35 mi	Augsburg	$1954
61 km or 38 mi	Gersthofen	$1848
62 km or 38 mi	Landshut	$1745
62 km or 38 mi	Waldkraiburg	$1664
62 km or 39 mi	Neusa	$1851
71 km or 44 mi	Ingolstadt	$1659
71 km or 44 mi	Muhldorf	$1655
72 km or 45 mi	Neuburg an der Donau	$1671
76 km or 48 mi	Kaufbeuren	$1807
77 km or 48 mi	Traunreut	$1597
80 km or 50 mi	Garmisch-Partenkirchen	$2083
85 km or 53 mi	Traunstein	$1585
87 km or 54 mi	Donauworth	$1697
98 km or 61 mi	Innsbruck	$1917
103 km or 64 mi	Gunzburg	$1675
104 km or 65 mi	Kempten	$1706
105 km or 65 mi	Regensburg	$1720
105 km or 65 mi	Memmingen	$1725
110 km or 69 mi	Straubing	$1654
112 km or 70 mi	Nordlingen	$1657
114 km or 71 mi	Senden	$1654
116 km or 72 mi	Salzburg	$1904
119 km or 74 mi	Sonthofen	$1730