Cost of living comparison
Beirut is 58.6% more expensive than Bangkok.
If you lived in Beirut instead of Bangkok, you would:
pay 3.3 times more for restaurants
Bangkok
|
Beirut
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Basic meal with drink at inexpensive restaurant |
$2.95
฿109.23
|
$10.00
L£894,932
|
|
Fast food combo meal
McDonalds, or similar
|
$5.91
฿218.46
|
$6.62
L£592,893
|
|
Bottle of Coca-Cola (11 fl. oz) |
$0.57
฿21.08
|
$3.22
L£287,918
|
|
Bottle of water (11 fl. oz) |
$0.32
฿11.93
|
$1.01
L£90,441
|
|
pay 27.8% more for groceries
Bangkok
|
Beirut
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Bread
1 loaf
|
$1.86
฿68.85
|
$1.18
L£105,759
|
|
Local cheese (8 oz) |
$8.67
฿320.73
|
$7.35
L£657,967
|
|
Milk (1 gallon) |
$6.60
฿243.97
|
$25.78
L£2,306,708
|
|
Eggs
1 dozen
|
$2.02
฿74.63
|
$2.11
L£188,734
|
|
Boneless chicken breast (1 lb) |
$1.46
฿53.88
|
$2.71
L£242,253
|
|
Apples (1 lb) |
$1.36
฿50.35
|
$1.25
L£112,233
|
|
Bananas (1 lb) |
$0.63
฿23.45
|
$1.14
L£102,045
|
|
Oranges (1 lb) |
$0.90
฿33.36
|
$0.48
L£42,858
|
|
Tomatoes (1 lb) |
$0.73
฿27.14
|
$0.69
L£61,898
|
|
Potatoes (1 lb) |
$0.73
฿26.95
|
$0.58
L£51,536
|
|
Onions (1 lb) |
$0.63
฿23.19
|
$0.49
L£43,680
|
|
pay 9.2% more for transportation
Bangkok
|
Beirut
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Gasoline (1 gallon) |
$4.46
฿165.02
|
$4.70
L£420,352
|
|
Monthly public transit pass |
$38.39
฿1,419.98
|
$63.04
L£5,641,964
|
|
New Volkswagen Golf 1.4 (standard edition) |
$59,069.18
฿2,184,580.68
|
$22,000.00
L£1,968,850,873
|
|
Taxi trip in downtown area (5 miles) |
$10.60
฿392.13
|
$13.80
L£1,235,006
|
|
pay 2.4 times more for housing
Bangkok
|
Beirut
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Internet connection
50 mbps or faster, cable/dsl
|
$15.74
฿582.22
|
$63.14
L£5,650,171
|
|
1-Bedroom apartment in downtown area |
$659.48
฿24,389.69
|
$782.14
L£69,996,484
|
|
1-Bedroom apartment outside city center |
$314.02
฿11,613.62
|
$402.46
L£36,017,128
|
|
Utilities for two
(700 sq ft apartment)
including electric, gas, water, heating
|
$60.89
฿2,251.89
|
$198.90
L£17,800,124
|
|
pay 47.0% less for childcare
Bangkok
|
Beirut
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Private preschool for 1 child, monthly |
$562.72
฿20,811.39
|
$383.33
L£34,305,735
|
|
Middle school for 1 child, two semesters |
$13,500.26
฿499,285.91
|
$5,115.38
L£457,792,249
|
|
pay 10.4% more for entertainment and sports
Bangkok
|
Beirut
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Domestic/local beer (1 pint) |
$2.36
฿87.38
|
$2.50
L£223,733
|
|
Cappuccino in mid-range area |
$2.30
฿85.18
|
$2.62
L£234,403
|
|
Pack of cigarettes
Marlboro or similar
|
$4.43
฿163.84
|
$5.58
L£499,524
|
|
Monthly membership at local gym |
$56.73
฿2,097.91
|
$46.03
L£4,119,380
|
|
Movie ticket to theater/cinema |
$7.97
฿294.92
|
$10.00
L£894,932
|
|
pay 34.3% more for clothing
Bangkok
|
Beirut
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Regular jeans
Levi's brand
|
$59.87
฿2,214.32
|
$82.83
L£7,413,022
|
|
Regular dress
from H&M or similar store
|
$40.54
฿1,499.27
|
$60.00
L£5,369,593
|
|
Running shoes
Nike or Adidas
|
$97.44
฿3,603.57
|
$115.62
L£10,347,654
|
|
Men's business shoes (leather) |
$102.02
฿3,772.91
|
$135.00
L£12,081,585
|
|
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