Cost of living comparison
Iceland is 61.1% more expensive than Lebanon.
If you lived in Iceland instead of Lebanon, you would:
pay 88.6% more for restaurants
Lebanon
|
Iceland
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Basic meal with drink at inexpensive restaurant |
$10.17
L£906,422
|
$17.84
kr2,439
|
|
Fast food combo meal
McDonalds, or similar
|
$7.59
L£677,058
|
$14.27
kr1,951
|
|
Bottle of Coca-Cola (11 fl. oz) |
$2.26
L£201,068
|
$2.32
kr317
|
|
Bottle of water (11 fl. oz) |
$0.74
L£65,685
|
$2.12
kr290
|
|
pay 2.1 times more for groceries
Lebanon
|
Iceland
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Bread
1 loaf
|
$0.68
L£60,287
|
$3.42
kr468
|
|
Local cheese (8 oz) |
$5.59
L£498,229
|
$5.98
kr818
|
|
Milk (1 gallon) |
$12.36
L£1,101,884
|
$5.33
kr728
|
|
Eggs
1 dozen
|
$2.31
L£205,763
|
$5.66
kr774
|
|
Boneless chicken breast (1 lb) |
$2.64
L£235,262
|
$7.09
kr970
|
|
Apples (1 lb) |
$0.91
L£81,203
|
$1.16
kr159
|
|
Bananas (1 lb) |
$0.56
L£50,187
|
$0.98
kr134
|
|
Oranges (1 lb) |
$0.54
L£48,311
|
$1.17
kr160
|
|
Tomatoes (1 lb) |
$0.62
L£55,604
|
$1.84
kr251
|
|
Potatoes (1 lb) |
$0.53
L£47,662
|
$0.96
kr131
|
|
Onions (1 lb) |
$0.45
L£40,042
|
$0.51
kr70
|
|
pay 54.5% more for transportation
Lebanon
|
Iceland
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Gasoline (1 gallon) |
$3.67
L£326,889
|
$8.03
kr1,099
|
|
Monthly public transit pass |
$63.04
L£5,620,953
|
$77.40
kr10,584
|
|
New Volkswagen Golf 1.4 (standard edition) |
$22,250.00
L£1,983,808,734
|
$29,836.83
kr4,080,131
|
|
Taxi trip in downtown area (5 miles) |
$16.90
L£1,506,803
|
$23.97
kr3,277
|
|
pay 72.0% more for housing
Lebanon
|
Iceland
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Internet connection
50 mbps or faster, cable/dsl
|
$58.28
L£5,196,580
|
$62.40
kr8,533
|
|
1-Bedroom apartment in downtown area |
$712.20
L£63,499,924
|
$1,437.14
kr196,527
|
|
1-Bedroom apartment outside city center |
$371.45
L£33,118,234
|
$1,215.63
kr166,234
|
|
Utilities for two
(700 sq ft apartment)
including electric, gas, water, heating
|
$131.87
L£11,757,249
|
$68.63
kr9,385
|
|
pay 29.6% less for childcare
Lebanon
|
Iceland
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Private preschool for 1 child, monthly |
$320.83
L£28,605,482
|
$259.34
kr35,465
|
|
Middle school for 1 child, two semesters |
$4,591.35
L£409,364,162
|
$2,750.10
kr376,071
|
|
pay 2.0 times more for entertainment and sports
Lebanon
|
Iceland
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Domestic/local beer (1 pint) |
$2.62
L£234,045
|
$8.52
kr1,165
|
|
Cappuccino in mid-range area |
$2.92
L£260,317
|
$4.15
kr568
|
|
Pack of cigarettes
Marlboro or similar
|
$3.40
L£302,736
|
$10.64
kr1,454
|
|
Monthly membership at local gym |
$64.53
L£5,753,344
|
$56.90
kr7,781
|
|
Movie ticket to theater/cinema |
$9.00
L£802,439
|
$12.27
kr1,678
|
|
pay 34.2% more for clothing
Lebanon
|
Iceland
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Regular jeans
Levi's brand
|
$64.46
L£5,747,101
|
$118.08
kr16,147
|
|
Regular dress
from H&M or similar store
|
$53.75
L£4,792,347
|
$50.39
kr6,891
|
|
Running shoes
Nike or Adidas
|
$121.82
L£10,861,724
|
$151.12
kr20,665
|
|
Men's business shoes (leather) |
$128.96
L£11,497,918
|
$175.20
kr23,958
|
|
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