Damascus vs Hengyang - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Damascus	Hengyang
🚶 Cost of living one person	$671	$622
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1492	$1492
🏠 One person rent	$315	$246
🏘️ Family rent	$505	$312
🍽️ Food expenses	$250	$216
🚐 Transport expenses	$61.5	$84.3
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$47.6	$704
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	24 km	46 km
🎓 Higher education	28	43
😀 Quality of life	39	49
🏙️ Population	2.69M	6.65M

The cost of living in Damascus is 8% more expensive than in Hengyang. Cities ranked 7287th and 7637th ($671 vs $622) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 136th in Syria and China, respectively. Check Syria vs China comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.1 months in Damascus compared to 1.1 months in Hengyang. Damascus ranked 1st best city to live in Syria vs Hengyang ranked 143rd in China, while ranked 7834th and 6726th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Damascus vs Hengyang

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	Damascus	Hengyang
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$7.99	$2.7
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$28.8	$16.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.96	$4.11
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.61	$1.23
☕ Cappuccino	$1.95	$3.06
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.38	$0.34
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$219	$280
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$160	$189
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$398	$492
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$295	$203
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$88	$23.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$135	$36.4
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$54.5	$14.8
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	13.62%	3.65%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1865	$2989
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$645	$2356
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.1	$0.33
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$17	$28.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$6.96	$3.5
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.43	$1.06
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.98	$1.77
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.5	$2.01
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.66	$1.04
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.83	$1.7
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.22	$11.3
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.18	$3.17
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.5	$9.1
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1	$1.87
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.53	$1.31
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.07	$1.76
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.76	$1.79
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.71	$0.94
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.65	$1.52
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.46	$0.26
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.1	$0.99
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$5.97	$11
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.01	$0.81
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.02	$2.6
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.03	$3.26
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$0.86	$5.42
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.48	$0.71
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.59	$1.66
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$16.2	$22.3
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$2.98	$4.37
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$3.82	$25.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$2.78	$5.26
👖 Brand Jeans	$44.4	$85.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$58	$63.2
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$49.6	$317
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$1711	$7438

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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 Hengyang

Distance	City	Cost of living
110 km or 68 mi	Loudi	$584
110 km or 68 mi	Yongzhou	$634
110 km or 69 mi	Xiangtan	$527
117 km or 73 mi	Shaoyang	$603
119 km or 74 mi	Zhuzhou	$595
124 km or 77 mi	Liling	$584
127 km or 79 mi	Lianyuan	$564
130 km or 81 mi	Chenzhou	$750
144 km or 90 mi	Lengshuijiang	$551
149 km or 93 mi	Pingxiang	$612
150 km or 93 mi	Changsha	$592
158 km or 98 mi	Ningxiang	$569
189 km or 118 mi	Yiyang	$571
204 km or 127 mi	Yichun	$618
236 km or 146 mi	Lianzhou	$765
238 km or 148 mi	Ji'an	$660
252 km or 156 mi	Xinyu	$593
254 km or 158 mi	Shaoguan	$818
254 km or 158 mi	Changde	$487
262 km or 163 mi	Hongjiang	$543
262 km or 163 mi	Ganzhou	$897
270 km or 168 mi	Huaihua	$571
280 km or 174 mi	Yueyang	$595
293 km or 182 mi	Guilin	$546
295 km or 183 mi	Hezhou	$766
299 km or 186 mi	Linxiang	$572
312 km or 194 mi	Jinshi	$511
315 km or 195 mi	Shishou	$547
322 km or 200 mi	Zhangjiajie	$545
323 km or 200 mi	Jishou	$537
336 km or 209 mi	Honghu	$587
348 km or 216 mi	Chibi	$590
348 km or 216 mi	Tongren	$568
360 km or 224 mi	Qingyuan	$777
368 km or 229 mi	Xianning	$625
373 km or 232 mi	Songzi	$548
381 km or 237 mi	Nanchang	$526
383 km or 238 mi	Jingzhou	$596
391 km or 243 mi	Fuzhou	$589
396 km or 246 mi	Xiantao	$599