Damascus vs Rotterdam - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Damascus	Rotterdam
🚶 Cost of living one person	$671	$2615
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1492	$6248
🏠 One person rent	$315	$1599
🏘️ Family rent	$505	$2836
🍽️ Food expenses	$250	$653
🚐 Transport expenses	$61.5	$206
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$47.6	$3894
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	24 km	5 km
🎓 Higher education	28	94
😀 Quality of life	39	94
🏙️ Population	2.69M	664K

The cost of living in Damascus is 74% less expensive than in Rotterdam. Cities ranked 7287th and 689th ($671 vs $2615) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 5th in Syria and the Netherlands, respectively. Check Syria vs the Netherlands comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.1 months in Damascus compared to 1.5 months in Rotterdam. Damascus ranked 1st best city to live in Syria vs Rotterdam ranked 5th in the Netherlands, while ranked 7834th and 67th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Damascus vs Rotterdam

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	Damascus	Rotterdam
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$7.99	$23.2
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$28.8	$91.9
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.96	$14
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.61	$7.86
☕ Cappuccino	$1.95	$4.59
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.38	$3.74
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$219	$1583
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$160	$1310
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$398	$2846
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$295	$2421
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$88	$177
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$135	$272
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$54.5	$57.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	13.62%	3.99%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1865	$6107
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$645	$4426
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.1	$4.32
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$17	$76
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$6.96	$33.1
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.43	$2.3
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.98	$1.41
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.5	$2.38
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.66	$3
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.83	$5.2
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.22	$14
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.18	$14.2
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.5	$18.2
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1	$3.1
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.53	$2.46
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.07	$2.38
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.76	$4.92
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.71	$1.93
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.65	$2
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.46	$1.2
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.1	$3.96
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$5.97	$7.15
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.01	$1.73
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.02	$14.3
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.03	$8.04
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$0.86	$5.17
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.48	$1.83
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.59	$1.95
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$16.2	$48.7
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$2.98	$17.6
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$3.82	$41
💇 Haircut, simple	$2.78	$22.4
👖 Brand Jeans	$44.4	$101
👟 Brand Sneakers	$58	$131
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$49.6	$2107
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$1711	$13809

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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 Rotterdam

Distance	City	Cost of living
10 km or 6.4 mi	Ridderkerk	$2329
13 km or 8 mi	Delft	$2228
19 km or 12 mi	Leidschendam	$2392
21 km or 13 mi	The Hague	$2581
23 km or 14 mi	Sliedrecht	$2262
25 km or 16 mi	Scheveningen	$2374
26 km or 16 mi	Leiden	$2222
27 km or 17 mi	Oegstgeest	$2134
41 km or 25 mi	Etten-Leur	$2057
43 km or 27 mi	Breda	$2087
43 km or 27 mi	Roosendaal	$2175
47 km or 29 mi	Utrecht	$2718
49 km or 30 mi	Bergen op Zoom	$2224
50 km or 31 mi	Zandvoort	$1846
52 km or 32 mi	Haarlem	$2589
54 km or 34 mi	Zaltbommel	$2302
55 km or 34 mi	Zeist	$2414
56 km or 35 mi	Tilburg	$2238
59 km or 36 mi	Amsterdam	$3118
59 km or 37 mi	Hilversum	$2568
60 km or 38 mi	IJmuiden	$2252
61 km or 38 mi	Hoogstraten	$1701
62 km or 39 mi	Goes	$2374
63 km or 39 mi	's-Hertogenbosch	$2263
66 km or 41 mi	Tiel	$2706
67 km or 42 mi	Huizen	$2256
72 km or 45 mi	Almere	$2230
73 km or 45 mi	Purmerend	$2178
74 km or 46 mi	Veenendaal	$1829
74 km or 46 mi	Turnhout	$1639
76 km or 47 mi	Middelburg	$2089
79 km or 49 mi	Antwerp	$1818
81 km or 51 mi	Wageningen	$2318
82 km or 51 mi	Beveren	$1804
82 km or 51 mi	Ede	$1860
83 km or 52 mi	Uden	$2359
84 km or 52 mi	Mortsel	$1696
85 km or 53 mi	Veldhoven	$2168
87 km or 54 mi	Herentals	$1512
88 km or 54 mi	Sint-Niklaas	$1671