Damascus vs Shaoyang - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Damascus	Shaoyang
🚶 Cost of living one person	$638	$592
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1494	$1661
🏠 One person rent	$291	$209
🏘️ Family rent	$523	$411
🍽️ Food expenses	$232	$227
🚐 Transport expenses	$80.7	$74.7
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$55.7	$709
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	24 km	20 km
🎓 Higher education	25	24
😀 Quality of life	34	39
🏙️ Population	2.69M	6.56M

The cost of living in Damascus is 8% more expensive than in Shaoyang. Cities ranked 7300th and 7740th ($638 vs $592) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 263rd 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 Shaoyang. Damascus ranked 1st best city to live in Syria vs Shaoyang ranked 266th in China, while ranked 7688th and 7044th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Damascus vs Shaoyang

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	Damascus	Shaoyang
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$5.01	$2.82
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$34.8	$20.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.96	$4.68
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.5	$1.13
☕ Cappuccino	$1.26	$2.97
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.25	$0.41
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$262	$225
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$154	$151
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$590	$521
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$330	$307
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$48.5	$30.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$74.5	$47.7
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$67.2	$12.8
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	13.68%	3.88%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1862	$3334
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$879	$2970
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.1	$0.32
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$16.9	$20.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$10.9	$3.5
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.43	$1.14
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.07	$1.81
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.63	$1.89
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.76	$0.95
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.76	$1.71
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.37	$13.2
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.69	$3.29
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.1	$10.5
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.99	$1.77
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.12	$1.24
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1	$1.58
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.86	$1.44
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.59	$0.89
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.62	$1.29
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.4	$0.32
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.13	$1.13
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$5.52	$12.7
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.02	$0.82
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.03	$2.96
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.24	$4.15
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$0.87	$5.22
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.48	$1.07
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.59	$1.62
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$13.2	$32.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$3.03	$5.8
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$3.81	$23.5
💇 Haircut, simple	$2.82	$5.16
👖 Brand Jeans	$21.8	$70.8
👟 Brand Sneakers	$47.5	$81.5
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$48.6	$340
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$1666	$11393

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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 Shaoyang

Distance	City	Cost of living
50 km or 31 mi	Lengshuijiang	$536
54 km or 34 mi	Lianyuan	$553
76 km or 47 mi	Loudi	$579
89 km or 55 mi	Yongzhou	$609
117 km or 73 mi	Hengyang	$590
151 km or 94 mi	Hongjiang	$543
153 km or 95 mi	Huaihua	$579
158 km or 98 mi	Xiangtan	$582
160 km or 99 mi	Ningxiang	$570
171 km or 107 mi	Yiyang	$586
178 km or 111 mi	Zhuzhou	$575
182 km or 113 mi	Changsha	$577
201 km or 125 mi	Changde	$480
205 km or 127 mi	Liling	$563
209 km or 130 mi	Jishou	$539
223 km or 138 mi	Chenzhou	$724
231 km or 143 mi	Zhangjiajie	$552
232 km or 144 mi	Tongren	$573
239 km or 148 mi	Pingxiang	$577
250 km or 155 mi	Guilin	$522
269 km or 167 mi	Jinshi	$533
286 km or 178 mi	Yueyang	$596
287 km or 179 mi	Lianzhou	$755
290 km or 180 mi	Shishou	$549
294 km or 183 mi	Yichun	$590
314 km or 195 mi	Hezhou	$758
315 km or 196 mi	Linxiang	$569
328 km or 204 mi	Songzi	$556
344 km or 214 mi	Shaoguan	$818
346 km or 215 mi	Xinyu	$564
346 km or 215 mi	Honghu	$589
347 km or 216 mi	Ji'an	$600
350 km or 217 mi	Yidu	$561
351 km or 218 mi	Jingzhou	$591
362 km or 225 mi	Chibi	$591
378 km or 235 mi	Ganzhou	$761
385 km or 239 mi	Liuzhou	$579
386 km or 240 mi	Yichang	$602
391 km or 243 mi	Enshi	$575
397 km or 246 mi	Xiantao	$600