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Lebanon vs. Moldova Cost of Living Summary

Lebanon is 40.2% more expensive than Moldova overall.

Restaurants: pay 27.2% more in Lebanon
Groceries: pay 6.4% more in Lebanon
Transportation: pay 2.5 times more in Lebanon
Housing: pay 78.2% more in Lebanon
Childcare: pay 28.3% less in Lebanon
Entertainment and Sports: pay 56.3% more in Lebanon
Clothing: pay 5.2% less in Lebanon

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

Lebanon vs. Moldova Cost Breakdown

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

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pay 27.2% more for restaurants

	Moldova	Lebanon
Basic meal with drink at inexpensive restaurant	$8.86 MDL150.08	$7.66 LBP684,169	-13.6%
Fast food combo meal McDonalds, or similar	$7.75 MDL131.33	$8.00 LBP714,522	+3.2%
Bottle of Coca-Cola (11 fl. oz)	$0.86 MDL14.65	$1.63 LBP145,385	+88.2%
Bottle of water (11 fl. oz)	$0.58 MDL9.85	$0.76 LBP68,103	+31.1%
Average			+27.2%

Moldova vs. Lebanon - Cost of restaurants

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pay 6.4% more for groceries

	Moldova	Lebanon
Bread 1 loaf	$0.46 MDL7.73	$0.60 LBP53,699	+31.7%
Local cheese (8 oz)	$5.18 MDL87.68	$3.95 LBP352,609	-23.7%
Milk (1 gallon)	$4.54 MDL76.86	$5.56 LBP496,610	+22.5%
Eggs 1 dozen	$2.13 MDL36.10	$2.33 LBP208,328	+9.4%
Boneless chicken breast (1 lb)	$2.43 MDL41.09	$3.54 LBP316,225	+45.9%
Apples (1 lb)	$0.41 MDL6.92	$0.68 LBP61,124	+67.5%
Bananas (1 lb)	$0.86 MDL14.53	$0.46 LBP40,766	-46.8%
Oranges (1 lb)	$0.81 MDL13.76	$0.41 LBP36,360	-49.9%
Tomatoes (1 lb)	$0.96 MDL16.29	$0.46 LBP41,477	-51.7%
Potatoes (1 lb)	$0.34 MDL5.74	$0.33 LBP29,389	-3.0%
Onions (1 lb)	$0.27 MDL4.51	$0.45 LBP40,127	+68.8%
Average			+6.4%

Moldova vs. Lebanon - Cost of groceries

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pay 2.5 times more for transportation

	Moldova	Lebanon
Gasoline (1 gallon)	$5.28 MDL89.36	$3.44 LBP306,966	-34.9%
Monthly public transit pass	$16.10 MDL272.74	$72.50 LBP6,475,359	+350.2%
New Volkswagen Golf 1.4 (standard edition)	$31,784.24 MDL538,319.30	$28,750.00 LBP2,567,814,963	-9.5%
Taxi trip in downtown area (5 miles)	$4.21 MDL71.27	$16.00 LBP1,429,045	+280.2%
Average			+146.5%

Moldova vs. Lebanon - Cost of transportation

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pay 78.2% more for housing

	Moldova	Lebanon
Internet connection 50 mbps or faster, cable/dsl	$10.63 MDL180.09	$37.92 LBP3,387,111	+256.7%
1-Bedroom apartment in downtown area	$424.82 MDL7,194.99	$571.15 LBP51,012,779	+34.4%
1-Bedroom apartment outside city center	$315.71 MDL5,347.02	$277.78 LBP24,809,806	-12.0%
Utilities for two (700 sq ft apartment) including electric, gas, water, heating	$104.05 MDL1,762.28	$139.38 LBP12,448,355	+33.9%
Average			+78.2%

Moldova vs. Lebanon - Cost of housing

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pay 28.3% less for childcare

	Moldova	Lebanon
Private preschool for 1 child, monthly	$314.41 MDL5,325.09	$248.75 LBP22,217,182	-20.9%
Middle school for 1 child, two semesters	$6,362.73 MDL107,763.51	$4,093.75 LBP365,634,522	-35.7%
Average			-28.3%

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pay 56.3% more for entertainment and sports

	Moldova	Lebanon
Domestic/local beer (1 pint)	$1.61 MDL27.27	$4.00 LBP357,261	+148.4%
Cappuccino in mid-range area	$1.68 MDL28.50	$2.89 LBP258,327	+71.9%
Pack of cigarettes Marlboro or similar	$3.36 MDL56.97	$2.52 LBP225,521	-24.9%
Monthly membership at local gym	$31.99 MDL541.85	$42.92 LBP3,833,115	+34.1%
Movie ticket to theater/cinema	$5.42 MDL91.86	$8.25 LBP736,851	+52.1%
Average			+56.3%

Moldova vs. Lebanon - Cost of entertainment and sports

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pay 5.2% less for clothing

	Moldova	Lebanon
Regular jeans Levi's brand	$56.94 MDL964.36	$53.44 LBP4,772,787	-6.2%
Regular dress from H&M or similar store	$48.36 MDL819.02	$50.00 LBP4,465,765	+3.4%
Running shoes Nike or Adidas	$116.20 MDL1,968.11	$101.94 LBP9,105,199	-12.3%
Men's business shoes (leather)	$94.29 MDL1,597.02	$88.93 LBP7,942,682	-5.7%
Average			-5.2%

Moldova 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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