Conakry vs Damascus - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Conakry	Damascus
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1030	$672
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3197	$1612
🏠 One person rent	$512	$271
🏘️ Family rent	$1366	$473
🍽️ Food expenses	$357	$237
🚐 Transport expenses	$86	$110
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1758	$56.1
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	13 km	24 km
🎓 Higher education	7	25
😀 Quality of life	25	32
🏙️ Population	1.67M	2.58M

The cost of living in Conakry is 53% more expensive than in Damascus. Cities ranked 5459th and 7105th ($1030 vs $672) 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 1.7 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 8560th and 7854th 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	$7.07	$5.04
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$30.2	$32.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.2	$5
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.69	$1.26
☕ Cappuccino	$2.57	$1.27
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.57	$1.04
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$569	$248
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$307	$140
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2042	$531
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$961	$294
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$65.9	$42.9
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$102	$66
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$87.2	$66.2
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	11.01%	13.49%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$281	$1873
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$403	$880
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.37	$0.1
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$27.1	$17.1
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$8.96	$10.9
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.24	$2.24
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$2.27	$1.07
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.77	$0.63
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.78	$1.76
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.23	$1.9
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$17.7	$3.38
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.33	$6.61
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.3	$9.99
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.14	$1.01
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.43	$2.28
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.54	$1.02
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.03	$0.86
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.58	$0.59
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.64	$0.6
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.53	$0.41
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.82	$2.16
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$11.6	$5.5
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.07	$1.01
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.03	$2.98
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.44	$1.95
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.96	$4.48
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$4.43	$2.47
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.1	$3.05
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$59.3	$13.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.05	$3.03
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$32.1	$19.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$7.21	$14.4
👖 Brand Jeans	$45.2	$21.8
👟 Brand Sneakers	$61.1	$47.8
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1511	$48.8
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$6431	$1645

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Cities near Conakry

Distance	City	Cost of living
64 km or 40 mi	Forecariah	$974
81 km or 50 mi	Boffa	$972
126 km or 78 mi	Freetown	$1213
203 km or 126 mi	Mamou	$994
277 km or 172 mi	Bo	$1138
314 km or 195 mi	Bafata	$866
332 km or 206 mi	Kenema	$1146
333 km or 207 mi	Bissau	$889
400 km or 248 mi	Kolda	$1039
407 km or 253 mi	Gueckedou	$983
441 km or 274 mi	Ziguinchor	$1061
479 km or 297 mi	Monrovia	$528
493 km or 306 mi	Kankan	$979
497 km or 309 mi	Kakata	$494
526 km or 327 mi	Brikama	$569
536 km or 333 mi	Lamin	$520
538 km or 334 mi	Banjul	$488
573 km or 356 mi	Nzerekore	$971
575 km or 358 mi	Kaolack	$1062
600 km or 373 mi	Sanniquellie	$495
608 km or 378 mi	Yekepa	$494
610 km or 379 mi	Fatick	$1051
682 km or 424 mi	Thies	$1203
696 km or 433 mi	Rufisque	$1095
709 km or 441 mi	Dakar	$1198
713 km or 443 mi	Bougouni	$496
715 km or 444 mi	Bamako	$574
718 km or 446 mi	Greenville	$494
731 km or 454 mi	Louga	$1003
767 km or 477 mi	Koulikoro	$497
786 km or 488 mi	Saint-Louis	$1018
811 km or 504 mi	Rosso	$649
817 km or 508 mi	Banamba	$495
886 km or 551 mi	Korhogo	$1047
902 km or 561 mi	Sikasso	$503
922 km or 573 mi	Segou	$498
935 km or 581 mi	Gagnoa	$1035
952 km or 591 mi	Markala	$496
975 km or 606 mi	Yamoussoukro	$1021
976 km or 606 mi	Bouake	$1071

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