Damascus vs Toronto - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Damascus	Toronto
🚶 Cost of living one person	$638	$2453
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1494	$5408
🏠 One person rent	$291	$1480
🏘️ Family rent	$523	$2344
🍽️ Food expenses	$232	$602
🚐 Transport expenses	$80.7	$240
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$55.7	$3141
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Good
✈️ Airport proximity	24 km	5 km
🎓 Higher education	25	86
😀 Quality of life	34	93
🏙️ Population	2.69M	2.79M

The cost of living in Damascus is 74% less expensive than in Toronto. Cities ranked 7300th and 861st ($638 vs $2453) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 4th 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 1.3 months in Toronto. Damascus ranked 1st best city to live in Syria vs Toronto ranked 2nd in Canada, while ranked 7688th and 59th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Damascus vs Toronto

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	Damascus	Toronto
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$5.01	$17.3
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$34.8	$74.9
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.96	$10.6
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.5	$6.08
☕ Cappuccino	$1.26	$4.07
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.25	$2.14
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$262	$1577
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$154	$1302
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$590	$2556
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$330	$2087
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$48.5	$74.4
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$74.5	$114
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$67.2	$48.6
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	13.68%	5.83%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1862	$9200
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$879	$7455
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.1	$2.34
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$16.9	$112
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$10.9	$15.4
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.43	$1.09
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.07	$2.76
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.63	$2.44
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.76	$2.81
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.76	$3.73
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.37	$13.9
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.69	$12.9
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.1	$15
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.99	$3.82
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.12	$1.16
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1	$3.25
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.86	$3.95
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.59	$2.64
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.62	$2.89
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.4	$1.18
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.13	$2.34
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$5.52	$13.5
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.02	$2.5
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.03	$13.2
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.24	$12.7
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$0.87	$5.96
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.48	$3.23
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.59	$3.62
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$13.2	$47.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$3.03	$12.2
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$3.81	$65.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$2.82	$22.2
👖 Brand Jeans	$21.8	$53.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$47.5	$88.8
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$48.6	$1130
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$1666	$17118

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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 Bialik	$1666
137 km or 85 mi	Kiryat Yam	$1657
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 Toronto

Distance	City	Cost of living
20 km or 13 mi	Vaughan	$2267
23 km or 14 mi	Mississauga	$2370
24 km or 15 mi	Richmond Hill	$2447
26 km or 16 mi	Markham	$2291
31 km or 19 mi	Brampton	$1946
34 km or 21 mi	Oakville	$2142
35 km or 22 mi	Ajax	$2432
46 km or 28 mi	Halton Hills	$1966
50 km or 31 mi	Oshawa	$1554
51 km or 32 mi	Burlington	$2185
54 km or 34 mi	New Tecumseth	$2019
56 km or 35 mi	St. Catharines	$1846
60 km or 37 mi	Hamilton	$2017
65 km or 40 mi	Orangeville	$1861
67 km or 41 mi	Niagara Falls	$1771
71 km or 44 mi	Niagara Falls	$1888
71 km or 44 mi	Guelph	$1899
77 km or 48 mi	Welland	$1554
81 km or 50 mi	Grand Island	$2009
81 km or 51 mi	Lockport	$2021
82 km or 51 mi	North Tonawanda	$1992
82 km or 51 mi	Cambridge	$2089
84 km or 52 mi	Barrie	$1849
89 km or 56 mi	Brantford	$1783
90 km or 56 mi	Amherst	$2013
92 km or 57 mi	Kitchener	$2056
94 km or 58 mi	Waterloo	$1977
96 km or 59 mi	Buffalo	$2183
100 km or 62 mi	Cheektowaga	$2107
100 km or 62 mi	Clarence	$2056
103 km or 64 mi	West Seneca	$2145
103 km or 64 mi	Orillia	$1910
105 km or 65 mi	Lancaster	$2082
111 km or 69 mi	Peterborough	$1990
112 km or 70 mi	Hamburg	$2101
114 km or 71 mi	Orchard Park	$2100
132 km or 82 mi	Stratford	$1680
146 km or 91 mi	Greece	$2097
146 km or 91 mi	Chili	$2081
148 km or 92 mi	Gates	$2095