Bangui vs Damascus - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Bangui	Damascus
🚶 Cost of living one person	$513	$638
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1268	$1494
🏠 One person rent	$221	$291
🏘️ Family rent	$428	$523
🍽️ Food expenses	$200	$232
🚐 Transport expenses	$43.9	$80.7
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$385	$55.7
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	6 km	24 km
🎓 Higher education	7	25
😀 Quality of life	6	34
🏙️ Population	889K	2.69M

The cost of living in Bangui is 20% less expensive than in Damascus. Cities ranked 8532nd and 7300th ($513 vs $638) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 1st in the Central African Republic and Syria, respectively. Check the Central African Republic vs Syria comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.8 months in Bangui compared to 0.1 months in Damascus. Bangui ranked 1st best city to live in the Central African Republic vs Damascus ranked 1st in Syria, while ranked 9267th and 7688th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Bangui vs Damascus

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	Bangui	Damascus
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$2.99	$5.01
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$18.4	$34.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.5	$4.96
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.79	$1.5
☕ Cappuccino	$1.84	$1.26
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.45	$1.25
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$215	$262
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$142	$154
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$483	$590
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$309	$330
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$37.3	$48.5
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$57.3	$74.5
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$26.9	$67.2
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	12.26%	13.68%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1567	$1862
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$931	$879
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.32	$0.1
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$11.3	$16.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$5.83	$10.9
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.05	$0.43
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.14	$1.07
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.59	$0.63
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.13	$1.76
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.53	$1.76
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.83	$3.37
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.28	$6.69
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.61	$10.1
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.19	$0.99
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.17	$2.12
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.59	$1
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.98	$0.86
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.86	$0.59
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.95	$0.62
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.32	$0.4
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.09	$1.13
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.77	$5.52
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.42	$1.02
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.84	$3.03
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.32	$3.24
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.77	$0.87
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.55	$0.48
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.22	$0.59
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$23	$13.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.03	$3.03
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$11.7	$3.81
💇 Haircut, simple	$3.64	$2.82
👖 Brand Jeans	$25.2	$21.8
👟 Brand Sneakers	$59.4	$47.5
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$76.9	$48.6
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$2664	$1666

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Cities near Bangui

Distance	City	Cost of living
183 km or 114 mi	Gemena	$767
308 km or 192 mi	Berberati	$482
449 km or 279 mi	Bria	$482
480 km or 298 mi	Mbandaka	$850
496 km or 308 mi	Bumba	$806
532 km or 330 mi	Sarh	$485
641 km or 398 mi	Ngaoundere	$527
745 km or 463 mi	Bongor	$486
783 km or 487 mi	Yaounde	$747
790 km or 491 mi	Garoua	$556
833 km or 518 mi	Maroua	$533
837 km or 520 mi	Gamboma	$522
852 km or 529 mi	Kisangani	$910
878 km or 545 mi	Mubi	$665
911 km or 566 mi	Bafoussam	$555
943 km or 586 mi	N'Djamena	$523
946 km or 588 mi	Bamenda	$553
983 km or 611 mi	Douala	$1265
1011 km or 628 mi	Kumba	$764
1018 km or 632 mi	Bata	$1121
1020 km or 634 mi	Isiro	$843
1021 km or 634 mi	Maiduguri	$609
1027 km or 638 mi	Brazzaville	$580
1033 km or 642 mi	Kinshasa	$1120
1035 km or 643 mi	Buea	$601
1037 km or 644 mi	Limbe	$655
1046 km or 650 mi	Kikwit	$876
1058 km or 657 mi	Kinkala	$520
1081 km or 672 mi	Abeche	$487
1088 km or 676 mi	Malabo	$741
1093 km or 679 mi	Yambio	$495
1095 km or 680 mi	Bol	$485
1095 km or 681 mi	Damaturu	$553
1100 km or 683 mi	Madingou	$519
1101 km or 684 mi	Nyala	$974
1104 km or 686 mi	Libreville	$668
1105 km or 687 mi	Wau	$508
1116 km or 693 mi	Kayes	$523
1136 km or 706 mi	Calabar	$384
1146 km or 712 mi	Mbanza-Ngungu	$812

Cities near Damascus

Distance	City	Cost of living
51 km or 32 mi	Zahle	$912
75 km or 47 mi	Kiryat Shmona	$1709
81 km or 50 mi	Jounieh	$1020
83 km or 52 mi	Sidon	$798
83 km or 52 mi	Beirut	$1255
96 km or 59 mi	Safed	$1681
105 km or 65 mi	Tyre	$573
108 km or 67 mi	Tiberias	$1600
110 km or 68 mi	Ma'alot-Tarshiha	$1647
111 km or 69 mi	Tripoli	$776
114 km or 71 mi	Irbid	$679
115 km or 72 mi	Arraba	$1633
116 km or 72 mi	Karmiel	$1531
117 km or 73 mi	Sakhnin	$1612
125 km or 78 mi	Tamra	$1655
125 km or 78 mi	Nahariya	$1616
126 km or 78 mi	Nof HaGalil	$1709
129 km or 80 mi	Nazareth	$1732
130 km or 81 mi	Acre	$1502
131 km or 81 mi	Shefa-'Amr	$1677
135 km or 84 mi	Migdal HaEmek	$1742
136 km or 84 mi	Kiryat Motzkin	$1666
136 km or 85 mi	Kiryat Ata	$1647
137 km or 85 mi	Kiryat Bialik	$1666
137 km or 85 mi	Kiryat Yam	$1657
137 km or 85 mi	Afula	$1652
141 km or 88 mi	Homs	$456
142 km or 88 mi	Nesher	$1593
143 km or 89 mi	Jerash	$608
145 km or 90 mi	Haifa	$1645
145 km or 90 mi	Yokneam Illit	$1778
154 km or 95 mi	Umm al-Fahm	$1756
163 km or 101 mi	Zikhron Ya'akov	$1731
168 km or 105 mi	Baqa-Jatt	$1782
169 km or 105 mi	Pardes Hanna-Karkur	$1728
173 km or 107 mi	Al-Salt	$552
173 km or 108 mi	Nablus	$877
174 km or 108 mi	Hadera	$1576
177 km or 110 mi	Amman	$994
184 km or 114 mi	Tayibe	$1902