Damascus vs Kananga - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Damascus	Kananga
🚶 Cost of living one person	$638	$976
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1494	$2536
🏠 One person rent	$291	$413
🏘️ Family rent	$523	$990
🍽️ Food expenses	$232	$302
🚐 Transport expenses	$80.7	$194
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$55.7	$816
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	24 km	2 km
🎓 Higher education	25	5
😀 Quality of life	34	14
🏙️ Population	2.69M	1.97M

The cost of living in Damascus is 35% less expensive than in Kananga. Cities ranked 7300th and 5651st ($638 vs $976) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 4th in Syria and the DR Congo, respectively. Check Syria vs the DR Congo comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.1 months in Damascus compared to 0.8 months in Kananga. Damascus ranked 1st best city to live in Syria vs Kananga ranked 5th in the DR Congo, while ranked 7688th and 9075th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Damascus vs Kananga

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	Damascus	Kananga
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$5.01	$7.29
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$34.8	$38.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.96	$4.65
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.5	$1.72
☕ Cappuccino	$1.26	$4.18
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.25	$1.22
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$262	$505
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$154	$198
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$590	$1226
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$330	$648
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$48.5	$131
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$74.5	$202
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$67.2	$23.8
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	13.68%	12.05%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1862	$4060
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$879	$511
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.1	$0.62
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$16.9	$95.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$10.9	$15.6
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.43	$1.25
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.07	$1.09
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.63	$1.65
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.76	$1.61
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.76	$2.61
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.37	$5.49
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.69	$4.09
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.1	$8.14
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.99	$3.66
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.12	$1.48
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1	$2.8
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.86	$1.68
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.59	$1.61
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.62	$2.31
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.4	$0.94
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.13	$1.36
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$5.52	$8.84
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.02	$1.66
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.03	$4.72
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.24	$3.26
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$0.87	$2.55
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.48	$1.13
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.59	$0.77
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$13.2	$35.3
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$3.03	$7.96
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$3.81	$30.2
💇 Haircut, simple	$2.82	$3.55
👖 Brand Jeans	$21.8	$24.8
👟 Brand Sneakers	$47.5	$56.7
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$48.6	$88.7
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$1666	$3312

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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 Kananga

Distance	City	Cost of living
129 km or 80 mi	Mbuji-Mayi	$1011
165 km or 103 mi	Mwene-Ditu	$843
191 km or 119 mi	Tshikapa	$934
193 km or 120 mi	Gandajika	$828
413 km or 257 mi	Kikwit	$876
505 km or 314 mi	Kindu	$746
630 km or 392 mi	Kolwezi	$975
711 km or 442 mi	Luena	$634
736 km or 457 mi	Likasi	$961
746 km or 464 mi	Kalemie	$747
775 km or 482 mi	Kisangani	$910
791 km or 492 mi	Uvira	$803
804 km or 499 mi	Bukavu	$759
809 km or 502 mi	Mbandaka	$850
809 km or 503 mi	Kinshasa	$1120
809 km or 503 mi	Cyangugu	$496
814 km or 506 mi	Brazzaville	$580
815 km or 507 mi	Bujumbura	$719
832 km or 517 mi	Bubanza	$648
838 km or 520 mi	Makamba	$647
842 km or 523 mi	Mbanza-Ngungu	$812
845 km or 525 mi	Lubumbashi	$1050
865 km or 538 mi	Rutana	$648
869 km or 540 mi	Kinkala	$520
873 km or 543 mi	Gitega	$651
876 km or 544 mi	Kibuye	$479
882 km or 548 mi	Ngozi	$648
888 km or 551 mi	Gisenyi	$381
889 km or 552 mi	Butare	$413
899 km or 559 mi	Bumba	$806
901 km or 560 mi	Nyanza	$518
906 km or 563 mi	Ruyigi	$648
920 km or 571 mi	Mansa	$776
936 km or 582 mi	Ruhengeri	$492
937 km or 582 mi	Muyinga	$650
949 km or 590 mi	Chingola	$875
951 km or 591 mi	Kigali	$771
960 km or 597 mi	Gamboma	$522
972 km or 604 mi	Byumba	$613
977 km or 607 mi	Mufulira	$1018