Damascus vs Shizuoka - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Damascus	Shizuoka
🚶 Cost of living one person	$671	$1025
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1492	$2577
🏠 One person rent	$315	$426
🏘️ Family rent	$505	$702
🍽️ Food expenses	$250	$389
🚐 Transport expenses	$61.5	$101
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$47.6	$2644
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	24 km	20 km
🎓 Higher education	28	52
😀 Quality of life	39	89
🏙️ Population	2.69M	686K

The cost of living in Damascus is 35% less expensive than in Shizuoka. Cities ranked 7287th and 5380th ($671 vs $1025) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 315th in Syria and Japan, respectively. Check Syria vs Japan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.1 months in Damascus compared to 2.6 months in Shizuoka. Damascus ranked 1st best city to live in Syria vs Shizuoka ranked 9th in Japan, while ranked 7834th and 291st among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Damascus vs Shizuoka

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	Damascus	Shizuoka
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$7.99	$6.56
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$28.8	$32.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.96	$4.97
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.61	$1.98
☕ Cappuccino	$1.95	$3.29
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.38	$0.99
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$219	$325
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$160	$237
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$398	$581
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$295	$428
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$88	$133
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$135	$205
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$54.5	$38.6
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	13.62%	0.99%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1865	$4629
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$645	$3173
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.1	$1.9
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$17	$21.8
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$6.96	$19.7
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.43	$1.12
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.98	$1.55
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.5	$1.43
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.66	$3.94
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.83	$1.48
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.22	$7.32
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.18	$5.91
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.5	$40.2
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1	$5.08
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.53	$2.35
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.07	$3.64
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.76	$4.01
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.71	$2.56
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.65	$2.1
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.46	$0.9
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.1	$1.41
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$5.97	$9.49
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.01	$1.89
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.02	$4.65
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.03	$5.4
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$0.86	$3.5
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.48	$0.64
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.59	$1.66
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$16.2	$91.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$2.98	$11.3
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$3.82	$38.2
💇 Haircut, simple	$2.78	$17
👖 Brand Jeans	$44.4	$42.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$58	$64.7
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$49.6	$232
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$1711	$19584

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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 Shizuoka

Distance	City	Cost of living
14 km or 8.4 mi	Yaizu	$976
15 km or 9.3 mi	Fujieda	$973
24 km or 15 mi	Shimada	$976
26 km or 16 mi	Yoshida	$979
30 km or 19 mi	Makinohara	$976
34 km or 21 mi	Fuji	$1044
35 km or 22 mi	Fujinomiya	$1018
36 km or 23 mi	Kikugawa	$974
42 km or 26 mi	Kakegawa	$968
44 km or 27 mi	Omaezaki	$977
46 km or 28 mi	Numazu	$1037
49 km or 30 mi	Fukuroi	$962
49 km or 31 mi	Shimizu	$1025
50 km or 31 mi	Izunokuni	$1026
50 km or 31 mi	Nagaizumi	$1024
51 km or 32 mi	Mishima	$1021
51 km or 32 mi	Izu	$1023
53 km or 33 mi	Susono	$1029
53 km or 33 mi	Kannami	$1023
56 km or 35 mi	Iwata	$959
61 km or 38 mi	Shimoda	$1023
62 km or 39 mi	Gotemba	$1029
64 km or 40 mi	Atami	$1032
66 km or 41 mi	Ito	$1032
66 km or 41 mi	Hamamatsu	$1016
67 km or 42 mi	Fujikawaguchiko	$1043
69 km or 43 mi	Yugawara	$1030
69 km or 43 mi	Fujiyoshida	$1035
70 km or 44 mi	Chuo	$1071
71 km or 44 mi	Minami-Alps	$1064
74 km or 46 mi	Showa	$1083
76 km or 47 mi	Minamiashigara	$1020
77 km or 48 mi	Odawara	$1041
77 km or 48 mi	Kai	$1086
78 km or 49 mi	Fuefuki	$1055
79 km or 49 mi	Kofu	$1141
79 km or 49 mi	Iida	$1002
80 km or 50 mi	Tsuru	$1038
81 km or 50 mi	Shinshiro	$908
82 km or 51 mi	Nirasaki	$1068