Damascus vs Haiphong - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Damascus	Haiphong
🚶 Cost of living one person	$671	$562
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1492	$1398
🏠 One person rent	$315	$251
🏘️ Family rent	$505	$443
🍽️ Food expenses	$250	$189
🚐 Transport expenses	$61.5	$47.6
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$47.6	$358
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	24 km	6 km
🎓 Higher education	28	35
😀 Quality of life	39	58
🏙️ Population	2.69M	2.09M

The cost of living in Damascus is 19% more expensive than in Haiphong. Cities ranked 7287th and 8171st ($671 vs $562) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 9th in Syria and Vietnam, respectively. Check Syria vs Vietnam comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.1 months in Damascus compared to 0.6 months in Haiphong. Damascus ranked 1st best city to live in Syria vs Haiphong ranked 4th in Vietnam, while ranked 7834th and 6112th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Damascus vs Haiphong

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	Damascus	Haiphong
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$7.99	$1.53
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$28.8	$19
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.96	$4.22
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.61	$0.77
☕ Cappuccino	$1.95	$1.81
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.38	$0.47
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$219	$205
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$160	$218
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$398	$361
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$295	$400
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$88	$27.1
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$135	$41.7
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$54.5	$8.77
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	13.62%	7.02%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1865	$1241
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$645	$753
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.1	$0.4
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$17	$5.74
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$6.96	$5.67
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.43	$0.84
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.98	$1.38
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.5	$0.55
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.66	$0.83
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.83	$1.5
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.22	$9.91
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.18	$3.6
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.5	$9.91
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1	$3.28
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.53	$1.08
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.07	$1.4
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.76	$1.02
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.71	$0.92
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.65	$0.84
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.46	$0.35
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.1	$1.03
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$5.97	$12.5
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.01	$0.75
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.02	$1.17
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.03	$1.65
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$0.86	$2.28
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.48	$0.77
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.59	$1.04
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$16.2	$22.8
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$2.98	$3.81
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$3.82	$39.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$2.78	$2.12
👖 Brand Jeans	$44.4	$43.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$58	$87.5
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$49.6	$151
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$1711	$4514

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Cities near Damascus

Distance	City	Cost of living
51 km or 32 mi	Zahle	$930
75 km or 47 mi	Kiryat Shmona	$1808
81 km or 50 mi	Jounieh	$1028
83 km or 52 mi	Sidon	$822
83 km or 52 mi	Beirut	$1261
96 km or 59 mi	Safed	$1847
105 km or 65 mi	Tyre	$647
108 km or 67 mi	Tiberias	$1808
110 km or 68 mi	Ma'alot-Tarshiha	$1803
111 km or 69 mi	Tripoli	$787
114 km or 71 mi	Irbid	$753
115 km or 72 mi	Arraba	$1789
116 km or 72 mi	Karmiel	$1630
117 km or 73 mi	Sakhnin	$1745
125 km or 78 mi	Tamra	$1798
125 km or 78 mi	Nahariya	$1775
126 km or 78 mi	Nof HaGalil	$1862
129 km or 80 mi	Nazareth	$1850
130 km or 81 mi	Acre	$1633
131 km or 81 mi	Shefa-'Amr	$1828
135 km or 84 mi	Migdal HaEmek	$1917
136 km or 84 mi	Kiryat Motzkin	$1842
136 km or 85 mi	Kiryat Ata	$1769
137 km or 85 mi	Kiryat Yam	$1819
137 km or 85 mi	Kiryat Bialik	$1804
137 km or 85 mi	Afula	$1817
141 km or 88 mi	Homs	$402
142 km or 88 mi	Nesher	$1757
143 km or 89 mi	Jerash	$748
145 km or 90 mi	Haifa	$1840
145 km or 90 mi	Yokneam Illit	$1932
154 km or 95 mi	Umm al-Fahm	$1954
163 km or 101 mi	Zikhron Ya'akov	$1978
168 km or 105 mi	Baqa-Jatt	$2001
169 km or 105 mi	Pardes Hanna-Karkur	$1991
173 km or 107 mi	Al-Salt	$548
173 km or 108 mi	Nablus	$915
174 km or 108 mi	Hadera	$1786
177 km or 110 mi	Amman	$1009
184 km or 114 mi	Tayibe	$2108

Cities near Haiphong

Distance	City	Cost of living
38 km or 24 mi	Hai Duong	$558
46 km or 29 mi	Ha Long	$559
52 km or 32 mi	Thai Binh	$556
67 km or 42 mi	Nam Dinh	$570
68 km or 42 mi	Cam Pha	$551
77 km or 48 mi	Bac Ninh	$558
89 km or 55 mi	Hanoi	$652
123 km or 76 mi	Thai Nguyen	$461
144 km or 89 mi	Viet Tri	$569
144 km or 90 mi	Thanh Hoa	$568
191 km or 119 mi	Fangchenggang	$579
194 km or 120 mi	Chongzuo	$568
239 km or 149 mi	Qinzhou	$590
258 km or 160 mi	Vinh	$560
263 km or 163 mi	Beihai	$652
282 km or 175 mi	Nanning	$552
285 km or 177 mi	Ha Tinh	$539
340 km or 211 mi	Sa Pa	$529
345 km or 214 mi	Baise	$571
369 km or 229 mi	Dong Hoi	$483
380 km or 236 mi	Wenshan	$563
390 km or 243 mi	Zhanjiang	$790
390 km or 243 mi	Haikou	$677
397 km or 246 mi	Guigang	$693
410 km or 255 mi	Sanya	$758
413 km or 257 mi	Yulin	$726
420 km or 261 mi	Laibin	$598
426 km or 265 mi	Thakhek	$1139
451 km or 280 mi	Maoming	$773
451 km or 280 mi	Gaozhou	$780
457 km or 284 mi	Hechi	$574
482 km or 299 mi	Liuzhou	$574
483 km or 300 mi	Luang Prabang	$1261
487 km or 303 mi	Vang Vieng	$1181
491 km or 305 mi	Hue	$372
510 km or 317 mi	Xingyi	$560
530 km or 329 mi	Vientiane	$1152
555 km or 345 mi	Da Nang	$615
558 km or 346 mi	Udon Thani	$578
561 km or 349 mi	Yangjiang	$892