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Syria vs. Minnesota Cost of Living Summary

Syria is 56.3% cheaper than Minnesota.

Restaurants: pay 68.4% less in Syria
Groceries: pay 59.5% less in Syria
Transportation: pay 1.2% less in Syria
Housing: pay 66.3% less in Syria
Childcare: pay 93.4% less in Syria
Entertainment and Sports: pay 68.5% less in Syria
Clothing: pay 36.6% less in Syria

Expenses including childcare, entertainment and sports, restaurants, housing, groceries, and clothing are lower in Syria.

Syria vs. Minnesota Cost Breakdown

If you lived in Syria instead of Minnesota, you would:

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pay 68.4% less for restaurants

	Minnesota	Syria
Basic meal with drink at inexpensive restaurant	$17.25	$3.67 SYP47,674	-78.7%
Fast food combo meal McDonalds, or similar	$10.44	$4.17 SYP54,175	-60.1%
Bottle of Coca-Cola (11 fl. oz)	$2.57	$1.06 SYP13,813	-58.7%
Bottle of water (11 fl. oz)	$1.99	$0.47 SYP6,174	-76.2%
Average			-68.4%

Minnesota vs. Syria - Cost of restaurants

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pay 59.5% less for groceries

	Minnesota	Syria
Bread 1 loaf	$3.24	$0.73 SYP9,513	-77.5%
Local cheese (8 oz)	$4.95	$2.01 SYP26,081	-59.5%
Milk (1 gallon)	$3.64	$3.58 SYP46,533	-1.8%
Eggs 1 dozen	$3.38	$2.09 SYP27,171	-38.2%
Boneless chicken breast (1 lb)	$5.83	$2.65 SYP34,440	-54.6%
Apples (1 lb)	$2.46	$0.42 SYP5,407	-83.1%
Bananas (1 lb)	$0.84	$0.77 SYP10,030	-7.8%
Oranges (1 lb)	$2.36	$0.38 SYP4,961	-83.8%
Tomatoes (1 lb)	$2.21	$0.32 SYP4,153	-85.6%
Potatoes (1 lb)	$1.40	$0.29 SYP3,709	-79.7%
Onions (1 lb)	$1.48	$0.25 SYP3,307	-82.8%
Average			-59.5%

Minnesota vs. Syria - Cost of groceries

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pay 1.2% less for transportation

	Minnesota	Syria
Gasoline (1 gallon)	$3.27	$7.90 SYP102,772	+141.7%
Monthly public transit pass	$75.17	$10.00 SYP130,020	-86.7%
New Volkswagen Golf 1.4 (standard edition)	$32,650.12	$21,621.24 SYP281,119,375	-33.8%
Taxi trip in downtown area (5 miles)	$15.25	$11.27 SYP146,528	-26.1%
Average			-1.2%

Minnesota vs. Syria - Cost of transportation

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pay 66.3% less for housing

	Minnesota	Syria
Internet connection 50 mbps or faster, cable/dsl	$66.32	$50.57 SYP657,477	-23.8%
1-Bedroom apartment in downtown area	$1,195.42	$202.90 SYP2,638,111	-83.0%
1-Bedroom apartment outside city center	$1,106.51	$105.66 SYP1,373,848	-90.5%
Utilities for two (700 sq ft apartment) including electric, gas, water, heating	$119.54	$38.53 SYP500,915	-67.8%
Average			-66.3%

Minnesota vs. Syria - Cost of housing

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pay 93.4% less for childcare

	Minnesota	Syria
Private preschool for 1 child, monthly	$1,324.96	$45.89 SYP596,722	-96.5%
Middle school for 1 child, two semesters	$22,140.67	$2,149.32 SYP27,945,454	-90.3%
Average			-93.4%

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pay 68.5% less for entertainment and sports

	Minnesota	Syria
Domestic/local beer (1 pint)	$5.62	$3.57 SYP46,439	-36.4%
Cappuccino in mid-range area	$5.50	$1.00 SYP12,957	-81.9%
Pack of cigarettes Marlboro or similar	$9.80	$2.58 SYP33,588	-73.6%
Monthly membership at local gym	$48.87	$14.23 SYP184,954	-70.9%
Movie ticket to theater/cinema	$13.28	$2.67 SYP34,672	-79.9%
Average			-68.5%

Minnesota vs. Syria - Cost of entertainment and sports

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pay 36.6% less for clothing

	Minnesota	Syria
Regular jeans Levi's brand	$52.74	$21.60 SYP280,836	-59.0%
Regular dress from H&M or similar store	$47.94	$32.17 SYP418,299	-32.9%
Running shoes Nike or Adidas	$84.66	$66.81 SYP868,683	-21.1%
Men's business shoes (leather)	$103.00	$68.69 SYP893,164	-33.3%
Average			-36.6%

Minnesota vs. Syria - Cost of clothing

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