Damascus vs Ottawa - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Damascus	Ottawa
🚶 Cost of living one person	$638	$2055
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1494	$4624
🏠 One person rent	$291	$1212
🏘️ Family rent	$523	$1940
🍽️ Food expenses	$232	$563
🚐 Transport expenses	$80.7	$162
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$55.7	$3115
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	24 km	5 km
🎓 Higher education	25	50
😀 Quality of life	34	90
🏙️ Population	2.69M	1.02M

The cost of living in Damascus is 69% less expensive than in Ottawa. Cities ranked 7300th and 1701st ($638 vs $2055) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 25th 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 Ottawa. Damascus ranked 1st best city to live in Syria vs Ottawa ranked 9th in Canada, while ranked 7688th and 162nd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Damascus vs Ottawa

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	Damascus	Ottawa
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$5.01	$16
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$34.8	$65.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.96	$10.6
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.5	$5.54
☕ Cappuccino	$1.26	$3.82
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.25	$1.97
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$262	$1214
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$154	$1014
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$590	$2032
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$330	$1649
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$48.5	$109
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$74.5	$165
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$67.2	$49.7
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	13.68%	6.14%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1862	$4939
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$879	$4597
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.1	$2.82
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$16.9	$92
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$10.9	$15
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.43	$1.07
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.07	$2.38
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.63	$2.62
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.76	$2.98
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.76	$3.53
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.37	$13.9
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.69	$12.7
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.1	$14.8
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.99	$4.03
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.12	$1.31
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1	$3.49
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.86	$3.8
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.59	$2.55
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.62	$2.95
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.4	$1.03
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.13	$2.38
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$5.52	$13.3
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.02	$2.47
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.03	$12.3
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.24	$9.31
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$0.87	$4.15
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.48	$1.95
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.59	$1.46
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$13.2	$41.1
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$3.03	$10.5
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$3.81	$58.8
💇 Haircut, simple	$2.82	$15.9
👖 Brand Jeans	$21.8	$53.6
👟 Brand Sneakers	$47.5	$88.5
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$48.6	$942
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$1666	$19030

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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 Ottawa

Distance	City	Cost of living
7.4 km or 4.6 mi	Gatineau	$1768
19 km or 12 mi	Kanata	$2202
87 km or 54 mi	Cornwall	$1633
94 km or 58 mi	Brockville	$1875
124 km or 77 mi	Salaberry-de-Valleyfield	$1894
128 km or 80 mi	Mirabel	$1762
130 km or 81 mi	Vaudreuil-Dorion	$1830
138 km or 86 mi	Saint-Jerome	$1733
141 km or 87 mi	Saint-Eustache	$1768
143 km or 89 mi	Kirkland	$1807
144 km or 89 mi	Blainville	$1761
146 km or 90 mi	Sainte-Therese	$1753
147 km or 91 mi	Pointe-Claire	$1819
147 km or 91 mi	Boisbriand	$1732
147 km or 91 mi	Dollard-des-Ormeaux	$1814
147 km or 91 mi	Kingston	$1704
150 km or 93 mi	Le Ray	$1814
152 km or 94 mi	Dorval	$1810
152 km or 94 mi	Chateauguay	$1841
153 km or 95 mi	Laval	$1900
157 km or 98 mi	Saint-Lin-Laurentides	$1690
158 km or 98 mi	Cote-Saint-Luc	$1803
160 km or 100 mi	Mount Royal	$1792
162 km or 101 mi	Watertown	$1658
163 km or 102 mi	Terrebonne	$1776
163 km or 102 mi	Westmount	$1773
166 km or 103 mi	Saint-Constant	$1824
167 km or 104 mi	Montreal	$1857
167 km or 104 mi	Mascouche	$1735
170 km or 106 mi	Saint-Lambert	$1790
170 km or 106 mi	Candiac	$1852
170 km or 106 mi	Longueuil	$1835
171 km or 106 mi	La Prairie	$1889
175 km or 109 mi	Brossard	$2004
176 km or 109 mi	Boucherville	$1804
177 km or 110 mi	Repentigny	$1743
178 km or 111 mi	Varennes	$1764
183 km or 114 mi	L'Assomption	$1651
183 km or 114 mi	Saint-Bruno-de-Montarville	$1836
185 km or 115 mi	Sainte-Julie	$1800