Damascus vs Sofia - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Damascus	Sofia
🚶 Cost of living one person	$672	$1043
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1612	$2606
🏠 One person rent	$271	$494
🏘️ Family rent	$473	$874
🍽️ Food expenses	$237	$362
🚐 Transport expenses	$110	$83.5
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$56.1	$1389
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Good
✈️ Airport proximity	24 km	8 km
🎓 Higher education	25	69
😀 Quality of life	32	78
🏙️ Population	2.58M	1.4M

The cost of living in Damascus is 36% less expensive than in Sofia. Cities ranked 7105th and 5350th ($672 vs $1043) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 1st in Syria and Bulgaria, respectively. Check Syria vs Bulgaria comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.1 months in Damascus compared to 1.3 months in Sofia. Damascus ranked 1st best city to live in Syria vs Sofia ranked 1st in Bulgaria, while ranked 7854th and 707th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Damascus vs Sofia

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	Damascus	Sofia
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$5.04	$9.9
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$32.8	$39.5
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5	$8.45
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.26	$2.32
☕ Cappuccino	$1.27	$2.37
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.04	$1.42
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$248	$475
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$140	$359
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$531	$943
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$294	$651
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$42.9	$98
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$66	$151
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$66.2	$13.6
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	13.49%	3.18%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1873	$3253
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$880	$2109
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.1	$0.9
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$17.1	$27.3
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$10.9	$7.6
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$2.24	$1.55
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.07	$1.82
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.63	$0.96
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.76	$1.59
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.9	$3.79
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.38	$11
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.61	$8.72
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.99	$12.4
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.01	$1.67
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.28	$1.89
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.02	$1.78
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.86	$2.49
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.59	$1.15
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.6	$1.08
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.41	$0.48
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.16	$1.58
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$5.5	$7.55
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.01	$1.07
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.98	$3.68
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$1.95	$8.05
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.48	$3.32
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.47	$1.98
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.05	$2.85
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$13.4	$34.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$3.03	$8.22
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$19.9	$34.7
💇 Haircut, simple	$14.4	$9.66
👖 Brand Jeans	$21.8	$66.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$47.8	$111
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$48.8	$556
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$1645	$7369

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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 Sofia

Distance	City	Cost of living
26 km or 16 mi	Pernik	$712
59 km or 37 mi	Vratsa	$876
77 km or 48 mi	Blagoevgrad	$610
97 km or 60 mi	Bansko	$943
100 km or 62 mi	Pazardzhik	$706
132 km or 82 mi	Pleven	$684
132 km or 82 mi	Plovdiv	$770
135 km or 84 mi	Nis	$743
142 km or 88 mi	Stip	$571
146 km or 91 mi	Kumanovo	$589
148 km or 92 mi	Vidin	$640
149 km or 92 mi	Asenovgrad	$634
151 km or 94 mi	Strumica	$529
164 km or 102 mi	Gabrovo	$589
168 km or 104 mi	Veles	$549
175 km or 108 mi	Skopje	$785
176 km or 110 mi	Pristina	$661
178 km or 110 mi	Kavadarci	$595
180 km or 112 mi	Serres	$1043
185 km or 115 mi	Drama	$912
186 km or 116 mi	Craiova	$744
191 km or 119 mi	Stara Zagora	$693
193 km or 120 mi	Veliko Tarnovo	$793
202 km or 125 mi	Mitrovica	$521
202 km or 126 mi	Haskovo	$661
208 km or 129 mi	Tetovo	$641
210 km or 130 mi	Prilep	$545
210 km or 131 mi	Slatina	$631
215 km or 134 mi	Kavala	$947
215 km or 134 mi	Alexandria	$663
217 km or 135 mi	Xanthi	$1055
222 km or 138 mi	Drobeta-Turnu Severin	$668
224 km or 139 mi	Giannitsa	$1086
232 km or 144 mi	Thessaloniki	$1223
234 km or 145 mi	Novi Pazar	$692
242 km or 150 mi	Kragujevac	$737
245 km or 152 mi	Sliven	$624
246 km or 153 mi	Komotini	$985
248 km or 154 mi	Bitola	$685
248 km or 154 mi	Ruse	$668