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Lebanon vs. Nicaragua Cost of Living Summary

Lebanon is 79.2% more expensive than Nicaragua overall.

Restaurants: pay 52.8% more in Lebanon
Groceries: pay 20.6% less in Lebanon
Transportation: pay 4.8 times more in Lebanon
Housing: pay 56.6% more in Lebanon
Childcare: pay 39.4% more in Lebanon
Entertainment and Sports: pay 53.1% more in Lebanon
Clothing: pay 9.9% less in Lebanon

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

Lebanon vs. Nicaragua Cost Breakdown

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

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pay 52.8% more for restaurants

	Nicaragua	Lebanon
Basic meal with drink at inexpensive restaurant	$4.57 NIO167.54	$7.66 LBP684,169	+67.8%
Fast food combo meal McDonalds, or similar	$6.80 NIO249.70	$8.00 LBP714,522	+17.6%
Bottle of Coca-Cola (11 fl. oz)	$0.82 NIO30.05	$1.63 LBP145,385	+98.8%
Bottle of water (11 fl. oz)	$0.60 NIO22.01	$0.76 LBP68,103	+27.1%
Average			+52.8%

Nicaragua vs. Lebanon - Cost of restaurants

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pay 20.6% less for groceries

	Nicaragua	Lebanon
Bread 1 loaf	$1.74 NIO63.99	$0.60 LBP53,699	-65.5%
Local cheese (8 oz)	$3.29 NIO120.87	$3.95 LBP352,609	+19.8%
Milk (1 gallon)	$4.55 NIO166.90	$5.56 LBP496,610	+22.2%
Eggs 1 dozen	$1.98 NIO72.59	$2.33 LBP208,328	+17.9%
Boneless chicken breast (1 lb)	$2.48 NIO90.82	$3.54 LBP316,225	+43.0%
Apples (1 lb)	$1.77 NIO64.95	$0.68 LBP61,124	-61.3%
Bananas (1 lb)	$0.39 NIO14.44	$0.46 LBP40,766	+16.0%
Oranges (1 lb)	$0.82 NIO29.96	$0.41 LBP36,360	-50.1%
Tomatoes (1 lb)	$0.87 NIO32.04	$0.46 LBP41,477	-46.8%
Potatoes (1 lb)	$1.24 NIO45.67	$0.33 LBP29,389	-73.6%
Onions (1 lb)	$0.88 NIO32.12	$0.45 LBP40,127	-48.7%
Average			-20.6%

Nicaragua vs. Lebanon - Cost of groceries

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pay 4.8 times more for transportation

	Nicaragua	Lebanon
Gasoline (1 gallon)	$4.95 NIO181.64	$3.44 LBP306,966	-30.6%
Monthly public transit pass	$5.00 NIO183.61	$72.50 LBP6,475,359	+1348.9%
New Volkswagen Golf 1.4 (standard edition)	$22,973.64 NIO843,003.80	$28,750.00 LBP2,567,814,963	+25.1%
Taxi trip in downtown area (5 miles)	$5.56 NIO204.17	$16.00 LBP1,429,045	+187.6%
Average			+382.8%

Nicaragua vs. Lebanon - Cost of transportation

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pay 56.6% more for housing

	Nicaragua	Lebanon
Internet connection 50 mbps or faster, cable/dsl	$36.35 NIO1,333.96	$37.92 LBP3,387,111	+4.3%
1-Bedroom apartment in downtown area	$326.67 NIO11,986.84	$571.15 LBP51,012,779	+74.8%
1-Bedroom apartment outside city center	$283.96 NIO10,419.68	$277.78 LBP24,809,806	-2.2%
Utilities for two (700 sq ft apartment) including electric, gas, water, heating	$55.87 NIO2,050.11	$139.38 LBP12,448,355	+149.5%
Average			+56.6%

Nicaragua vs. Lebanon - Cost of housing

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pay 39.4% more for childcare

	Nicaragua	Lebanon
Private preschool for 1 child, monthly	$118.12 NIO4,334.53	$248.75 LBP22,217,182	+110.6%
Middle school for 1 child, two semesters	$6,000.00 NIO220,166.41	$4,093.75 LBP365,634,522	-31.8%
Average			+39.4%

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pay 53.1% more for entertainment and sports

	Nicaragua	Lebanon
Domestic/local beer (1 pint)	$1.31 NIO47.93	$4.00 LBP357,261	+206.3%
Cappuccino in mid-range area	$2.16 NIO79.30	$2.89 LBP258,327	+33.8%
Pack of cigarettes Marlboro or similar	$2.66 NIO97.58	$2.52 LBP225,521	-5.0%
Monthly membership at local gym	$33.69 NIO1,236.40	$42.92 LBP3,833,115	+27.4%
Movie ticket to theater/cinema	$8.00 NIO293.56	$8.25 LBP736,851	+3.1%
Average			+53.1%

Nicaragua vs. Lebanon - Cost of entertainment and sports

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pay 9.9% less for clothing

	Nicaragua	Lebanon
Regular jeans Levi's brand	$61.83 NIO2,268.67	$53.44 LBP4,772,787	-13.6%
Regular dress from H&M or similar store	$61.88 NIO2,270.47	$50.00 LBP4,465,765	-19.2%
Running shoes Nike or Adidas	$108.23 NIO3,971.55	$101.94 LBP9,105,199	-5.8%
Men's business shoes (leather)	$89.99 NIO3,302.29	$88.93 LBP7,942,682	-1.2%
Average			-9.9%

Nicaragua 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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