Damascus vs Victoria - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	Damascus	Victoria
🚶 Cost of living one person	$675	$1646
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1514	$3641
🏠 One person rent	$310	$932
🏘️ Family rent	$498	$1570
🍽️ Food expenses	$255	$528
🚐 Transport expenses	$62.5	$58.8
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$48.3	$912
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	24 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	29	8
😀 Quality of life	40	48
🏙️ Population	2.69M	24.7K

The cost of living in Damascus is 59% less expensive than in Victoria. Cities ranked 7406th and 3471st ($675 vs $1646) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 1st in Syria and the Seychelles, respectively. Check Syria vs the Seychelles comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.1 months in Damascus compared to 0.6 months in Victoria. Damascus ranked 1st best city to live in Syria vs Victoria ranked 1st in the Seychelles, while ranked 7899th and 6854th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Damascus vs Victoria

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	Damascus	Victoria
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$9.24	$15.5
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$30.1	$50.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.96	$12.4
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.75	$4.52
☕ Cappuccino	$2.26	$5.27
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.57	$2.4
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$251	$927
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$145	$696
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$459	$1660
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$268	$1259
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$89	$74
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$137	$115
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$54.5	$116
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	14.16%	12.48%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1767	$464
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$627	$1188
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.1	$0.83
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$14.3	$27.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$8	$26.3
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.37	$1.59
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.86	$2.05
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.49	$1.88
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.61	$2.53
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.75	$4.31
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.05	$12.7
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.08	$6.7
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.2	$12.7
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.99	$2.4
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.53	$3.32
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.1	$2.45
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.88	$6.31
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.77	$1.86
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.69	$1.87
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.46	$0.9
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.93	$3.79
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$6.88	$10.7
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.97	$4.03
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.69	$19.2
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.14	$9.27
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$0.99	$7.95
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.56	$2.18
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.68	$1.87
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$18.5	$84.3
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$3.42	$7.74
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$4.39	$70
💇 Haircut, simple	$3.18	$10.5
👖 Brand Jeans	$40.8	$68.7
👟 Brand Sneakers	$62.9	$97.5
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$56.8	$150
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$1770	$8971

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Cities near Damascus

Distance	City	Cost of living
51 km or 32 mi	Zahle	$1005
75 km or 47 mi	Kiryat Shmona	$1925
81 km or 50 mi	Jounieh	$1106
83 km or 52 mi	Sidon	$865
83 km or 52 mi	Beirut	$1353
96 km or 59 mi	Safed	$1973
105 km or 65 mi	Tyre	$676
108 km or 67 mi	Tiberias	$1870
110 km or 68 mi	Ma'alot-Tarshiha	$1929
111 km or 69 mi	Tripoli	$842
114 km or 71 mi	Irbid	$753
115 km or 72 mi	Arraba	$1917
116 km or 72 mi	Karmiel	$1770
117 km or 73 mi	Sakhnin	$1873
125 km or 78 mi	Tamra	$1934
125 km or 78 mi	Nahariya	$1894
126 km or 78 mi	Nof HaGalil	$2000
129 km or 80 mi	Nazareth	$1981
130 km or 81 mi	Acre	$1766
131 km or 81 mi	Shefa-'Amr	$1960
135 km or 84 mi	Migdal HaEmek	$2027
136 km or 84 mi	Kiryat Motzkin	$1936
136 km or 85 mi	Kiryat Ata	$1911
137 km or 85 mi	Kiryat Yam	$1949
137 km or 85 mi	Kiryat Bialik	$1940
137 km or 85 mi	Afula	$1909
141 km or 88 mi	Homs	$385
142 km or 88 mi	Nesher	$1856
143 km or 89 mi	Jerash	$740
145 km or 90 mi	Haifa	$1930
145 km or 90 mi	Yokneam Illit	$2071
154 km or 95 mi	Umm al-Fahm	$2061
163 km or 101 mi	Zikhron Ya'akov	$2103
168 km or 105 mi	Baqa-Jatt	$2098
169 km or 105 mi	Pardes Hanna-Karkur	$2101
173 km or 107 mi	Al-Salt	$546
173 km or 108 mi	Nablus	$978
174 km or 108 mi	Hadera	$1887
177 km or 110 mi	Amman	$1013
184 km or 114 mi	Tayibe	$2207

Cities near Victoria

Distance	City	Cost of living
1346 km or 836 mi	Mogadishu	$724
1443 km or 897 mi	Mamoudzou	$1652
1470 km or 914 mi	Domoni	$1237
1556 km or 967 mi	Moroni	$1233
1569 km or 975 mi	Baidoa	$743
1642 km or 1020 mi	Toamasina	$481
1709 km or 1062 mi	Malindi	$553
1730 km or 1075 mi	Goodlands	$807
1730 km or 1075 mi	Triolet	$815
1742 km or 1083 mi	Port Louis	$812
1749 km or 1087 mi	Centre de Flacq	$672
1751 km or 1088 mi	Quatre Bornes	$697
1752 km or 1088 mi	Bambous	$749
1752 km or 1088 mi	Mombasa	$604
1759 km or 1093 mi	Curepipe	$819
1771 km or 1100 mi	Mahebourg	$796
1805 km or 1122 mi	Dar es Salaam	$763
1807 km or 1123 mi	Zanzibar	$588
1808 km or 1123 mi	Saint-Denis	$1562
1808 km or 1123 mi	Stone Town	$551
1810 km or 1124 mi	Antananarivo	$564
1811 km or 1125 mi	Sainte-Suzanne	$1588
1813 km or 1126 mi	Tanga	$544
1813 km or 1126 mi	La Possession	$1600
1814 km or 1127 mi	Le Port	$1624
1817 km or 1129 mi	Saint-Andre	$1597
1822 km or 1132 mi	Saint-Paul	$1681
1825 km or 1134 mi	Saint-Benoit	$1602
1840 km or 1143 mi	Saint-Leu	$1795
1852 km or 1151 mi	Le Tampon	$1618
1859 km or 1155 mi	Saint-Pierre	$1640
1863 km or 1158 mi	Saint-Joseph	$1468
1881 km or 1169 mi	Pemba	$1521
1925 km or 1196 mi	Antsirabe	$496
1953 km or 1214 mi	Nacala	$1181
1983 km or 1232 mi	Morogoro	$408
2014 km or 1252 mi	Moshi	$523
2021 km or 1256 mi	Hargeisa	$712
2045 km or 1271 mi	Meru	$542
2049 km or 1273 mi	Machakos	$419