Damascus vs Zhumadian - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Damascus	Zhumadian
🚶 Cost of living one person	$638	$637
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1494	$1667
🏠 One person rent	$291	$260
🏘️ Family rent	$523	$457
🍽️ Food expenses	$232	$217
🚐 Transport expenses	$80.7	$71.3
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$55.7	$745
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	24 km	49 km
🎓 Higher education	25	19
😀 Quality of life	34	38
🏙️ Population	2.69M	7.01M

The cost of living in Damascus is 0.3% more expensive than in Zhumadian. Cities ranked 7300th and 7314th ($638 vs $637) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 137th 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 304th in China, while ranked 7688th and 7150th 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	$5.01	$3.45
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$34.8	$20.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.96	$5.07
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.5	$0.95
☕ Cappuccino	$1.26	$2.83
🥤 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	$231
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$154	$187
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$590	$450
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$330	$344
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$48.5	$50.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$74.5	$78.3
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$67.2	$13.4
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	13.68%	4.25%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1862	$3149
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$879	$1823
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.1	$0.29
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$16.9	$18.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$10.9	$3.49
⛽ 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	$1.39
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.76	$0.95
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.76	$1.41
🧀 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	$12.1
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.99	$1.89
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.12	$1.11
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1	$1.29
🍅 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	$1.11
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$5.52	$8.61
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.02	$0.7
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.03	$3.02
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.24	$3.93
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$0.87	$4.21
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.48	$1.46
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.59	$1.63
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$13.2	$43.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$3.03	$6.86
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$3.81	$23.7
💇 Haircut, simple	$2.82	$5.05
👖 Brand Jeans	$21.8	$74.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$47.5	$88.4
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$48.6	$332
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$1666	$8598

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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 Zhumadian

Distance	City	Cost of living
59 km or 36 mi	Wugang	$571
67 km or 42 mi	Luohe	$591
92 km or 57 mi	Zhoukou	$580
95 km or 59 mi	Xinyang	$655
96 km or 60 mi	Xiangcheng	$577
108 km or 67 mi	Pingdingshan	$591
118 km or 73 mi	Xuchang	$586
128 km or 80 mi	Jieshou	$591
140 km or 87 mi	Nanyang	$632
140 km or 87 mi	Changge	$547
140 km or 87 mi	Yuzhou	$552
152 km or 94 mi	Zaoyang	$591
152 km or 95 mi	Guangshui	$619
153 km or 95 mi	Suizhou	$621
160 km or 100 mi	Xinzheng	$538
166 km or 103 mi	Fuyang	$633
173 km or 107 mi	Ruzhou	$538
184 km or 114 mi	Xinmi	$528
185 km or 115 mi	Dengzhou	$600
189 km or 117 mi	Dengfeng	$529
194 km or 121 mi	Anlu	$615
200 km or 124 mi	Zhengzhou	$512
203 km or 126 mi	Xiangyang	$604
204 km or 127 mi	Kaifeng	$545
210 km or 130 mi	Xingyang	$519
218 km or 135 mi	Yicheng	$577
219 km or 136 mi	Gongyi	$522
220 km or 137 mi	Shangqiu	$736
221 km or 137 mi	Macheng	$630
226 km or 140 mi	Yanshi	$509
228 km or 142 mi	Xiaogan	$651
230 km or 143 mi	Laohekou	$582
230 km or 143 mi	Yingcheng	$600
234 km or 145 mi	Jingshan	$584
238 km or 148 mi	Luoyang	$505
240 km or 149 mi	Danjiangkou	$583
243 km or 151 mi	Zhongxiang	$577
244 km or 151 mi	Mengzhou	$505
248 km or 154 mi	Yongcheng	$600
256 km or 159 mi	Qinyang	$504