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Lebanon vs. Quito Cost of Living Summary

Lebanon is 24.9% more expensive than Quito.

Restaurants: pay 27.3% more in Lebanon
Groceries: pay 15.1% less in Lebanon
Transportation: pay 65.4% more in Lebanon
Housing: pay 2.3 times more in Lebanon
Childcare: pay 34.2% less in Lebanon
Entertainment and Sports: pay 7.5% more in Lebanon
Clothing: pay 2.9% less in Lebanon

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

Lebanon vs. Quito Cost Breakdown

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

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pay 27.3% more for restaurants

	Quito	Lebanon
Basic meal with drink at inexpensive restaurant	$5.00	$7.66 LBP686,023	+53.2%
Fast food combo meal McDonalds, or similar	$7.38	$8.00 LBP716,459	+8.5%
Bottle of Coca-Cola (11 fl. oz)	$1.13	$1.63 LBP145,779	+43.6%
Bottle of water (11 fl. oz)	$0.73	$0.76 LBP68,287	+4.0%
Average			+27.3%

Quito vs. Lebanon - Cost of restaurants

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pay 15.1% less for groceries

	Quito	Lebanon
Bread 1 loaf	$1.62	$0.60 LBP53,845	-63.0%
Local cheese (8 oz)	$4.18	$3.95 LBP353,565	-5.6%
Milk (1 gallon)	$4.06	$5.56 LBP497,956	+36.8%
Eggs 1 dozen	$2.43	$2.33 LBP208,892	-4.2%
Boneless chicken breast (1 lb)	$3.52	$3.54 LBP317,082	+0.7%
Apples (1 lb)	$0.98	$0.68 LBP61,289	-29.9%
Bananas (1 lb)	$0.51	$0.46 LBP40,876	-10.5%
Oranges (1 lb)	$0.48	$0.41 LBP36,459	-14.3%
Tomatoes (1 lb)	$0.59	$0.46 LBP41,590	-20.6%
Potatoes (1 lb)	$0.68	$0.33 LBP29,468	-51.6%
Onions (1 lb)	$0.47	$0.45 LBP40,236	-4.3%
Average			-15.1%

Quito vs. Lebanon - Cost of groceries

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pay 65.4% more for transportation

	Quito	Lebanon
Gasoline (1 gallon)	$2.63	$3.44 LBP307,798	+30.9%
Monthly public transit pass	$27.00	$72.50 LBP6,492,907	+168.5%
New Volkswagen Golf 1.4 (standard edition)	$20,000.00	$28,750.00 LBP2,574,773,435	+43.8%
Taxi trip in downtown area (5 miles)	$13.50	$16.00 LBP1,432,917	+18.5%
Average			+65.4%

Quito vs. Lebanon - Cost of transportation

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pay 2.3 times more for housing

	Quito	Lebanon
Internet connection 50 mbps or faster, cable/dsl	$28.44	$37.92 LBP3,396,290	+33.4%
1-Bedroom apartment in downtown area	$448.12	$571.15 LBP51,151,017	+27.5%
1-Bedroom apartment outside city center	$317.19	$277.78 LBP24,877,038	-12.4%
Utilities for two (700 sq ft apartment) including electric, gas, water, heating	$25.07	$139.38 LBP12,482,089	+456.0%
Average			+126.1%

Quito vs. Lebanon - Cost of housing

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pay 34.2% less for childcare

	Quito	Lebanon
Private preschool for 1 child, monthly	$283.25	$248.75 LBP22,277,388	-12.2%
Middle school for 1 child, two semesters	$9,360.00	$4,093.75 LBP366,625,348	-56.3%
Average			-34.2%

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pay 7.5% more for entertainment and sports

	Quito	Lebanon
Domestic/local beer (1 pint)	$2.38	$4.00 LBP358,229	+68.4%
Cappuccino in mid-range area	$2.96	$2.89 LBP259,027	-2.2%
Pack of cigarettes Marlboro or similar	$6.00	$2.52 LBP226,132	-57.9%
Monthly membership at local gym	$38.55	$42.92 LBP3,843,502	+11.3%
Movie ticket to theater/cinema	$7.00	$8.25 LBP738,848	+17.9%
Average			+7.5%

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pay 2.9% less for clothing

	Quito	Lebanon
Regular jeans Levi's brand	$60.15	$53.44 LBP4,785,720	-11.2%
Regular dress from H&M or similar store	$46.83	$50.00 LBP4,477,867	+6.8%
Running shoes Nike or Adidas	$105.42	$101.94 LBP9,129,873	-3.3%
Men's business shoes (leather)	$92.78	$88.93 LBP7,964,206	-4.1%
Average			-2.9%

Quito vs. Lebanon - Cost of clothing

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