Cost of living comparison
Lebanon is 27.0% more expensive than Montenegro.
If you lived in Lebanon instead of Montenegro, you would:
pay 8.5% more for restaurants
Montenegro
|
Lebanon
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Basic meal with drink at inexpensive restaurant |
$8.56
€8.00
|
$10.17
L£909,810
|
|
Fast food combo meal
McDonalds, or similar
|
$5.22
€4.88
|
$7.59
L£679,589
|
|
Bottle of Coca-Cola (11 fl. oz) |
$1.93
€1.81
|
$2.26
L£201,819
|
|
Bottle of water (11 fl. oz) |
$1.38
€1.29
|
$0.74
L£65,930
|
|
pay 19.1% more for groceries
Montenegro
|
Lebanon
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Bread
1 loaf
|
$0.85
€0.79
|
$0.68
L£60,512
|
|
Local cheese (8 oz) |
$3.88
€3.63
|
$5.59
L£500,091
|
|
Milk (1 gallon) |
$4.85
€4.53
|
$12.36
L£1,106,003
|
|
Eggs
1 dozen
|
$2.75
€2.57
|
$2.31
L£206,532
|
|
Boneless chicken breast (1 lb) |
$2.92
€2.73
|
$2.64
L£236,141
|
|
Apples (1 lb) |
$0.53
€0.49
|
$0.91
L£81,506
|
|
Bananas (1 lb) |
$0.69
€0.64
|
$0.56
L£50,375
|
|
Oranges (1 lb) |
$0.57
€0.53
|
$0.54
L£48,491
|
|
Tomatoes (1 lb) |
$0.93
€0.87
|
$0.62
L£55,812
|
|
Potatoes (1 lb) |
$0.39
€0.37
|
$0.53
L£47,841
|
|
Onions (1 lb) |
$0.44
€0.41
|
$0.45
L£40,192
|
|
pay 40.5% more for transportation
Montenegro
|
Lebanon
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Gasoline (1 gallon) |
$6.17
€5.77
|
$3.67
L£328,111
|
|
Monthly public transit pass |
$31.61
€29.55
|
$63.04
L£5,641,964
|
|
New Volkswagen Golf 1.4 (standard edition) |
$23,324.04
€21,805.29
|
$22,250.00
L£1,991,224,179
|
|
Taxi trip in downtown area (5 miles) |
$8.13
€7.60
|
$16.90
L£1,512,435
|
|
pay 53.2% more for housing
Montenegro
|
Lebanon
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Internet connection
50 mbps or faster, cable/dsl
|
$27.13
€25.37
|
$58.28
L£5,216,005
|
|
1-Bedroom apartment in downtown area |
$508.64
€475.52
|
$712.20
L£63,737,285
|
|
1-Bedroom apartment outside city center |
$362.93
€339.29
|
$371.45
L£33,242,030
|
|
Utilities for two
(700 sq ft apartment)
including electric, gas, water, heating
|
$84.67
€79.16
|
$131.87
L£11,801,197
|
|
pay 9.9% less for childcare
Montenegro
|
Lebanon
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Private preschool for 1 child, monthly |
$242.86
€227.05
|
$320.83
L£28,712,409
|
|
Middle school for 1 child, two semesters |
$9,565.21
€8,942.37
|
$4,591.35
L£410,894,358
|
|
pay 45.2% more for entertainment and sports
Montenegro
|
Lebanon
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Domestic/local beer (1 pint) |
$2.55
€2.38
|
$2.62
L£234,920
|
|
Cappuccino in mid-range area |
$1.70
€1.59
|
$2.92
L£261,290
|
|
Pack of cigarettes
Marlboro or similar
|
$4.01
€3.75
|
$3.40
L£303,867
|
|
Monthly membership at local gym |
$34.67
€32.41
|
$64.53
L£5,774,850
|
|
Movie ticket to theater/cinema |
$4.98
€4.66
|
$9.00
L£805,439
|
|
pay 32.4% more for clothing
Montenegro
|
Lebanon
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Regular jeans
Levi's brand
|
$56.33
€52.66
|
$64.46
L£5,768,584
|
|
Regular dress
from H&M or similar store
|
$31.75
€29.68
|
$53.75
L£4,810,261
|
|
Running shoes
Nike or Adidas
|
$86.76
€81.12
|
$121.82
L£10,902,325
|
|
Men's business shoes (leather) |
$122.16
€114.21
|
$128.96
L£11,540,897
|
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