Bissau vs Damascus - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Bissau	Damascus
🚶 Cost of living one person	$827	$638
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2050	$1494
🏠 One person rent	$363	$291
🏘️ Family rent	$610	$523
🍽️ Food expenses	$364	$232
🚐 Transport expenses	$48.2	$80.7
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1044	$55.7
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	7 km	24 km
🎓 Higher education	4	25
😀 Quality of life	21	34
🏙️ Population	492K	2.69M

The cost of living in Bissau is 30% more expensive than in Damascus. Cities ranked 6340th and 7300th ($827 vs $638) 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 1.3 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 8819th and 7688th 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	$6.01	$5.01
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$26.3	$34.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$8.55	$4.96
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.56	$1.5
☕ Cappuccino	$2.17	$1.26
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.28	$1.25
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$395	$262
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$228	$154
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$635	$590
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$439	$330
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$58.7	$48.5
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$90	$74.5
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$42.4	$67.2
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	12.27%	13.68%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1539	$1862
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$910	$879
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.48	$0.1
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$25.3	$16.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$6.08	$10.9
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.29	$0.43
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.6	$1.07
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.77	$0.63
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.46	$1.76
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.35	$1.76
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.8	$3.37
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.7	$6.69
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.7	$10.1
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.4	$0.99
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.96	$2.12
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.99	$1
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.2	$0.86
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.22	$0.59
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.27	$0.62
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.79	$0.4
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.06	$1.13
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$6.99	$5.52
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.14	$1.02
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.08	$3.03
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.5	$3.24
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.8	$0.87
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.46	$0.48
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.25	$0.59
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$37.8	$13.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.13	$3.03
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$12.7	$3.81
💇 Haircut, simple	$3.75	$2.82
👖 Brand Jeans	$26.7	$21.8
👟 Brand Sneakers	$59.7	$47.5
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$766	$48.6
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$2321	$1666

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Cities near Bissau

Distance	City	Cost of living
108 km or 67 mi	Bafata	$804
109 km or 68 mi	Ziguinchor	$953
135 km or 84 mi	Kolda	$964
194 km or 120 mi	Brikama	$552
204 km or 127 mi	Lamin	$507
207 km or 128 mi	Banjul	$477
254 km or 158 mi	Boffa	$998
259 km or 161 mi	Kaolack	$1000
287 km or 179 mi	Fatick	$998
333 km or 207 mi	Conakry	$1061
355 km or 221 mi	Thies	$1052
357 km or 222 mi	Forecariah	$998
366 km or 227 mi	Rufisque	$1046
378 km or 235 mi	Dakar	$1114
417 km or 259 mi	Mamou	$1019
423 km or 263 mi	Louga	$970
456 km or 283 mi	Freetown	$1346
474 km or 295 mi	Saint-Louis	$960
518 km or 322 mi	Rosso	$647
605 km or 376 mi	Bo	$1278
655 km or 407 mi	Kenema	$1272
693 km or 430 mi	Nouakchott	$675
701 km or 436 mi	Gueckedou	$1009
706 km or 439 mi	Kankan	$1007
811 km or 504 mi	Monrovia	$523
826 km or 513 mi	Kakata	$487
831 km or 516 mi	Bamako	$569
872 km or 542 mi	Nzerekore	$999
879 km or 546 mi	Koulikoro	$490
885 km or 550 mi	Bougouni	$489
903 km or 561 mi	Banamba	$491
906 km or 563 mi	Sanniquellie	$487
908 km or 564 mi	Yekepa	$487
921 km or 572 mi	Praia	$840
944 km or 586 mi	Assomada	$838
1027 km or 638 mi	Segou	$490
1048 km or 651 mi	Greenville	$487
1052 km or 654 mi	Markala	$489
1083 km or 673 mi	Sikasso	$499
1121 km or 697 mi	Korhogo	$916

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