Daegu vs Damascus - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Daegu	Damascus
🚶 Cost of living one person	$995	$638
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2813	$1494
🏠 One person rent	$348	$291
🏘️ Family rent	$774	$523
🍽️ Food expenses	$414	$232
🚐 Transport expenses	$131	$80.7
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$2232	$55.7
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	6 km	24 km
🎓 Higher education	73	25
😀 Quality of life	70	34
🏙️ Population	2.38M	2.69M

The cost of living in Daegu is 56% more expensive than in Damascus. Cities ranked 5531st and 7300th ($995 vs $638) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 62nd and 1st in South Korea and Syria, respectively. Check South Korea vs Syria comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 2.2 months in Daegu compared to 0.1 months in Damascus. Daegu ranked 27th best city to live in South Korea vs Damascus ranked 1st in Syria, while ranked 2337th and 7688th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Daegu vs Damascus

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	Daegu	Damascus
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$6.43	$5.01
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$29.7	$34.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.3	$4.96
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.22	$1.5
☕ Cappuccino	$3.37	$1.26
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.44	$1.25
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$332	$262
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$226	$154
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1076	$590
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$518	$330
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$82.6	$48.5
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$126	$74.5
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$18.3	$67.2
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4.87%	13.68%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6867	$1862
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$9403	$879
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.04	$0.1
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$59	$16.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$8.58	$10.9
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.13	$0.43
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.94	$1.07
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.72	$0.63
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.34	$1.76
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.55	$1.76
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.7	$3.37
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.34	$6.69
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$21.9	$10.1
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.45	$0.99
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.35	$2.12
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.26	$1
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.28	$0.86
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.44	$0.59
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.85	$0.62
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.79	$0.4
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.45	$1.13
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$13.2	$5.52
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.03	$1.02
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.03	$3.03
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.58	$3.24
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.21	$0.87
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.33	$0.48
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.47	$0.59
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$44.5	$13.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$9.07	$3.03
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$56.5	$3.81
💇 Haircut, simple	$7.27	$2.82
👖 Brand Jeans	$56.3	$21.8
👟 Brand Sneakers	$76.9	$47.5
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$425	$48.6
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$20323	$1666

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Cost of Living in the nearest cities

Cities near Daegu

Distance	City	Cost of living
13 km or 8.2 mi	Gyeongsan	$991
33 km or 20 mi	Yeongcheon	$1115
44 km or 27 mi	Miryang	$1030
44 km or 27 mi	Gumi	$992
52 km or 32 mi	Gimcheon	$977
56 km or 35 mi	Gyeongju	$1388
66 km or 41 mi	Changwon	$1075
71 km or 44 mi	Yangsan	$1027
71 km or 44 mi	Pohang	$988
73 km or 45 mi	Sangju	$1000
74 km or 46 mi	Sacheon	$983
74 km or 46 mi	Ulsan	$1059
75 km or 46 mi	Gimhae	$959
76 km or 47 mi	Masan	$998
79 km or 49 mi	Andong	$880
88 km or 55 mi	Jinju	$1054
88 km or 55 mi	Mungyeong	$979
94 km or 58 mi	Busan	$1060
106 km or 66 mi	Yeongju	$964
113 km or 70 mi	Geoje	$887
115 km or 71 mi	Tongyeong	$924
121 km or 75 mi	Namwon	$987
122 km or 76 mi	Daejeon	$992
130 km or 81 mi	Gyeryong	$977
131 km or 81 mi	Jeonju	$854
131 km or 82 mi	Gwangyang	$1002
131 km or 82 mi	Cheongju	$936
137 km or 85 mi	Chungju	$900
137 km or 85 mi	Sejong	$1019
141 km or 88 mi	Nonsan	$1019
143 km or 89 mi	Suncheon	$1059
145 km or 90 mi	Jecheon	$1016
148 km or 92 mi	Gongju	$1038
148 km or 92 mi	Iksan	$959
149 km or 93 mi	Taebaek	$1012
150 km or 93 mi	Yeosu	$989
154 km or 96 mi	Gimje	$937
160 km or 100 mi	Asan	$1038
161 km or 100 mi	Jeongeup	$970
167 km or 103 mi	Cheonan	$1151

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 Yam	$1657
137 km or 85 mi	Kiryat Bialik	$1666
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