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El Salvador vs. Lebanon Cost of Living Summary

El Salvador is 15.5% more expensive than Lebanon overall.

Restaurants: pay 20.6% less in El Salvador
Groceries: pay 2.0 times more in El Salvador
Transportation: pay 0.4% more in El Salvador
Housing: pay 13.7% more in El Salvador
Childcare: pay 11.1% more in El Salvador
Entertainment and Sports: pay 12.1% less in El Salvador
Clothing: pay 15.2% more in El Salvador

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

El Salvador vs. Lebanon Cost Breakdown

If you lived in El Salvador instead of Lebanon, you would:

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pay 20.6% less for restaurants

	Lebanon	El Salvador
Basic meal with drink at inexpensive restaurant	$7.66 LBP684,169	$5.50 SVC47.99	-28.2%
Fast food combo meal McDonalds, or similar	$8.00 LBP714,522	$6.33 SVC55.23	-20.9%
Bottle of Coca-Cola (11 fl. oz)	$1.63 LBP145,385	$0.99 SVC8.64	-39.2%
Bottle of water (11 fl. oz)	$0.76 LBP68,103	$0.81 SVC7.05	+5.9%
Average			-20.6%

Lebanon vs. El Salvador - Cost of restaurants

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pay 2.0 times more for groceries

	Lebanon	El Salvador
Bread 1 loaf	$0.60 LBP53,699	$1.95 SVC17.01	+224.3%
Local cheese (8 oz)	$3.95 LBP352,609	$3.77 SVC32.86	-4.6%
Milk (1 gallon)	$5.56 LBP496,610	$6.72 SVC58.61	+20.8%
Eggs 1 dozen	$2.33 LBP208,328	$2.78 SVC24.25	+19.2%
Boneless chicken breast (1 lb)	$3.54 LBP316,225	$2.82 SVC24.64	-20.2%
Apples (1 lb)	$0.68 LBP61,124	$1.67 SVC14.60	+144.4%
Bananas (1 lb)	$0.46 LBP40,766	$0.76 SVC6.60	+65.8%
Oranges (1 lb)	$0.41 LBP36,360	$1.17 SVC10.17	+186.2%
Tomatoes (1 lb)	$0.46 LBP41,477	$1.22 SVC10.61	+161.8%
Potatoes (1 lb)	$0.33 LBP29,389	$0.97 SVC8.44	+194.1%
Onions (1 lb)	$0.45 LBP40,127	$0.98 SVC8.51	+117.1%
Average			+100.8%

Lebanon vs. El Salvador - Cost of groceries

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pay 0.4% more for transportation

	Lebanon	El Salvador
Gasoline (1 gallon)	$3.44 LBP306,966	$3.75 SVC32.69	+9.0%
Monthly public transit pass	$72.50 LBP6,475,359	$15.00 SVC130.88	-79.3%
New Volkswagen Golf 1.4 (standard edition)	$28,750.00 LBP2,567,814,963	$24,666.67 SVC215,223.23	-14.2%
Taxi trip in downtown area (5 miles)	$16.00 LBP1,429,045	$29.78 SVC259.88	+86.2%
Average			+0.4%

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pay 13.7% more for housing

	Lebanon	El Salvador
Internet connection 50 mbps or faster, cable/dsl	$37.92 LBP3,387,111	$41.89 SVC365.49	+10.5%
1-Bedroom apartment in downtown area	$571.15 LBP51,012,779	$666.67 SVC5,816.84	+16.7%
1-Bedroom apartment outside city center	$277.78 LBP24,809,806	$502.78 SVC4,386.87	+81.0%
Utilities for two (700 sq ft apartment) including electric, gas, water, heating	$139.38 LBP12,448,355	$64.97 SVC566.86	-53.4%
Average			+13.7%

Lebanon vs. El Salvador - Cost of housing

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pay 11.1% more for childcare

	Lebanon	El Salvador
Private preschool for 1 child, monthly	$248.75 LBP22,217,182	$162.67 SVC1,419.31	-34.6%
Middle school for 1 child, two semesters	$4,093.75 LBP365,634,522	$6,420.00 SVC56,016.21	+56.8%
Average			+11.1%

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pay 12.1% less for entertainment and sports

	Lebanon	El Salvador
Domestic/local beer (1 pint)	$4.00 LBP357,261	$2.00 SVC17.45	-50.0%
Cappuccino in mid-range area	$2.89 LBP258,327	$2.83 SVC24.69	-2.2%
Pack of cigarettes Marlboro or similar	$2.52 LBP225,521	$4.00 SVC34.90	+58.4%
Monthly membership at local gym	$42.92 LBP3,833,115	$30.27 SVC264.08	-29.5%
Movie ticket to theater/cinema	$8.25 LBP736,851	$5.17 SVC45.08	-37.4%
Average			-12.1%

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pay 15.2% more for clothing

	Lebanon	El Salvador
Regular jeans Levi's brand	$53.44 LBP4,772,787	$62.60 SVC546.20	+17.1%
Regular dress from H&M or similar store	$50.00 LBP4,465,765	$45.83 SVC399.91	-8.3%
Running shoes Nike or Adidas	$101.94 LBP9,105,199	$131.80 SVC1,149.99	+29.3%
Men's business shoes (leather)	$88.93 LBP7,942,682	$109.17 SVC952.51	+22.8%
Average			+15.2%

Lebanon vs. El Salvador - 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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