Damascus vs Shangrao - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Damascus	Shangrao
🚶 Cost of living one person	$671	$650
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1492	$1953
🏠 One person rent	$315	$238
🏘️ Family rent	$505	$414
🍽️ Food expenses	$250	$241
🚐 Transport expenses	$61.5	$85
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$47.6	$767
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	24 km	7 km
🎓 Higher education	28	20
😀 Quality of life	39	46
🏙️ Population	2.69M	6.44M

The cost of living in Damascus is 3% more expensive than in Shangrao. Cities ranked 7287th and 7433rd ($671 vs $650) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 94th 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 1.2 months in Shangrao. Damascus ranked 1st best city to live in Syria vs Shangrao ranked 207th in China, while ranked 7834th and 6933rd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Damascus vs Shangrao

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	Damascus	Shangrao
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$7.99	$3.48
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$28.8	$28
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.96	$4.22
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.61	$0.7
☕ Cappuccino	$1.95	$2.12
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.38	$0.52
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$219	$270
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$160	$174
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$398	$491
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$295	$320
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$88	$26.7
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$135	$41.6
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$54.5	$18
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	13.62%	3.67%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1865	$4322
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$645	$2245
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.1	$0.32
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$17	$20.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$6.96	$5.2
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.43	$1.15
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.98	$1.98
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.5	$1.83
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.66	$0.99
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.83	$1.78
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.22	$15.5
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.18	$3.08
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.5	$10.5
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1	$2.04
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.53	$1.64
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.07	$1.67
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.76	$1.27
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.71	$0.79
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.65	$0.9
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.46	$0.34
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.1	$1.19
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$5.97	$12.7
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.01	$0.73
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.02	$4.22
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.03	$5.37
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$0.86	$5
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.48	$1.66
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.59	$1.75
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$16.2	$32.3
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$2.98	$6.52
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$3.82	$43.3
💇 Haircut, simple	$2.78	$5.95
👖 Brand Jeans	$44.4	$54.8
👟 Brand Sneakers	$58	$73.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$49.6	$415
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$1711	$28686

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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 Shangrao

Distance	City	Cost of living
76 km or 47 mi	Guixi	$578
77 km or 48 mi	Wuyishan	$600
97 km or 60 mi	Yingtan	$586
106 km or 66 mi	Quzhou	$604
120 km or 75 mi	Jingdezhen	$436
145 km or 90 mi	Huangshan	$620
165 km or 103 mi	Fuzhou	$589
180 km or 112 mi	Jinhua	$586
191 km or 119 mi	Lishui	$696
201 km or 125 mi	Nanping	$671
205 km or 127 mi	Nanchang	$526
227 km or 141 mi	Yiwu	$672
237 km or 147 mi	Jiujiang	$604
246 km or 153 mi	Anqing	$532
246 km or 153 mi	Sanming	$616
250 km or 155 mi	Ningde	$628
251 km or 156 mi	Chizhou	$617
262 km or 163 mi	Ningguo	$637
268 km or 167 mi	Wenzhou	$753
274 km or 170 mi	Rui'an	$700
278 km or 173 mi	Tongling	$629
279 km or 174 mi	Qianshan	$567
282 km or 175 mi	Wuxue	$598
289 km or 179 mi	Xuancheng	$659
293 km or 182 mi	Hangzhou	$826
294 km or 183 mi	Fuzhou	$628
306 km or 190 mi	Tongcheng	$592
307 km or 191 mi	Guangde	$642
307 km or 191 mi	Xinyu	$593
308 km or 191 mi	Shaoxing	$740
313 km or 195 mi	Linhai	$666
324 km or 201 mi	Wuhu	$672
328 km or 204 mi	Ji'an	$660
333 km or 207 mi	Wenling	$677
340 km or 211 mi	Huzhou	$631
344 km or 214 mi	Daye	$638
345 km or 214 mi	Huangshi	$671
350 km or 217 mi	Putian	$634
358 km or 223 mi	Yichun	$618
361 km or 224 mi	Chaohu	$620