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Lebanon vs. Romania Cost of Living Summary

Lebanon is 14.6% more expensive than Romania overall.

Restaurants: pay 21.4% less in Lebanon
Groceries: pay 13.9% less in Lebanon
Transportation: pay 74.2% more in Lebanon
Housing: pay 93.1% more in Lebanon
Childcare: pay 50.3% less in Lebanon
Entertainment and Sports: pay 10.0% more in Lebanon
Clothing: pay 10.2% more in Lebanon

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

Lebanon vs. Romania Cost Breakdown

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

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pay 21.4% less for restaurants

	Romania	Lebanon
Basic meal with drink at inexpensive restaurant	$10.04 RON43.41	$7.66 LBP688,226	-23.7%
Fast food combo meal McDonalds, or similar	$7.48 RON32.32	$8.00 LBP718,760	+7.0%
Bottle of Coca-Cola (11 fl. oz)	$1.94 RON8.39	$1.63 LBP146,248	-16.1%
Bottle of water (11 fl. oz)	$1.61 RON6.98	$0.76 LBP68,507	-52.8%
Average			-21.4%

Romania vs. Lebanon - Cost of restaurants

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pay 13.9% less for groceries

	Romania	Lebanon
Bread 1 loaf	$1.18 RON5.10	$0.60 LBP54,018	-49.1%
Local cheese (8 oz)	$4.01 RON17.34	$3.95 LBP354,701	-1.6%
Milk (1 gallon)	$5.61 RON24.24	$5.56 LBP499,555	-0.9%
Eggs 1 dozen	$3.05 RON13.16	$2.33 LBP209,563	-23.4%
Boneless chicken breast (1 lb)	$2.90 RON12.54	$3.54 LBP318,100	+22.0%
Apples (1 lb)	$0.51 RON2.20	$0.68 LBP61,486	+34.7%
Bananas (1 lb)	$0.70 RON3.01	$0.46 LBP41,008	-34.5%
Oranges (1 lb)	$0.70 RON3.04	$0.41 LBP36,576	-42.0%
Tomatoes (1 lb)	$0.93 RON4.02	$0.46 LBP41,723	-50.1%
Potatoes (1 lb)	$0.39 RON1.70	$0.33 LBP29,563	-16.3%
Onions (1 lb)	$0.42 RON1.79	$0.45 LBP40,365	+8.2%
Average			-13.9%

Romania vs. Lebanon - Cost of groceries

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pay 74.2% more for transportation

	Romania	Lebanon
Gasoline (1 gallon)	$6.02 RON26.03	$3.44 LBP308,786	-42.9%
Monthly public transit pass	$23.52 RON101.63	$72.50 LBP6,513,762	+208.3%
New Volkswagen Golf 1.4 (standard edition)	$27,339.27 RON118,146.68	$28,750.00 LBP2,583,043,750	+5.2%
Taxi trip in downtown area (5 miles)	$7.08 RON30.59	$16.00 LBP1,437,520	+126.0%
Average			+74.2%

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pay 93.1% more for housing

	Romania	Lebanon
Internet connection 50 mbps or faster, cable/dsl	$9.24 RON39.93	$37.92 LBP3,407,199	+310.4%
1-Bedroom apartment in downtown area	$390.19 RON1,686.22	$571.15 LBP51,315,317	+46.4%
1-Bedroom apartment outside city center	$289.13 RON1,249.46	$277.78 LBP24,956,944	-3.9%
Utilities for two (700 sq ft apartment) including electric, gas, water, heating	$116.41 RON503.07	$139.38 LBP12,522,182	+19.7%
Average			+93.1%

Romania vs. Lebanon - Cost of housing

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pay 50.3% less for childcare

	Romania	Lebanon
Private preschool for 1 child, monthly	$526.34 RON2,274.56	$248.75 LBP22,348,944	-52.7%
Middle school for 1 child, two semesters	$7,853.44 RON33,938.62	$4,093.75 LBP367,802,969	-47.9%
Average			-50.3%

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pay 10.0% more for entertainment and sports

	Romania	Lebanon
Domestic/local beer (1 pint)	$2.34 RON10.13	$4.00 LBP359,380	+70.6%
Cappuccino in mid-range area	$2.50 RON10.82	$2.89 LBP259,859	+15.5%
Pack of cigarettes Marlboro or similar	$5.88 RON25.41	$2.52 LBP226,859	-57.1%
Monthly membership at local gym	$42.19 RON182.34	$42.92 LBP3,855,848	+1.7%
Movie ticket to theater/cinema	$6.90 RON29.84	$8.25 LBP741,221	+19.5%
Average			+10.0%

Romania vs. Lebanon - Cost of entertainment and sports

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pay 10.2% more for clothing

	Romania	Lebanon
Regular jeans Levi's brand	$66.67 RON288.12	$53.44 LBP4,801,092	-19.8%
Regular dress from H&M or similar store	$38.50 RON166.37	$50.00 LBP4,492,250	+29.9%
Running shoes Nike or Adidas	$78.13 RON337.63	$101.94 LBP9,159,199	+30.5%
Men's business shoes (leather)	$88.57 RON382.77	$88.93 LBP7,989,788	+0.4%
Average			+10.2%

Romania 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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