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Beirut vs. Guatemala City Cost of Living Summary

Beirut is 30.8% more expensive than Guatemala City.

Restaurants: pay 40.3% more in Beirut
Groceries: pay 27.1% less in Beirut
Transportation: pay 2.3 times more in Beirut
Housing: pay 27.4% more in Beirut
Childcare: pay 31.1% more in Beirut
Entertainment and Sports: pay 12.1% more in Beirut
Clothing: pay 2.0% less in Beirut

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

Beirut vs. Guatemala City Cost Breakdown

If you lived in Beirut instead of Guatemala City, you would:

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pay 40.3% more for restaurants

	Guatemala City	Beirut
Basic meal with drink at inexpensive restaurant	$5.22 GTQ39.86	$10.82 LBP966,418	+107.4%
Fast food combo meal McDonalds, or similar	$6.33 GTQ48.32	$8.00 LBP714,522	+26.5%
Bottle of Coca-Cola (11 fl. oz)	$1.20 GTQ9.13	$1.76 LBP156,798	+46.8%
Bottle of water (11 fl. oz)	$0.95 GTQ7.24	$0.76 LBP68,103	-19.6%
Average			+40.3%

Guatemala City vs. Beirut - Cost of restaurants

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pay 27.1% less for groceries

	Guatemala City	Beirut
Bread 1 loaf	$3.11 GTQ23.75	$0.75 LBP66,834	-75.9%
Local cheese (8 oz)	$3.93 GTQ30.01	$5.06 LBP452,159	+28.9%
Milk (1 gallon)	$7.96 GTQ60.79	$6.20 LBP553,696	-22.1%
Eggs 1 dozen	$2.55 GTQ19.50	$3.05 LBP272,561	+19.6%
Boneless chicken breast (1 lb)	$3.82 GTQ29.18	$4.28 LBP382,621	+12.2%
Apples (1 lb)	$1.76 GTQ13.48	$0.92 LBP81,735	-48.1%
Bananas (1 lb)	$0.76 GTQ5.80	$0.66 LBP59,250	-12.6%
Oranges (1 lb)	$1.41 GTQ10.75	$0.60 LBP53,814	-57.2%
Tomatoes (1 lb)	$0.86 GTQ6.57	$0.51 LBP45,143	-41.3%
Potatoes (1 lb)	$0.78 GTQ5.98	$0.42 LBP37,170	-46.8%
Onions (1 lb)	$1.20 GTQ9.20	$0.55 LBP49,194	-54.3%
Average			-27.1%

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pay 2.3 times more for transportation

	Guatemala City	Beirut
Gasoline (1 gallon)	$4.07 GTQ31.08	$3.51 LBP313,128	-13.8%
Monthly public transit pass	$13.61 GTQ103.97	$72.50 LBP6,475,359	+432.7%
New Volkswagen Golf 1.4 (standard edition)	$19,565.40 GTQ149,458.53	$35,000.00 LBP3,126,035,607	+78.9%
Taxi trip in downtown area (5 miles)	$13.83 GTQ105.62	$19.00 LBP1,696,991	+37.4%
Average			+133.8%

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pay 27.4% more for housing

	Guatemala City	Beirut
Internet connection 50 mbps or faster, cable/dsl	$46.51 GTQ355.27	$37.92 LBP3,387,111	-18.5%
1-Bedroom apartment in downtown area	$745.66 GTQ5,696.00	$842.31 LBP75,230,967	+13.0%
1-Bedroom apartment outside city center	$422.61 GTQ3,228.30	$372.22 LBP33,245,141	-11.9%
Utilities for two (700 sq ft apartment) including electric, gas, water, heating	$61.38 GTQ468.89	$139.38 LBP12,448,355	+127.1%
Average			+27.4%

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pay 31.1% more for childcare

	Guatemala City	Beirut
Private preschool for 1 child, monthly	$230.87 GTQ1,763.61	$362.50 LBP32,376,797	+57.0%
Middle school for 1 child, two semesters	$5,887.88 GTQ44,977.05	$6,187.50 LBP552,638,438	+5.1%
Average			+31.1%

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pay 12.1% more for entertainment and sports

	Guatemala City	Beirut
Domestic/local beer (1 pint)	$3.26 GTQ24.91	$4.00 LBP357,261	+22.7%
Cappuccino in mid-range area	$3.31 GTQ25.31	$3.28 LBP293,366	-0.9%
Pack of cigarettes Marlboro or similar	$4.04 GTQ30.89	$2.55 LBP227,754	-36.9%
Monthly membership at local gym	$48.62 GTQ371.43	$66.33 LBP5,924,582	+36.4%
Movie ticket to theater/cinema	$7.17 GTQ54.80	$10.00 LBP893,153	+39.4%
Average			+12.1%

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pay 2.0% less for clothing

	Guatemala City	Beirut
Regular jeans Levi's brand	$51.42 GTQ392.83	$59.38 LBP5,303,096	+15.5%
Regular dress from H&M or similar store	$53.26 GTQ406.86	$50.00 LBP4,465,765	-6.1%
Running shoes Nike or Adidas	$122.72 GTQ937.44	$120.56 LBP10,767,456	-1.8%
Men's business shoes (leather)	$121.74 GTQ929.96	$102.86 LBP9,186,717	-15.5%
Average			-2.0%

Guatemala City vs. Beirut - Cost of clothing

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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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