Damascus vs Toronto - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Damascus	Toronto
🚶 Cost of living one person	$672	$2575
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1612	$5897
🏠 One person rent	$271	$1551
🏘️ Family rent	$473	$2665
🍽️ Food expenses	$237	$626
🚐 Transport expenses	$110	$255
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$56.1	$3590
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Good
✈️ Airport proximity	24 km	5 km
🎓 Higher education	25	86
😀 Quality of life	32	94
🏙️ Population	2.58M	2.79M

The cost of living in Damascus is 74% less expensive than in Toronto. Cities ranked 7105th and 656th ($672 vs $2575) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 5th 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 1.4 months in Toronto. Damascus ranked 1st best city to live in Syria vs Toronto ranked 1st in Canada, while ranked 7854th and 52nd 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	$5.04	$16.4
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$32.8	$81.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5	$11
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.26	$6.33
☕ Cappuccino	$1.27	$4.66
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.04	$2.14
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$248	$1664
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$140	$1358
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$531	$2901
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$294	$2388
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$42.9	$80.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$66	$124
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$66.2	$50.5
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	13.49%	6.43%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1873	$10232
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$880	$8102
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.1	$2.46
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$17.1	$119
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$10.9	$16.3
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$2.24	$1.15
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.07	$3.15
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.63	$2.6
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.76	$3.08
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.9	$3.95
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.38	$14
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.61	$13
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.99	$14
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.01	$4.01
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.28	$1.46
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.02	$3.58
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.86	$4.07
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.59	$2.57
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.6	$2.82
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.41	$1.24
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.16	$2.48
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$5.5	$14.7
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.01	$2.7
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.98	$14.1
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$1.95	$13.9
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.48	$7.04
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.47	$3.36
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.05	$3.37
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$13.4	$56.8
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$3.03	$13.3
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$19.9	$69.6
💇 Haircut, simple	$14.4	$23.3
👖 Brand Jeans	$21.8	$58.7
👟 Brand Sneakers	$47.8	$99.9
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$48.8	$1200
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$1645	$18156

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Cities near Damascus

Distance	City	Cost of living
51 km or 32 mi	Zahle	$857
75 km or 47 mi	Kiryat Shmona	$1604
81 km or 50 mi	Jounieh	$948
83 km or 52 mi	Sidon	$767
83 km or 52 mi	Beirut	$1165
96 km or 59 mi	Safed	$1635
105 km or 65 mi	Tyre	$545
108 km or 67 mi	Tiberias	$1544
110 km or 68 mi	Ma'alot-Tarshiha	$1619
111 km or 69 mi	Tripoli	$708
114 km or 71 mi	Irbid	$630
115 km or 72 mi	Arraba	$1624
116 km or 72 mi	Karmiel	$1579
117 km or 73 mi	Sakhnin	$1612
125 km or 78 mi	Tamra	$1617
125 km or 78 mi	Nahariya	$1565
126 km or 78 mi	Nof HaGalil	$1659
129 km or 80 mi	Nazareth	$1674
130 km or 81 mi	Acre	$1451
131 km or 81 mi	Shefa-'Amr	$1617
135 km or 84 mi	Migdal HaEmek	$1664
136 km or 84 mi	Kiryat Motzkin	$1585
136 km or 85 mi	Kiryat Ata	$1591
137 km or 85 mi	Kiryat Yam	$1604
137 km or 85 mi	Kiryat Bialik	$1607
137 km or 85 mi	Afula	$1614
141 km or 88 mi	Homs	$462
142 km or 88 mi	Nesher	$1532
143 km or 89 mi	Jerash	$598
145 km or 90 mi	Haifa	$1582
145 km or 90 mi	Yokneam Illit	$1706
154 km or 95 mi	Umm al-Fahm	$1708
163 km or 101 mi	Zikhron Ya'akov	$1749
168 km or 105 mi	Baqa-Jatt	$1758
169 km or 105 mi	Pardes Hanna-Karkur	$1787
173 km or 107 mi	Al-Salt	$692
173 km or 108 mi	Nablus	$730
174 km or 108 mi	Hadera	$1556
177 km or 110 mi	Amman	$1004
184 km or 114 mi	Tayibe	$1838

Cities near Toronto

Distance	City	Cost of living
20 km or 13 mi	Vaughan	$2332
23 km or 14 mi	Mississauga	$2472
24 km or 15 mi	Richmond Hill	$2618
26 km or 16 mi	Markham	$2398
31 km or 19 mi	Brampton	$2127
34 km or 21 mi	Oakville	$2266
35 km or 22 mi	Ajax	$2597
46 km or 28 mi	Halton Hills	$2086
50 km or 31 mi	Oshawa	$1635
51 km or 32 mi	Burlington	$2297
54 km or 34 mi	New Tecumseth	$2143
56 km or 35 mi	St. Catharines	$1975
60 km or 37 mi	Hamilton	$2154
65 km or 40 mi	Orangeville	$1971
67 km or 41 mi	Niagara Falls	$1885
71 km or 44 mi	Niagara Falls	$1543
71 km or 44 mi	Guelph	$2012
77 km or 48 mi	Welland	$1762
81 km or 50 mi	Grand Island	$1798
81 km or 51 mi	Lockport	$1873
82 km or 51 mi	North Tonawanda	$1853
82 km or 51 mi	Cambridge	$2267
84 km or 52 mi	Barrie	$1999
89 km or 56 mi	Brantford	$1884
90 km or 56 mi	Amherst	$2018
92 km or 57 mi	Kitchener	$2144
94 km or 58 mi	Waterloo	$2095
96 km or 59 mi	Buffalo	$2051
100 km or 62 mi	Cheektowaga	$2029
100 km or 62 mi	Clarence	$1964
103 km or 64 mi	West Seneca	$2041
103 km or 64 mi	Orillia	$2038
105 km or 65 mi	Lancaster	$1986
111 km or 69 mi	Peterborough	$2017
112 km or 70 mi	Hamburg	$2009
114 km or 71 mi	Orchard Park	$2007
132 km or 82 mi	Stratford	$1814
146 km or 91 mi	Greece	$2074
146 km or 91 mi	Chili	$2046
148 km or 92 mi	Gates	$2085