Damascus vs Kyiv - Cost of Living Comparison

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Damascus Kyiv
🚶 Cost of living one person
$671
$879
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family
$1492
$2107
🏠 One person rent
$315
$456
🏘️ Family rent
$505
$770
🍽️ Food expenses
$250
$266
🚐 Transport expenses
$61.5
$70.7
💳 Monthly salary after tax
$47.6
$445
😷 Air quality
Moderate
Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity
24 km
7 km
🎓 Higher education
28
72
😀 Quality of life
39
68
🏙️ Population
2.69M
2.95M

The cost of living in Damascus is 24% less expensive than in Kyiv. Cities ranked 7287th and 6330th ($671 vs $879) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 1st 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 0.5 months in Kyiv. Damascus ranked 1st best city to live in Syria vs Kyiv ranked 1st in Ukraine, while ranked 7834th and 4632nd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Damascus vs Kyiv

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Damascus Kyiv
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu
$7.99
$8.82
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2
$28.8
$32.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's
$5.96
$6.32
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz
$1.61
$1.43
☕ Cappuccino
$1.95
$1.59
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz
$1.38
$0.68
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2
$219
$541
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2
$160
$344
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2
$398
$952
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2
$295
$588
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.
$88
$66.6
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.
$135
$102
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited
$54.5
$6.58
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years
13.62%
18.87%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2
$1865
$2254
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2
$645
$1261
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket
$0.1
$0.19
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport
$17
$14.4
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi
$6.96
$5.91
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal
$0.43
$1.35
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt
$0.98
$1.22
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb
$0.5
$0.68
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$1.66
$1.45
🥚 Eggs, x12
$1.83
$1.95
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$3.22
$10
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$7.18
$4.54
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$11.5
$8.02
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$1
$1.06
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$1.53
$1.59
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$1.07
$1.89
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$0.76
$2.28
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$0.71
$0.81
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$0.65
$0.56
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt
$0.46
$0.4
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz
$1.1
$1.12
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle
$5.97
$5.42
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz
$1.01
$0.89
🚬 Cigarette pack
$3.02
$2.62
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week
$3.03
$4.26
🧴 Hair Shampoo
$0.86
$4.4
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls
$0.48
$1.53
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube
$0.59
$1.59
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month
$16.2
$39.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person
$2.98
$5.5
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit
$3.82
$15.9
💇 Haircut, simple
$2.78
$9.66
👖 Brand Jeans
$44.4
$68.9
👟 Brand Sneakers
$58
$96
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month
$49.6
$376
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year
$1711
$7835

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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

Cities near Kyiv

Distance City Cost of living
78 km or 49 mi Bila Tserkva
$497
129 km or 80 mi Chernihiv
$516
134 km or 83 mi Zhytomyr
$586
157 km or 97 mi Cherkasy
$498
200 km or 124 mi Vinnytsia
$603
224 km or 139 mi Gomel
$475
250 km or 155 mi Kropyvnytskyi
$616
258 km or 160 mi Kremenchuk
$440
277 km or 172 mi Khmelnytskyi
$535
302 km or 188 mi Soroca
$879
302 km or 188 mi Rivne
$439
305 km or 189 mi Poltava
$479
305 km or 190 mi Sumy
$496
313 km or 195 mi Babruysk
$406
349 km or 217 mi Kryvyi Rih
$503
354 km or 220 mi Balti
$793
360 km or 224 mi Pinsk
$426
363 km or 226 mi Orhei
$921
365 km or 227 mi Ternopil
$465
366 km or 227 mi Kamianske
$656
368 km or 228 mi Dubasari
$884
368 km or 229 mi Lutsk
$546
385 km or 239 mi Mogilev
$545
392 km or 243 mi Dnipro
$790
402 km or 250 mi Chisinau
$947
402 km or 250 mi Mykolaiv
$516
406 km or 252 mi Tiraspol
$546
408 km or 254 mi Bryansk
$629
409 km or 254 mi Kharkiv
$510
409 km or 254 mi Bender
$670
410 km or 255 mi Chernivtsi
$545
411 km or 255 mi Botosani
$815
412 km or 256 mi Ungheni
$1164
420 km or 261 mi Kursk
$649
424 km or 263 mi Iasi
$964
430 km or 267 mi Belgorod
$718
431 km or 268 mi Baranavichy
$517
434 km or 269 mi Minsk
$735
440 km or 273 mi Suceava
$830
441 km or 274 mi Barysaw
$561