Damascus vs Kharkiv - Cost of Living Comparison

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Damascus Kharkiv
🚶 Cost of living one person
$675
$499
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family
$1514
$1275
🏠 One person rent
$310
$200
🏘️ Family rent
$498
$342
🍽️ Food expenses
$255
$198
🚐 Transport expenses
$62.5
$43
💳 Monthly salary after tax
$48.3
$459
😷 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 35% more expensive than in Kharkiv. Cities ranked 7406th and 8722nd ($675 vs $499) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 24th 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 4th in Ukraine, while ranked 7899th and 5605th 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
$9.24
$5.46
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2
$30.1
$21
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's
$5.96
$4.39
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz
$1.75
$1.02
☕ Cappuccino
$2.26
$1.23
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz
$1.57
$0.72
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2
$251
$218
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2
$145
$122
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2
$459
$392
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2
$268
$222
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.
$89
$52.4
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.
$137
$80.7
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited
$54.5
$5.94
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years
14.16%
17.61%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2
$1767
$1150
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2
$627
$595
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket
$0.1
$0.34
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport
$14.3
$8.47
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi
$8
$3.84
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal
$0.37
$1.25
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt
$0.86
$0.97
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb
$0.49
$0.53
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$1.61
$0.97
🥚 Eggs, x12
$1.75
$1.46
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$3.05
$7.2
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$6.08
$3.72
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$13.2
$7.05
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$0.99
$0.87
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$1.53
$1.62
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$1.1
$1.73
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$0.88
$1.85
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$0.77
$0.57
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$0.69
$0.5
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt
$0.46
$0.36
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz
$0.93
$0.74
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle
$6.88
$4.6
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz
$0.97
$0.74
🚬 Cigarette pack
$2.69
$2.2
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week
$3.14
$4.09
🧴 Hair Shampoo
$0.99
$1.33
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls
$0.56
$0.65
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube
$0.68
$1.27
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month
$18.5
$20.1
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person
$3.42
$4.06
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit
$4.39
$7.93
💇 Haircut, simple
$3.18
$2.88
👖 Brand Jeans
$40.8
$55.1
👟 Brand Sneakers
$62.9
$77.1
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month
$56.8
$299
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year
$1770
$2953

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Distance City Cost of living
51 km or 32 mi Zahle
$1005
75 km or 47 mi Kiryat Shmona
$1925
81 km or 50 mi Jounieh
$1106
83 km or 52 mi Sidon
$865
83 km or 52 mi Beirut
$1353
96 km or 59 mi Safed
$1973
105 km or 65 mi Tyre
$676
108 km or 67 mi Tiberias
$1870
110 km or 68 mi Ma'alot-Tarshiha
$1929
111 km or 69 mi Tripoli
$842
114 km or 71 mi Irbid
$753
115 km or 72 mi Arraba
$1917
116 km or 72 mi Karmiel
$1770
117 km or 73 mi Sakhnin
$1873
125 km or 78 mi Tamra
$1934
125 km or 78 mi Nahariya
$1894
126 km or 78 mi Nof HaGalil
$2000
129 km or 80 mi Nazareth
$1981
130 km or 81 mi Acre
$1766
131 km or 81 mi Shefa-'Amr
$1960
135 km or 84 mi Migdal HaEmek
$2027
136 km or 84 mi Kiryat Motzkin
$1936
136 km or 85 mi Kiryat Ata
$1911
137 km or 85 mi Kiryat Yam
$1949
137 km or 85 mi Kiryat Bialik
$1940
137 km or 85 mi Afula
$1909
141 km or 88 mi Homs
$385
142 km or 88 mi Nesher
$1856
143 km or 89 mi Jerash
$740
145 km or 90 mi Haifa
$1930
145 km or 90 mi Yokneam Illit
$2071
154 km or 95 mi Umm al-Fahm
$2061
163 km or 101 mi Zikhron Ya'akov
$2103
168 km or 105 mi Baqa-Jatt
$2098
169 km or 105 mi Pardes Hanna-Karkur
$2101
173 km or 107 mi Al-Salt
$546
173 km or 108 mi Nablus
$978
174 km or 108 mi Hadera
$1887
177 km or 110 mi Amman
$1013
184 km or 114 mi Tayibe
$2207

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Distance City Cost of living
72 km or 45 mi Belgorod
$757
128 km or 80 mi Poltava
$490
143 km or 89 mi Sumy
$516
172 km or 107 mi Kramatorsk
$630
183 km or 114 mi Stary Oskol
$505
184 km or 115 mi Starooskolsky
$567
193 km or 120 mi Kursk
$682
195 km or 121 mi Dnipro
$748
200 km or 125 mi Sievierodonetsk
$644
203 km or 126 mi Kamianske
$637
227 km or 141 mi Kremenchuk
$465
230 km or 143 mi Horlivka
$639
249 km or 155 mi Donetsk
$528
250 km or 156 mi Makiivka
$549
253 km or 157 mi Zaporizhia
$485
275 km or 171 mi Luhansk
$761
280 km or 174 mi Voronezh
$724
306 km or 190 mi Cherkasy
$476
314 km or 195 mi Kryvyi Rih
$492
330 km or 205 mi Oryol
$696
332 km or 206 mi Kropyvnytskyi
$599
334 km or 207 mi Mariupol
$529
358 km or 222 mi Melitopol
$557
365 km or 227 mi Taganrog
$705
373 km or 232 mi Lipetsk
$597
384 km or 238 mi Bryansk
$686
385 km or 239 mi Chernihiv
$500
389 km or 242 mi Shakhty
$697
400 km or 249 mi Rostov-on-Don
$893
403 km or 250 mi Novocherkassk
$759
409 km or 254 mi Kyiv
$882
438 km or 272 mi Bila Tserkva
$487
455 km or 283 mi Gomel
$545
459 km or 285 mi Mykolaiv
$534
460 km or 286 mi Kherson
$414
471 km or 293 mi Tambov
$680
477 km or 296 mi Tula
$905
504 km or 313 mi Kaluga
$637
514 km or 319 mi Volgodonsk
$759
540 km or 336 mi Zhytomyr
$562