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Beirut vs. Bucharest Cost of Living Summary

Beirut is 10.6% more expensive than Bucharest.

Restaurants: pay 27.4% less in Beirut
Groceries: pay 8.3% less in Beirut
Transportation: pay 99.6% more in Beirut
Housing: pay 62.2% more in Beirut
Childcare: pay 51.5% less in Beirut
Entertainment and Sports: pay 2.1% less in Beirut
Clothing: pay 1.4% more in Beirut

The cost of transportation, housing, and clothing in Beirut are more expensive than in Bucharest. Expenses including childcare, restaurants, groceries, and entertainment and sports are lower in Beirut. Notably, transportation is significantly more expensive in Beirut.

Beirut vs. Bucharest Cost Breakdown

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

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pay 27.4% less for restaurants

	Bucharest	Beirut
Basic meal with drink at inexpensive restaurant	$13.80 RON61.57	$10.82 LBP969K	-21.6%
Fast food combo meal McDonalds, or similar	$8.05 RON35.92	$8.00 LBP716K	-0.6%
Bottle of Coca-Cola (11 fl. oz)	$2.27 RON10.15	$1.76 LBP157K	-22.8%
Bottle of water (11 fl. oz)	$2.15 RON9.58	$0.76 LBP68,285	-64.5%
Average			-27.4%

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pay 8.3% less for groceries

	Bucharest	Beirut
Bread 1 loaf	$1.44 RON6.44	$0.75 LBP67,013	-48.1%
Local cheese (8 oz)	$4.98 RON22.24	$5.06 LBP453K	+1.6%
Milk (1 gallon)	$6.67 RON29.75	$6.20 LBP555K	-7.0%
Eggs 1 dozen	$3.62 RON16.15	$3.05 LBP273K	-15.7%
Boneless chicken breast (1 lb)	$3.38 RON15.09	$4.28 LBP384K	+26.7%
Apples (1 lb)	$0.64 RON2.87	$0.92 LBP81,953	+42.4%
Bananas (1 lb)	$0.79 RON3.51	$0.66 LBP59,408	-15.7%
Oranges (1 lb)	$0.80 RON3.58	$0.60 LBP53,958	-24.8%
Tomatoes (1 lb)	$1.18 RON5.29	$0.51 LBP45,263	-57.3%
Potatoes (1 lb)	$0.46 RON2.07	$0.42 LBP37,270	-10.5%
Onions (1 lb)	$0.47 RON2.10	$0.55 LBP49,326	+17.1%
Average			-8.3%

Bucharest vs. Beirut - Cost of groceries

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pay 99.6% more for transportation

	Bucharest	Beirut
Gasoline (1 gallon)	$6.36 RON28.37	$3.51 LBP314K	-44.8%
Monthly public transit pass	$23.00 RON102.62	$72.50 LBP6M	+215.3%
New Volkswagen Golf 1.4 (standard edition)	$28,745.54 RON128K	$35,000.00 LBP3B	+21.8%
Taxi trip in downtown area (5 miles)	$6.21 RON27.71	$19.00 LBP2M	+206.0%
Average			+99.6%

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pay 62.2% more for housing

	Bucharest	Beirut
Internet connection 50 mbps or faster, cable/dsl	$11.39 RON50.82	$37.92 LBP3M	+233.0%
1-Bedroom apartment in downtown area	$647.24 RON2,888.39	$842.31 LBP75M	+30.1%
1-Bedroom apartment outside city center	$432.85 RON1,931.65	$372.22 LBP33M	-14.0%
Utilities for two (700 sq ft apartment) including electric, gas, water, heating	$139.60 RON622.97	$139.38 LBP12M	-0.2%
Average			+62.2%

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pay 51.5% less for childcare

	Bucharest	Beirut
Private preschool for 1 child, monthly	$664.86 RON2,967.02	$362.50 LBP32M	-45.5%
Middle school for 1 child, two semesters	$14,582.52 RON65,075.95	$6,187.50 LBP554M	-57.6%
Average			-51.5%

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pay 2.1% less for entertainment and sports

	Bucharest	Beirut
Domestic/local beer (1 pint)	$3.45 RON15.39	$4.00 LBP358K	+16.0%
Cappuccino in mid-range area	$3.28 RON14.65	$3.28 LBP294K	+0.1%
Pack of cigarettes Marlboro or similar	$6.67 RON29.76	$2.55 LBP228K	-61.8%
Monthly membership at local gym	$52.49 RON234.25	$66.33 LBP6M	+26.4%
Movie ticket to theater/cinema	$9.20 RON41.05	$10.00 LBP896K	+8.7%
Average			-2.1%

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pay 1.4% more for clothing

	Bucharest	Beirut
Regular jeans Levi's brand	$80.54 RON359.42	$59.38 LBP5M	-26.3%
Regular dress from H&M or similar store	$45.47 RON202.93	$50.00 LBP4M	+10.0%
Running shoes Nike or Adidas	$93.98 RON419.38	$120.56 LBP11M	+28.3%
Men's business shoes (leather)	$109.75 RON489.78	$102.86 LBP9M	-6.3%
Average			+1.4%

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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: March 2026

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