Damascus vs Zhengzhou - Cost of Living Comparison

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Damascus Zhengzhou
🚶 Cost of living one person
$675
$511
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family
$1514
$1473
🏠 One person rent
$310
$191
🏘️ Family rent
$498
$327
🍽️ Food expenses
$255
$193
🚐 Transport expenses
$62.5
$60.6
💳 Monthly salary after tax
$48.3
$664
😷 Air quality
Moderate
Bad
✈️ Airport proximity
24 km
14 km
🎓 Higher education
29
68
😀 Quality of life
40
68
🏙️ Population
2.69M
12.6M

The cost of living in Damascus is 32% more expensive than in Zhengzhou. Cities ranked 7406th and 8643rd ($675 vs $511) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 498th 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 Zhengzhou. Damascus ranked 1st best city to live in Syria vs Zhengzhou ranked 37th in China, while ranked 7899th and 4641st among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Damascus vs Zhengzhou

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Damascus Zhengzhou
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu
$9.24
$2.19
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2
$30.1
$17.3
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's
$5.96
$4.35
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz
$1.75
$0.86
 Cappuccino
$2.26
$2.34
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz
$1.57
$0.53
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2
$251
$168
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2
$145
$134
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2
$459
$308
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2
$268
$242
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.
$89
$41
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.
$137
$62
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited
$54.5
$9.4
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years
14.16%
3.85%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2
$1767
$2933
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2
$627
$1502
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket
$0.1
$0.14
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport
$14.3
$10.7
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi
$8
$3.75
 Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal
$0.37
$1.1
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt
$0.86
$1.65
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb
$0.49
$1.54
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$1.61
$0.87
🥚 Eggs, x12
$1.75
$1
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$3.05
$12.8
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$6.08
$2.99
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$13.2
$10.7
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$0.99
$1.22
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$1.53
$0.96
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$1.1
$0.84
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$0.88
$1.01
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$0.77
$0.57
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$0.69
$0.65
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt
$0.46
$0.46
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz
$0.93
$1.04
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle
$6.88
$14.4
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz
$0.97
$0.8
🚬 Cigarette pack
$2.69
$3.02
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week
$3.14
$2.1
🧴 Hair Shampoo
$0.99
$3.4
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls
$0.56
$0.96
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube
$0.68
$1.08
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month
$18.5
$39
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person
$3.42
$5.09
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit
$4.39
$14
💇 Haircut, simple
$3.18
$4.58
👖 Brand Jeans
$40.8
$55.3
👟 Brand Sneakers
$62.9
$67.7
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month
$56.8
$234
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year
$1770
$21713

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Distance City Cost of living
51 km or 32 mi Zahle
$1005
75 km or 47 mi Kiryat Shmona
$1925
81 km or 50 mi Jounieh
$1106
83 km or 52 mi Sidon
$865
83 km or 52 mi Beirut
$1353
96 km or 59 mi Safed
$1973
105 km or 65 mi Tyre
$676
108 km or 67 mi Tiberias
$1870
110 km or 68 mi Ma'alot-Tarshiha
$1929
111 km or 69 mi Tripoli
$842
114 km or 71 mi Irbid
$753
115 km or 72 mi Arraba
$1917
116 km or 72 mi Karmiel
$1770
117 km or 73 mi Sakhnin
$1873
125 km or 78 mi Tamra
$1934
125 km or 78 mi Nahariya
$1894
126 km or 78 mi Nof HaGalil
$2000
129 km or 80 mi Nazareth
$1981
130 km or 81 mi Acre
$1766
131 km or 81 mi Shefa-'Amr
$1960
135 km or 84 mi Migdal HaEmek
$2027
136 km or 84 mi Kiryat Motzkin
$1936
136 km or 85 mi Kiryat Ata
$1911
137 km or 85 mi Kiryat Yam
$1949
137 km or 85 mi Kiryat Bialik
$1940
137 km or 85 mi Afula
$1909
141 km or 88 mi Homs
$385
142 km or 88 mi Nesher
$1856
143 km or 89 mi Jerash
$740
145 km or 90 mi Haifa
$1930
145 km or 90 mi Yokneam Illit
$2071
154 km or 95 mi Umm al-Fahm
$2061
163 km or 101 mi Zikhron Ya'akov
$2103
168 km or 105 mi Baqa-Jatt
$2098
169 km or 105 mi Pardes Hanna-Karkur
$2101
173 km or 107 mi Al-Salt
$546
173 km or 108 mi Nablus
$978
174 km or 108 mi Hadera
$1887
177 km or 110 mi Amman
$1013
184 km or 114 mi Tayibe
$2207

Cities near Zhengzhou

Distance City Cost of living
25 km or 15 mi Xingyang
$516
35 km or 22 mi Xinmi
$516
40 km or 25 mi Xinzheng
$518
60 km or 37 mi Changge
$509
62 km or 38 mi Gongyi
$516
62 km or 39 mi Kaifeng
$483
64 km or 40 mi Xinxiang
$489
66 km or 41 mi Jiaozuo
$489
66 km or 41 mi Dengfeng
$518
69 km or 43 mi Yuzhou
$520
77 km or 48 mi Qinyang
$507
80 km or 50 mi Huixian
$506
81 km or 50 mi Yanshi
$514
81 km or 51 mi Weihui
$498
82 km or 51 mi Xuchang
$491
82 km or 51 mi Mengzhou
$506
99 km or 61 mi Ruzhou
$523
105 km or 65 mi Jiyuan
$518
111 km or 69 mi Changyuan
$569
111 km or 69 mi Jincheng
$534
113 km or 70 mi Luoyang
$525
118 km or 73 mi Pingdingshan
$542
125 km or 78 mi Hebi
$531
134 km or 83 mi Luohe
$543
134 km or 83 mi Gaoping
$541
147 km or 91 mi Linzhou
$531
154 km or 96 mi Zhoukou
$598
162 km or 101 mi Anyang
$492
162 km or 101 mi Wugang
$526
168 km or 104 mi Puyang
$583
169 km or 105 mi Changzhi
$659
170 km or 106 mi Heze
$803
185 km or 115 mi Xiangcheng
$572
185 km or 115 mi Shangqiu
$602
200 km or 124 mi Zhumadian
$596
220 km or 137 mi Handan
$545
221 km or 137 mi Nanyang
$578
221 km or 138 mi Wu'an
$540
225 km or 140 mi Sanmenxia
$529
228 km or 142 mi Jieshou
$556