Damascus vs Taipei - Cost of Living Comparison

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Damascus Taipei
🚶 Cost of living one person
$583
$1169
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family
$1433
$3353
🏠 One person rent
$225
$537
🏘️ Family rent
$409
$1252
🍽️ Food expenses
$203
$416
🚐 Transport expenses
$117
$110
💳 Monthly salary after tax
$56.5
$1657
😷 Air quality
Moderate
Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity
24 km
3 km
🎓 Higher education
25
95
😀 Quality of life
36
87
🏙️ Population
2.5M
2.6M

The cost of living in Damascus is 50% less expensive than in Taipei. Cities ranked 7822nd and 4516th ($583 vs $1169) 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 7665th and 209th 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
$4.03
$5.62
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2
$24
$33.9
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's
$4.52
$5.17
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz
$1.51
$2.48
 Cappuccino
$1.29
$3.53
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz
$0.95
$1.05
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2
$270
$565
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2
$126
$426
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2
$474
$1511
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2
$293
$1046
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.
$19.9
$56.7
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.
$30.2
$87
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited
$49.7
$26
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years
11.93%
1.87%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2
$1756
$13301
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2
$1228
$6421
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket
$0.08
$0.78
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport
$17
$39.3
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi
$11.4
$9.01
 Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal
$2.66
$0.99
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt
$1.01
$3.03
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb
$1.1
$1.92
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$1.55
$2.69
🥚 Eggs, x12
$1.6
$3.31
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$3.88
$16.2
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$5.76
$9.07
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$9.17
$17.8
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$1.04
$4.55
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$1.8
$2.29
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$0.7
$2.79
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$0.82
$3.58
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$0.55
$2.95
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$0.41
$2.7
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt
$0.33
$0.81
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz
$1.14
$1.77
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle
$5.47
$13.7
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz
$1.01
$1.53
🚬 Cigarette pack
$3.03
$3.99
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week
$3.25
$9.34
🧴 Hair Shampoo
$0.87
$8.02
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls
$0.48
$1.93
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube
$0.59
$2.75
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month
$12.3
$36.3
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person
$3.01
$9.57
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit
$3.85
$34.3
💇 Haircut, simple
$2.79
$16.8
👖 Brand Jeans
$30.6
$66.5
👟 Brand Sneakers
$50.3
$88.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month
$94.1
$736
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year
$1634
$19102

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Distance City Cost of living
51 km or 32 mi Zahle
$882
75 km or 47 mi Kiryat Shmona
$1673
81 km or 50 mi Jounieh
$982
83 km or 52 mi Sidon
$770
83 km or 52 mi Beirut
$1195
96 km or 59 mi Safed
$1622
105 km or 65 mi Tyre
$633
108 km or 67 mi Tiberias
$1427
110 km or 68 mi Ma'alot-Tarshiha
$1633
111 km or 69 mi Tripoli
$665
114 km or 71 mi Irbid
$625
115 km or 72 mi Arraba
$1635
116 km or 72 mi Karmiel
$1617
117 km or 73 mi Sakhnin
$1645
125 km or 78 mi Tamra
$1622
125 km or 78 mi Nahariya
$1570
126 km or 78 mi Nof HaGalil
$1660
129 km or 80 mi Nazareth
$1689
130 km or 81 mi Acre
$1447
131 km or 81 mi Shefa-'Amr
$1619
135 km or 84 mi Migdal HaEmek
$1674
136 km or 84 mi Kiryat Motzkin
$1610
136 km or 85 mi Kiryat Ata
$1594
137 km or 85 mi Kiryat Yam
$1601
137 km or 85 mi Kiryat Bialik
$1594
137 km or 85 mi Afula
$1660
141 km or 88 mi Homs
$528
142 km or 88 mi Nesher
$1467
143 km or 89 mi Jerash
$602
145 km or 90 mi Haifa
$1567
145 km or 90 mi Yokneam Illit
$1744
154 km or 95 mi Umm al-Fahm
$1728
163 km or 101 mi Zikhron Ya'akov
$1718
168 km or 105 mi Baqa-Jatt
$1746
169 km or 105 mi Pardes Hanna-Karkur
$1725
173 km or 107 mi Al-Salt
$679
173 km or 108 mi Nablus
$849
174 km or 108 mi Hadera
$1593
177 km or 110 mi Amman
$981
184 km or 114 mi Tayibe
$1850

Cities near Taipei

Distance City Cost of living
9.6 km or 6 mi New Taipei
$1011
23 km or 14 mi Keelung
$860
39 km or 24 mi Taoyuan
$861
39 km or 24 mi Yilan
$863
58 km or 36 mi Zhubei
$917
63 km or 39 mi Hsinchu
$860
89 km or 56 mi Miaoli
$746
133 km or 82 mi Taichung
$995
149 km or 92 mi Changhua
$890
152 km or 95 mi Nantou
$857
180 km or 112 mi Douliu
$791
206 km or 128 mi Chiayi
$725
252 km or 157 mi Fuzhou
$664
257 km or 160 mi Putian
$675
258 km or 160 mi Taitung
$952
267 km or 166 mi Tainan
$913
270 km or 168 mi Ningde
$694
276 km or 172 mi Ishigaki
$1114
297 km or 185 mi Quanzhou
$689
298 km or 185 mi Kaohsiung
$932
299 km or 186 mi Jinjiang
$676
316 km or 196 mi Rui'an
$744
330 km or 205 mi Kinmen
$851
340 km or 211 mi Wenzhou
$787
354 km or 220 mi Xiamen
$721
371 km or 230 mi Wenling
$735
379 km or 235 mi Miyakojima
$1115
380 km or 236 mi Nanping
$678
395 km or 246 mi Zhangzhou
$719
411 km or 255 mi Lishui
$741
414 km or 257 mi Sanming
$667
425 km or 264 mi Linhai
$719
454 km or 282 mi Longyan
$713
461 km or 286 mi Wuyishan
$655
488 km or 303 mi Jinhua
$811
495 km or 308 mi Yiwu
$725
508 km or 316 mi Quzhou
$644
518 km or 322 mi Shangrao
$721
520 km or 323 mi Chaozhou
$588
525 km or 326 mi Shantou
$589