Changsha vs Damascus - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Changsha	Damascus
🚶 Cost of living one person	$577	$638
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1727	$1494
🏠 One person rent	$190	$291
🏘️ Family rent	$504	$523
🍽️ Food expenses	$235	$232
🚐 Transport expenses	$64.9	$80.7
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$796	$55.7
😷 Air quality	Bad	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	15 km	24 km
🎓 Higher education	95	25
😀 Quality of life	68	34
🏙️ Population	10M	2.69M

The cost of living in Changsha is 10% less expensive than in Damascus. Cities ranked 7932nd and 7300th ($577 vs $638) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 335th and 1st in China and Syria, respectively. Check China vs Syria comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.4 months in Changsha compared to 0.1 months in Damascus. Changsha ranked 21st best city to live in China vs Damascus ranked 1st in Syria, while ranked 3100th and 7688th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Changsha vs Damascus

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	Changsha	Damascus
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$2.72	$5.01
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$20.8	$34.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.84	$4.96
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.09	$1.5
☕ Cappuccino	$3.26	$1.26
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.41	$1.25
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$185	$262
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$143	$154
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$501	$590
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$439	$330
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$25.5	$48.5
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$39.1	$74.5
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$13.5	$67.2
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.8%	13.68%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2062	$1862
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5493	$879
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.34	$0.1
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$13.9	$16.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$3.36	$10.9
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.13	$0.43
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.84	$1.07
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.17	$0.63
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.89	$1.76
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.73	$1.76
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.4	$3.37
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.28	$6.69
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.62	$10.1
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.85	$0.99
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.34	$2.12
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.78	$1
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.71	$0.86
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.96	$0.59
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.62	$0.62
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.27	$0.4
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.92	$1.13
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$13.9	$5.52
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.86	$1.02
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.72	$3.03
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$4.14	$3.24
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.47	$0.87
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.86	$0.48
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.24	$0.59
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$51.1	$13.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$5.47	$3.03
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$21	$3.81
💇 Haircut, simple	$3.04	$2.82
👖 Brand Jeans	$84.4	$21.8
👟 Brand Sneakers	$88.1	$47.5
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$304	$48.6
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$8619	$1666

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Cities near Changsha

Distance	City	Cost of living
40 km or 25 mi	Xiangtan	$582
43 km or 27 mi	Ningxiang	$570
43 km or 27 mi	Zhuzhou	$575
76 km or 47 mi	Yiyang	$586
79 km or 49 mi	Liling	$563
107 km or 66 mi	Pingxiang	$577
108 km or 67 mi	Loudi	$579
131 km or 81 mi	Yueyang	$596
140 km or 87 mi	Lianyuan	$553
145 km or 90 mi	Yichun	$590
149 km or 93 mi	Linxiang	$569
150 km or 93 mi	Hengyang	$590
157 km or 97 mi	Changde	$480
162 km or 101 mi	Lengshuijiang	$536
178 km or 111 mi	Shishou	$549
182 km or 113 mi	Shaoyang	$592
186 km or 116 mi	Honghu	$589
192 km or 119 mi	Jinshi	$533
197 km or 122 mi	Xinyu	$564
198 km or 123 mi	Chibi	$591
225 km or 140 mi	Xianning	$635
231 km or 144 mi	Ji'an	$600
237 km or 147 mi	Yongzhou	$609
246 km or 153 mi	Xiantao	$600
247 km or 153 mi	Jingzhou	$591
249 km or 155 mi	Songzi	$556
264 km or 164 mi	Zhangjiajie	$552
267 km or 166 mi	Chenzhou	$724
285 km or 177 mi	Yidu	$561
285 km or 177 mi	Hanchuan	$619
287 km or 178 mi	Daye	$645
290 km or 180 mi	Nanchang	$506
295 km or 183 mi	Wuhan	$656
299 km or 186 mi	Huangshi	$679
305 km or 189 mi	Huaihua	$579
307 km or 191 mi	Ezhou	$638
311 km or 193 mi	Yingcheng	$600
311 km or 193 mi	Huanggang	$660
311 km or 193 mi	Wuxue	$613
314 km or 195 mi	Dangyang	$558

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 Yam	$1657
137 km or 85 mi	Kiryat Bialik	$1666
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