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Beirut vs. Moscow Cost of Living Summary

Beirut is 21.6% more expensive than Moscow.

Restaurants: pay 19.1% more in Beirut
Groceries: pay 9.6% more in Beirut
Transportation: pay 86.9% more in Beirut
Housing: pay 82.7% more in Beirut
Childcare: pay 50.8% less in Beirut
Entertainment and Sports: pay 17.3% more in Beirut
Clothing: pay 13.4% less in Beirut

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

Beirut vs. Moscow Cost Breakdown

If you lived in Beirut instead of Moscow, you would:

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pay 19.1% more for restaurants

	Moscow	Beirut
Basic meal with drink at inexpensive restaurant	$11.93 RUB963.00	$10.82 LBP969,079	-9.3%
Fast food combo meal McDonalds, or similar	$5.97 RUB481.50	$8.00 LBP716,489	+34.1%
Bottle of Coca-Cola (11 fl. oz)	$1.38 RUB111.56	$1.76 LBP157,230	+27.0%
Bottle of water (11 fl. oz)	$0.61 RUB49.35	$0.76 LBP68,290	+24.7%
Average			+19.1%

Moscow vs. Beirut - Cost of restaurants

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pay 9.6% more for groceries

	Moscow	Beirut
Bread 1 loaf	$0.85 RUB68.28	$0.75 LBP67,018	-11.6%
Local cheese (8 oz)	$6.27 RUB505.97	$5.06 LBP453,403	-19.3%
Milk (1 gallon)	$4.62 RUB372.84	$6.20 LBP555,220	+34.2%
Eggs 1 dozen	$1.68 RUB135.77	$3.05 LBP273,311	+81.4%
Boneless chicken breast (1 lb)	$2.46 RUB198.76	$4.28 LBP383,674	+73.9%
Apples (1 lb)	$0.81 RUB65.30	$0.92 LBP81,960	+13.1%
Bananas (1 lb)	$0.87 RUB70.21	$0.66 LBP59,413	-23.8%
Oranges (1 lb)	$0.90 RUB72.77	$0.60 LBP53,963	-33.2%
Tomatoes (1 lb)	$1.64 RUB132.32	$0.51 LBP45,267	-69.2%
Potatoes (1 lb)	$0.43 RUB34.44	$0.42 LBP37,273	-2.5%
Onions (1 lb)	$0.34 RUB27.32	$0.55 LBP49,330	+62.7%
Average			+9.6%

Moscow vs. Beirut - Cost of groceries

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pay 86.9% more for transportation

	Moscow	Beirut
Gasoline (1 gallon)	$2.84 RUB229.05	$3.51 LBP313,990	+23.5%
Monthly public transit pass	$36.64 RUB2,956.42	$72.50 LBP6,493,185	+97.9%
New Volkswagen Golf 1.4 (standard edition)	$36,994.59 RUB2,985,314.80	$35,000.00 LBP3,134,641,077	-5.4%
Taxi trip in downtown area (5 miles)	$5.73 RUB462.24	$19.00 LBP1,701,662	+231.7%
Average			+86.9%

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pay 82.7% more for housing

	Moscow	Beirut
Internet connection 50 mbps or faster, cable/dsl	$7.82 RUB630.73	$37.92 LBP3,396,435	+385.2%
1-Bedroom apartment in downtown area	$1,253.04 RUB101,115.50	$842.31 LBP75,438,065	-32.8%
1-Bedroom apartment outside city center	$709.24 RUB57,233.12	$372.22 LBP33,336,659	-47.5%
Utilities for two (700 sq ft apartment) including electric, gas, water, heating	$110.60 RUB8,924.61	$139.38 LBP12,482,623	+26.0%
Average			+82.7%

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pay 50.8% less for childcare

	Moscow	Beirut
Private preschool for 1 child, monthly	$656.36 RUB52,965.26	$362.50 LBP32,465,925	-44.8%
Middle school for 1 child, two semesters	$14,285.88 RUB1,152,813.01	$6,187.50 LBP554,159,762	-56.7%
Average			-50.8%

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pay 17.3% more for entertainment and sports

	Moscow	Beirut
Domestic/local beer (1 pint)	$4.18 RUB337.05	$4.00 LBP358,245	-4.2%
Cappuccino in mid-range area	$3.16 RUB254.72	$3.28 LBP294,174	+4.1%
Pack of cigarettes Marlboro or similar	$2.98 RUB240.75	$2.55 LBP228,381	-14.5%
Monthly membership at local gym	$44.58 RUB3,597.33	$66.33 LBP5,940,891	+48.8%
Movie ticket to theater/cinema	$6.56 RUB529.65	$10.00 LBP895,612	+52.4%
Average			+17.3%

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pay 13.4% less for clothing

	Moscow	Beirut
Regular jeans Levi's brand	$76.06 RUB6,137.39	$59.38 LBP5,317,695	-21.9%
Regular dress from H&M or similar store	$47.73 RUB3,852.02	$50.00 LBP4,478,059	+4.7%
Running shoes Nike or Adidas	$122.95 RUB9,921.23	$120.56 LBP10,797,097	-1.9%
Men's business shoes (leather)	$156.80 RUB12,652.81	$102.86 LBP9,212,006	-34.4%
Average			-13.4%

Moscow vs. Beirut - 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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