Chongqing vs Damascus - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Chongqing	Damascus
🚶 Cost of living one person	$561	$671
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1695	$1492
🏠 One person rent	$180	$315
🏘️ Family rent	$312	$505
🍽️ Food expenses	$217	$250
🚐 Transport expenses	$76.3	$61.5
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$914	$47.6
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	16 km	24 km
🎓 Higher education	87	28
😀 Quality of life	74	39
🏙️ Population	32.1M	2.69M

The cost of living in Chongqing is 16% less expensive than in Damascus. Cities ranked 8185th and 7287th ($561 vs $671) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 322nd and 1st in China and Syria, respectively. Check China vs Syria comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.6 months in Chongqing compared to 0.1 months in Damascus. Chongqing ranked 7th best city to live in China vs Damascus ranked 1st in Syria, while ranked 2237th and 7834th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Chongqing vs Damascus

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	Chongqing	Damascus
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$2.82	$7.99
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$20.9	$28.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.92	$5.96
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.98	$1.61
☕ Cappuccino	$2.25	$1.95
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.43	$1.38
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$240	$219
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$129	$160
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$433	$398
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$231	$295
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$20.8	$88
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$32	$135
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$8.46	$54.5
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.87%	13.62%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2367	$1865
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1345	$645
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.28	$0.1
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$21	$17
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$3.67	$6.96
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.13	$0.43
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.52	$0.98
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.42	$0.5
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.72	$1.66
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.85	$1.83
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.9	$3.22
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.92	$7.18
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.3	$11.5
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.59	$1
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.24	$1.53
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.2	$1.07
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.2	$0.76
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.66	$0.71
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.88	$0.65
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.37	$0.46
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.96	$1.1
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.06	$5.97
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.82	$1.01
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.81	$3.02
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.9	$3.03
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.05	$0.86
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.09	$0.48
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.46	$0.59
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$33.4	$16.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$5.6	$2.98
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$58.1	$3.82
💇 Haircut, simple	$7.17	$2.78
👖 Brand Jeans	$42.9	$44.4
👟 Brand Sneakers	$66	$58
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$271	$49.6
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$23821	$1711

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Cities near Chongqing

Distance	City	Cost of living
97 km or 60 mi	Huaying	$542
103 km or 64 mi	Guang'an	$569
120 km or 75 mi	Longchang	$575
127 km or 79 mi	Luzhou	$562
140 km or 87 mi	Suining	$565
140 km or 87 mi	Neijiang	$645
145 km or 90 mi	Nanchong	$541
170 km or 106 mi	Zigong	$573
183 km or 113 mi	Shehong	$551
191 km or 119 mi	Ziyang	$598
194 km or 120 mi	Renhuai	$538
201 km or 125 mi	Yibin	$570
208 km or 129 mi	Dazhou	$583
209 km or 130 mi	Zunyi	$551
211 km or 131 mi	Jianyang	$591
232 km or 144 mi	Langzhong	$538
249 km or 154 mi	Lichuan	$557
258 km or 160 mi	Bazhong	$601
264 km or 164 mi	Meishan	$599
265 km or 165 mi	Chengdu	$635
266 km or 165 mi	Leshan	$563
266 km or 166 mi	Guanghan	$571
268 km or 167 mi	Deyang	$563
272 km or 169 mi	Mianyang	$528
277 km or 172 mi	Bijie	$569
285 km or 177 mi	Shifang	$557
292 km or 181 mi	Emeishan	$552
294 km or 183 mi	Pengzhou	$588
298 km or 185 mi	Enshi	$558
298 km or 185 mi	Mianzhu	$544
298 km or 185 mi	Chongzhou	$596
300 km or 186 mi	Jiangyou	$536
309 km or 192 mi	Qionglai	$580
316 km or 196 mi	Wanyuan	$567
320 km or 199 mi	Dujiangyan	$583
327 km or 203 mi	Guangyuan	$587
331 km or 206 mi	Guiyang	$562
331 km or 206 mi	Tongren	$568
342 km or 212 mi	Ya'an	$571
342 km or 213 mi	Jishou	$537

Cities near Damascus

Distance	City	Cost of living
51 km or 32 mi	Zahle	$930
75 km or 47 mi	Kiryat Shmona	$1808
81 km or 50 mi	Jounieh	$1028
83 km or 52 mi	Sidon	$822
83 km or 52 mi	Beirut	$1261
96 km or 59 mi	Safed	$1847
105 km or 65 mi	Tyre	$647
108 km or 67 mi	Tiberias	$1808
110 km or 68 mi	Ma'alot-Tarshiha	$1803
111 km or 69 mi	Tripoli	$787
114 km or 71 mi	Irbid	$753
115 km or 72 mi	Arraba	$1789
116 km or 72 mi	Karmiel	$1630
117 km or 73 mi	Sakhnin	$1745
125 km or 78 mi	Tamra	$1798
125 km or 78 mi	Nahariya	$1775
126 km or 78 mi	Nof HaGalil	$1862
129 km or 80 mi	Nazareth	$1850
130 km or 81 mi	Acre	$1633
131 km or 81 mi	Shefa-'Amr	$1828
135 km or 84 mi	Migdal HaEmek	$1917
136 km or 84 mi	Kiryat Motzkin	$1842
136 km or 85 mi	Kiryat Ata	$1769
137 km or 85 mi	Kiryat Yam	$1819
137 km or 85 mi	Kiryat Bialik	$1804
137 km or 85 mi	Afula	$1817
141 km or 88 mi	Homs	$402
142 km or 88 mi	Nesher	$1757
143 km or 89 mi	Jerash	$748
145 km or 90 mi	Haifa	$1840
145 km or 90 mi	Yokneam Illit	$1932
154 km or 95 mi	Umm al-Fahm	$1954
163 km or 101 mi	Zikhron Ya'akov	$1978
168 km or 105 mi	Baqa-Jatt	$2001
169 km or 105 mi	Pardes Hanna-Karkur	$1991
173 km or 107 mi	Al-Salt	$548
173 km or 108 mi	Nablus	$915
174 km or 108 mi	Hadera	$1786
177 km or 110 mi	Amman	$1009
184 km or 114 mi	Tayibe	$2108