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Lebanon vs. Nairobi Cost of Living Summary

Lebanon is 39.3% more expensive than Nairobi.

Restaurants: pay 54.4% more in Lebanon
Groceries: pay 3.8% less in Lebanon
Transportation: pay 31.1% more in Lebanon
Housing: pay 2.1 times more in Lebanon
Childcare: pay 21.1% less in Lebanon
Entertainment and Sports: pay 16.6% more in Lebanon
Clothing: pay 91.5% more in Lebanon

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

Lebanon vs. Nairobi Cost Breakdown

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

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pay 54.4% more for restaurants

	Nairobi	Lebanon
Basic meal with drink at inexpensive restaurant	$5.80 KES750.88	$7.66 LBP686,023	+32.0%
Fast food combo meal McDonalds, or similar	$6.97 KES901.06	$8.00 LBP716,459	+14.8%
Bottle of Coca-Cola (11 fl. oz)	$0.70 KES90.79	$1.63 LBP145,779	+131.9%
Bottle of water (11 fl. oz)	$0.55 KES71.04	$0.76 LBP68,287	+38.8%
Average			+54.4%

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pay 3.8% less for groceries

	Nairobi	Lebanon
Bread 1 loaf	$0.55 KES70.69	$0.60 LBP53,845	+10.0%
Local cheese (8 oz)	$5.57 KES720.08	$3.95 LBP353,565	-29.1%
Milk (1 gallon)	$3.36 KES434.10	$5.56 LBP497,956	+65.7%
Eggs 1 dozen	$1.64 KES212.73	$2.33 LBP208,892	+41.8%
Boneless chicken breast (1 lb)	$2.92 KES377.51	$3.54 LBP317,082	+21.3%
Apples (1 lb)	$1.41 KES181.96	$0.68 LBP61,289	-51.4%
Bananas (1 lb)	$0.47 KES61.40	$0.46 LBP40,876	-3.8%
Oranges (1 lb)	$0.89 KES115.07	$0.41 LBP36,459	-54.2%
Tomatoes (1 lb)	$0.46 KES59.01	$0.46 LBP41,590	+1.8%
Potatoes (1 lb)	$0.49 KES63.50	$0.33 LBP29,468	-33.0%
Onions (1 lb)	$0.51 KES65.52	$0.45 LBP40,236	-11.3%
Average			-3.8%

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pay 31.1% more for transportation

	Nairobi	Lebanon
Gasoline (1 gallon)	$5.40 KES698.38	$3.44 LBP307,798	-36.3%
Monthly public transit pass	$30.96 KES4,004.71	$72.50 LBP6,492,907	+134.2%
New Volkswagen Golf 1.4 (standard edition)	$21,671.83 KES2,803,297.63	$28,750.00 LBP2,574,773,435	+32.7%
Taxi trip in downtown area (5 miles)	$17.03 KES2,202.59	$16.00 LBP1,432,917	-6.0%
Average			+31.1%

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pay 2.1 times more for housing

	Nairobi	Lebanon
Internet connection 50 mbps or faster, cable/dsl	$39.86 KES5,156.50	$37.92 LBP3,396,290	-4.9%
1-Bedroom apartment in downtown area	$476.96 KES61,695.24	$571.15 LBP51,151,017	+19.7%
1-Bedroom apartment outside city center	$206.31 KES26,686.56	$277.78 LBP24,877,038	+34.6%
Utilities for two (700 sq ft apartment) including electric, gas, water, heating	$29.32 KES3,793.22	$139.38 LBP12,482,089	+375.3%
Average			+106.2%

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pay 21.1% less for childcare

	Nairobi	Lebanon
Private preschool for 1 child, monthly	$224.14 KES28,992.44	$248.75 LBP22,277,388	+11.0%
Middle school for 1 child, two semesters	$8,775.09 KES1,135,076.41	$4,093.75 LBP366,625,348	-53.3%
Average			-21.1%

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pay 16.6% more for entertainment and sports

	Nairobi	Lebanon
Domestic/local beer (1 pint)	$2.32 KES300.35	$4.00 LBP358,229	+72.3%
Cappuccino in mid-range area	$2.37 KES306.55	$2.89 LBP259,027	+22.0%
Pack of cigarettes Marlboro or similar	$3.10 KES400.47	$2.52 LBP226,132	-18.4%
Monthly membership at local gym	$45.30 KES5,859.39	$42.92 LBP3,843,502	-5.3%
Movie ticket to theater/cinema	$7.35 KES951.12	$8.25 LBP738,848	+12.2%
Average			+16.6%

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pay 91.5% more for clothing

	Nairobi	Lebanon
Regular jeans Levi's brand	$19.62 KES2,538.28	$53.44 LBP4,785,720	+172.3%
Regular dress from H&M or similar store	$24.88 KES3,218.07	$50.00 LBP4,477,867	+101.0%
Running shoes Nike or Adidas	$67.92 KES8,785.33	$101.94 LBP9,129,873	+50.1%
Men's business shoes (leather)	$62.28 KES8,055.48	$88.93 LBP7,964,206	+42.8%
Average			+91.5%

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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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