Damascus vs Quanzhou - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Damascus	Quanzhou
🚶 Cost of living one person	$638	$644
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1494	$1639
🏠 One person rent	$291	$260
🏘️ Family rent	$523	$370
🍽️ Food expenses	$232	$218
🚐 Transport expenses	$80.7	$90.9
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$55.7	$893
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	24 km	13 km
🎓 Higher education	25	54
😀 Quality of life	34	66
🏙️ Population	2.69M	8.78M

The cost of living in Damascus is 0.9% less expensive than in Quanzhou. Cities ranked 7300th and 7256th ($638 vs $644) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 118th in Syria and China, respectively. Check Syria vs China comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.1 months in Damascus compared to 1.4 months in Quanzhou. Damascus ranked 1st best city to live in Syria vs Quanzhou ranked 34th in China, while ranked 7688th and 4015th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Damascus vs Quanzhou

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	Damascus	Quanzhou
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$5.01	$2.07
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$34.8	$24.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.96	$5.46
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.5	$1.37
☕ Cappuccino	$1.26	$2.84
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.25	$0.44
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$262	$217
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$154	$227
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$590	$412
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$330	$298
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$48.5	$25.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$74.5	$39.7
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$67.2	$9.68
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	13.68%	3.59%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1862	$2767
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$879	$1714
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.1	$0.28
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$16.9	$33.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$10.9	$3.31
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.43	$1.12
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.07	$1.39
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.63	$0.69
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.76	$0.85
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.76	$1.15
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.37	$11
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.69	$2.32
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.1	$15.5
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.99	$1.98
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.12	$1.11
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1	$1.47
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.86	$1.68
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.59	$0.85
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.62	$1.25
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.4	$0.35
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.13	$1.02
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$5.52	$12.5
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.02	$0.69
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.03	$2.76
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.24	$3.27
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$0.87	$5.34
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.48	$1.67
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.59	$1.31
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$13.2	$55
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$3.03	$5.51
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$3.81	$23.3
💇 Haircut, simple	$2.82	$7.72
👖 Brand Jeans	$21.8	$27.6
👟 Brand Sneakers	$47.5	$86
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$48.6	$114
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$1666	$20567

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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 Quanzhou

Distance	City	Cost of living
11 km or 6.9 mi	Jinjiang	$627
59 km or 36 mi	Kinmen	$823
70 km or 44 mi	Xiamen	$688
72 km or 45 mi	Putian	$625
104 km or 64 mi	Zhangzhou	$664
147 km or 92 mi	Fuzhou	$669
159 km or 99 mi	Longyan	$649
177 km or 110 mi	Sanming	$603
197 km or 122 mi	Nanping	$630
216 km or 134 mi	Ningde	$648
218 km or 136 mi	Changhua	$813
227 km or 141 mi	Taichung	$894
229 km or 142 mi	Miaoli	$728
240 km or 149 mi	Douliu	$770
240 km or 149 mi	Nantou	$796
241 km or 150 mi	Hsinchu	$897
242 km or 150 mi	Chaozhou	$451
245 km or 152 mi	Zhubei	$821
247 km or 154 mi	Chiayi	$747
257 km or 160 mi	Shantou	$581
259 km or 161 mi	Meizhou	$655
265 km or 165 mi	Taoyuan	$875
269 km or 167 mi	Tainan	$814
271 km or 169 mi	Jieyang	$443
289 km or 179 mi	New Taipei	$1073
297 km or 185 mi	Taipei	$1181
303 km or 188 mi	Puning	$569
309 km or 192 mi	Kaohsiung	$956
319 km or 198 mi	Keelung	$967
320 km or 199 mi	Yilan	$731
321 km or 199 mi	Wuyishan	$601
354 km or 220 mi	Taitung	$788
379 km or 236 mi	Rui'an	$681
381 km or 237 mi	Ganzhou	$761
397 km or 247 mi	Shangrao	$671
399 km or 248 mi	Guixi	$598
400 km or 249 mi	Wenzhou	$726
401 km or 249 mi	Yingtan	$603
407 km or 253 mi	Fuzhou	$585
408 km or 254 mi	Shanwei	$936