Damascus vs Valletta - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Damascus	Valletta
🚶 Cost of living one person	$672	$1649
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1612	$3939
🏠 One person rent	$271	$953
🏘️ Family rent	$473	$1777
🍽️ Food expenses	$237	$507
🚐 Transport expenses	$110	$67.7
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$56.1	$1527
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	24 km	5 km
🎓 Higher education	25	37
😀 Quality of life	32	72
🏙️ Population	2.58M	6.44K

The cost of living in Damascus is 59% less expensive than in Valletta. Cities ranked 7105th and 3052nd ($672 vs $1649) 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 0.9 months in Valletta. Damascus ranked 1st best city to live in Syria vs Valletta ranked 7th in Malta, while ranked 7854th and 1891st 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	$5.04	$15.9
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$32.8	$76.2
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5	$10.8
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.26	$4.17
☕ Cappuccino	$1.27	$2.85
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.04	$2.64
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$248	$1035
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$140	$813
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$531	$2112
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$294	$1534
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$42.9	$58.7
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$66	$90.2
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$66.2	$37.2
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	13.49%	5.04%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1873	$8404
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$880	$4204
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.1	$2.24
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$17.1	$31.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$10.9	$29.9
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$2.24	$1.51
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.07	$1.26
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.63	$1.57
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.76	$2.88
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.9	$3.3
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.38	$11.4
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.61	$9.71
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.99	$17.5
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.01	$3.25
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.28	$1.91
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.02	$2.65
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.86	$3.62
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.59	$1.9
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.6	$1.87
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.41	$0.93
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.16	$2
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$5.5	$7.05
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.01	$1.86
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.98	$6.09
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$1.95	$8.12
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.48	$4.55
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.47	$2.28
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.05	$2.48
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$13.4	$60.8
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$3.03	$12.9
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$19.9	$18.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$14.4	$11.3
👖 Brand Jeans	$21.8	$100
👟 Brand Sneakers	$47.8	$107
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$48.8	$692
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$1645	$8876

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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 Valletta

Distance	City	Cost of living
1.8 km or 1.1 mi	Sliema	$1771
1.9 km or 1.2 mi	Gzira	$1747
3.2 km or 2 mi	Zabbar	$1334
3.3 km or 2.1 mi	San Gwann	$1643
4.1 km or 2.6 mi	Birkirkara	$1591
6.3 km or 3.9 mi	Marsaskala	$1341
6.4 km or 4 mi	Naxxar	$1519
7.1 km or 4.4 mi	Mosta	$1434
11 km or 7.1 mi	St. Paul's Bay	$1649
116 km or 72 mi	Ragusa	$1172
132 km or 82 mi	Gela	$990
140 km or 87 mi	Niscemi	$1134
148 km or 92 mi	Syracuse	$1188
178 km or 111 mi	Agrigento	$1031
186 km or 115 mi	Catania	$1229
266 km or 166 mi	Reggio Calabria	$1160
267 km or 166 mi	Palermo	$1211
270 km or 168 mi	Messina	$1157
281 km or 175 mi	Marsala	$1086
295 km or 183 mi	Trapani	$1005
339 km or 211 mi	Vibo Valentia	$1356
344 km or 214 mi	Nabeul	$442
350 km or 217 mi	Sousse	$482
357 km or 222 mi	Tripoli	$496
362 km or 225 mi	Al-Khums	$432
364 km or 226 mi	Sfax	$462
376 km or 234 mi	Lamezia Terme	$1567
382 km or 237 mi	Catanzaro	$1212
386 km or 240 mi	Zawiya	$388
390 km or 242 mi	La Marsa	$522
392 km or 244 mi	Sabratha	$398
395 km or 245 mi	Misrata	$419
398 km or 247 mi	Zuwarah	$402
399 km or 248 mi	Kairouan	$453
401 km or 249 mi	Tunis	$563
401 km or 249 mi	Aryanah	$490
408 km or 254 mi	Cosenza	$1057
422 km or 262 mi	Crotone	$1272
437 km or 272 mi	Gharyan	$388
441 km or 274 mi	Bizerte	$344