Damascus vs Taipei - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Damascus	Taipei
🚶 Cost of living one person	$638	$1181
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1494	$3254
🏠 One person rent	$291	$567
🏘️ Family rent	$523	$1230
🍽️ Food expenses	$232	$408
🚐 Transport expenses	$80.7	$104
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$55.7	$1684
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	24 km	3 km
🎓 Higher education	25	95
😀 Quality of life	34	86
🏙️ Population	2.69M	2.6M

The cost of living in Damascus is 46% less expensive than in Taipei. Cities ranked 7300th and 4534th ($638 vs $1181) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 1st in Syria and Taiwan, respectively. Check Syria vs Taiwan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.1 months in Damascus compared to 1.4 months in Taipei. Damascus ranked 1st best city to live in Syria vs Taipei ranked 2nd in Taiwan, while ranked 7688th and 339th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Damascus vs Taipei

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	Damascus	Taipei
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$5.01	$6.07
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$34.8	$30.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.96	$4.98
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.5	$2.83
☕ Cappuccino	$1.26	$3.32
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.25	$1.01
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$262	$613
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$154	$468
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$590	$1547
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$330	$1030
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$48.5	$46.9
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$74.5	$72.6
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$67.2	$23.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	13.68%	2.1%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1862	$13635
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$879	$6907
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.1	$0.76
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$16.9	$36.4
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$10.9	$8.61
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.43	$0.97
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.07	$2.83
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.63	$1.77
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.76	$2.79
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.76	$2.6
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.37	$17.9
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.69	$8.99
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.1	$19.1
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.99	$4.64
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.12	$2.46
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1	$2.61
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.86	$3.61
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.59	$2.67
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.62	$2.2
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.4	$0.79
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.13	$1.73
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$5.52	$12.3
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.02	$1.61
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.03	$3.65
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.24	$9.28
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$0.87	$7.96
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.48	$1.51
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.59	$2.7
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$13.2	$38.5
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$3.03	$9.78
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$3.81	$32.2
💇 Haircut, simple	$2.82	$15.9
👖 Brand Jeans	$21.8	$56.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$47.5	$85.2
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$48.6	$617
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$1666	$19749

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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 Taipei

Distance	City	Cost of living
9.6 km or 6 mi	New Taipei	$1073
23 km or 14 mi	Keelung	$967
39 km or 24 mi	Taoyuan	$875
39 km or 24 mi	Yilan	$731
58 km or 36 mi	Zhubei	$821
63 km or 39 mi	Hsinchu	$897
89 km or 56 mi	Miaoli	$728
133 km or 82 mi	Taichung	$894
149 km or 92 mi	Changhua	$813
152 km or 95 mi	Nantou	$796
180 km or 112 mi	Douliu	$770
206 km or 128 mi	Chiayi	$747
252 km or 157 mi	Fuzhou	$669
257 km or 160 mi	Putian	$625
258 km or 160 mi	Taitung	$788
267 km or 166 mi	Tainan	$814
270 km or 168 mi	Ningde	$648
276 km or 172 mi	Ishigaki	$1155
297 km or 185 mi	Quanzhou	$644
298 km or 185 mi	Kaohsiung	$956
299 km or 186 mi	Jinjiang	$627
316 km or 196 mi	Rui'an	$681
330 km or 205 mi	Kinmen	$823
340 km or 211 mi	Wenzhou	$726
354 km or 220 mi	Xiamen	$688
371 km or 230 mi	Wenling	$671
379 km or 235 mi	Miyakojima	$1154
380 km or 236 mi	Nanping	$630
395 km or 246 mi	Zhangzhou	$664
411 km or 255 mi	Lishui	$682
414 km or 257 mi	Sanming	$603
425 km or 264 mi	Linhai	$661
454 km or 282 mi	Longyan	$649
461 km or 286 mi	Wuyishan	$601
488 km or 303 mi	Jinhua	$587
495 km or 308 mi	Yiwu	$677
508 km or 316 mi	Quzhou	$616
518 km or 322 mi	Shangrao	$671
520 km or 323 mi	Chaozhou	$451
525 km or 326 mi	Shantou	$581