Cost of living comparison
Vienna is 2.9 times more expensive than Damascus.
If you lived in Vienna instead of Damascus, you would:
pay 3.6 times more for restaurants
Damascus
|
Vienna
|
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Basic meal with drink at inexpensive restaurant |
$4.50
£11,306
|
$16.49
€15.42
|
|
Fast food combo meal
McDonalds, or similar
|
$4.50
£11,306
|
$9.90
€9.25
|
|
Bottle of Coca-Cola (11 fl. oz) |
$0.87
£2,197
|
$2.97
€2.77
|
|
Bottle of water (11 fl. oz) |
$0.46
£1,146
|
$2.34
€2.19
|
|
pay 2.6 times more for groceries
Damascus
|
Vienna
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Bread
1 loaf
|
$1.27
£3,179
|
$2.25
€2.10
|
|
Local cheese (8 oz) |
$1.82
£4,570
|
$5.98
€5.59
|
|
Milk (1 gallon) |
$4.06
£10,205
|
$5.64
€5.27
|
|
Eggs
1 dozen
|
$1.63
£4,097
|
$4.12
€3.85
|
|
Boneless chicken breast (1 lb) |
$2.72
£6,840
|
$5.24
€4.90
|
|
Apples (1 lb) |
$0.47
£1,180
|
$1.11
€1.04
|
|
Bananas (1 lb) |
$1.07
£2,699
|
$0.86
€0.80
|
|
Oranges (1 lb) |
$0.31
£782
|
$1.12
€1.04
|
|
Tomatoes (1 lb) |
$0.38
£961
|
$1.62
€1.51
|
|
Potatoes (1 lb) |
$0.29
£721
|
$0.77
€0.72
|
|
Onions (1 lb) |
$0.18
£446
|
$0.67
€0.63
|
|
pay 73.0% more for transportation
Damascus
|
Vienna
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Gasoline (1 gallon) |
$4.72
£11,870
|
$7.47
€6.99
|
|
Monthly public transit pass |
$17.00
£42,713
|
$49.48
€46.25
|
|
New Volkswagen Golf 1.4 (standard edition) |
$26,000.00
£65,325,780
|
$28,585.69
€26,724.33
|
|
Taxi trip in downtown area (5 miles) |
$13.95
£35,058
|
$18.56
€17.35
|
|
pay 4.1 times more for housing
Damascus
|
Vienna
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Internet connection
50 mbps or faster, cable/dsl
|
$50.67
£127,302
|
$32.60
€30.47
|
|
1-Bedroom apartment in downtown area |
$282.72
£710,338
|
$918.12
€858.33
|
|
1-Bedroom apartment outside city center |
$182.54
£458,636
|
$715.20
€668.63
|
|
Utilities for two
(700 sq ft apartment)
including electric, gas, water, heating
|
$22.77
£57,212
|
$192.75
€180.20
|
|
pay 3.5 times more for childcare
Damascus
|
Vienna
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Private preschool for 1 child, monthly |
$133.06
£334,306
|
$275.36
€257.43
|
|
Middle school for 1 child, two semesters |
$2,676.54
£6,724,882
|
$12,936.40
€12,094.04
|
|
pay 3.2 times more for entertainment and sports
Damascus
|
Vienna
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Domestic/local beer (1 pint) |
$1.50
£3,769
|
$4.84
€4.52
|
|
Cappuccino in mid-range area |
$1.01
£2,539
|
$4.00
€3.74
|
|
Pack of cigarettes
Marlboro or similar
|
$2.50
£6,281
|
$6.60
€6.17
|
|
Monthly membership at local gym |
$14.97
£37,617
|
$31.68
€29.62
|
|
Movie ticket to theater/cinema |
$3.00
£7,538
|
$12.09
€11.31
|
|
pay 59.9% more for clothing
Damascus
|
Vienna
|
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Regular jeans
Levi's brand
|
$36.19
£90,937
|
$94.30
€88.16
|
|
Regular dress
from H&M or similar store
|
$29.50
£74,120
|
$35.86
€33.52
|
|
Running shoes
Nike or Adidas
|
$116.22
£292,011
|
$90.35
€84.47
|
|
Men's business shoes (leather) |
$64.64
£162,404
|
$116.35
€108.78
|
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