Damascus vs Valletta - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 01, 2024

	Damascus	Valletta
🚶 Cost of living one person	$583	$1657
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1433	$3999
🏠 One person rent	$225	$931
🏘️ Family rent	$409	$1749
🍽️ Food expenses	$203	$514
🚐 Transport expenses	$117	$73.5
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$56.5	$1375
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	24 km	5 km
🎓 Higher education	25	37
😀 Quality of life	36	72
🏙️ Population	2.5M	6.44K

The cost of living in Damascus is 65% less expensive than in Valletta. Cities ranked 7822nd and 2834th ($583 vs $1657) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 3rd in Syria and Malta, respectively. Check Syria vs Malta comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.1 months in Damascus compared to 0.8 months in Valletta. Damascus ranked 1st best city to live in Syria vs Valletta ranked 6th in Malta, while ranked 7665th and 2020th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Damascus vs Valletta

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	Damascus	Valletta
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$4.03	$19.2
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$24	$70.2
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.52	$10.2
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.51	$4.13
☕ Cappuccino	$1.29	$2.8
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.95	$2.59
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$270	$987
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$126	$760
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$474	$2091
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$293	$1453
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$19.9	$81.5
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$30.2	$125
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$49.7	$44.5
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	11.93%	5.17%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1756	$8034
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1228	$4060
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.08	$2.18
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$17	$28.8
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$11.4	$34.5
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$2.66	$1.45
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.01	$1.19
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.1	$1.53
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.55	$2.56
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.6	$3.25
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.88	$12.7
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.76	$10.3
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.17	$15.5
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.04	$3.18
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.8	$1.88
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.7	$2.57
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.82	$3.81
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.55	$1.85
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.41	$2.72
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.33	$0.91
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.14	$1.94
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$5.47	$6.63
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.01	$1.73
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.03	$5.86
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.25	$6.9
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$0.87	$4.41
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.48	$2.23
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.59	$2.4
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$12.3	$73.3
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$3.01	$12.4
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$3.85	$18.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$2.79	$10.4
👖 Brand Jeans	$30.6	$121
👟 Brand Sneakers	$50.3	$146
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$94.1	$664
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$1634	$10317

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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 Valletta

Distance	City	Cost of living
1.8 km or 1.1 mi	Sliema	$1670
1.9 km or 1.2 mi	Gzira	$1708
3.2 km or 2 mi	Zabbar	$1278
3.3 km or 2.1 mi	San Gwann	$1608
4.1 km or 2.6 mi	Birkirkara	$1524
6.3 km or 3.9 mi	Marsaskala	$1372
6.4 km or 4 mi	Naxxar	$1469
7.1 km or 4.4 mi	Mosta	$1338
11 km or 7.1 mi	St. Paul's Bay	$1583
116 km or 72 mi	Ragusa	$1120
132 km or 82 mi	Gela	$927
140 km or 87 mi	Niscemi	$1027
148 km or 92 mi	Syracuse	$1103
178 km or 111 mi	Agrigento	$983
186 km or 115 mi	Catania	$1163
266 km or 166 mi	Reggio Calabria	$936
267 km or 166 mi	Palermo	$1150
270 km or 168 mi	Messina	$1122
281 km or 175 mi	Marsala	$1050
295 km or 183 mi	Trapani	$979
339 km or 211 mi	Vibo Valentia	$1329
344 km or 214 mi	Nabeul	$418
350 km or 217 mi	Sousse	$423
357 km or 222 mi	Tripoli	$470
362 km or 225 mi	Al-Khums	$389
364 km or 226 mi	Sfax	$435
376 km or 234 mi	Lamezia Terme	$1530
382 km or 237 mi	Catanzaro	$1324
386 km or 240 mi	Zawiya	$377
390 km or 242 mi	La Marsa	$596
392 km or 244 mi	Sabratha	$386
395 km or 245 mi	Misrata	$340
398 km or 247 mi	Zuwarah	$390
399 km or 248 mi	Kairouan	$433
401 km or 249 mi	Tunis	$514
401 km or 249 mi	Aryanah	$466
408 km or 254 mi	Cosenza	$1017
422 km or 262 mi	Crotone	$1307
437 km or 272 mi	Gharyan	$407
441 km or 274 mi	Bizerte	$355