Damascus vs Minsk - Cost of Living Comparison

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Damascus Minsk
🚶 Cost of living one person
$671
$735
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family
$1492
$1851
🏠 One person rent
$315
$356
🏘️ Family rent
$505
$619
🍽️ Food expenses
$250
$261
🚐 Transport expenses
$61.5
$46.8
💳 Monthly salary after tax
$47.6
$549
😷 Air quality
Moderate
Good
✈️ Airport proximity
24 km
31 km
🎓 Higher education
28
61
😀 Quality of life
39
69
🏙️ Population
2.69M
2M

The cost of living in Damascus is 9% less expensive than in Minsk. Cities ranked 7287th and 6924th ($671 vs $735) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 1st in Syria and Belarus, respectively. Check Syria vs Belarus comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.1 months in Damascus compared to 0.7 months in Minsk. Damascus ranked 1st best city to live in Syria vs Minsk ranked 1st in Belarus, while ranked 7834th and 4343rd among best cities to live in the world.

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Damascus Minsk
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu
$7.99
$9.98
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2
$28.8
$33.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's
$5.96
$5.86
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz
$1.61
$1.18
☕ Cappuccino
$1.95
$1.72
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz
$1.38
$0.62
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2
$219
$434
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2
$160
$286
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2
$398
$767
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2
$295
$511
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.
$88
$30.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.
$135
$47.6
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited
$54.5
$9.65
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years
13.62%
15.42%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2
$1865
$2017
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2
$645
$1259
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket
$0.1
$0.3
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport
$17
$15
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi
$6.96
$3.87
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal
$0.43
$0.76
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt
$0.98
$0.73
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb
$0.5
$0.58
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$1.66
$1.14
🥚 Eggs, x12
$1.83
$1.32
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$3.22
$6.35
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$7.18
$4.14
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$11.5
$7.88
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$1
$1.23
🍌 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
$2.14
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$0.71
$0.53
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$0.65
$0.59
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt
$0.46
$0.38
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz
$1.1
$1.22
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle
$5.97
$7.4
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz
$1.01
$0.94
🚬 Cigarette pack
$3.02
$1.95
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week
$3.03
$5.73
🧴 Hair Shampoo
$0.86
$3.47
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls
$0.48
$1.04
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube
$0.59
$1.93
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month
$16.2
$30.1
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person
$2.98
$4.43
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit
$3.82
$13
💇 Haircut, simple
$2.78
$4.32
👖 Brand Jeans
$44.4
$41.2
👟 Brand Sneakers
$58
$107
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month
$49.6
$307
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year
$1711
$11271

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Cities near Damascus

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 Minsk

Distance City Cost of living
72 km or 44 mi Barysaw
$561
136 km or 85 mi Baranavichy
$517
139 km or 86 mi Babruysk
$406
171 km or 107 mi Vilnius
$1414
182 km or 113 mi Mogilev
$545
218 km or 135 mi Utena
$974
220 km or 137 mi Vitebsk
$293
221 km or 137 mi Pinsk
$426
229 km or 142 mi Daugavpils
$929
235 km or 146 mi Alytus
$883
247 km or 154 mi Grodno
$349
249 km or 155 mi Jonava
$865
260 km or 161 mi Kaunas
$1334
280 km or 174 mi Gomel
$475
283 km or 176 mi Marijampole
$920
288 km or 179 mi Panevezys
$988
290 km or 180 mi Rezekne
$840
303 km or 188 mi Suwalki
$1113
303 km or 189 mi Bialystok
$1148
307 km or 191 mi Smolensk
$547
308 km or 191 mi Jekabpils
$894
330 km or 205 mi Brest
$528
342 km or 212 mi Elk
$1125
353 km or 219 mi Siauliai
$967
363 km or 226 mi Biala Podlaska
$1079
367 km or 228 mi Chernihiv
$516
371 km or 231 mi Lomza
$993
374 km or 232 mi Ogre
$1046
376 km or 233 mi Rivne
$439
382 km or 238 mi Lutsk
$546
390 km or 243 mi Jelgava
$889
401 km or 249 mi Siedlce
$1009
403 km or 250 mi Riga
$1270
406 km or 252 mi Ostroleka
$1113
412 km or 256 mi Zhytomyr
$586
413 km or 257 mi Chelm
$1185
416 km or 259 mi Jurmala
$1419
426 km or 265 mi Valmiera
$928
427 km or 265 mi Mazeikiai
$864
434 km or 269 mi Kyiv
$879