Damascus vs Valletta - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Damascus	Valletta
🚶 Cost of living one person	$671	$1770
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1492	$4014
🏠 One person rent	$315	$1041
🏘️ Family rent	$505	$1826
🍽️ Food expenses	$250	$530
🚐 Transport expenses	$61.5	$60.9
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$47.6	$1866
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Good
✈️ Airport proximity	24 km	5 km
🎓 Higher education	28	38
😀 Quality of life	39	77
🏙️ Population	2.69M	6.44K

The cost of living in Damascus is 62% less expensive than in Valletta. Cities ranked 7287th and 2847th ($671 vs $1770) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 2nd 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 1.1 months in Valletta. Damascus ranked 1st best city to live in Syria vs Valletta ranked 6th in Malta, while ranked 7834th and 1422nd 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	$7.99	$16.8
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$28.8	$79.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.96	$11
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.61	$4.48
☕ Cappuccino	$1.95	$2.9
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.38	$2.88
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$219	$1113
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$160	$878
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$398	$1958
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$295	$1593
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$88	$78.5
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$135	$122
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$54.5	$37.6
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	13.62%	5.41%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1865	$4177
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$645	$3714
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.1	$2.87
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$17	$32.7
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$6.96	$23.9
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.43	$1.58
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.98	$1.32
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.5	$1.66
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.66	$2.98
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.83	$3.71
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.22	$11.5
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.18	$10.8
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.5	$14
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1	$3.42
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.53	$2.08
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.07	$3.02
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.76	$3.61
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.71	$1.98
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.65	$2.89
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.46	$0.77
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.1	$2.1
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$5.97	$7.21
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.01	$2.27
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.02	$6.37
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.03	$8.06
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$0.86	$4.7
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.48	$2.38
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.59	$2.61
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$16.2	$60.1
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$2.98	$14.5
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$3.82	$19.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$2.78	$12.1
👖 Brand Jeans	$44.4	$107
👟 Brand Sneakers	$58	$141
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$49.6	$263
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$1711	$12705

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Cities near Damascus

Distance	City	Cost of living
51 km or 32 mi	Zahle	$930
75 km or 47 mi	Kiryat Shmona	$1808
81 km or 50 mi	Jounieh	$1028
83 km or 52 mi	Sidon	$822
83 km or 52 mi	Beirut	$1261
96 km or 59 mi	Safed	$1847
105 km or 65 mi	Tyre	$647
108 km or 67 mi	Tiberias	$1808
110 km or 68 mi	Ma'alot-Tarshiha	$1803
111 km or 69 mi	Tripoli	$787
114 km or 71 mi	Irbid	$753
115 km or 72 mi	Arraba	$1789
116 km or 72 mi	Karmiel	$1630
117 km or 73 mi	Sakhnin	$1745
125 km or 78 mi	Tamra	$1798
125 km or 78 mi	Nahariya	$1775
126 km or 78 mi	Nof HaGalil	$1862
129 km or 80 mi	Nazareth	$1850
130 km or 81 mi	Acre	$1633
131 km or 81 mi	Shefa-'Amr	$1828
135 km or 84 mi	Migdal HaEmek	$1917
136 km or 84 mi	Kiryat Motzkin	$1842
136 km or 85 mi	Kiryat Ata	$1769
137 km or 85 mi	Kiryat Yam	$1819
137 km or 85 mi	Kiryat Bialik	$1804
137 km or 85 mi	Afula	$1817
141 km or 88 mi	Homs	$402
142 km or 88 mi	Nesher	$1757
143 km or 89 mi	Jerash	$748
145 km or 90 mi	Haifa	$1840
145 km or 90 mi	Yokneam Illit	$1932
154 km or 95 mi	Umm al-Fahm	$1954
163 km or 101 mi	Zikhron Ya'akov	$1978
168 km or 105 mi	Baqa-Jatt	$2001
169 km or 105 mi	Pardes Hanna-Karkur	$1991
173 km or 107 mi	Al-Salt	$548
173 km or 108 mi	Nablus	$915
174 km or 108 mi	Hadera	$1786
177 km or 110 mi	Amman	$1009
184 km or 114 mi	Tayibe	$2108

Cities near Valletta

Distance	City	Cost of living
1.8 km or 1.1 mi	Sliema	$1951
1.9 km or 1.2 mi	Gzira	$1739
3.2 km or 2 mi	Zabbar	$1577
3.3 km or 2.1 mi	San Gwann	$1697
4.1 km or 2.6 mi	Birkirkara	$1720
6.3 km or 3.9 mi	Marsaskala	$1471
6.4 km or 4 mi	Naxxar	$1666
7.1 km or 4.4 mi	Mosta	$1579
11 km or 7.1 mi	St. Paul's Bay	$1521
116 km or 72 mi	Ragusa	$1271
132 km or 82 mi	Gela	$1161
140 km or 87 mi	Niscemi	$1234
148 km or 92 mi	Syracuse	$1232
178 km or 111 mi	Agrigento	$1085
186 km or 115 mi	Catania	$1298
266 km or 166 mi	Reggio Calabria	$1161
267 km or 166 mi	Palermo	$1301
270 km or 168 mi	Messina	$1176
281 km or 175 mi	Marsala	$1141
295 km or 183 mi	Trapani	$1046
339 km or 211 mi	Vibo Valentia	$1341
344 km or 214 mi	Nabeul	$487
350 km or 217 mi	Sousse	$552
357 km or 222 mi	Tripoli	$455
362 km or 225 mi	Al-Khums	$406
364 km or 226 mi	Sfax	$480
376 km or 234 mi	Lamezia Terme	$1425
382 km or 237 mi	Catanzaro	$1266
386 km or 240 mi	Zawiya	$350
390 km or 242 mi	La Marsa	$607
392 km or 244 mi	Sabratha	$387
395 km or 245 mi	Misrata	$434
398 km or 247 mi	Zuwarah	$381
399 km or 248 mi	Kairouan	$433
401 km or 249 mi	Tunis	$577
401 km or 249 mi	Aryanah	$529
408 km or 254 mi	Cosenza	$1200
422 km or 262 mi	Crotone	$1319
437 km or 272 mi	Gharyan	$382
441 km or 274 mi	Bizerte	$375