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Uruguay vs. Lebanon Cost of Living Summary

Uruguay is 59.6% more expensive than Lebanon overall.

Restaurants: pay 77.7% more in Uruguay
Groceries: pay 2.2 times more in Uruguay
Transportation: pay 35.0% more in Uruguay
Housing: pay 18.7% more in Uruguay
Childcare: pay 99.6% more in Uruguay
Entertainment and Sports: pay 39.5% more in Uruguay
Clothing: pay 30.6% more in Uruguay

The cost of groceries, childcare, restaurants, entertainment and sports, transportation, and clothing in Uruguay are more expensive than in Lebanon. Notably, groceries, childcare, and restaurants are significantly more expensive in Uruguay.

Uruguay vs. Lebanon Cost Breakdown

If you lived in Uruguay instead of Lebanon, you would:

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pay 77.7% more for restaurants

	Lebanon	Uruguay
Basic meal with drink at inexpensive restaurant	$7.66 LBP684,169	$18.91 UYU749.83	+146.9%
Fast food combo meal McDonalds, or similar	$8.00 LBP714,522	$11.15 UYU442.15	+39.4%
Bottle of Coca-Cola (11 fl. oz)	$1.63 LBP145,385	$2.07 UYU82.04	+27.1%
Bottle of water (11 fl. oz)	$0.76 LBP68,103	$1.51 UYU59.67	+97.4%
Average			+77.7%

Lebanon vs. Uruguay - Cost of restaurants

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pay 2.2 times more for groceries

	Lebanon	Uruguay
Bread 1 loaf	$0.60 LBP53,699	$2.50 UYU98.92	+315.0%
Local cheese (8 oz)	$3.95 LBP352,609	$7.13 UYU282.69	+80.6%
Milk (1 gallon)	$5.56 LBP496,610	$4.42 UYU175.06	-20.6%
Eggs 1 dozen	$2.33 LBP208,328	$4.13 UYU163.75	+77.1%
Boneless chicken breast (1 lb)	$3.54 LBP316,225	$4.77 UYU189.06	+34.7%
Apples (1 lb)	$0.68 LBP61,124	$1.21 UYU47.94	+76.7%
Bananas (1 lb)	$0.46 LBP40,766	$1.08 UYU42.91	+137.1%
Oranges (1 lb)	$0.41 LBP36,360	$0.61 UYU24.23	+50.2%
Tomatoes (1 lb)	$0.46 LBP41,477	$1.59 UYU63.04	+242.4%
Potatoes (1 lb)	$0.33 LBP29,389	$0.90 UYU35.63	+173.2%
Onions (1 lb)	$0.45 LBP40,127	$0.94 UYU37.31	+109.5%
Average			+116.0%

Lebanon vs. Uruguay - Cost of groceries

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pay 35.0% more for transportation

	Lebanon	Uruguay
Gasoline (1 gallon)	$3.44 LBP306,966	$7.29 UYU289.17	+112.2%
Monthly public transit pass	$72.50 LBP6,475,359	$50.38 UYU1,997.34	-30.5%
New Volkswagen Golf 1.4 (standard edition)	$28,750.00 LBP2,567,814,963	$35,912.71 UYU1,423,689.38	+24.9%
Taxi trip in downtown area (5 miles)	$16.00 LBP1,429,045	$21.33 UYU845.39	+33.3%
Average			+35.0%

Lebanon vs. Uruguay - Cost of transportation

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pay 18.7% more for housing

	Lebanon	Uruguay
Internet connection 50 mbps or faster, cable/dsl	$37.92 LBP3,387,111	$39.55 UYU1,567.99	+4.3%
1-Bedroom apartment in downtown area	$571.15 LBP51,012,779	$657.18 UYU26,052.74	+15.1%
1-Bedroom apartment outside city center	$277.78 LBP24,809,806	$493.59 UYU19,567.39	+77.7%
Utilities for two (700 sq ft apartment) including electric, gas, water, heating	$139.38 LBP12,448,355	$108.50 UYU4,301.40	-22.2%
Average			+18.7%

Lebanon vs. Uruguay - Cost of housing

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pay 99.6% more for childcare

	Lebanon	Uruguay
Private preschool for 1 child, monthly	$248.75 LBP22,217,182	$485.40 UYU19,242.74	+95.1%
Middle school for 1 child, two semesters	$4,093.75 LBP365,634,522	$8,353.42 UYU331,154.91	+104.1%
Average			+99.6%

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pay 39.5% more for entertainment and sports

	Lebanon	Uruguay
Domestic/local beer (1 pint)	$4.00 LBP357,261	$3.70 UYU146.55	-7.6%
Cappuccino in mid-range area	$2.89 LBP258,327	$4.13 UYU163.70	+42.8%
Pack of cigarettes Marlboro or similar	$2.52 LBP225,521	$5.51 UYU218.61	+118.4%
Monthly membership at local gym	$42.92 LBP3,833,115	$53.33 UYU2,114.09	+24.3%
Movie ticket to theater/cinema	$8.25 LBP736,851	$9.86 UYU390.86	+19.5%
Average			+39.5%

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pay 30.6% more for clothing

	Lebanon	Uruguay
Regular jeans Levi's brand	$53.44 LBP4,772,787	$84.21 UYU3,338.42	+57.6%
Regular dress from H&M or similar store	$50.00 LBP4,465,765	$50.56 UYU2,004.52	+1.1%
Running shoes Nike or Adidas	$101.94 LBP9,105,199	$126.88 UYU5,029.90	+24.5%
Men's business shoes (leather)	$88.93 LBP7,942,682	$123.58 UYU4,899.10	+39.0%
Average			+30.6%

Lebanon vs. Uruguay - 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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