Conakry vs Damascus - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Conakry	Damascus
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1061	$638
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2848	$1494
🏠 One person rent	$523	$291
🏘️ Family rent	$1308	$523
🍽️ Food expenses	$365	$232
🚐 Transport expenses	$93.8	$80.7
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1738	$55.7
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	13 km	24 km
🎓 Higher education	7	25
😀 Quality of life	25	34
🏙️ Population	1.67M	2.69M

The cost of living in Conakry is 66% more expensive than in Damascus. Cities ranked 5090th and 7300th ($1061 vs $638) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 1st in Guinea and Syria, respectively. Check Guinea vs Syria comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.6 months in Conakry compared to 0.1 months in Damascus. Conakry ranked 1st best city to live in Guinea vs Damascus ranked 1st in Syria, while ranked 8567th and 7688th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Conakry vs Damascus

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	Conakry	Damascus
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$6.09	$5.01
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$30.8	$34.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.2	$4.96
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.76	$1.5
☕ Cappuccino	$3.44	$1.26
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.62	$1.25
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$625	$262
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$266	$154
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1794	$590
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$885	$330
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$105	$48.5
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$161	$74.5
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$80.6	$67.2
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	11.5%	13.68%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$279	$1862
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$396	$879
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.42	$0.1
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$27.9	$16.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$8.89	$10.9
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.33	$0.43
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$2.2	$1.07
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.17	$0.63
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.28	$1.76
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.64	$1.76
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$17.6	$3.37
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.24	$6.69
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.1	$10.1
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.4	$0.99
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.43	$2.12
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.02	$1
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.46	$0.86
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.55	$0.59
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.59	$0.62
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.74	$0.4
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.79	$1.13
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$11.6	$5.52
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.36	$1.02
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.11	$3.03
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.45	$3.24
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.99	$0.87
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$4.47	$0.48
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.1	$0.59
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$82.2	$13.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$3.63	$3.03
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$31.7	$3.81
💇 Haircut, simple	$7.14	$2.82
👖 Brand Jeans	$45.3	$21.8
👟 Brand Sneakers	$61.3	$47.5
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$99.6	$48.6
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$6527	$1666

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Cost of Living in the nearest cities

Cities near Conakry

Distance	City	Cost of living
64 km or 40 mi	Forecariah	$998
81 km or 50 mi	Boffa	$998
126 km or 78 mi	Freetown	$1346
203 km or 126 mi	Mamou	$1019
277 km or 172 mi	Bo	$1278
314 km or 195 mi	Bafata	$804
332 km or 206 mi	Kenema	$1272
333 km or 207 mi	Bissau	$827
400 km or 248 mi	Kolda	$964
407 km or 253 mi	Gueckedou	$1009
441 km or 274 mi	Ziguinchor	$953
479 km or 297 mi	Monrovia	$523
493 km or 306 mi	Kankan	$1007
497 km or 309 mi	Kakata	$487
526 km or 327 mi	Brikama	$552
536 km or 333 mi	Lamin	$507
538 km or 334 mi	Banjul	$477
573 km or 356 mi	Nzerekore	$999
575 km or 358 mi	Kaolack	$1000
600 km or 373 mi	Sanniquellie	$487
608 km or 378 mi	Yekepa	$487
610 km or 379 mi	Fatick	$998
682 km or 424 mi	Thies	$1052
696 km or 433 mi	Rufisque	$1046
709 km or 441 mi	Dakar	$1114
713 km or 443 mi	Bougouni	$489
715 km or 444 mi	Bamako	$569
718 km or 446 mi	Greenville	$487
731 km or 454 mi	Louga	$970
767 km or 477 mi	Koulikoro	$490
786 km or 488 mi	Saint-Louis	$960
811 km or 504 mi	Rosso	$647
817 km or 508 mi	Banamba	$491
886 km or 551 mi	Korhogo	$916
902 km or 561 mi	Sikasso	$499
922 km or 573 mi	Segou	$490
935 km or 581 mi	Gagnoa	$904
952 km or 591 mi	Markala	$489
975 km or 606 mi	Yamoussoukro	$887
976 km or 606 mi	Bouake	$937

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