Damascus vs Kharkiv - Cost of Living Comparison

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Damascus Kharkiv
🚶 Cost of living one person
$671
$510
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family
$1492
$1309
🏠 One person rent
$315
$203
🏘️ Family rent
$505
$340
🍽️ Food expenses
$250
$202
🚐 Transport expenses
$61.5
$43.7
💳 Monthly salary after tax
$47.6
$434
😷 Air quality
Moderate
Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity
24 km
9 km
🎓 Higher education
28
61
😀 Quality of life
39
63
🏙️ Population
2.69M
1.42M

The cost of living in Damascus is 31% more expensive than in Kharkiv. Cities ranked 7287th and 8604th ($671 vs $510) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 22nd 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 0.9 months in Kharkiv. Damascus ranked 1st best city to live in Syria vs Kharkiv ranked 3rd in Ukraine, while ranked 7834th and 5547th among best cities to live in the world.

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Damascus Kharkiv
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu
$7.99
$5.68
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2
$28.8
$19.5
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's
$5.96
$4.93
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz
$1.61
$1.03
☕ Cappuccino
$1.95
$1.24
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz
$1.38
$0.63
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2
$219
$206
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2
$160
$125
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2
$398
$358
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2
$295
$223
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.
$88
$55.7
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.
$135
$85.4
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited
$54.5
$5.43
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years
13.62%
18.62%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2
$1865
$1364
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2
$645
$698
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket
$0.1
$0.34
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport
$17
$10.1
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi
$6.96
$3.56
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal
$0.43
$1.27
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt
$0.98
$1
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb
$0.5
$0.54
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$1.66
$0.96
🥚 Eggs, x12
$1.83
$1.5
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$3.22
$7.62
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$7.18
$3.82
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$11.5
$6.98
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$1
$0.84
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$1.53
$1.66
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$1.07
$1.83
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$0.76
$1.85
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$0.71
$0.58
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$0.65
$0.51
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt
$0.46
$0.37
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz
$1.1
$0.78
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle
$5.97
$4.76
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz
$1.01
$0.78
🚬 Cigarette pack
$3.02
$2.05
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week
$3.03
$4.18
🧴 Hair Shampoo
$0.86
$1.4
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls
$0.48
$0.66
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube
$0.59
$1.31
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month
$16.2
$21.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person
$2.98
$4.2
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit
$3.82
$8.94
💇 Haircut, simple
$2.78
$3.01
👖 Brand Jeans
$44.4
$54.4
👟 Brand Sneakers
$58
$83.2
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month
$49.6
$351
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year
$1711
$3156

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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

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Distance City Cost of living
72 km or 45 mi Belgorod
$718
128 km or 80 mi Poltava
$479
143 km or 89 mi Sumy
$496
172 km or 107 mi Kramatorsk
$639
183 km or 114 mi Stary Oskol
$485
184 km or 115 mi Starooskolsky
$537
193 km or 120 mi Kursk
$649
195 km or 121 mi Dnipro
$790
200 km or 125 mi Sievierodonetsk
$633
203 km or 126 mi Kamianske
$656
227 km or 141 mi Kremenchuk
$440
230 km or 143 mi Horlivka
$650
249 km or 155 mi Donetsk
$516
250 km or 156 mi Makiivka
$534
253 km or 157 mi Zaporizhia
$501
275 km or 171 mi Luhansk
$732
280 km or 174 mi Voronezh
$707
306 km or 190 mi Cherkasy
$498
314 km or 195 mi Kryvyi Rih
$503
330 km or 205 mi Oryol
$660
332 km or 206 mi Kropyvnytskyi
$616
334 km or 207 mi Mariupol
$539
358 km or 222 mi Melitopol
$545
365 km or 227 mi Taganrog
$665
373 km or 232 mi Lipetsk
$570
384 km or 238 mi Bryansk
$629
385 km or 239 mi Chernihiv
$516
389 km or 242 mi Shakhty
$652
400 km or 249 mi Rostov-on-Don
$851
403 km or 250 mi Novocherkassk
$718
409 km or 254 mi Kyiv
$879
438 km or 272 mi Bila Tserkva
$497
455 km or 283 mi Gomel
$475
459 km or 285 mi Mykolaiv
$516
460 km or 286 mi Kherson
$420
471 km or 293 mi Tambov
$672
477 km or 296 mi Tula
$837
504 km or 313 mi Kaluga
$582
514 km or 319 mi Volgodonsk
$709
540 km or 336 mi Zhytomyr
$586