Chittagong vs Damascus - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Chittagong	Damascus
🚶 Cost of living one person	$351	$638
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$905	$1494
🏠 One person rent	$98.3	$291
🏘️ Family rent	$215	$523
🍽️ Food expenses	$172	$232
🚐 Transport expenses	$42.6	$80.7
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$228	$55.7
😷 Air quality	Bad	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	7 km	24 km
🎓 Higher education	45	25
😀 Quality of life	46	34
🏙️ Population	2.58M	2.69M

The cost of living in Chittagong is 45% less expensive than in Damascus. Cities ranked 9083rd and 7300th ($351 vs $638) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 1st in Bangladesh and Syria, respectively. Check Bangladesh vs Syria comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.6 months in Chittagong compared to 0.1 months in Damascus. Chittagong ranked 2nd best city to live in Bangladesh vs Damascus ranked 1st in Syria, while ranked 6493rd and 7688th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Chittagong vs Damascus

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	Chittagong	Damascus
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$1.65	$5.01
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$14.8	$34.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.75	$4.96
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.75	$1.5
☕ Cappuccino	$1.72	$1.26
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.33	$1.25
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$110	$262
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$55.9	$154
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$278	$590
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$150	$330
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$15	$48.5
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$23.2	$74.5
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$16.5	$67.2
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	10.83%	13.68%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$676	$1862
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$394	$879
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.16	$0.1
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$4.12	$16.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$4.1	$10.9
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.04	$0.43
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.76	$1.07
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.63	$0.63
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.63	$1.76
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.2	$1.76
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.81	$3.37
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.79	$6.69
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.42	$10.1
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.16	$0.99
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.99	$2.12
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.81	$1
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.8	$0.86
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.45	$0.59
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.88	$0.62
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.18	$0.4
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.87	$1.13
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$10.3	$5.52
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.82	$1.02
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.66	$3.03
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$1.1	$3.24
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.56	$0.87
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.66	$0.48
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.98	$0.59
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$16.5	$13.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.08	$3.03
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$8.07	$3.81
💇 Haircut, simple	$1.98	$2.82
👖 Brand Jeans	$20	$21.8
👟 Brand Sneakers	$48.6	$47.5
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$35.8	$48.6
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$842	$1666

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Cities near Chittagong

Distance	City	Cost of living
84 km or 52 mi	Cox's Bazar	$323
155 km or 96 mi	Barisal	$287
178 km or 110 mi	Agartala	$367
182 km or 113 mi	Aizawl	$478
198 km or 123 mi	Brahmanbaria	$297
198 km or 123 mi	Narayanganj	$309
209 km or 130 mi	Narsingdi	$295
213 km or 132 mi	Dhaka	$430
239 km or 149 mi	Khulna	$303
266 km or 165 mi	Sittwe	$678
283 km or 176 mi	Jessore	$289
287 km or 179 mi	Sylhet	$305
307 km or 191 mi	Mymensingh	$264
340 km or 211 mi	Rajarhat	$347
342 km or 213 mi	Monywa	$661
347 km or 215 mi	Barasat	$350
348 km or 217 mi	Madhyamgram	$334
349 km or 217 mi	Rajpur Sonarpur	$354
350 km or 218 mi	Bidhannagar	$355
351 km or 218 mi	North Dumdum	$337
353 km or 219 mi	South Dumdum	$345
353 km or 219 mi	Imphal	$378
354 km or 220 mi	Bhatpara	$337
355 km or 220 mi	Naihati	$328
356 km or 221 mi	Baranagar	$333
356 km or 221 mi	Kamarhati	$336
356 km or 222 mi	Panihati	$338
358 km or 222 mi	Barrackpore	$329
358 km or 222 mi	Hugli-Chuchura	$327
358 km or 222 mi	Chandannagar	$327
358 km or 223 mi	Uttarpara	$327
358 km or 223 mi	Kolkata	$404
359 km or 223 mi	Bally	$331
360 km or 224 mi	Serampore	$330
361 km or 224 mi	Krishnanagar	$281
362 km or 225 mi	Howrah	$332
362 km or 225 mi	Shillong	$408
362 km or 225 mi	Shantipur	$294
376 km or 234 mi	Bogra	$280
381 km or 237 mi	Maheshtala	$360

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