Damascus vs Sofia - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 01, 2024

	Damascus	Sofia
🚶 Cost of living one person	$583	$951
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1433	$2371
🏠 One person rent	$225	$436
🏘️ Family rent	$409	$747
🍽️ Food expenses	$203	$342
🚐 Transport expenses	$117	$83
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$56.5	$1259
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	24 km	8 km
🎓 Higher education	25	69
😀 Quality of life	36	76
🏙️ Population	2.5M	1.38M

The cost of living in Damascus is 39% less expensive than in Sofia. Cities ranked 7822nd and 5668th ($583 vs $951) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 1st in Syria and Bulgaria, respectively. Check Syria vs Bulgaria comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.1 months in Damascus compared to 1.3 months in Sofia. Damascus ranked 1st best city to live in Syria vs Sofia ranked 1st in Bulgaria, while ranked 7665th and 907th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Damascus vs Sofia

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	Damascus	Sofia
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$4.03	$9.47
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$24	$33.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.52	$8.03
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.51	$2.23
☕ Cappuccino	$1.29	$2.26
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.95	$1.35
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$270	$438
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$126	$319
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$474	$803
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$293	$562
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$19.9	$80.6
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$30.2	$125
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$49.7	$12
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	11.93%	3.71%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1756	$2806
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1228	$1728
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.08	$0.89
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$17	$26.4
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$11.4	$7.79
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$2.66	$1.55
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.01	$1.75
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.1	$0.97
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.55	$1.66
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.6	$3.51
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.88	$10.2
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.76	$8.28
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.17	$11.4
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.04	$1.5
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.8	$1.8
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.7	$1.67
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.82	$2.33
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.55	$1.07
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.41	$1.26
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.33	$0.46
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.14	$1.49
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$5.47	$7.05
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.01	$1.01
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.03	$3.59
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.25	$8.12
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$0.87	$3.5
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.48	$1.84
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.59	$2.7
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$12.3	$28.5
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$3.01	$7.76
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$3.85	$23.3
💇 Haircut, simple	$2.79	$8.79
👖 Brand Jeans	$30.6	$63
👟 Brand Sneakers	$50.3	$97.5
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$94.1	$497
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$1634	$7940

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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 Sofia

Distance	City	Cost of living
26 km or 16 mi	Pernik	$598
59 km or 37 mi	Vratsa	$865
77 km or 48 mi	Blagoevgrad	$533
97 km or 60 mi	Bansko	$852
100 km or 62 mi	Pazardzhik	$660
132 km or 82 mi	Pleven	$719
132 km or 82 mi	Plovdiv	$712
135 km or 84 mi	Nis	$702
142 km or 88 mi	Stip	$602
146 km or 91 mi	Kumanovo	$563
148 km or 92 mi	Vidin	$661
149 km or 92 mi	Asenovgrad	$626
151 km or 94 mi	Strumica	$581
164 km or 102 mi	Gabrovo	$495
168 km or 104 mi	Veles	$531
175 km or 108 mi	Skopje	$760
176 km or 110 mi	Pristina	$691
178 km or 110 mi	Kavadarci	$576
180 km or 112 mi	Serres	$1027
185 km or 115 mi	Drama	$977
186 km or 116 mi	Craiova	$813
191 km or 119 mi	Stara Zagora	$641
193 km or 120 mi	Veliko Tarnovo	$654
202 km or 125 mi	Mitrovica	$664
202 km or 126 mi	Haskovo	$697
208 km or 129 mi	Tetovo	$570
210 km or 130 mi	Prilep	$534
210 km or 131 mi	Slatina	$610
215 km or 134 mi	Kavala	$827
215 km or 134 mi	Alexandria	$681
217 km or 135 mi	Xanthi	$1027
222 km or 138 mi	Drobeta-Turnu Severin	$713
224 km or 139 mi	Giannitsa	$1057
232 km or 144 mi	Thessaloniki	$1177
234 km or 145 mi	Novi Pazar	$704
242 km or 150 mi	Kragujevac	$733
245 km or 152 mi	Sliven	$616
246 km or 153 mi	Komotini	$1001
248 km or 154 mi	Bitola	$692
248 km or 154 mi	Ruse	$619