Damascus vs Toronto - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: June 21, 2026

	Damascus	Toronto
🚶 Cost of living one person	$706	$2415
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1602	$5363
🏠 One person rent	$323	$1430
🏘️ Family rent	$531	$2259
🍽️ Food expenses	$270	$606
🚐 Transport expenses	$66.7	$236
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$45	$3517
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	24 km	5 km
🎓 Higher education	29	86
😀 Quality of life	40	94
🏙️ Population	2.69M	2.79M

The cost of living in Damascus is 71% less expensive than in Toronto. Cities ranked 7245th and 1059th ($706 vs $2415) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 6th 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 Toronto. Damascus ranked 1st best city to live in Syria vs Toronto ranked 1st in Canada, while ranked 7855th and 46th 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	$9.98	$17.3
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$35	$78.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$6.8	$10.9
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.89	$6.66
☕ Cappuccino	$2.62	$4.26
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.79	$2.15
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$287	$1469
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$168	$1255
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$529	$2469
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$309	$1987
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$85.3	$84.4
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$131	$128
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$46.4	$47.9
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	14.35%	4.71%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1741	$8879
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$605	$6979
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.12	$2.41
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$12	$111
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$9.2	$14.7
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.42	$1.14
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.98	$2.77
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.45	$2.7
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.63	$2.58
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.6	$3.5
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.53	$14.1
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.65	$13.2
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.9	$16.6
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.97	$3.83
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.44	$1.26
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.07	$3.8
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.02	$4.15
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.75	$2.8
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.67	$1.89
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.45	$1.01
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.08	$2.31
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$5.96	$14.3
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.96	$2.33
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.77	$14.2
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.6	$11.7
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$1.14	$6.04
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.65	$3.48
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.78	$3.66
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$21.1	$45.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$3.92	$13.7
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$5.04	$73.5
💇 Haircut, simple	$3.64	$23.4
👖 Brand Jeans	$34.5	$61.4
👟 Brand Sneakers	$59.9	$89.2
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$65	$930
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$1772	$22670

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Cities near Damascus

Distance	City	Cost of living
51 km or 32 mi	Zahle	$1093
75 km or 47 mi	Kiryat Shmona	$2164
81 km or 50 mi	Jounieh	$1204
83 km or 52 mi	Sidon	$927
83 km or 52 mi	Beirut	$1441
96 km or 59 mi	Safed	$2195
105 km or 65 mi	Tyre	$700
108 km or 67 mi	Tiberias	$2044
110 km or 68 mi	Ma'alot-Tarshiha	$2153
111 km or 69 mi	Tripoli	$841
114 km or 71 mi	Irbid	$771
115 km or 72 mi	Arraba	$2150
116 km or 72 mi	Karmiel	$2008
117 km or 73 mi	Sakhnin	$2112
125 km or 78 mi	Tamra	$2142
125 km or 78 mi	Nahariya	$2069
126 km or 78 mi	Nof HaGalil	$2172
129 km or 80 mi	Nazareth	$2125
130 km or 81 mi	Acre	$1873
131 km or 81 mi	Shefa-'Amr	$2122
135 km or 84 mi	Migdal HaEmek	$2165
136 km or 84 mi	Kiryat Motzkin	$2113
136 km or 85 mi	Kiryat Ata	$2047
137 km or 85 mi	Kiryat Bialik	$2089
137 km or 85 mi	Kiryat Yam	$2095
137 km or 85 mi	Afula	$2133
141 km or 88 mi	Homs	$390
142 km or 88 mi	Nesher	$2043
143 km or 89 mi	Jerash	$745
145 km or 90 mi	Haifa	$1891
145 km or 90 mi	Yokneam Illit	$2184
154 km or 95 mi	Umm al-Fahm	$2245
163 km or 101 mi	Zikhron Ya'akov	$2230
168 km or 105 mi	Baqa-Jatt	$2214
169 km or 105 mi	Pardes Hanna-Karkur	$2129
173 km or 107 mi	Al-Salt	$538
173 km or 108 mi	Nablus	$1070
174 km or 108 mi	Hadera	$1918
177 km or 110 mi	Amman	$1032
184 km or 114 mi	Tayibe	$2347

Cities near Toronto

Distance	City	Cost of living
20 km or 13 mi	Vaughan	$2233
23 km or 14 mi	Mississauga	$2308
24 km or 15 mi	Richmond Hill	$2483
26 km or 16 mi	Markham	$2172
31 km or 19 mi	Brampton	$2102
34 km or 21 mi	Oakville	$2318
35 km or 22 mi	Ajax	$2124
46 km or 28 mi	Halton Hills	$2034
50 km or 31 mi	Oshawa	$1581
51 km or 32 mi	Burlington	$2214
54 km or 34 mi	New Tecumseth	$1997
56 km or 35 mi	St. Catharines	$1994
60 km or 37 mi	Hamilton	$2006
65 km or 40 mi	Orangeville	$1892
67 km or 41 mi	Niagara Falls	$1892
71 km or 44 mi	Niagara Falls	$1958
71 km or 44 mi	Guelph	$2017
77 km or 48 mi	Welland	$1848
81 km or 50 mi	Grand Island	$2078
81 km or 51 mi	Lockport	$2081
82 km or 51 mi	North Tonawanda	$2084
82 km or 51 mi	Cambridge	$2049
84 km or 52 mi	Barrie	$1449
89 km or 56 mi	Brantford	$1832
90 km or 56 mi	Amherst	$2138
92 km or 57 mi	Kitchener	$2109
94 km or 58 mi	Waterloo	$1936
96 km or 59 mi	Buffalo	$2303
100 km or 62 mi	Cheektowaga	$2175
100 km or 62 mi	Clarence	$2123
103 km or 64 mi	West Seneca	$2181
103 km or 64 mi	Orillia	$1939
105 km or 65 mi	Lancaster	$2125
111 km or 69 mi	Peterborough	$1953
112 km or 70 mi	Hamburg	$1863
114 km or 71 mi	Orchard Park	$2030
132 km or 82 mi	Stratford	$1706
146 km or 91 mi	Greece	$2046
146 km or 91 mi	Chili	$2035
148 km or 92 mi	Gates	$2053