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Saint Lucia vs. Lebanon Cost of Living Summary

Saint Lucia is 48.9% more expensive than Lebanon overall.

Restaurants: pay 8.9% more in Saint Lucia
Groceries: pay 3.5 times more in Saint Lucia
Transportation: pay 35.0% more in Saint Lucia
Housing: pay 3.3% less in Saint Lucia
Childcare: pay 20.0% less in Saint Lucia
Entertainment and Sports: pay 58.2% more in Saint Lucia
Clothing: pay 13.5% more in Saint Lucia

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

Saint Lucia vs. Lebanon Cost Breakdown

If you lived in Saint Lucia instead of Lebanon, you would:

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pay 8.9% more for restaurants

	Lebanon	Saint Lucia
Basic meal with drink at inexpensive restaurant	$7.66 LBP684,869	$7.40 EC$20.00	-3.4%
Fast food combo meal McDonalds, or similar	$8.00 LBP715,254	$7.40 EC$20.00	-7.5%
Bottle of Coca-Cola (11 fl. oz)	$1.63 LBP145,534	$1.94 EC$5.25	+19.3%
Bottle of water (11 fl. oz)	$0.76 LBP68,173	$0.97 EC$2.63	+27.4%
Average			+8.9%

Lebanon vs. Saint Lucia - Cost of restaurants

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pay 3.5 times more for groceries

	Lebanon	Saint Lucia
Bread 1 loaf	$0.60 LBP53,754	$1.67 EC$4.52	+178.1%
Local cheese (8 oz)	$3.95 LBP352,970	$5.61 EC$15.17	+42.2%
Milk (1 gallon)	$5.56 LBP497,118	$7.76 EC$20.96	+39.5%
Eggs 1 dozen	$2.33 LBP208,541	$4.24 EC$11.46	+81.8%
Boneless chicken breast (1 lb)	$3.54 LBP316,549	$4.41 EC$11.93	+24.6%
Apples (1 lb)	$0.68 LBP61,186	$3.43 EC$9.27	+401.1%
Bananas (1 lb)	$0.46 LBP40,808	$0.75 EC$2.04	+65.0%
Oranges (1 lb)	$0.41 LBP36,397	$2.86 EC$7.72	+601.8%
Tomatoes (1 lb)	$0.46 LBP41,520	$3.01 EC$8.13	+548.1%
Potatoes (1 lb)	$0.33 LBP29,419	$2.62 EC$7.09	+696.8%
Onions (1 lb)	$0.45 LBP40,168	$0.78 EC$2.12	+74.6%
Average			+250.3%

Lebanon vs. Saint Lucia - Cost of groceries

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pay 35.0% more for transportation

	Lebanon	Saint Lucia
Gasoline (1 gallon)	$3.44 LBP307,280	$5.85 EC$15.82	+70.3%
Monthly public transit pass	$72.50 LBP6,481,989	??
New Volkswagen Golf 1.4 (standard edition)	$28,750.00 LBP2,570,444,064	$28,676.62 EC$77,500.00	-0.3%
Taxi trip in downtown area (5 miles)	$16.00 LBP1,430,508	??
Average			+35.0%

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pay 3.3% less for housing

	Lebanon	Saint Lucia
Internet connection 50 mbps or faster, cable/dsl	$37.92 LBP3,390,579	$41.07 EC$111.00	+8.3%
1-Bedroom apartment in downtown area	$571.15 LBP51,065,009	$461.11 EC$1,246.17	-19.3%
1-Bedroom apartment outside city center	$277.78 LBP24,835,208	$391.61 EC$1,058.33	+41.0%
Utilities for two (700 sq ft apartment) including electric, gas, water, heating	$139.38 LBP12,461,100	$79.23 EC$214.12	-43.2%
Average			-3.3%

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pay 20.0% less for childcare

	Lebanon	Saint Lucia
Private preschool for 1 child, monthly	$248.75 LBP22,239,929	$198.89 EC$537.50	-20.0%
Middle school for 1 child, two semesters	$4,093.75 LBP366,008,883	??
Average			-20.0%

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pay 58.2% more for entertainment and sports

	Lebanon	Saint Lucia
Domestic/local beer (1 pint)	$4.00 LBP357,627	$3.89 EC$10.51	-2.8%
Cappuccino in mid-range area	$2.89 LBP258,592	$3.70 EC$10.00	+27.9%
Pack of cigarettes Marlboro or similar	$2.52 LBP225,752	$9.25 EC$25.00	+266.4%
Monthly membership at local gym	$42.92 LBP3,837,040	$49.03 EC$132.50	+14.2%
Movie ticket to theater/cinema	$8.25 LBP737,606	$7.03 EC$19.00	-14.8%
Average			+58.2%

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pay 13.5% more for clothing

	Lebanon	Saint Lucia
Regular jeans Levi's brand	$53.44 LBP4,777,673	$50.57 EC$136.67	-5.4%
Regular dress from H&M or similar store	$50.00 LBP4,470,338	$53.96 EC$145.83	+7.9%
Running shoes Nike or Adidas	$101.94 LBP9,114,521	$107.92 EC$291.67	+5.9%
Men's business shoes (leather)	$88.93 LBP7,950,815	$129.51 EC$350.00	+45.6%
Average			+13.5%

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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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