Chongqing vs Damascus - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Chongqing	Damascus
🚶 Cost of living one person	$662	$672
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2020	$1612
🏠 One person rent	$226	$271
🏘️ Family rent	$439	$473
🍽️ Food expenses	$255	$237
🚐 Transport expenses	$91.6	$110
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$890	$56.1
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	16 km	24 km
🎓 Higher education	87	25
😀 Quality of life	72	32
🏙️ Population	32.1M	2.58M

The cost of living in Chongqing is 1% less expensive than in Damascus. Cities ranked 7185th and 7105th ($662 vs $672) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 146th and 1st in China and Syria, respectively. Check China vs Syria comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.3 months in Chongqing compared to 0.1 months in Damascus. Chongqing ranked 8th best city to live in China vs Damascus ranked 1st in Syria, while ranked 1966th and 7854th 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	$3.96	$5.04
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$22.3	$32.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.29	$5
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.8	$1.26
☕ Cappuccino	$3.3	$1.27
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.5	$1.04
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$272	$248
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$155	$140
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$523	$531
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$333	$294
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$37.5	$42.9
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$58.4	$66
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$9.98	$66.2
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4.52%	13.49%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2378	$1873
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1355	$880
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.28	$0.1
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$30.2	$17.1
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$4.18	$10.9
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.1	$2.24
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.84	$1.07
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.26	$0.63
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.11	$1.76
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2	$1.9
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.4	$3.38
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4	$6.61
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.3	$9.99
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.55	$1.01
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.5	$2.28
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.48	$1.02
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.14	$0.86
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.76	$0.59
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.04	$0.6
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.42	$0.41
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.11	$2.16
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$10.3	$5.5
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.95	$1.01
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.72	$2.98
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.18	$1.95
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.09	$4.48
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.97	$2.47
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.34	$3.05
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$28.5	$13.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$5.51	$3.03
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$59.4	$19.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$7.18	$14.4
👖 Brand Jeans	$49.3	$21.8
👟 Brand Sneakers	$72.2	$47.8
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$330	$48.8
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$27717	$1645

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Cities near Chongqing

Distance	City	Cost of living
97 km or 60 mi	Huaying	$575
103 km or 64 mi	Guang'an	$607
120 km or 75 mi	Longchang	$618
127 km or 79 mi	Luzhou	$642
140 km or 87 mi	Suining	$609
140 km or 87 mi	Neijiang	$682
145 km or 90 mi	Nanchong	$560
170 km or 106 mi	Zigong	$609
183 km or 113 mi	Shehong	$574
191 km or 119 mi	Ziyang	$625
194 km or 120 mi	Renhuai	$568
201 km or 125 mi	Yibin	$627
208 km or 129 mi	Dazhou	$600
209 km or 130 mi	Zunyi	$594
211 km or 131 mi	Jianyang	$611
232 km or 144 mi	Langzhong	$551
249 km or 154 mi	Lichuan	$577
258 km or 160 mi	Bazhong	$593
264 km or 164 mi	Meishan	$624
265 km or 165 mi	Chengdu	$660
266 km or 165 mi	Leshan	$588
266 km or 166 mi	Guanghan	$587
268 km or 167 mi	Deyang	$591
272 km or 169 mi	Mianyang	$550
277 km or 172 mi	Bijie	$612
285 km or 177 mi	Shifang	$572
292 km or 181 mi	Emeishan	$570
294 km or 183 mi	Pengzhou	$605
298 km or 185 mi	Enshi	$581
298 km or 185 mi	Mianzhu	$559
298 km or 185 mi	Chongzhou	$614
300 km or 186 mi	Jiangyou	$553
309 km or 192 mi	Qionglai	$604
316 km or 196 mi	Wanyuan	$555
320 km or 199 mi	Dujiangyan	$603
327 km or 203 mi	Guangyuan	$596
331 km or 206 mi	Guiyang	$576
331 km or 206 mi	Tongren	$596
342 km or 212 mi	Ya'an	$613
342 km or 213 mi	Jishou	$556

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