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Lebanon vs. Manila Cost of Living Summary

Lebanon is 49.6% more expensive than Manila.

Restaurants: pay 58.0% more in Lebanon
Groceries: pay 35.8% less in Lebanon
Transportation: pay 3.2 times more in Lebanon
Housing: pay 25.1% more in Lebanon
Childcare: pay 1.8% more in Lebanon
Entertainment and Sports: pay 34.9% more in Lebanon
Clothing: pay 45.5% more in Lebanon

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

Lebanon vs. Manila Cost Breakdown

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

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pay 58.0% more for restaurants

	Manila	Lebanon
Basic meal with drink at inexpensive restaurant	$6.02 ₱355.03	$7.66 LBP686,023	+27.2%
Fast food combo meal McDonalds, or similar	$4.30 ₱253.60	$8.00 LBP716,459	+86.0%
Bottle of Coca-Cola (11 fl. oz)	$0.97 ₱57.27	$1.63 LBP145,779	+67.6%
Bottle of water (11 fl. oz)	$0.50 ₱29.69	$0.76 LBP68,287	+51.4%
Average			+58.0%

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pay 35.8% less for groceries

	Manila	Lebanon
Bread 1 loaf	$1.33 ₱78.64	$0.60 LBP53,845	-54.9%
Local cheese (8 oz)	$4.28 ₱252.12	$3.95 LBP353,565	-7.7%
Milk (1 gallon)	$7.32 ₱431.63	$5.56 LBP497,956	-24.0%
Eggs 1 dozen	$2.21 ₱130.51	$2.33 LBP208,892	+5.4%
Boneless chicken breast (1 lb)	$2.28 ₱134.63	$3.54 LBP317,082	+55.1%
Apples (1 lb)	$1.52 ₱89.37	$0.68 LBP61,289	-54.8%
Bananas (1 lb)	$0.82 ₱48.49	$0.46 LBP40,876	-44.5%
Oranges (1 lb)	$1.64 ₱96.51	$0.41 LBP36,459	-75.1%
Tomatoes (1 lb)	$1.02 ₱60.36	$0.46 LBP41,590	-54.6%
Potatoes (1 lb)	$1.17 ₱68.98	$0.33 LBP29,468	-71.9%
Onions (1 lb)	$1.37 ₱81.04	$0.45 LBP40,236	-67.3%
Average			-35.8%

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pay 3.2 times more for transportation

	Manila	Lebanon
Gasoline (1 gallon)	$4.18 ₱246.46	$3.44 LBP307,798	-17.8%
Monthly public transit pass	$13.76 ₱811.51	$72.50 LBP6,492,907	+426.8%
New Volkswagen Golf 1.4 (standard edition)	$25,288.58 ₱1,491,141.28	$28,750.00 LBP2,574,773,435	+13.7%
Taxi trip in downtown area (5 miles)	$2.92 ₱172.44	$16.00 LBP1,432,917	+447.1%
Average			+217.5%

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pay 25.1% more for housing

	Manila	Lebanon
Internet connection 50 mbps or faster, cable/dsl	$27.10 ₱1,598.07	$37.92 LBP3,396,290	+39.9%
1-Bedroom apartment in downtown area	$512.96 ₱30,246.98	$571.15 LBP51,151,017	+11.3%
1-Bedroom apartment outside city center	$251.74 ₱14,843.72	$277.78 LBP24,877,038	+10.3%
Utilities for two (700 sq ft apartment) including electric, gas, water, heating	$100.49 ₱5,925.44	$139.38 LBP12,482,089	+38.7%
Average			+25.1%

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pay 1.8% more for childcare

	Manila	Lebanon
Private preschool for 1 child, monthly	$138.58 ₱8,171.41	$248.75 LBP22,277,388	+79.5%
Middle school for 1 child, two semesters	$17,035.39 ₱1,004,491.60	$4,093.75 LBP366,625,348	-76.0%
Average			+1.8%

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pay 34.9% more for entertainment and sports

	Manila	Lebanon
Domestic/local beer (1 pint)	$1.46 ₱86.22	$4.00 LBP358,229	+173.5%
Cappuccino in mid-range area	$2.59 ₱152.56	$2.89 LBP259,027	+11.8%
Pack of cigarettes Marlboro or similar	$3.27 ₱192.73	$2.52 LBP226,132	-22.7%
Monthly membership at local gym	$42.13 ₱2,484.39	$42.92 LBP3,843,502	+1.9%
Movie ticket to theater/cinema	$7.48 ₱441.26	$8.25 LBP738,848	+10.2%
Average			+34.9%

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pay 45.5% more for clothing

	Manila	Lebanon
Regular jeans Levi's brand	$49.23 ₱2,902.69	$53.44 LBP4,785,720	+8.6%
Regular dress from H&M or similar store	$29.70 ₱1,751.10	$50.00 LBP4,477,867	+68.4%
Running shoes Nike or Adidas	$80.85 ₱4,767.52	$101.94 LBP9,129,873	+26.1%
Men's business shoes (leather)	$49.70 ₱2,930.32	$88.93 LBP7,964,206	+78.9%
Average			+45.5%

Manila vs. Lebanon - 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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