Damascus vs Yangon - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Damascus	Yangon
🚶 Cost of living one person	$638	$705
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1494	$2342
🏠 One person rent	$291	$288
🏘️ Family rent	$523	$970
🍽️ Food expenses	$232	$259
🚐 Transport expenses	$80.7	$84.6
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$55.7	$300
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	24 km	12 km
🎓 Higher education	25	30
😀 Quality of life	34	43
🏙️ Population	2.69M	6.87M

The cost of living in Damascus is 9% less expensive than in Yangon. Cities ranked 7300th and 6863rd ($638 vs $705) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 3rd in Syria and Myanmar, respectively. Check Syria vs Myanmar comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.1 months in Damascus compared to 0.4 months in Yangon. Damascus ranked 1st best city to live in Syria vs Yangon ranked 1st in Myanmar, while ranked 7688th and 6707th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Damascus vs Yangon

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	Damascus	Yangon
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$5.01	$2.12
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$34.8	$15.3
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.96	$4.96
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.5	$1
☕ Cappuccino	$1.26	$2.23
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.25	$0.78
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$262	$487
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$154	$165
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$590	$1104
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$330	$841
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$48.5	$33.3
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$74.5	$51.8
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$67.2	$25.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	13.68%	10.98%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1862	$1691
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$879	$1184
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.1	$0.2
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$16.9	$9.92
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$10.9	$8.56
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.43	$0.89
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.07	$1.95
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.63	$0.98
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.76	$1.45
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.76	$1.44
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.37	$7.51
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.69	$6.78
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.1	$10.9
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.99	$5.6
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.12	$1.11
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1	$2.74
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.86	$3.25
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.59	$2.54
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.62	$1.58
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.4	$0.21
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.13	$0.78
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$5.52	$9.56
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.02	$0.95
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.03	$1.62
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.24	$1.43
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$0.87	$2.36
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.48	$1.36
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.59	$2.02
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$13.2	$28.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$3.03	$2.67
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$3.81	$13.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$2.82	$2.79
👖 Brand Jeans	$21.8	$78.7
👟 Brand Sneakers	$47.5	$97.2
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$48.6	$320
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$1666	$15505

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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 Yangon

Distance	City	Cost of living
71 km or 44 mi	Bago	$650
151 km or 94 mi	Pathein	$778
158 km or 98 mi	Hpa-an	$610
161 km or 100 mi	Mawlamyine	$569
334 km or 207 mi	Naypyidaw	$701
373 km or 232 mi	Chiang Mai	$691
373 km or 232 mi	Pai	$633
438 km or 272 mi	Phitsanulok	$537
442 km or 275 mi	Nakhon Sawan	$654
451 km or 280 mi	Taunggyi	$660
506 km or 314 mi	Sittwe	$678
520 km or 323 mi	Chiang Rai	$584
534 km or 332 mi	Nakhon Pathom	$548
552 km or 343 mi	Myeik	$576
566 km or 352 mi	Pak Kret	$715
566 km or 352 mi	Tha Khlong	$641
571 km or 355 mi	Nonthaburi	$717
571 km or 355 mi	Rangsit	$595
576 km or 358 mi	Mandalay	$710
578 km or 359 mi	Bangkok	$941
588 km or 365 mi	Lat Luang	$753
591 km or 367 mi	Pu Chao Saming Phrai	$748
600 km or 373 mi	Monywa	$661
624 km or 388 mi	Hua Hin	$656
658 km or 409 mi	Laem Chabang	$743
662 km or 411 mi	Chaophraya Surasak	$739
666 km or 414 mi	Pattaya	$781
666 km or 414 mi	Nakhon Ratchasima	$588
671 km or 417 mi	Nong Prue	$752
686 km or 427 mi	Cox's Bazar	$323
697 km or 433 mi	Vientiane	$1163
705 km or 438 mi	Udon Thani	$543
708 km or 440 mi	Vang Vieng	$1183
713 km or 443 mi	Khon Kaen	$568
719 km or 447 mi	Luang Prabang	$1253
742 km or 461 mi	Klaeng	$685
756 km or 470 mi	Jinghong	$604
763 km or 474 mi	Chittagong	$351
816 km or 507 mi	Serei Saophoan	$639
834 km or 518 mi	Pu'er	$625