Damascus vs Nuremberg - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: June 21, 2026

	Damascus	Nuremberg
🚶 Cost of living one person	$706	$1753
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1602	$4305
🏠 One person rent	$323	$874
🏘️ Family rent	$531	$1508
🍽️ Food expenses	$270	$578
🚐 Transport expenses	$66.7	$165
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$45	$3888
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	24 km	5 km
🎓 Higher education	29	56
😀 Quality of life	40	91
🏙️ Population	2.69M	526K

The cost of living in Damascus is 60% less expensive than in Nuremberg. Cities ranked 7245th and 2992nd ($706 vs $1753) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 152nd 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 2.2 months in Nuremberg. Damascus ranked 1st best city to live in Syria vs Nuremberg ranked 25th in Germany, while ranked 7855th and 131st among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Damascus vs Nuremberg

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	Damascus	Nuremberg
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$9.98	$17.5
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$35	$84
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$6.8	$13.5
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.89	$5.24
☕ Cappuccino	$2.62	$4.34
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.79	$4.04
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$287	$836
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$168	$591
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$529	$1531
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$309	$1084
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$85.3	$190
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$131	$291
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$46.4	$43.9
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	14.35%	3.8%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1741	$7307
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$605	$3825
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.12	$4.37
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$12	$67.5
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$9.2	$27.7
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.42	$2.09
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.98	$1.33
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.45	$2.13
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.63	$3.28
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.6	$3.76
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.53	$14
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.65	$11.2
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.9	$24
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.97	$3.01
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.44	$2.32
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.07	$2.05
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.02	$4.15
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.75	$1.32
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.67	$1.28
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.45	$0.73
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.08	$2.27
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$5.96	$6.05
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.96	$1.17
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.77	$10.2
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.6	$15.1
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$1.14	$1.97
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.65	$1.35
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.78	$1.51
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$21.1	$33.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$3.92	$14.4
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$5.04	$47.2
💇 Haircut, simple	$3.64	$17.6
👖 Brand Jeans	$34.5	$96.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$59.9	$101
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$65	$664
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$1772	$19685

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Cities near Damascus

Distance	City	Cost of living
51 km or 32 mi	Zahle	$1093
75 km or 47 mi	Kiryat Shmona	$2164
81 km or 50 mi	Jounieh	$1204
83 km or 52 mi	Sidon	$927
83 km or 52 mi	Beirut	$1441
96 km or 59 mi	Safed	$2195
105 km or 65 mi	Tyre	$700
108 km or 67 mi	Tiberias	$2044
110 km or 68 mi	Ma'alot-Tarshiha	$2153
111 km or 69 mi	Tripoli	$841
114 km or 71 mi	Irbid	$771
115 km or 72 mi	Arraba	$2150
116 km or 72 mi	Karmiel	$2008
117 km or 73 mi	Sakhnin	$2112
125 km or 78 mi	Tamra	$2142
125 km or 78 mi	Nahariya	$2069
126 km or 78 mi	Nof HaGalil	$2172
129 km or 80 mi	Nazareth	$2125
130 km or 81 mi	Acre	$1873
131 km or 81 mi	Shefa-'Amr	$2122
135 km or 84 mi	Migdal HaEmek	$2165
136 km or 84 mi	Kiryat Motzkin	$2113
136 km or 85 mi	Kiryat Ata	$2047
137 km or 85 mi	Kiryat Bialik	$2089
137 km or 85 mi	Kiryat Yam	$2095
137 km or 85 mi	Afula	$2133
141 km or 88 mi	Homs	$390
142 km or 88 mi	Nesher	$2043
143 km or 89 mi	Jerash	$745
145 km or 90 mi	Haifa	$1891
145 km or 90 mi	Yokneam Illit	$2184
154 km or 95 mi	Umm al-Fahm	$2245
163 km or 101 mi	Zikhron Ya'akov	$2230
168 km or 105 mi	Baqa-Jatt	$2214
169 km or 105 mi	Pardes Hanna-Karkur	$2129
173 km or 107 mi	Al-Salt	$538
173 km or 108 mi	Nablus	$1070
174 km or 108 mi	Hadera	$1918
177 km or 110 mi	Amman	$1032
184 km or 114 mi	Tayibe	$2347

Cities near Nuremberg

Distance	City	Cost of living
6.9 km or 4.3 mi	Furth	$1673
9.2 km or 5.7 mi	Zirndorf	$1670
14 km or 8.9 mi	Schwabach	$1629
16 km or 9.8 mi	Lauf an der Pegnitz	$1639
17 km or 10 mi	Erlangen	$1688
19 km or 12 mi	Herzogenaurach	$1760
23 km or 14 mi	Roth	$1625
30 km or 18 mi	Forchheim	$1645
34 km or 21 mi	Neumarkt in der Oberpfalz	$1604
40 km or 25 mi	Ansbach	$1399
51 km or 31 mi	Bamberg	$1601
56 km or 35 mi	Amberg	$1323
66 km or 41 mi	Bayreuth	$1425
73 km or 45 mi	Kitzingen	$1568
75 km or 47 mi	Schwandorf	$1535
76 km or 47 mi	Lichtenfels	$1575
76 km or 47 mi	Kulmbach	$1544
79 km or 49 mi	Nordlingen	$1647
80 km or 50 mi	Neuburg an der Donau	$1726
81 km or 50 mi	Ingolstadt	$1788
81 km or 50 mi	Crailsheim	$1708
82 km or 51 mi	Weiden in der Oberpfalz	$1599
85 km or 53 mi	Donauworth	$1704
88 km or 54 mi	Regensburg	$1667
88 km or 55 mi	Ellwangen	$1673
90 km or 56 mi	Schweinfurt	$1546
90 km or 56 mi	Coburg	$1560
91 km or 57 mi	Wurzburg	$1296
95 km or 59 mi	Bad Mergentheim	$1585
99 km or 62 mi	Aalen	$1648
100 km or 62 mi	Sonneberg	$1331
104 km or 65 mi	Schwabisch Hall	$1736
107 km or 67 mi	Pfaffenhofen an der Ilm	$1753
109 km or 68 mi	Heidenheim an der Brenz	$1684
110 km or 69 mi	Bad Kissingen	$1551
112 km or 69 mi	Aichach	$1790
113 km or 70 mi	Hof	$1593
116 km or 72 mi	Gersthofen	$1828
116 km or 72 mi	Cheb	$1292
117 km or 73 mi	Wertheim am Main	$1729