Damascus vs New Taipei - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 01, 2024

	Damascus	New Taipei
🚶 Cost of living one person	$583	$1011
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1433	$2876
🏠 One person rent	$225	$394
🏘️ Family rent	$409	$948
🍽️ Food expenses	$203	$390
🚐 Transport expenses	$117	$125
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$56.5	$1496
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Good
✈️ Airport proximity	24 km	13 km
🎓 Higher education	25	95
😀 Quality of life	36	88
🏙️ Population	2.5M	4.36M

The cost of living in Damascus is 42% less expensive than in New Taipei. Cities ranked 7822nd and 5229th ($583 vs $1011) 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 1.5 months in New Taipei. Damascus ranked 1st best city to live in Syria vs New Taipei ranked 1st in Taiwan, while ranked 7665th and 181st 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	$4.03	$4.75
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$24	$28.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.52	$4.82
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.51	$1.81
☕ Cappuccino	$1.29	$2.42
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.95	$0.91
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$270	$342
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$126	$302
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$474	$1097
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$293	$766
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$19.9	$61.1
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$30.2	$94.1
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$49.7	$22.6
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	11.93%	1.77%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1756	$9649
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1228	$5036
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.08	$0.79
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$17	$39.3
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$11.4	$8.9
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$2.66	$1.01
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.01	$2.98
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.1	$1.71
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.55	$4.22
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.6	$2.89
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.88	$15.2
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.76	$7.89
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.17	$23.6
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.04	$5.22
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.8	$1.58
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.7	$2.3
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.82	$2.99
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.55	$2.17
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.41	$1.9
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.33	$0.72
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.14	$1.73
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$5.47	$12.1
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.01	$1.61
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.03	$3.45
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.25	$9.74
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$0.87	$7.86
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.48	$2
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.59	$2.76
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$12.3	$31.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$3.01	$9.42
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$3.85	$35.5
💇 Haircut, simple	$2.79	$16.2
👖 Brand Jeans	$30.6	$60.4
👟 Brand Sneakers	$50.3	$84.3
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$94.1	$503
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$1634	$11035

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Cities near Damascus

Distance	City	Cost of living
51 km or 32 mi	Zahle	$882
75 km or 47 mi	Kiryat Shmona	$1673
81 km or 50 mi	Jounieh	$982
83 km or 52 mi	Sidon	$770
83 km or 52 mi	Beirut	$1195
96 km or 59 mi	Safed	$1622
105 km or 65 mi	Tyre	$633
108 km or 67 mi	Tiberias	$1427
110 km or 68 mi	Ma'alot-Tarshiha	$1633
111 km or 69 mi	Tripoli	$665
114 km or 71 mi	Irbid	$625
115 km or 72 mi	Arraba	$1635
116 km or 72 mi	Karmiel	$1617
117 km or 73 mi	Sakhnin	$1645
125 km or 78 mi	Tamra	$1622
125 km or 78 mi	Nahariya	$1570
126 km or 78 mi	Nof HaGalil	$1660
129 km or 80 mi	Nazareth	$1689
130 km or 81 mi	Acre	$1447
131 km or 81 mi	Shefa-'Amr	$1619
135 km or 84 mi	Migdal HaEmek	$1674
136 km or 84 mi	Kiryat Motzkin	$1610
136 km or 85 mi	Kiryat Ata	$1594
137 km or 85 mi	Kiryat Yam	$1601
137 km or 85 mi	Kiryat Bialik	$1594
137 km or 85 mi	Afula	$1660
141 km or 88 mi	Homs	$528
142 km or 88 mi	Nesher	$1467
143 km or 89 mi	Jerash	$602
145 km or 90 mi	Haifa	$1567
145 km or 90 mi	Yokneam Illit	$1744
154 km or 95 mi	Umm al-Fahm	$1728
163 km or 101 mi	Zikhron Ya'akov	$1718
168 km or 105 mi	Baqa-Jatt	$1746
169 km or 105 mi	Pardes Hanna-Karkur	$1725
173 km or 107 mi	Al-Salt	$679
173 km or 108 mi	Nablus	$849
174 km or 108 mi	Hadera	$1593
177 km or 110 mi	Amman	$981
184 km or 114 mi	Tayibe	$1850

Cities near New Taipei

Distance	City	Cost of living
9.6 km or 6 mi	Taipei	$1169
29 km or 18 mi	Taoyuan	$861
33 km or 20 mi	Keelung	$860
42 km or 26 mi	Yilan	$863
48 km or 30 mi	Zhubei	$917
53 km or 33 mi	Hsinchu	$860
80 km or 50 mi	Miaoli	$746
124 km or 77 mi	Taichung	$995
140 km or 87 mi	Changhua	$890
144 km or 90 mi	Nantou	$857
171 km or 106 mi	Douliu	$791
198 km or 123 mi	Chiayi	$725
246 km or 153 mi	Fuzhou	$664
250 km or 155 mi	Putian	$675
252 km or 157 mi	Taitung	$952
259 km or 161 mi	Tainan	$913
267 km or 166 mi	Ningde	$694
283 km or 176 mi	Ishigaki	$1114
289 km or 179 mi	Quanzhou	$689
290 km or 180 mi	Jinjiang	$676
291 km or 181 mi	Kaohsiung	$932
318 km or 197 mi	Rui'an	$744
321 km or 199 mi	Kinmen	$851
341 km or 212 mi	Wenzhou	$787
345 km or 214 mi	Xiamen	$721
375 km or 233 mi	Nanping	$678
375 km or 233 mi	Wenling	$735
386 km or 240 mi	Zhangzhou	$719
387 km or 241 mi	Miyakojima	$1115
408 km or 253 mi	Sanming	$667
411 km or 256 mi	Lishui	$741
428 km or 266 mi	Linhai	$719
445 km or 277 mi	Longyan	$713
457 km or 284 mi	Wuyishan	$655
489 km or 304 mi	Jinhua	$811
497 km or 309 mi	Yiwu	$725
507 km or 315 mi	Quzhou	$644
510 km or 317 mi	Chaozhou	$588
515 km or 320 mi	Shangrao	$721
515 km or 320 mi	Shantou	$589