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Beirut vs. Ankara Cost of Living Summary

Beirut is 46.8% more expensive than Ankara.

Restaurants: pay 34.7% more in Beirut
Groceries: pay 28.9% more in Beirut
Transportation: pay 3.1 times more in Beirut
Housing: pay 72.7% more in Beirut
Childcare: pay 47.9% less in Beirut
Entertainment and Sports: pay 20.9% more in Beirut
Clothing: pay 9.1% more in Beirut

The cost of transportation, housing, restaurants, groceries, entertainment and sports, and clothing in Beirut are more expensive than in Ankara. Notably, transportation is significantly more expensive in Beirut.

Beirut vs. Ankara Cost Breakdown

If you lived in Beirut instead of Ankara, you would:

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pay 34.7% more for restaurants

	Ankara	Beirut
Basic meal with drink at inexpensive restaurant	$9.62 TRY410.93	$10.82 LBP967,408	+12.4%
Fast food combo meal McDonalds, or similar	$8.42 TRY359.56	$8.00 LBP715,254	-5.0%
Bottle of Coca-Cola (11 fl. oz)	$1.21 TRY51.59	$1.76 LBP156,959	+45.3%
Bottle of water (11 fl. oz)	$0.41 TRY17.49	$0.76 LBP68,173	+86.1%
Average			+34.7%

Ankara vs. Beirut - Cost of restaurants

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pay 28.9% more for groceries

	Ankara	Beirut
Bread 1 loaf	$0.69 TRY29.48	$0.75 LBP66,903	+8.4%
Local cheese (8 oz)	$4.81 TRY205.38	$5.06 LBP452,622	+5.2%
Milk (1 gallon)	$3.67 TRY156.66	$6.20 LBP554,263	+69.0%
Eggs 1 dozen	$2.32 TRY99.07	$3.05 LBP272,840	+31.5%
Boneless chicken breast (1 lb)	$2.55 TRY108.76	$4.28 LBP383,013	+68.2%
Apples (1 lb)	$0.70 TRY29.77	$0.92 LBP81,818	+31.3%
Bananas (1 lb)	$1.05 TRY44.88	$0.66 LBP59,311	-36.9%
Oranges (1 lb)	$0.60 TRY25.62	$0.60 LBP53,870	+0.4%
Tomatoes (1 lb)	$0.64 TRY27.15	$0.51 LBP45,189	-20.5%
Potatoes (1 lb)	$0.30 TRY12.60	$0.42 LBP37,209	+41.1%
Onions (1 lb)	$0.25 TRY10.67	$0.55 LBP49,244	+120.3%
Average			+28.9%

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pay 3.1 times more for transportation

	Ankara	Beirut
Gasoline (1 gallon)	$4.41 TRY188.30	$3.51 LBP313,449	-20.5%
Monthly public transit pass	$9.02 TRY385.24	$72.50 LBP6,481,989	+703.5%
New Volkswagen Golf 1.4 (standard edition)	$48,122.27 TRY2,054,633.12	$35,000.00 LBP3,129,236,252	-27.3%
Taxi trip in downtown area (5 miles)	$6.74 TRY287.65	$19.00 LBP1,698,728	+182.0%
Average			+209.4%

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pay 72.7% more for housing

	Ankara	Beirut
Internet connection 50 mbps or faster, cable/dsl	$13.72 TRY586.00	$37.92 LBP3,390,579	+176.3%
1-Bedroom apartment in downtown area	$717.46 TRY30,632.71	$842.31 LBP75,307,993	+17.4%
1-Bedroom apartment outside city center	$512.73 TRY21,891.63	$372.22 LBP33,279,179	-27.4%
Utilities for two (700 sq ft apartment) including electric, gas, water, heating	$62.15 TRY2,653.64	$139.38 LBP12,461,100	+124.3%
Average			+72.7%

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pay 47.9% less for childcare

	Ankara	Beirut
Private preschool for 1 child, monthly	$600.60 TRY25,643.40	$362.50 LBP32,409,947	-39.6%
Middle school for 1 child, two semesters	$14,110.57 TRY602,466.26	$6,187.50 LBP553,204,266	-56.1%
Average			-47.9%

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pay 20.9% more for entertainment and sports

	Ankara	Beirut
Domestic/local beer (1 pint)	$3.61 TRY154.10	$4.00 LBP357,627	+10.8%
Cappuccino in mid-range area	$3.22 TRY137.60	$3.28 LBP293,667	+1.9%
Pack of cigarettes Marlboro or similar	$2.17 TRY92.46	$2.55 LBP227,987	+17.8%
Monthly membership at local gym	$55.91 TRY2,387.29	$66.33 LBP5,930,648	+18.6%
Movie ticket to theater/cinema	$6.44 TRY274.81	$10.00 LBP894,068	+55.4%
Average			+20.9%

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pay 9.1% more for clothing

	Ankara	Beirut
Regular jeans Levi's brand	$57.32 TRY2,447.41	$59.38 LBP5,308,526	+3.6%
Regular dress from H&M or similar store	$45.55 TRY1,944.87	$50.00 LBP4,470,338	+9.8%
Running shoes Nike or Adidas	$104.18 TRY4,448.28	$120.56 LBP10,778,480	+15.7%
Men's business shoes (leather)	$95.96 TRY4,097.18	$102.86 LBP9,196,123	+7.2%
Average			+9.1%

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The statistics used to build this comparison are calculated using data from users just like you. We average the price of thousands of data points entered by users across the world. Learn more about our data sources. Page last updated: December 2025

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