Cost of living comparison
Charlotte Amalie is 2.7 times more expensive than Beirut.
If you lived in Charlotte Amalie instead of Beirut, you would:
pay 2.2 times more for restaurants
Beirut
|
Charlotte Amalie
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Basic meal with drink at inexpensive restaurant |
$8.00
LBP715,886
|
$30.00
|
|
Fast food combo meal
McDonalds, or similar
|
$7.00
LBP626,400
|
$7.50
|
|
Bottle of Coca-Cola (11 fl. oz) |
$1.51
LBP135,449
|
$2.25
|
|
Bottle of water (11 fl. oz) |
$0.98
LBP87,497
|
$2.25
|
|
pay 5.3 times more for groceries
Beirut
|
Charlotte Amalie
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Bread
1 loaf
|
$0.78
LBP70,035
|
$9.00
|
|
Local cheese (8 oz) |
$5.14
LBP459,688
|
?? | |
Milk (1 gallon) |
$6.42
LBP574,556
|
$7.00
|
|
Eggs
1 dozen
|
$2.17
LBP193,795
|
$7.00
|
|
Boneless chicken breast (1 lb) |
$3.32
LBP296,680
|
?? | |
Apples (1 lb) |
$0.61
LBP54,289
|
?? | |
Bananas (1 lb) |
$0.57
LBP51,021
|
?? | |
Oranges (1 lb) |
$0.37
LBP33,462
|
?? | |
Tomatoes (1 lb) |
$0.44
LBP39,435
|
?? | |
Potatoes (1 lb) |
$0.33
LBP29,360
|
?? | |
Onions (1 lb) |
$0.40
LBP36,024
|
?? | |
pay 64.1% more for transportation
Beirut
|
Charlotte Amalie
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Gasoline (1 gallon) |
$3.53
LBP316,158
|
$5.80
|
|
Monthly public transit pass |
$65.22
LBP5,836,029
|
?? | |
New Volkswagen Golf 1.4 (standard edition) |
$25,000.00
LBP2,237,144,325
|
?? | |
Taxi trip in downtown area (5 miles) |
$13.50
LBP1,208,058
|
?? | |
pay 2.2 times more for housing
Beirut
|
Charlotte Amalie
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Internet connection
50 mbps or faster, cable/dsl
|
$50.62
LBP4,530,217
|
$116.00
|
|
1-Bedroom apartment in downtown area |
$771.88
LBP69,071,831
|
$2,000.00
|
|
1-Bedroom apartment outside city center |
$369.23
LBP33,040,901
|
$950.00
|
|
Utilities for two
(700 sq ft apartment)
including electric, gas, water, heating
|
$189.49
LBP16,956,238
|
$229.41
|
|
pay (unknown) more for childcare
Beirut
|
Charlotte Amalie
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Private preschool for 1 child, monthly |
$325.00
LBP29,082,876
|
?? | |
Middle school for 1 child, two semesters |
$4,150.00
LBP371,365,958
|
?? |
pay 2.4 times more for entertainment and sports
Beirut
|
Charlotte Amalie
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Domestic/local beer (1 pint) |
$3.00
LBP268,457
|
$7.00
|
|
Cappuccino in mid-range area |
$2.48
LBP222,135
|
$6.00
|
|
Pack of cigarettes
Marlboro or similar
|
$2.29
LBP204,922
|
?? | |
Monthly membership at local gym |
$60.83
LBP5,443,718
|
?? | |
Movie ticket to theater/cinema |
$7.00
LBP626,400
|
?? | |
pay (unknown) more for clothing
Beirut
|
Charlotte Amalie
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Regular jeans
Levi's brand
|
$83.69
LBP7,488,841
|
?? | |
Regular dress
from H&M or similar store
|
$54.29
LBP4,857,799
|
?? | |
Running shoes
Nike or Adidas
|
$107.86
LBP9,651,680
|
?? | |
Men's business shoes (leather) |
$117.86
LBP10,546,538
|
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