Damascus vs Kharkiv - Cost of Living Comparison

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Damascus Kharkiv
🚶 Cost of living one person
$706
$501
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family
$1602
$1256
🏠 One person rent
$323
$204
🏘️ Family rent
$531
$336
🍽️ Food expenses
$270
$194
🚐 Transport expenses
$66.7
$45.4
💳 Monthly salary after tax
$45
$493
😷 Air quality
Moderate
Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity
24 km
9 km
🎓 Higher education
29
61
😀 Quality of life
40
63
🏙️ Population
2.69M
1.42M

The cost of living in Damascus is 41% more expensive than in Kharkiv. Cities ranked 7245th and 8662nd ($706 vs $501) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 23rd in Syria and Ukraine, respectively. Check Syria vs Ukraine comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.1 months in Damascus compared to 1 months in Kharkiv. Damascus ranked 1st best city to live in Syria vs Kharkiv ranked 4th in Ukraine, while ranked 7855th and 5430th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Damascus vs Kharkiv

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Damascus Kharkiv
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu
$9.98
$5.32
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2
$35
$19.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's
$6.8
$4.26
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz
$1.89
$0.99
☕ Cappuccino
$2.62
$1.23
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz
$1.79
$0.83
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2
$287
$218
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2
$168
$127
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2
$529
$392
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2
$309
$213
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.
$85.3
$52.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.
$131
$81.1
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited
$46.4
$6.26
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years
14.35%
17.68%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2
$1741
$1073
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2
$605
$594
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket
$0.12
$0.34
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport
$12
$9.81
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi
$9.2
$3.9
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal
$0.42
$1.31
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt
$0.98
$0.95
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb
$0.45
$0.53
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$1.63
$0.95
🥚 Eggs, x12
$1.6
$1.56
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$3.53
$7.23
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$5.65
$3.74
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$13.9
$7.17
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$0.97
$0.97
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$1.44
$1.59
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$1.07
$1.69
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$1.02
$1.77
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$0.75
$0.58
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$0.67
$0.48
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt
$0.45
$0.35
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz
$1.08
$0.73
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle
$5.96
$4.45
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz
$0.96
$0.71
🚬 Cigarette pack
$2.77
$2.17
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week
$3.6
$3.95
🧴 Hair Shampoo
$1.14
$1.3
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls
$0.65
$0.62
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube
$0.78
$1.22
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month
$21.1
$18.1
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person
$3.92
$4.02
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit
$5.04
$7.98
💇 Haircut, simple
$3.64
$2.77
👖 Brand Jeans
$34.5
$52.5
👟 Brand Sneakers
$59.9
$76
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month
$65
$285
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year
$1772
$2841

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Distance City Cost of living
51 km or 32 mi Zahle
$1093
75 km or 47 mi Kiryat Shmona
$2164
81 km or 50 mi Jounieh
$1204
83 km or 52 mi Sidon
$927
83 km or 52 mi Beirut
$1441
96 km or 59 mi Safed
$2195
105 km or 65 mi Tyre
$700
108 km or 67 mi Tiberias
$2044
110 km or 68 mi Ma'alot-Tarshiha
$2153
111 km or 69 mi Tripoli
$841
114 km or 71 mi Irbid
$771
115 km or 72 mi Arraba
$2150
116 km or 72 mi Karmiel
$2008
117 km or 73 mi Sakhnin
$2112
125 km or 78 mi Tamra
$2142
125 km or 78 mi Nahariya
$2069
126 km or 78 mi Nof HaGalil
$2172
129 km or 80 mi Nazareth
$2125
130 km or 81 mi Acre
$1873
131 km or 81 mi Shefa-'Amr
$2122
135 km or 84 mi Migdal HaEmek
$2165
136 km or 84 mi Kiryat Motzkin
$2113
136 km or 85 mi Kiryat Ata
$2047
137 km or 85 mi Kiryat Bialik
$2089
137 km or 85 mi Kiryat Yam
$2095
137 km or 85 mi Afula
$2133
141 km or 88 mi Homs
$390
142 km or 88 mi Nesher
$2043
143 km or 89 mi Jerash
$745
145 km or 90 mi Haifa
$1891
145 km or 90 mi Yokneam Illit
$2184
154 km or 95 mi Umm al-Fahm
$2245
163 km or 101 mi Zikhron Ya'akov
$2230
168 km or 105 mi Baqa-Jatt
$2214
169 km or 105 mi Pardes Hanna-Karkur
$2129
173 km or 107 mi Al-Salt
$538
173 km or 108 mi Nablus
$1070
174 km or 108 mi Hadera
$1918
177 km or 110 mi Amman
$1032
184 km or 114 mi Tayibe
$2347

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Distance City Cost of living
72 km or 45 mi Belgorod
$746
128 km or 80 mi Poltava
$475
143 km or 89 mi Sumy
$518
172 km or 107 mi Kramatorsk
$618
183 km or 114 mi Stary Oskol
$539
184 km or 115 mi Starooskolsky
$611
193 km or 120 mi Kursk
$685
195 km or 121 mi Dnipro
$749
200 km or 125 mi Sievierodonetsk
$642
203 km or 126 mi Kamianske
$628
227 km or 141 mi Kremenchuk
$490
230 km or 143 mi Horlivka
$621
249 km or 155 mi Donetsk
$525
250 km or 156 mi Makiivka
$534
253 km or 157 mi Zaporizhia
$471
275 km or 171 mi Luhansk
$790
280 km or 174 mi Voronezh
$766
306 km or 190 mi Cherkasy
$448
314 km or 195 mi Kryvyi Rih
$454
330 km or 205 mi Oryol
$730
332 km or 206 mi Kropyvnytskyi
$577
334 km or 207 mi Mariupol
$518
358 km or 222 mi Melitopol
$554
365 km or 227 mi Taganrog
$757
373 km or 232 mi Lipetsk
$635
384 km or 238 mi Bryansk
$732
385 km or 239 mi Chernihiv
$479
389 km or 242 mi Shakhty
$779
400 km or 249 mi Rostov-on-Don
$891
403 km or 250 mi Novocherkassk
$855
409 km or 254 mi Kyiv
$853
438 km or 272 mi Bila Tserkva
$464
455 km or 283 mi Gomel
$589
459 km or 285 mi Mykolaiv
$529
460 km or 286 mi Kherson
$409
471 km or 293 mi Tambov
$694
477 km or 296 mi Tula
$974
504 km or 313 mi Kaluga
$691
514 km or 319 mi Volgodonsk
$798
540 km or 336 mi Zhytomyr
$591