Chennai vs Damascus - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Chennai	Damascus
🚶 Cost of living one person	$433	$672
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1143	$1612
🏠 One person rent	$159	$271
🏘️ Family rent	$379	$473
🍽️ Food expenses	$167	$237
🚐 Transport expenses	$66	$110
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$868	$56.1
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	16 km	24 km
🎓 Higher education	78	25
😀 Quality of life	66	32
🏙️ Population	6.6M	2.58M

The cost of living in Chennai is 36% less expensive than in Damascus. Cities ranked 8907th and 7105th ($433 vs $672) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 20th and 1st in India and Syria, respectively. Check India vs Syria comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 2 months in Chennai compared to 0.1 months in Damascus. Chennai ranked 2nd best city to live in India vs Damascus ranked 1st in Syria, while ranked 4094th and 7854th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Chennai vs Damascus

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	Chennai	Damascus
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$1.8	$5.04
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$10.8	$32.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.79	$5
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.1	$1.26
☕ Cappuccino	$1.82	$1.27
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.47	$1.04
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$187	$248
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$109	$140
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$526	$531
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$282	$294
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$24.9	$42.9
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$38.2	$66
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$9.96	$66.2
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	9.43%	13.49%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1926	$1873
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$804	$880
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.36	$0.1
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$12	$17.1
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$3.59	$10.9
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.24	$2.24
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.66	$1.07
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.56	$0.63
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.76	$1.76
🥚 Eggs, x12	$0.92	$1.9
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.7	$3.38
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.43	$6.61
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.59	$9.99
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.83	$1.01
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.9	$2.28
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.41	$1.02
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.49	$0.86
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.47	$0.59
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.5	$0.6
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.23	$0.41
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.05	$2.16
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$8.38	$5.5
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.84	$1.01
🚬 Cigarette pack	$4.33	$2.98
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$0.85	$1.95
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.64	$4.48
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.07	$2.47
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.6	$3.05
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$18.4	$13.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$3.01	$3.03
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$12	$19.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$2.49	$14.4
👖 Brand Jeans	$26	$21.8
👟 Brand Sneakers	$47.2	$47.8
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$82.6	$48.8
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$1425	$1645

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Cities near Chennai

Distance	City	Cost of living
111 km or 69 mi	Tirupati	$329
124 km or 77 mi	Vellore	$243
125 km or 78 mi	Chittoor	$308
138 km or 85 mi	Pondicherry	$352
153 km or 95 mi	Nellore	$572
159 km or 99 mi	Cuddalore	$310
198 km or 123 mi	Madanapalle	$337
219 km or 136 mi	Kadapa	$380
260 km or 162 mi	Proddatur	$367
269 km or 167 mi	Ongole	$351
279 km or 173 mi	Salem	$330
282 km or 175 mi	Thanjavur	$289
290 km or 180 mi	Bangalore	$578
304 km or 189 mi	Chirala	$321
305 km or 189 mi	Tiruchirappalli	$324
312 km or 194 mi	Hindupur	$331
328 km or 204 mi	Nandyal	$359
338 km or 210 mi	Anantapur	$307
339 km or 211 mi	Erode	$338
344 km or 214 mi	Tumkur	$378
353 km or 219 mi	Tenali	$307
354 km or 220 mi	Machilipatnam	$324
357 km or 222 mi	Guntur	$291
361 km or 224 mi	Tiruppur	$306
383 km or 238 mi	Vijayawada	$353
388 km or 241 mi	Kurnool	$351
396 km or 246 mi	Dindigul	$334
402 km or 250 mi	Mysore	$325
411 km or 256 mi	Eluru	$320
423 km or 263 mi	Madurai	$355
428 km or 266 mi	Coimbatore	$340
428 km or 266 mi	Adoni	$382
453 km or 282 mi	Nalgonda	$289
462 km or 287 mi	Rajahmundry	$321
463 km or 288 mi	Khammam	$274
474 km or 294 mi	Mahbubnagar	$373
476 km or 296 mi	Kakinada	$312
482 km or 300 mi	Hospet	$279
494 km or 307 mi	Davanagere	$325
509 km or 317 mi	Malappuram	$287

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