Damascus vs Kharkiv - Cost of Living Comparison

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Damascus Kharkiv
🚶 Cost of living one person
$672
$503
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family
$1612
$1307
🏠 One person rent
$271
$210
🏘️ Family rent
$473
$392
🍽️ Food expenses
$237
$191
🚐 Transport expenses
$110
$39.5
💳 Monthly salary after tax
$56.1
$361
😷 Air quality
Moderate
Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity
24 km
9 km
🎓 Higher education
25
60
😀 Quality of life
32
56
🏙️ Population
2.58M
1.42M

The cost of living in Damascus is 34% more expensive than in Kharkiv. Cities ranked 7105th and 8657th ($672 vs $503) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 17th 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 0.7 months in Kharkiv. Damascus ranked 1st best city to live in Syria vs Kharkiv ranked 3rd in Ukraine, while ranked 7854th and 5755th among best cities to live in the world.

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Damascus Kharkiv
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu
$5.04
$5.27
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2
$32.8
$22.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's
$5
$4.16
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz
$1.26
$1.11
☕ Cappuccino
$1.27
$1.2
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz
$1.04
$0.62
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2
$248
$223
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2
$140
$135
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2
$531
$464
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2
$294
$265
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.
$42.9
$52.7
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.
$66
$82.5
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited
$66.2
$4.8
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years
13.49%
17.47%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2
$1873
$1198
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2
$880
$685
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket
$0.1
$0.19
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport
$17.1
$7.29
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi
$10.9
$3.44
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal
$2.24
$1.26
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt
$1.07
$0.95
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb
$0.63
$0.49
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$1.76
$1.06
🥚 Eggs, x12
$1.9
$1.53
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$3.38
$7.34
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$6.61
$3.62
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$9.99
$5.2
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$1.01
$0.59
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$2.28
$1.57
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$1.02
$1.61
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$0.86
$1.68
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$0.59
$0.43
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$0.6
$0.63
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt
$0.41
$0.34
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz
$2.16
$0.78
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle
$5.5
$4.52
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz
$1.01
$0.69
🚬 Cigarette pack
$2.98
$1.74
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week
$1.95
$4.28
🧴 Hair Shampoo
$4.48
$1.4
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls
$2.47
$0.67
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube
$3.05
$1.32
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month
$13.4
$18.5
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person
$3.03
$4.1
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit
$19.9
$9.07
💇 Haircut, simple
$14.4
$3.03
👖 Brand Jeans
$21.8
$59.1
👟 Brand Sneakers
$47.8
$84.3
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month
$48.8
$284
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year
$1645
$2513

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Distance City Cost of living
51 km or 32 mi Zahle
$857
75 km or 47 mi Kiryat Shmona
$1604
81 km or 50 mi Jounieh
$948
83 km or 52 mi Sidon
$767
83 km or 52 mi Beirut
$1165
96 km or 59 mi Safed
$1635
105 km or 65 mi Tyre
$545
108 km or 67 mi Tiberias
$1544
110 km or 68 mi Ma'alot-Tarshiha
$1619
111 km or 69 mi Tripoli
$708
114 km or 71 mi Irbid
$630
115 km or 72 mi Arraba
$1624
116 km or 72 mi Karmiel
$1579
117 km or 73 mi Sakhnin
$1612
125 km or 78 mi Tamra
$1617
125 km or 78 mi Nahariya
$1565
126 km or 78 mi Nof HaGalil
$1659
129 km or 80 mi Nazareth
$1674
130 km or 81 mi Acre
$1451
131 km or 81 mi Shefa-'Amr
$1617
135 km or 84 mi Migdal HaEmek
$1664
136 km or 84 mi Kiryat Motzkin
$1585
136 km or 85 mi Kiryat Ata
$1591
137 km or 85 mi Kiryat Yam
$1604
137 km or 85 mi Kiryat Bialik
$1607
137 km or 85 mi Afula
$1614
141 km or 88 mi Homs
$462
142 km or 88 mi Nesher
$1532
143 km or 89 mi Jerash
$598
145 km or 90 mi Haifa
$1582
145 km or 90 mi Yokneam Illit
$1706
154 km or 95 mi Umm al-Fahm
$1708
163 km or 101 mi Zikhron Ya'akov
$1749
168 km or 105 mi Baqa-Jatt
$1758
169 km or 105 mi Pardes Hanna-Karkur
$1787
173 km or 107 mi Al-Salt
$692
173 km or 108 mi Nablus
$730
174 km or 108 mi Hadera
$1556
177 km or 110 mi Amman
$1004
184 km or 114 mi Tayibe
$1838

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Distance City Cost of living
72 km or 45 mi Belgorod
$451
128 km or 80 mi Poltava
$473
143 km or 89 mi Sumy
$449
172 km or 107 mi Kramatorsk
$533
183 km or 114 mi Stary Oskol
$415
184 km or 115 mi Starooskolsky
$447
193 km or 120 mi Kursk
$457
195 km or 121 mi Dnipro
$679
200 km or 125 mi Sievierodonetsk
$506
203 km or 126 mi Kamianske
$576
227 km or 141 mi Kremenchuk
$421
230 km or 143 mi Horlivka
$546
249 km or 155 mi Donetsk
$456
250 km or 156 mi Makiivka
$469
253 km or 157 mi Zaporizhia
$405
275 km or 171 mi Luhansk
$508
280 km or 174 mi Voronezh
$419
306 km or 190 mi Cherkasy
$432
314 km or 195 mi Kryvyi Rih
$516
330 km or 205 mi Oryol
$471
332 km or 206 mi Kropyvnytskyi
$514
334 km or 207 mi Mariupol
$491
358 km or 222 mi Melitopol
$513
365 km or 227 mi Taganrog
$465
373 km or 232 mi Lipetsk
$401
384 km or 238 mi Bryansk
$450
385 km or 239 mi Chernihiv
$422
389 km or 242 mi Shakhty
$534
400 km or 249 mi Rostov-on-Don
$627
403 km or 250 mi Novocherkassk
$572
409 km or 254 mi Kyiv
$795
438 km or 272 mi Bila Tserkva
$420
455 km or 283 mi Gomel
$469
459 km or 285 mi Mykolaiv
$375
460 km or 286 mi Kherson
$416
471 km or 293 mi Tambov
$508
477 km or 296 mi Tula
$507
504 km or 313 mi Kaluga
$490
514 km or 319 mi Volgodonsk
$537
540 km or 336 mi Zhytomyr
$529