Bissau vs Damascus - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Bissau	Damascus
🚶 Cost of living one person	$889	$672
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2085	$1612
🏠 One person rent	$393	$271
🏘️ Family rent	$698	$473
🍽️ Food expenses	$377	$237
🚐 Transport expenses	$42	$110
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$396	$56.1
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	7 km	24 km
🎓 Higher education	4	25
😀 Quality of life	15	32
🏙️ Population	492K	2.58M

The cost of living in Bissau is 32% more expensive than in Damascus. Cities ranked 6166th and 7105th ($889 vs $672) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 1st in Guinea-Bissau and Syria, respectively. Check Guinea-Bissau vs Syria comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.4 months in Bissau compared to 0.1 months in Damascus. Bissau ranked 1st best city to live in Guinea-Bissau vs Damascus ranked 1st in Syria, while ranked 9033rd and 7854th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Bissau vs Damascus

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	Bissau	Damascus
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$6.2	$5.04
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$28	$32.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$8.06	$5
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.66	$1.26
☕ Cappuccino	$2.31	$1.27
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.35	$1.04
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$441	$248
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$253	$140
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$676	$531
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$534	$294
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$63.4	$42.9
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$96.8	$66
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$39.2	$66.2
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	12.51%	13.49%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1701	$1873
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1455	$880
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.51	$0.1
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$11.8	$17.1
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$7.19	$10.9
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.23	$2.24
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.69	$1.07
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.83	$0.63
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.56	$1.76
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.6	$1.9
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.1	$3.38
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15	$6.61
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.6	$9.99
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.66	$1.01
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.02	$2.28
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.21	$1.02
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.34	$0.86
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.28	$0.59
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.36	$0.6
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.86	$0.41
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.19	$2.16
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.26	$5.5
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.23	$1.01
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.5	$2.98
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.34	$1.95
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.87	$4.48
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.56	$2.47
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.26	$3.05
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$52.2	$13.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$1.71	$3.03
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$13.1	$19.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$3.78	$14.4
👖 Brand Jeans	$93.1	$21.8
👟 Brand Sneakers	$85.9	$47.8
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$86.4	$48.8
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$2979	$1645

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Cities near Bissau

Distance	City	Cost of living
108 km or 67 mi	Bafata	$866
109 km or 68 mi	Ziguinchor	$1061
135 km or 84 mi	Kolda	$1039
194 km or 120 mi	Brikama	$569
204 km or 127 mi	Lamin	$520
207 km or 128 mi	Banjul	$488
254 km or 158 mi	Boffa	$972
259 km or 161 mi	Kaolack	$1062
287 km or 179 mi	Fatick	$1051
333 km or 207 mi	Conakry	$1030
355 km or 221 mi	Thies	$1203
357 km or 222 mi	Forecariah	$974
366 km or 227 mi	Rufisque	$1095
378 km or 235 mi	Dakar	$1198
417 km or 259 mi	Mamou	$994
423 km or 263 mi	Louga	$1003
456 km or 283 mi	Freetown	$1213
474 km or 295 mi	Saint-Louis	$1018
518 km or 322 mi	Rosso	$649
605 km or 376 mi	Bo	$1138
655 km or 407 mi	Kenema	$1146
693 km or 430 mi	Nouakchott	$678
701 km or 436 mi	Gueckedou	$983
706 km or 439 mi	Kankan	$979
811 km or 504 mi	Monrovia	$528
826 km or 513 mi	Kakata	$494
831 km or 516 mi	Bamako	$574
872 km or 542 mi	Nzerekore	$971
879 km or 546 mi	Koulikoro	$497
885 km or 550 mi	Bougouni	$496
903 km or 561 mi	Banamba	$495
906 km or 563 mi	Sanniquellie	$495
908 km or 564 mi	Yekepa	$494
921 km or 572 mi	Praia	$835
944 km or 586 mi	Assomada	$840
1027 km or 638 mi	Segou	$498
1048 km or 651 mi	Greenville	$494
1052 km or 654 mi	Markala	$496
1083 km or 673 mi	Sikasso	$503
1121 km or 697 mi	Korhogo	$1047

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