Damascus vs Naypyidaw - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Damascus	Naypyidaw
🚶 Cost of living one person	$672	$690
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1612	$1563
🏠 One person rent	$271	$363
🏘️ Family rent	$473	$513
🍽️ Food expenses	$237	$197
🚐 Transport expenses	$110	$70.9
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$56.1	$588
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	24 km	20 km
🎓 Higher education	25	17
😀 Quality of life	32	21
🏙️ Population	2.58M	1.16M

The cost of living in Damascus is 3% less expensive than in Naypyidaw. Cities ranked 7105th and 6990th ($672 vs $690) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 4th in Syria and Myanmar, respectively. Check Syria vs Myanmar comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.1 months in Damascus compared to 0.9 months in Naypyidaw. Damascus ranked 1st best city to live in Syria vs Naypyidaw ranked 3rd in Myanmar, while ranked 7854th and 8811th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Damascus vs Naypyidaw

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	Damascus	Naypyidaw
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$5.04	$2.13
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$32.8	$19.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5	$5.47
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.26	$1.04
☕ Cappuccino	$1.27	$1.58
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.04	$0.67
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$248	$611
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$140	$214
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$531	$578
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$294	$393
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$42.9	$26.2
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$66	$39.8
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$66.2	$43.2
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	13.49%	10.01%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1873	$1132
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$880	$386
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.1	$0.75
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$17.1	$9.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$10.9	$12.3
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$2.24	$0.85
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.07	$1.29
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.63	$0.87
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.76	$0.93
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.9	$1.45
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.38	$10.3
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.61	$4.14
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.99	$7.78
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.01	$2.85
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.28	$0.98
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.02	$1.62
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.86	$1.44
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.59	$1.19
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.6	$1.07
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.41	$0.19
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.16	$0.75
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$5.5	$7.71
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.01	$0.91
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.98	$1.34
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$1.95	$0.96
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.48	$3.33
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.47	$0.62
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.05	$1.32
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$13.4	$43.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$3.03	$4.34
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$19.9	$8.65
💇 Haircut, simple	$14.4	$1.46
👖 Brand Jeans	$21.8	$35.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$47.8	$83.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$48.8	$320
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$1645	$8095

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Cities near Damascus

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

Cities near Naypyidaw

Distance	City	Cost of living
138 km or 86 mi	Taunggyi	$617
242 km or 150 mi	Mandalay	$613
244 km or 151 mi	Pai	$655
276 km or 171 mi	Bago	$783
277 km or 172 mi	Monywa	$588
317 km or 197 mi	Chiang Mai	$742
334 km or 207 mi	Yangon	$919
343 km or 213 mi	Sittwe	$593
359 km or 223 mi	Hpa-an	$612
370 km or 230 mi	Pathein	$792
384 km or 239 mi	Chiang Rai	$513
400 km or 249 mi	Mawlamyine	$564
474 km or 295 mi	Cox's Bazar	$325
530 km or 329 mi	Chittagong	$312
540 km or 336 mi	Jinghong	$599
546 km or 339 mi	Phitsanulok	$559
563 km or 350 mi	Aizawl	$461
598 km or 372 mi	Pu'er	$626
602 km or 374 mi	Imphal	$391
609 km or 378 mi	Lincang	$623
620 km or 385 mi	Nakhon Sawan	$674
625 km or 389 mi	Luang Prabang	$1251
634 km or 394 mi	Myitkyina	$594
667 km or 414 mi	Vang Vieng	$1174
667 km or 415 mi	Baoshan	$625
675 km or 419 mi	Agartala	$380
681 km or 423 mi	Barisal	$295
698 km or 433 mi	Brahmanbaria	$290
708 km or 440 mi	Vientiane	$1168
718 km or 446 mi	Sylhet	$296
722 km or 449 mi	Narayanganj	$301
723 km or 449 mi	Narsingdi	$271
737 km or 458 mi	Dhaka	$428
743 km or 462 mi	Udon Thani	$555
762 km or 474 mi	Khulna	$339
773 km or 480 mi	Dali	$598
777 km or 483 mi	Shillong	$390
784 km or 487 mi	Nakhon Pathom	$564
793 km or 493 mi	Tha Khlong	$664
799 km or 496 mi	Khon Kaen	$608