Damascus vs Shenzhen - Cost of Living Comparison

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Damascus Shenzhen
🚶 Cost of living one person
$672
$958
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family
$1612
$2895
🏠 One person rent
$271
$495
🏘️ Family rent
$473
$1237
🍽️ Food expenses
$237
$274
🚐 Transport expenses
$110
$96.5
💳 Monthly salary after tax
$56.1
$1649
😷 Air quality
Moderate
Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity
24 km
11 km
🎓 Higher education
25
96
😀 Quality of life
32
79
🏙️ Population
2.58M
17.7M

The cost of living in Damascus is 30% less expensive than in Shenzhen. Cities ranked 7105th and 5948th ($672 vs $958) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 13th 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 1.7 months in Shenzhen. Damascus ranked 1st best city to live in Syria vs Shenzhen ranked 3rd in China, while ranked 7854th and 556th among best cities to live in the world.

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Damascus Shenzhen
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu
$5.04
$3.6
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2
$32.8
$28.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's
$5
$5.73
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz
$1.26
$1.13
 Cappuccino
$1.27
$3.24
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz
$1.04
$0.49
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2
$248
$713
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2
$140
$370
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2
$531
$1800
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2
$294
$997
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.
$42.9
$41.7
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.
$66
$63.6
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited
$66.2
$15
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years
13.49%
4.47%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2
$1873
$13100
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2
$880
$6892
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket
$0.1
$0.57
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport
$17.1
$28.6
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi
$10.9
$4.62
 Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal
$2.24
$1.21
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt
$1.07
$2.01
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb
$0.63
$2.14
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$1.76
$1.16
🥚 Eggs, x12
$1.9
$2.02
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$3.38
$12.6
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$6.61
$4.65
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$9.99
$13.9
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$1.01
$1.95
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$2.28
$1.41
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$1.02
$1.71
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$0.86
$1.48
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$0.59
$1.02
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$0.6
$1.24
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt
$0.41
$0.4
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz
$2.16
$1.08
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle
$5.5
$13.3
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz
$1.01
$0.92
🚬 Cigarette pack
$2.98
$3.95
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week
$1.95
$5.44
🧴 Hair Shampoo
$4.48
$5.98
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls
$2.47
$1.69
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube
$3.05
$1.96
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month
$13.4
$43.7
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person
$3.03
$7.07
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit
$19.9
$33.9
💇 Haircut, simple
$14.4
$10.4
👖 Brand Jeans
$21.8
$61.2
👟 Brand Sneakers
$47.8
$79.2
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month
$48.8
$605
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year
$1645
$24117

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Distance City Cost of living
51 km or 32 mi Zahle
$857
75 km or 47 mi Kiryat Shmona
$1604
81 km or 50 mi Jounieh
$948
83 km or 52 mi Sidon
$767
83 km or 52 mi Beirut
$1165
96 km or 59 mi Safed
$1635
105 km or 65 mi Tyre
$545
108 km or 67 mi Tiberias
$1544
110 km or 68 mi Ma'alot-Tarshiha
$1619
111 km or 69 mi Tripoli
$708
114 km or 71 mi Irbid
$630
115 km or 72 mi Arraba
$1624
116 km or 72 mi Karmiel
$1579
117 km or 73 mi Sakhnin
$1612
125 km or 78 mi Tamra
$1617
125 km or 78 mi Nahariya
$1565
126 km or 78 mi Nof HaGalil
$1659
129 km or 80 mi Nazareth
$1674
130 km or 81 mi Acre
$1451
131 km or 81 mi Shefa-'Amr
$1617
135 km or 84 mi Migdal HaEmek
$1664
136 km or 84 mi Kiryat Motzkin
$1585
136 km or 85 mi Kiryat Ata
$1591
137 km or 85 mi Kiryat Yam
$1604
137 km or 85 mi Kiryat Bialik
$1607
137 km or 85 mi Afula
$1614
141 km or 88 mi Homs
$462
142 km or 88 mi Nesher
$1532
143 km or 89 mi Jerash
$598
145 km or 90 mi Haifa
$1582
145 km or 90 mi Yokneam Illit
$1706
154 km or 95 mi Umm al-Fahm
$1708
163 km or 101 mi Zikhron Ya'akov
$1750
168 km or 105 mi Baqa-Jatt
$1758
169 km or 105 mi Pardes Hanna-Karkur
$1787
173 km or 107 mi Al-Salt
$692
173 km or 108 mi Nablus
$730
174 km or 108 mi Hadera
$1556
177 km or 110 mi Amman
$1004
184 km or 114 mi Tayibe
$1838

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Distance City Cost of living
28 km or 17 mi Kowloon
$2427
30 km or 19 mi Hong Kong
$2753
58 km or 36 mi Zhuhai
$641
65 km or 40 mi Dongguan
$678
66 km or 41 mi Macau
$1590
72 km or 45 mi Zhongshan
$491
74 km or 46 mi Huizhou
$629
100 km or 62 mi Jiangmen
$830
105 km or 65 mi Guangzhou
$763
112 km or 69 mi Foshan
$602
134 km or 83 mi Shanwei
$1014
142 km or 88 mi Kaiping
$824
150 km or 93 mi Heyuan
$801
164 km or 102 mi Qingyuan
$808
174 km or 108 mi Zhaoqing
$806
212 km or 131 mi Yunfu
$839
228 km or 142 mi Yangjiang
$895
233 km or 145 mi Puning
$726
256 km or 159 mi Shaoguan
$852
262 km or 163 mi Jieyang
$691
286 km or 178 mi Shantou
$605
288 km or 179 mi Meizhou
$795
292 km or 182 mi Chaozhou
$592
299 km or 186 mi Wuzhou
$819
303 km or 188 mi Lianzhou
$783
330 km or 205 mi Hezhou
$780
337 km or 209 mi Gaozhou
$774
337 km or 210 mi Maoming
$774
377 km or 234 mi Ganzhou
$813
378 km or 235 mi Chenzhou
$746
401 km or 249 mi Yulin
$794
405 km or 252 mi Zhanjiang
$781
415 km or 258 mi Longyan
$713
428 km or 266 mi Zhangzhou
$731
460 km or 286 mi Guigang
$725
464 km or 288 mi Xiamen
$807
477 km or 297 mi Haikou
$671
485 km or 301 mi Kinmen
$821
489 km or 304 mi Guilin
$538
502 km or 312 mi Yongzhou
$618