Damascus vs Zhumadian - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Damascus	Zhumadian
🚶 Cost of living one person	$671	$580
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1492	$1519
🏠 One person rent	$315	$225
🏘️ Family rent	$505	$382
🍽️ Food expenses	$250	$213
🚐 Transport expenses	$61.5	$70.6
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$47.6	$675
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	24 km	49 km
🎓 Higher education	28	19
😀 Quality of life	39	44
🏙️ Population	2.69M	7.01M

The cost of living in Damascus is 16% more expensive than in Zhumadian. Cities ranked 7287th and 7987th ($671 vs $580) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 243rd 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 1.2 months in Zhumadian. Damascus ranked 1st best city to live in Syria vs Zhumadian ranked 315th in China, while ranked 7834th and 7223rd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Damascus vs Zhumadian

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	Damascus	Zhumadian
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$7.99	$2.82
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$28.8	$21
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.96	$5.51
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.61	$0.78
☕ Cappuccino	$1.95	$2.13
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.38	$0.41
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$219	$207
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$160	$152
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$398	$374
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$295	$276
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$88	$49.3
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$135	$74.6
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$54.5	$12.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	13.62%	3.56%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1865	$3219
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$645	$1646
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.1	$0.29
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$17	$16.5
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$6.96	$3.67
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.43	$1.16
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.98	$1.71
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.5	$1.37
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.66	$1
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.83	$1.34
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.22	$12.5
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.18	$2.85
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.5	$12.1
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1	$1.79
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.53	$1.06
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.07	$1.18
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.76	$0.99
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.71	$0.76
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.65	$0.72
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.46	$0.36
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.1	$1.12
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$5.97	$10.6
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.01	$0.71
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.02	$2.78
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.03	$4.1
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$0.86	$4.28
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.48	$1.51
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.59	$1.63
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$16.2	$37.1
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$2.98	$5.6
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$3.82	$24.3
💇 Haircut, simple	$2.78	$5.17
👖 Brand Jeans	$44.4	$41.8
👟 Brand Sneakers	$58	$75.4
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$49.6	$319
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$1711	$7830

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Cities near Damascus

Distance	City	Cost of living
51 km or 32 mi	Zahle	$930
75 km or 47 mi	Kiryat Shmona	$1808
81 km or 50 mi	Jounieh	$1028
83 km or 52 mi	Sidon	$822
83 km or 52 mi	Beirut	$1261
96 km or 59 mi	Safed	$1847
105 km or 65 mi	Tyre	$647
108 km or 67 mi	Tiberias	$1808
110 km or 68 mi	Ma'alot-Tarshiha	$1803
111 km or 69 mi	Tripoli	$787
114 km or 71 mi	Irbid	$753
115 km or 72 mi	Arraba	$1789
116 km or 72 mi	Karmiel	$1630
117 km or 73 mi	Sakhnin	$1745
125 km or 78 mi	Tamra	$1798
125 km or 78 mi	Nahariya	$1775
126 km or 78 mi	Nof HaGalil	$1862
129 km or 80 mi	Nazareth	$1850
130 km or 81 mi	Acre	$1633
131 km or 81 mi	Shefa-'Amr	$1828
135 km or 84 mi	Migdal HaEmek	$1917
136 km or 84 mi	Kiryat Motzkin	$1842
136 km or 85 mi	Kiryat Ata	$1769
137 km or 85 mi	Kiryat Yam	$1819
137 km or 85 mi	Kiryat Bialik	$1804
137 km or 85 mi	Afula	$1817
141 km or 88 mi	Homs	$402
142 km or 88 mi	Nesher	$1757
143 km or 89 mi	Jerash	$748
145 km or 90 mi	Haifa	$1840
145 km or 90 mi	Yokneam Illit	$1932
154 km or 95 mi	Umm al-Fahm	$1954
163 km or 101 mi	Zikhron Ya'akov	$1978
168 km or 105 mi	Baqa-Jatt	$2001
169 km or 105 mi	Pardes Hanna-Karkur	$1991
173 km or 107 mi	Al-Salt	$548
173 km or 108 mi	Nablus	$915
174 km or 108 mi	Hadera	$1786
177 km or 110 mi	Amman	$1009
184 km or 114 mi	Tayibe	$2108

Cities near Zhumadian

Distance	City	Cost of living
59 km or 36 mi	Wugang	$526
67 km or 42 mi	Luohe	$553
92 km or 57 mi	Zhoukou	$582
95 km or 59 mi	Xinyang	$583
96 km or 60 mi	Xiangcheng	$567
108 km or 67 mi	Pingdingshan	$544
118 km or 73 mi	Xuchang	$507
128 km or 80 mi	Jieshou	$563
140 km or 87 mi	Nanyang	$581
140 km or 87 mi	Changge	$517
140 km or 87 mi	Yuzhou	$523
152 km or 94 mi	Zaoyang	$552
152 km or 95 mi	Guangshui	$574
153 km or 95 mi	Suizhou	$582
160 km or 100 mi	Xinzheng	$522
166 km or 103 mi	Fuyang	$595
173 km or 107 mi	Ruzhou	$525
184 km or 114 mi	Xinmi	$518
185 km or 115 mi	Dengzhou	$553
189 km or 117 mi	Dengfeng	$517
194 km or 121 mi	Anlu	$579
200 km or 124 mi	Zhengzhou	$504
203 km or 126 mi	Xiangyang	$555
204 km or 127 mi	Kaifeng	$478
210 km or 130 mi	Xingyang	$513
218 km or 135 mi	Yicheng	$542
219 km or 136 mi	Gongyi	$516
220 km or 137 mi	Shangqiu	$598
221 km or 137 mi	Macheng	$592
226 km or 140 mi	Yanshi	$510
228 km or 142 mi	Xiaogan	$629
230 km or 143 mi	Laohekou	$535
230 km or 143 mi	Yingcheng	$585
234 km or 145 mi	Jingshan	$570
238 km or 148 mi	Luoyang	$513
240 km or 149 mi	Danjiangkou	$533
243 km or 151 mi	Zhongxiang	$561
244 km or 151 mi	Mengzhou	$503
248 km or 154 mi	Yongcheng	$570
256 km or 159 mi	Qinyang	$506