Damascus vs Kaohsiung - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Damascus	Kaohsiung
🚶 Cost of living one person	$638	$956
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1494	$2684
🏠 One person rent	$291	$361
🏘️ Family rent	$523	$819
🍽️ Food expenses	$232	$390
🚐 Transport expenses	$80.7	$96.8
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$55.7	$1264
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	24 km	7 km
🎓 Higher education	25	80
😀 Quality of life	34	83
🏙️ Population	2.69M	2.73M

The cost of living in Damascus is 33% less expensive than in Kaohsiung. Cities ranked 7300th and 5750th ($638 vs $956) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 4th in Syria and Taiwan, respectively. Check Syria vs Taiwan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.1 months in Damascus compared to 1.3 months in Kaohsiung. Damascus ranked 1st best city to live in Syria vs Kaohsiung ranked 4th in Taiwan, while ranked 7688th and 417th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Damascus vs Kaohsiung

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	Damascus	Kaohsiung
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$5.01	$3.82
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$34.8	$30.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.96	$4.9
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.5	$1.53
☕ Cappuccino	$1.26	$2.84
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.25	$0.91
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$262	$363
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$154	$234
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$590	$876
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$330	$623
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$48.5	$78.7
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$74.5	$123
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$67.2	$22.8
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	13.68%	2.19%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1862	$4370
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$879	$2797
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.1	$0.76
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$16.9	$28.8
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$10.9	$8.72
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.43	$0.94
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.07	$3.25
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.63	$1.97
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.76	$2.4
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.76	$3.05
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.37	$14.4
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.69	$9.6
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.1	$16.2
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.99	$5.33
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.12	$2.01
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1	$2.65
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.86	$3.56
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.59	$2.24
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.62	$1.93
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.4	$0.75
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.13	$1.68
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$5.52	$9.06
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.02	$1.62
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.03	$3.85
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.24	$11.7
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$0.87	$4.83
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.48	$2.25
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.59	$2.09
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$13.2	$33.5
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$3.03	$9.18
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$3.81	$50.3
💇 Haircut, simple	$2.82	$8.75
👖 Brand Jeans	$21.8	$83
👟 Brand Sneakers	$47.5	$80.1
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$48.6	$378
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$1666	$10905

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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 Yam	$1657
137 km or 85 mi	Kiryat Bialik	$1666
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 Kaohsiung

Distance	City	Cost of living
42 km or 26 mi	Tainan	$814
88 km or 55 mi	Taitung	$788
97 km or 60 mi	Chiayi	$747
124 km or 77 mi	Douliu	$770
150 km or 93 mi	Nantou	$796
163 km or 101 mi	Changhua	$813
175 km or 108 mi	Taichung	$894
224 km or 139 mi	Miaoli	$728
253 km or 157 mi	Hsinchu	$897
257 km or 160 mi	Zhubei	$821
265 km or 165 mi	Taoyuan	$875
280 km or 174 mi	Yilan	$731
285 km or 177 mi	Kinmen	$823
291 km or 181 mi	New Taipei	$1073
298 km or 185 mi	Taipei	$1181
301 km or 187 mi	Jinjiang	$627
307 km or 191 mi	Xiamen	$688
309 km or 192 mi	Quanzhou	$644
315 km or 196 mi	Keelung	$967
340 km or 211 mi	Putian	$625
341 km or 212 mi	Zhangzhou	$664
379 km or 235 mi	Shantou	$581
393 km or 244 mi	Chaozhou	$451
398 km or 247 mi	Fuzhou	$669
416 km or 258 mi	Jieyang	$443
430 km or 267 mi	Puning	$569
432 km or 268 mi	Longyan	$649
437 km or 271 mi	Ishigaki	$1155
457 km or 284 mi	Ningde	$648
466 km or 289 mi	Meizhou	$655
487 km or 302 mi	Sanming	$603
497 km or 309 mi	Nanping	$630
510 km or 317 mi	Shanwei	$936
562 km or 349 mi	Miyakojima	$1154
575 km or 357 mi	Rui'an	$681
575 km or 357 mi	Tuguegarao	$431
587 km or 365 mi	Heyuan	$764
600 km or 373 mi	Wenzhou	$726
605 km or 376 mi	Huizhou	$601
616 km or 382 mi	Wuyishan	$601