Damascus vs New Taipei - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Damascus	New Taipei
🚶 Cost of living one person	$671	$1135
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1492	$2924
🏠 One person rent	$315	$510
🏘️ Family rent	$505	$885
🍽️ Food expenses	$250	$385
🚐 Transport expenses	$61.5	$127
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$47.6	$1378
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	24 km	13 km
🎓 Higher education	28	94
😀 Quality of life	39	87
🏙️ Population	2.69M	4.04M

The cost of living in Damascus is 41% less expensive than in New Taipei. Cities ranked 7287th and 4867th ($671 vs $1135) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 2nd in Syria and Taiwan, respectively. Check Syria vs Taiwan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.1 months in Damascus compared to 1.2 months in New Taipei. Damascus ranked 1st best city to live in Syria vs New Taipei ranked 2nd in Taiwan, while ranked 7834th and 387th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Damascus vs New Taipei

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	Damascus	New Taipei
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$7.99	$4.87
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$28.8	$32.3
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.96	$5.4
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.61	$1.8
☕ Cappuccino	$1.95	$2.4
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.38	$0.87
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$219	$520
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$160	$386
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$398	$947
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$295	$698
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$88	$72.7
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$135	$112
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$54.5	$25.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	13.62%	2.76%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1865	$14096
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$645	$6224
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.1	$0.65
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$17	$39.4
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$6.96	$9.87
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.43	$1.01
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.98	$3.16
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.5	$1.63
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.66	$2.95
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.83	$2.68
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.22	$12.9
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.18	$7.84
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.5	$22.6
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1	$4.21
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.53	$2.54
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.07	$2.29
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.76	$2.82
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.71	$3.57
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.65	$1.67
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.46	$0.54
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.1	$1.88
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$5.97	$9.46
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.01	$1.55
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.02	$4.87
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.03	$10.7
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$0.86	$7.86
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.48	$1.71
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.59	$2.82
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$16.2	$39.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$2.98	$11.4
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$3.82	$38.7
💇 Haircut, simple	$2.78	$17
👖 Brand Jeans	$44.4	$59.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$58	$91.7
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$49.6	$571
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$1711	$17207

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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 New Taipei

Distance	City	Cost of living
9.6 km or 6 mi	Taipei	$1313
29 km or 18 mi	Taoyuan	$942
33 km or 20 mi	Keelung	$1030
42 km or 26 mi	Yilan	$802
48 km or 30 mi	Zhubei	$868
53 km or 33 mi	Hsinchu	$993
80 km or 50 mi	Miaoli	$695
124 km or 77 mi	Taichung	$1006
140 km or 87 mi	Changhua	$914
144 km or 90 mi	Nantou	$894
171 km or 106 mi	Douliu	$894
198 km or 123 mi	Chiayi	$914
246 km or 153 mi	Fuzhou	$628
250 km or 155 mi	Putian	$634
252 km or 157 mi	Taitung	$854
259 km or 161 mi	Tainan	$894
267 km or 166 mi	Ningde	$628
283 km or 176 mi	Ishigaki	$1078
289 km or 179 mi	Quanzhou	$621
290 km or 180 mi	Jinjiang	$615
291 km or 181 mi	Kaohsiung	$1002
318 km or 197 mi	Rui'an	$700
321 km or 199 mi	Kinmen	$901
341 km or 212 mi	Wenzhou	$753
345 km or 214 mi	Xiamen	$707
375 km or 233 mi	Nanping	$671
375 km or 233 mi	Wenling	$677
386 km or 240 mi	Zhangzhou	$681
387 km or 241 mi	Miyakojima	$1079
408 km or 253 mi	Sanming	$616
411 km or 256 mi	Lishui	$696
428 km or 266 mi	Linhai	$666
445 km or 277 mi	Longyan	$697
457 km or 284 mi	Wuyishan	$600
489 km or 304 mi	Jinhua	$586
497 km or 309 mi	Yiwu	$672
507 km or 315 mi	Quzhou	$604
510 km or 317 mi	Chaozhou	$454
515 km or 320 mi	Shangrao	$650
515 km or 320 mi	Shantou	$589