Beijing vs Damascus - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Beijing	Damascus
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1029	$671
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2645	$1492
🏠 One person rent	$589	$315
🏘️ Family rent	$1040	$505
🍽️ Food expenses	$246	$250
🚐 Transport expenses	$98	$61.5
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$658	$47.6
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	13 km	24 km
🎓 Higher education	100	28
😀 Quality of life	73	39
🏙️ Population	21.9M	2.69M

The cost of living in Beijing is 53% more expensive than in Damascus. Cities ranked 5355th and 7287th ($1029 vs $671) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 6th and 1st in China and Syria, respectively. Check China vs Syria comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.6 months in Beijing compared to 0.1 months in Damascus. Beijing ranked 11th best city to live in China vs Damascus ranked 1st in Syria, while ranked 2546th and 7834th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Beijing vs Damascus

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	Beijing	Damascus
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$4.24	$7.99
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$27.8	$28.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.16	$5.96
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.12	$1.61
☕ Cappuccino	$2.82	$1.95
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.49	$1.38
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$850	$219
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$469	$160
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1549	$398
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$839	$295
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$30.5	$88
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$46.5	$135
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$13.3	$54.5
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.51%	13.62%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$14720	$1865
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6180	$645
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.56	$0.1
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$31.3	$17
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$4.61	$6.96
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.1	$0.43
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.82	$0.98
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.69	$0.5
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.1	$1.66
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.84	$1.83
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.3	$3.22
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.4	$7.18
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.5	$11.5
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.21	$1
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.65	$1.53
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.76	$1.07
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.34	$0.76
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.77	$0.71
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.88	$0.65
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.37	$0.46
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.18	$1.1
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$8.33	$5.97
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.79	$1.01
🚬 Cigarette pack	$4.04	$3.02
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$4.55	$3.03
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.55	$0.86
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.7	$0.48
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.96	$0.59
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$59.4	$16.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$8.35	$2.98
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$33.7	$3.82
💇 Haircut, simple	$8.03	$2.78
👖 Brand Jeans	$61.1	$44.4
👟 Brand Sneakers	$78.2	$58
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$713	$49.6
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$22823	$1711

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Cities near Beijing

Distance	City	Cost of living
50 km or 31 mi	Langfang	$707
58 km or 36 mi	Zhuozhou	$724
58 km or 36 mi	Sanhe	$750
78 km or 49 mi	Gaobeidian	$634
87 km or 54 mi	Bazhou	$634
109 km or 68 mi	Tianjin	$646
135 km or 84 mi	Renqiu	$565
137 km or 85 mi	Zunhua	$660
139 km or 87 mi	Baoding	$456
151 km or 94 mi	Binhai	$641
155 km or 97 mi	Tangshan	$688
163 km or 101 mi	Zhangjiakou	$652
164 km or 102 mi	Hejian	$558
176 km or 110 mi	Chengde	$694
182 km or 113 mi	Cangzhou	$638
189 km or 117 mi	Huanghua	$619
189 km or 118 mi	Anguo	$533
196 km or 122 mi	Dingzhou	$574
197 km or 122 mi	Qian'an	$616
198 km or 123 mi	Luanzhou	$614
204 km or 127 mi	Botou	$564
224 km or 139 mi	Shenzhou	$505
228 km or 142 mi	Xinle	$535
229 km or 142 mi	Pingquan	$615
239 km or 148 mi	Jinzhou	$527
241 km or 150 mi	Xinji	$523
249 km or 155 mi	Gaocheng	$527
249 km or 155 mi	Hengshui	$454
252 km or 156 mi	Laoling	$580
263 km or 164 mi	Shijiazhuang	$505
265 km or 165 mi	Datong	$748
272 km or 169 mi	Jizhou	$499
273 km or 169 mi	Qinhuangdao	$558
273 km or 170 mi	Dezhou	$480
281 km or 175 mi	Fengzhen	$642
282 km or 175 mi	Huairen	$654
294 km or 183 mi	Lingyuan	$601
296 km or 184 mi	Nangong	$550
302 km or 187 mi	Ulanqab	$629
314 km or 195 mi	Binzhou	$741

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