Damascus vs Xinyang - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Damascus	Xinyang
🚶 Cost of living one person	$638	$655
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1494	$1706
🏠 One person rent	$291	$274
🏘️ Family rent	$523	$483
🍽️ Food expenses	$232	$219
🚐 Transport expenses	$80.7	$72.3
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$55.7	$865
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	24 km	46 km
🎓 Higher education	25	28
😀 Quality of life	34	41
🏙️ Population	2.69M	6.23M

The cost of living in Damascus is 3% less expensive than in Xinyang. Cities ranked 7300th and 7175th ($638 vs $655) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 100th 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 Xinyang. Damascus ranked 1st best city to live in Syria vs Xinyang ranked 207th in China, while ranked 7688th and 6860th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Damascus vs Xinyang

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	Damascus	Xinyang
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$5.01	$3.47
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$34.8	$20.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.96	$5.09
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.5	$0.96
☕ Cappuccino	$1.26	$2.88
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.25	$0.39
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$262	$264
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$154	$196
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$590	$465
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$330	$374
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$48.5	$51.4
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$74.5	$77.9
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$67.2	$13.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	13.68%	4.25%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1862	$3268
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$879	$2038
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.1	$0.33
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$16.9	$18.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$10.9	$3.44
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.43	$1.13
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.07	$1.75
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.63	$1.38
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.76	$0.95
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.76	$1.39
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.37	$12.4
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.69	$3.2
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.1	$12.2
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.99	$1.9
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.12	$1.13
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1	$1.28
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.86	$1.05
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.59	$0.76
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.62	$0.74
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.4	$0.35
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.13	$1.06
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$5.52	$8.69
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.02	$0.71
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.03	$3
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.24	$4.14
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$0.87	$4.76
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.48	$1.42
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.59	$1.81
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$13.2	$37.5
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$3.03	$6.96
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$3.81	$24.5
💇 Haircut, simple	$2.82	$5.96
👖 Brand Jeans	$21.8	$74.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$47.5	$89.5
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$48.6	$334
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$1666	$8587

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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 Xinyang

Distance	City	Cost of living
61 km or 38 mi	Guangshui	$619
80 km or 50 mi	Suizhou	$621
95 km or 59 mi	Zhumadian	$637
103 km or 64 mi	Anlu	$615
123 km or 77 mi	Zaoyang	$591
134 km or 83 mi	Xiaogan	$651
138 km or 86 mi	Macheng	$630
140 km or 87 mi	Wugang	$571
140 km or 87 mi	Yingcheng	$600
153 km or 95 mi	Jingshan	$584
162 km or 101 mi	Luohe	$591
166 km or 103 mi	Hanchuan	$619
166 km or 103 mi	Xiangcheng	$577
172 km or 107 mi	Wuhan	$656
174 km or 108 mi	Nanyang	$632
175 km or 109 mi	Jieshou	$591
175 km or 109 mi	Zhoukou	$580
176 km or 109 mi	Zhongxiang	$577
177 km or 110 mi	Yicheng	$577
180 km or 112 mi	Xiangyang	$604
184 km or 114 mi	Fuyang	$633
193 km or 120 mi	Pingdingshan	$591
197 km or 122 mi	Dengzhou	$600
202 km or 125 mi	Huanggang	$660
204 km or 127 mi	Xiantao	$600
207 km or 129 mi	Ezhou	$638
212 km or 132 mi	Xuchang	$586
213 km or 133 mi	Jingmen	$588
227 km or 141 mi	Laohekou	$582
232 km or 144 mi	Yuzhou	$552
233 km or 145 mi	Huangshi	$679
234 km or 145 mi	Lu'an	$664
234 km or 146 mi	Changge	$547
241 km or 150 mi	Daye	$645
245 km or 152 mi	Danjiangkou	$583
253 km or 157 mi	Chibi	$591
254 km or 158 mi	Xinzheng	$538
255 km or 158 mi	Ruzhou	$538
256 km or 159 mi	Xianning	$635
260 km or 161 mi	Dangyang	$558