Cost of living comparison
Beirut is 18.1% more expensive than Tirana.
If you lived in Beirut instead of Tirana, you would:
pay 6.7% less for restaurants
Tirana
|
Beirut
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Basic meal with drink at inexpensive restaurant |
$10.76
ALL1,004
|
$8.00
LBP715,814
|
|
Fast food combo meal
McDonalds, or similar
|
$7.91
ALL738
|
$7.00
LBP626,337
|
|
Bottle of Coca-Cola (11 fl. oz) |
$1.61
ALL150
|
$1.51
LBP135,435
|
|
Bottle of water (11 fl. oz) |
$0.84
ALL78
|
$0.98
LBP87,488
|
|
pay 29.3% less for groceries
Tirana
|
Beirut
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Bread
1 loaf
|
$0.98
ALL91
|
$0.78
LBP70,027
|
|
Local cheese (8 oz) |
$6.08
ALL567
|
$5.14
LBP459,642
|
|
Milk (1 gallon) |
$7.55
ALL704
|
$6.42
LBP574,498
|
|
Eggs
1 dozen
|
$3.58
ALL334
|
$2.17
LBP193,775
|
|
Boneless chicken breast (1 lb) |
$3.61
ALL337
|
$3.32
LBP296,650
|
|
Apples (1 lb) |
$0.68
ALL64
|
$0.61
LBP54,284
|
|
Bananas (1 lb) |
$1.11
ALL104
|
$0.57
LBP51,016
|
|
Oranges (1 lb) |
$0.82
ALL76
|
$0.37
LBP33,458
|
|
Tomatoes (1 lb) |
$0.84
ALL78
|
$0.44
LBP39,431
|
|
Potatoes (1 lb) |
$0.50
ALL47
|
$0.33
LBP29,357
|
|
Onions (1 lb) |
$0.56
ALL52
|
$0.40
LBP36,020
|
|
pay 42.3% more for transportation
Tirana
|
Beirut
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Gasoline (1 gallon) |
$7.77
ALL725
|
$3.53
LBP316,126
|
|
Monthly public transit pass |
$17.22
ALL1,606
|
$65.22
LBP5,835,441
|
|
New Volkswagen Golf 1.4 (standard edition) |
$25,292.78
ALL2,358,487
|
$25,000.00
LBP2,236,919,013
|
|
Taxi trip in downtown area (5 miles) |
$29.06
ALL2,710
|
$13.50
LBP1,207,936
|
|
pay 91.7% more for housing
Tirana
|
Beirut
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Internet connection
50 mbps or faster, cable/dsl
|
$17.40
ALL1,622
|
$50.62
LBP4,529,761
|
|
1-Bedroom apartment in downtown area |
$568.58
ALL53,019
|
$771.88
LBP69,064,875
|
|
1-Bedroom apartment outside city center |
$380.80
ALL35,508
|
$369.23
LBP33,037,573
|
|
Utilities for two
(700 sq ft apartment)
including electric, gas, water, heating
|
$77.97
ALL7,270
|
$189.49
LBP16,954,530
|
|
pay 11.8% more for childcare
Tirana
|
Beirut
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Private preschool for 1 child, monthly |
$235.39
ALL21,949
|
$325.00
LBP29,079,947
|
|
Middle school for 1 child, two semesters |
$4,857.15
ALL452,917
|
$4,150.00
LBP371,328,556
|
|
pay 5.2% more for entertainment and sports
Tirana
|
Beirut
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Domestic/local beer (1 pint) |
$2.69
ALL251
|
$3.00
LBP268,430
|
|
Cappuccino in mid-range area |
$1.81
ALL169
|
$2.48
LBP222,113
|
|
Pack of cigarettes
Marlboro or similar
|
$3.77
ALL351
|
$2.29
LBP204,902
|
|
Monthly membership at local gym |
$44.86
ALL4,183
|
$60.83
LBP5,443,170
|
|
Movie ticket to theater/cinema |
$8.61
ALL803
|
$7.00
LBP626,337
|
|
pay 12.0% more for clothing
Tirana
|
Beirut
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Regular jeans
Levi's brand
|
$64.36
ALL6,002
|
$83.69
LBP7,488,086
|
|
Regular dress
from H&M or similar store
|
$48.67
ALL4,538
|
$54.29
LBP4,857,310
|
|
Running shoes
Nike or Adidas
|
$95.47
ALL8,902
|
$107.86
LBP9,650,708
|
|
Men's business shoes (leather) |
$125.92
ALL11,741
|
$117.86
LBP10,545,475
|
|
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