Damascus vs Zhanjiang - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Damascus	Zhanjiang
🚶 Cost of living one person	$638	$764
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1494	$2113
🏠 One person rent	$291	$378
🏘️ Family rent	$523	$725
🍽️ Food expenses	$232	$233
🚐 Transport expenses	$80.7	$75.3
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$55.7	$549
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	24 km	31 km
🎓 Higher education	25	37
😀 Quality of life	34	43
🏙️ Population	2.69M	6.98M

The cost of living in Damascus is 16% less expensive than in Zhanjiang. Cities ranked 7300th and 6602nd ($638 vs $764) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 34th 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 0.7 months in Zhanjiang. Damascus ranked 1st best city to live in Syria vs Zhanjiang ranked 161st in China, while ranked 7688th and 6725th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Damascus vs Zhanjiang

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	Damascus	Zhanjiang
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$5.01	$2.48
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$34.8	$17.3
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.96	$4.86
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.5	$0.83
☕ Cappuccino	$1.26	$2.77
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.25	$0.45
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$262	$440
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$154	$307
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$590	$860
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$330	$612
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$48.5	$34.7
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$74.5	$53.6
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$67.2	$9.6
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	13.68%	4.35%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1862	$5384
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$879	$3087
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.1	$0.36
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$16.9	$17.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$10.9	$4.02
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.43	$1.16
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.07	$1.37
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.63	$1.65
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.76	$0.84
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.76	$0.99
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.37	$15.2
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.69	$4.52
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.1	$10.3
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.99	$1.45
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.12	$1.05
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1	$1.21
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.86	$1.78
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.59	$0.82
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.62	$0.85
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.4	$0.36
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.13	$1.39
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$5.52	$15.5
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.02	$0.77
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.03	$3.67
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.24	$5.95
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$0.87	$5.49
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.48	$1.5
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.59	$1.94
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$13.2	$42.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$3.03	$5.47
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$3.81	$31.8
💇 Haircut, simple	$2.82	$9.21
👖 Brand Jeans	$21.8	$44.4
👟 Brand Sneakers	$47.5	$64.1
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$48.6	$551
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$1666	$18959

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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 Zhanjiang

Distance	City	Cost of living
74 km or 46 mi	Maoming	$756
94 km or 59 mi	Gaozhou	$761
131 km or 81 mi	Haikou	$650
138 km or 86 mi	Beihai	$642
161 km or 100 mi	Yulin	$771
177 km or 110 mi	Yangjiang	$877
203 km or 126 mi	Qinzhou	$592
222 km or 138 mi	Fangchenggang	$573
226 km or 141 mi	Guigang	$702
255 km or 159 mi	Yunfu	$823
270 km or 168 mi	Kaiping	$812
271 km or 168 mi	Wuzhou	$803
281 km or 175 mi	Nanning	$549
295 km or 183 mi	Zhaoqing	$793
307 km or 191 mi	Laibin	$598
317 km or 197 mi	Jiangmen	$804
324 km or 201 mi	Cam Pha	$569
338 km or 210 mi	Zhongshan	$461
341 km or 212 mi	Sanya	$763
342 km or 212 mi	Chongzuo	$564
343 km or 213 mi	Macau	$1588
345 km or 214 mi	Foshan	$611
346 km or 215 mi	Ha Long	$582
348 km or 216 mi	Zhuhai	$653
362 km or 225 mi	Liuzhou	$579
364 km or 226 mi	Guangzhou	$774
377 km or 234 mi	Hezhou	$758
388 km or 241 mi	Qingyuan	$794
390 km or 243 mi	Haiphong	$591
401 km or 249 mi	Dongguan	$656
405 km or 252 mi	Shenzhen	$916
406 km or 252 mi	Hong Kong	$2737
410 km or 255 mi	Kowloon	$2432
423 km or 263 mi	Hai Duong	$554
430 km or 267 mi	Thai Binh	$513
447 km or 278 mi	Lianzhou	$755
449 km or 279 mi	Nam Dinh	$496
451 km or 280 mi	Bac Ninh	$513
453 km or 281 mi	Guilin	$522
455 km or 283 mi	Hechi	$575