Damascus vs Shijiazhuang - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Damascus	Shijiazhuang
🚶 Cost of living one person	$638	$481
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1494	$1355
🏠 One person rent	$291	$170
🏘️ Family rent	$523	$338
🍽️ Food expenses	$232	$179
🚐 Transport expenses	$80.7	$64.3
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$55.7	$602
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	24 km	31 km
🎓 Higher education	25	71
😀 Quality of life	34	61
🏙️ Population	2.69M	10.6M

The cost of living in Damascus is 33% more expensive than in Shijiazhuang. Cities ranked 7300th and 8748th ($638 vs $481) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 525th 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 1.3 months in Shijiazhuang. Damascus ranked 1st best city to live in Syria vs Shijiazhuang ranked 39th in China, while ranked 7688th and 5094th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Damascus vs Shijiazhuang

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	Damascus	Shijiazhuang
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$5.01	$1.66
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$34.8	$17.3
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.96	$5.48
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.5	$0.76
☕ Cappuccino	$1.26	$2.95
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.25	$0.4
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$262	$198
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$154	$113
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$590	$380
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$330	$254
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$48.5	$34.6
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$74.5	$53
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$67.2	$6.15
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	13.68%	3.42%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1862	$2300
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$879	$1619
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.1	$0.28
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$16.9	$12.4
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$10.9	$3.75
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.43	$1.11
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.07	$1.21
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.63	$1.06
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.76	$0.65
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.76	$1.15
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.37	$13.6
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.69	$2.48
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.1	$9.76
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.99	$1.52
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.12	$1.11
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1	$0.69
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.86	$1.1
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.59	$0.55
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.62	$0.55
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.4	$0.27
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.13	$0.91
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$5.52	$3.45
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.02	$0.69
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.03	$3.47
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.24	$3.64
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$0.87	$2.74
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.48	$0.9
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.59	$1.22
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$13.2	$12.7
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$3.03	$5.2
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$3.81	$32.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$2.82	$4.01
👖 Brand Jeans	$21.8	$45.7
👟 Brand Sneakers	$47.5	$68.5
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$48.6	$382
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$1666	$4785

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Cost of Living in the nearest cities

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 Yam	$1657
137 km or 85 mi	Kiryat Bialik	$1666
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 Shijiazhuang

Distance	City	Cost of living
29 km or 18 mi	Gaocheng	$524
37 km or 23 mi	Xinle	$533
46 km or 29 mi	Jinzhou	$544
63 km or 39 mi	Xinji	$564
67 km or 42 mi	Dingzhou	$584
82 km or 51 mi	Anguo	$550
84 km or 52 mi	Yangquan	$553
92 km or 57 mi	Shenzhou	$581
108 km or 67 mi	Nangong	$600
109 km or 67 mi	Xingtai	$612
109 km or 68 mi	Jizhou	$590
109 km or 68 mi	Hengshui	$642
125 km or 78 mi	Baoding	$472
131 km or 82 mi	Shahe	$590
145 km or 90 mi	Hejian	$592
153 km or 95 mi	Wu'an	$587
157 km or 98 mi	Renqiu	$586
159 km or 99 mi	Handan	$610
161 km or 100 mi	Xinzhou	$555
170 km or 105 mi	Linqing	$574
172 km or 107 mi	Dezhou	$638
173 km or 108 mi	Taiyuan	$478
174 km or 108 mi	Yuanping	$550
181 km or 112 mi	Botou	$618
185 km or 115 mi	Gaobeidian	$644
203 km or 126 mi	Bazhou	$649
206 km or 128 mi	Gujiao	$492
206 km or 128 mi	Zhuozhou	$729
206 km or 128 mi	Cangzhou	$679
217 km or 135 mi	Anyang	$578
220 km or 137 mi	Liaocheng	$522
225 km or 140 mi	Yucheng	$577
228 km or 142 mi	Linzhou	$588
231 km or 144 mi	Shuozhou	$600
232 km or 144 mi	Huairen	$624
240 km or 149 mi	Laoling	$638
240 km or 149 mi	Changzhi	$726
249 km or 155 mi	Huanghua	$655
251 km or 156 mi	Datong	$703
251 km or 156 mi	Langfang	$716