Damascus vs Kumasi - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Damascus	Kumasi
🚶 Cost of living one person	$638	$433
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1494	$1301
🏠 One person rent	$291	$135
🏘️ Family rent	$523	$412
🍽️ Food expenses	$232	$210
🚐 Transport expenses	$80.7	$49.6
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$55.7	$313
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	24 km	4 km
🎓 Higher education	25	38
😀 Quality of life	34	34
🏙️ Population	2.69M	444K

The cost of living in Damascus is 47% more expensive than in Kumasi. Cities ranked 7300th and 8890th ($638 vs $433) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 9th in Syria and Ghana, respectively. Check Syria vs Ghana comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.1 months in Damascus compared to 0.7 months in Kumasi. Damascus ranked 1st best city to live in Syria vs Kumasi ranked 4th in Ghana, while ranked 7688th and 7682nd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Damascus vs Kumasi

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	Damascus	Kumasi
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$5.01	$3.24
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$34.8	$32.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.96	$6.12
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.5	$0.69
☕ Cappuccino	$1.26	$0.75
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.25	$0.58
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$262	$67.3
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$154	$83.8
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$590	$228
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$330	$372
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$48.5	$24.4
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$74.5	$38.1
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$67.2	$30.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	13.68%	24.13%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1862	$4001
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$879	$2470
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.1	$0.4
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$16.9	$19.7
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$10.9	$10.3
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.43	$0.82
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.07	$1.35
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.63	$1.07
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.76	$1.23
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.76	$1.81
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.37	$5.4
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.69	$3.94
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.1	$4.86
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.99	$1.56
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.12	$0.82
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1	$0.82
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.86	$1.66
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.59	$1.63
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.62	$1.11
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.4	$0.35
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.13	$1.14
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$5.52	$1.61
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.02	$1.03
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.03	$0.82
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.24	$4.06
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$0.87	$1.18
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.48	$1.4
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.59	$1.02
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$13.2	$19.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$3.03	$7.28
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$3.81	$7.96
💇 Haircut, simple	$2.82	$3.6
👖 Brand Jeans	$21.8	$13.4
👟 Brand Sneakers	$47.5	$28.9
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$48.6	$64
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$1666	$5465

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Cities near Damascus

Distance	City	Cost of living
51 km or 32 mi	Zahle	$912
75 km or 47 mi	Kiryat Shmona	$1709
81 km or 50 mi	Jounieh	$1020
83 km or 52 mi	Sidon	$798
83 km or 52 mi	Beirut	$1255
96 km or 59 mi	Safed	$1681
105 km or 65 mi	Tyre	$573
108 km or 67 mi	Tiberias	$1600
110 km or 68 mi	Ma'alot-Tarshiha	$1647
111 km or 69 mi	Tripoli	$776
114 km or 71 mi	Irbid	$679
115 km or 72 mi	Arraba	$1633
116 km or 72 mi	Karmiel	$1531
117 km or 73 mi	Sakhnin	$1612
125 km or 78 mi	Tamra	$1655
125 km or 78 mi	Nahariya	$1616
126 km or 78 mi	Nof HaGalil	$1709
129 km or 80 mi	Nazareth	$1732
130 km or 81 mi	Acre	$1502
131 km or 81 mi	Shefa-'Amr	$1677
135 km or 84 mi	Migdal HaEmek	$1742
136 km or 84 mi	Kiryat Motzkin	$1666
136 km or 85 mi	Kiryat Ata	$1647
137 km or 85 mi	Kiryat Bialik	$1666
137 km or 85 mi	Kiryat Yam	$1657
137 km or 85 mi	Afula	$1652
141 km or 88 mi	Homs	$456
142 km or 88 mi	Nesher	$1593
143 km or 89 mi	Jerash	$608
145 km or 90 mi	Haifa	$1645
145 km or 90 mi	Yokneam Illit	$1778
154 km or 95 mi	Umm al-Fahm	$1756
163 km or 101 mi	Zikhron Ya'akov	$1731
168 km or 105 mi	Baqa-Jatt	$1782
169 km or 105 mi	Pardes Hanna-Karkur	$1728
173 km or 107 mi	Al-Salt	$552
173 km or 108 mi	Nablus	$877
174 km or 108 mi	Hadera	$1576
177 km or 110 mi	Amman	$994
184 km or 114 mi	Tayibe	$1902

Cities near Kumasi

Distance	City	Cost of living
54 km or 34 mi	Obuasi	$551
163 km or 101 mi	Koforidua	$588
197 km or 122 mi	Sekondi-Takoradi	$577
198 km or 123 mi	Accra	$729
206 km or 128 mi	Ashaiman	$560
208 km or 129 mi	Abengourou	$889
210 km or 130 mi	Tema	$553
231 km or 143 mi	Ho	$354
237 km or 147 mi	Hohoe	$575
249 km or 155 mi	Kpalime	$632
286 km or 178 mi	Grand-Bassam	$881
299 km or 186 mi	Agboville	$882
306 km or 190 mi	Abidjan	$1022
314 km or 195 mi	Tamale	$507
317 km or 197 mi	Atakpame	$647
320 km or 199 mi	Lome	$755
341 km or 212 mi	Dabou	$882
355 km or 221 mi	Sotouboua	$649
393 km or 244 mi	Bouake	$937
396 km or 246 mi	Sokode	$651
402 km or 250 mi	Abomey	$590
404 km or 251 mi	Yamoussoukro	$887
424 km or 263 mi	Divo	$906
444 km or 276 mi	Kara	$658
447 km or 278 mi	Cotonou	$709
468 km or 291 mi	Porto-Novo	$670
477 km or 296 mi	Save	$613
481 km or 299 mi	Gagnoa	$904
494 km or 307 mi	Leo	$753
539 km or 335 mi	Korhogo	$916
551 km or 342 mi	Abeokuta	$1030
555 km or 345 mi	Lagos	$1113
557 km or 346 mi	Manga	$774
580 km or 360 mi	Bobo-Dioulasso	$757
616 km or 383 mi	Ibadan	$776
624 km or 388 mi	Koudougou	$743
625 km or 389 mi	Oyo	$677
631 km or 392 mi	Ouagadougou	$869
635 km or 395 mi	Fada N'gourma	$772
674 km or 419 mi	Dedougou	$735