Damascus vs Ho Chi Minh - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 01, 2024

	Damascus	Ho Chi Minh
🚶 Cost of living one person	$583	$702
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1433	$1978
🏠 One person rent	$225	$349
🏘️ Family rent	$409	$750
🍽️ Food expenses	$203	$211
🚐 Transport expenses	$117	$67.1
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$56.5	$457
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	24 km	2 km
🎓 Higher education	25	66
😀 Quality of life	36	66
🏙️ Population	2.5M	10.4M

The cost of living in Damascus is 17% less expensive than in Ho Chi Minh. Cities ranked 7822nd and 6786th ($583 vs $702) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 1st 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 0.7 months in Ho Chi Minh. Damascus ranked 1st best city to live in Syria vs Ho Chi Minh ranked 1st in Vietnam, while ranked 7665th and 4217th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Damascus vs Ho Chi Minh

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	Damascus	Ho Chi Minh
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$4.03	$1.85
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$24	$22.2
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.52	$4.63
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.51	$1.07
☕ Cappuccino	$1.29	$2.02
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.95	$0.52
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$270	$428
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$126	$258
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$474	$1064
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$293	$568
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$19.9	$46.7
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$30.2	$72.1
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$49.7	$11
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	11.93%	9.9%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1756	$4519
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1228	$2063
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.08	$0.28
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$17	$7.56
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$11.4	$5.78
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$2.66	$0.98
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.01	$1.51
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.1	$1.13
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.55	$1.02
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.6	$1.59
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.88	$11.7
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.76	$3.66
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.17	$10.9
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.04	$3.37
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.8	$1.08
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.7	$1.33
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.82	$1.2
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.55	$1.33
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.41	$1.27
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.33	$0.33
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.14	$0.87
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$5.47	$9.6
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.01	$0.93
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.03	$1.23
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.25	$2.05
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$0.87	$3.39
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.48	$1.22
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.59	$0.84
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$12.3	$26.5
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$3.01	$4.4
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$3.85	$31.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$2.79	$3.08
👖 Brand Jeans	$30.6	$36.8
👟 Brand Sneakers	$50.3	$102
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$94.1	$306
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$1634	$16779

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Cities near Damascus

Distance	City	Cost of living
51 km or 32 mi	Zahle	$882
75 km or 47 mi	Kiryat Shmona	$1673
81 km or 50 mi	Jounieh	$982
83 km or 52 mi	Sidon	$770
83 km or 52 mi	Beirut	$1195
96 km or 59 mi	Safed	$1622
105 km or 65 mi	Tyre	$633
108 km or 67 mi	Tiberias	$1427
110 km or 68 mi	Ma'alot-Tarshiha	$1633
111 km or 69 mi	Tripoli	$665
114 km or 71 mi	Irbid	$625
115 km or 72 mi	Arraba	$1635
116 km or 72 mi	Karmiel	$1617
117 km or 73 mi	Sakhnin	$1645
125 km or 78 mi	Tamra	$1622
125 km or 78 mi	Nahariya	$1570
126 km or 78 mi	Nof HaGalil	$1660
129 km or 80 mi	Nazareth	$1689
130 km or 81 mi	Acre	$1447
131 km or 81 mi	Shefa-'Amr	$1619
135 km or 84 mi	Migdal HaEmek	$1674
136 km or 84 mi	Kiryat Motzkin	$1610
136 km or 85 mi	Kiryat Ata	$1594
137 km or 85 mi	Kiryat Yam	$1601
137 km or 85 mi	Kiryat Bialik	$1594
137 km or 85 mi	Afula	$1660
141 km or 88 mi	Homs	$528
142 km or 88 mi	Nesher	$1467
143 km or 89 mi	Jerash	$602
145 km or 90 mi	Haifa	$1567
145 km or 90 mi	Yokneam Illit	$1744
154 km or 95 mi	Umm al-Fahm	$1728
163 km or 101 mi	Zikhron Ya'akov	$1718
168 km or 105 mi	Baqa-Jatt	$1746
169 km or 105 mi	Pardes Hanna-Karkur	$1725
173 km or 107 mi	Al-Salt	$679
173 km or 108 mi	Nablus	$849
174 km or 108 mi	Hadera	$1593
177 km or 110 mi	Amman	$981
184 km or 114 mi	Tayibe	$1850

Cities near Ho Chi Minh

Distance	City	Cost of living
21 km or 13 mi	Thu Dau Mot	$550
25 km or 15 mi	Bien Hoa	$479
72 km or 45 mi	Vung Tau	$534
96 km or 60 mi	Svay Rieng	$694
113 km or 70 mi	Sa Dec	$515
127 km or 79 mi	Can Tho	$463
141 km or 88 mi	Long Xuyen	$509
153 km or 95 mi	Soc Trang	$522
162 km or 100 mi	Prey Veng	$711
167 km or 104 mi	Phan Thiet	$566
181 km or 112 mi	Mui Ne	$553
184 km or 114 mi	Kampong Cham	$555
189 km or 117 mi	Rach Gia	$518
198 km or 123 mi	Bac Lieu	$516
205 km or 127 mi	Phnom Penh	$802
233 km or 145 mi	Da Lat	$512
244 km or 151 mi	Ca Mau	$520
257 km or 160 mi	Buon Ma Thuot	$521
270 km or 168 mi	Phan Rang-Thap Cham	$526
271 km or 168 mi	Kampot	$569
300 km or 186 mi	Phu Quoc	$524
309 km or 192 mi	Stung Treng	$628
320 km or 199 mi	Nha Trang	$554
343 km or 213 mi	Sihanoukville	$755
414 km or 257 mi	Siem Reap	$587
433 km or 269 mi	Qui Nhon	$518
452 km or 281 mi	Battambang	$539
488 km or 303 mi	Ko Chang	$614
502 km or 312 mi	Serei Saophoan	$579
527 km or 327 mi	Ubon Ratchathani	$534
533 km or 331 mi	Quang Ngai	$436
584 km or 363 mi	Klaeng	$619
592 km or 368 mi	Hoi An	$547
605 km or 376 mi	Da Nang	$601
637 km or 396 mi	Hue	$422
663 km or 412 mi	Nong Prue	$653
664 km or 413 mi	Chaophraya Surasak	$647
668 km or 415 mi	Pattaya	$665
670 km or 416 mi	Laem Chabang	$648
676 km or 420 mi	Nakhon Ratchasima	$518