Damascus vs Fukuoka - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Damascus	Fukuoka
🚶 Cost of living one person	$638	$1057
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1494	$2609
🏠 One person rent	$291	$430
🏘️ Family rent	$523	$670
🍽️ Food expenses	$232	$307
🚐 Transport expenses	$80.7	$218
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$55.7	$1287
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Good
✈️ Airport proximity	24 km	5 km
🎓 Higher education	25	80
😀 Quality of life	34	72
🏙️ Population	2.69M	1.6M

The cost of living in Damascus is 40% less expensive than in Fukuoka. Cities ranked 7300th and 5120th ($638 vs $1057) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 316th in Syria and Japan, respectively. Check Syria vs Japan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.1 months in Damascus compared to 1.2 months in Fukuoka. Damascus ranked 1st best city to live in Syria vs Fukuoka ranked 215th in Japan, while ranked 7688th and 1739th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Damascus vs Fukuoka

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	Damascus	Fukuoka
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$5.01	$3.85
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$34.8	$25
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.96	$4.51
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.5	$3.66
☕ Cappuccino	$1.26	$3.29
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.25	$1.01
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$262	$435
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$154	$327
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$590	$680
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$330	$525
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$48.5	$62.1
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$74.5	$95
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$67.2	$18.9
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	13.68%	1.67%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1862	$5198
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$879	$2448
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.1	$1.87
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$16.9	$78.7
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$10.9	$27
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.43	$0.98
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.07	$1.34
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.63	$1.22
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.76	$1.23
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.76	$2.28
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.37	$11.3
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.69	$5.57
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.1	$19.9
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.99	$3.82
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.12	$1.35
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1	$1.34
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.86	$2.73
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.59	$2.26
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.62	$3.16
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.4	$0.48
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.13	$1.31
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$5.52	$8.94
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.02	$1.81
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.03	$2.91
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.24	$8.19
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$0.87	$3.27
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.48	$0.87
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.59	$1.06
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$13.2	$43.7
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$3.03	$12.6
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$3.81	$46.3
💇 Haircut, simple	$2.82	$13.6
👖 Brand Jeans	$21.8	$52.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$47.5	$52.3
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$48.6	$398
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$1666	$11983

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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

Cities near Fukuoka

Distance	City	Cost of living
7.2 km or 4.5 mi	Shime	$925
7.6 km or 4.7 mi	Kasuya	$922
9 km or 5.6 mi	Kasuga	$920
9.3 km or 5.8 mi	Onojo	$920
9.8 km or 6.1 mi	Sue	$917
10 km or 6.4 mi	Nakagawa	$911
10 km or 6.5 mi	Umi	$918
12 km or 7.5 mi	Sasaguri	$921
14 km or 8.8 mi	Dazaifu	$903
15 km or 9 mi	Shingu	$919
15 km or 9.2 mi	Chikushino	$896
17 km or 11 mi	Koga	$921
19 km or 12 mi	Itoshima	$910
21 km or 13 mi	Fukutsu	$916
23 km or 14 mi	Chikuzen	$872
26 km or 16 mi	Tosu	$838
26 km or 16 mi	Ogori	$847
27 km or 17 mi	Munakata	$916
28 km or 17 mi	Iizuka	$908
29 km or 18 mi	Miyawaka	$913
29 km or 18 mi	Kama	$899
30 km or 19 mi	Miyaki	$834
31 km or 19 mi	Asakura	$866
31 km or 19 mi	Kanzaki	$848
32 km or 20 mi	Kurume	$830
35 km or 22 mi	Nogata	$916
35 km or 22 mi	Okagaki	$913
36 km or 23 mi	Fukuchi	$910
37 km or 23 mi	Saga	$884
38 km or 23 mi	Tagawa	$908
38 km or 24 mi	Nakama	$916
40 km or 25 mi	Mizumaki	$916
42 km or 26 mi	Ogi	$872
42 km or 26 mi	Ukiha	$866
43 km or 27 mi	Okawa	$852
43 km or 27 mi	Chikugo	$839
43 km or 27 mi	Karatsu	$895
44 km or 28 mi	Yame	$842
48 km or 30 mi	Yanagawa	$852
49 km or 31 mi	Miyama	$850