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Lebanon vs. United States Cost of Living Summary

Lebanon is 38.5% cheaper than United States overall.

Restaurants: pay 46.8% less in Lebanon
Groceries: pay 52.5% less in Lebanon
Transportation: pay 2.4% less in Lebanon
Housing: pay 49.6% less in Lebanon
Childcare: pay 82.2% less in Lebanon
Entertainment and Sports: pay 41.2% less in Lebanon
Clothing: pay 5.0% more in Lebanon

Expenses including childcare, groceries, housing, restaurants, entertainment and sports, and transportation are lower in Lebanon.

Lebanon vs. United States Cost Breakdown

If you lived in Lebanon instead of United States, you would:

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pay 46.8% less for restaurants

	United States	Lebanon
Basic meal with drink at inexpensive restaurant	$19.45	$7.66 LBP684,169	-60.6%
Fast food combo meal McDonalds, or similar	$11.12	$8.00 LBP714,522	-28.1%
Bottle of Coca-Cola (11 fl. oz)	$2.56	$1.63 LBP145,385	-36.4%
Bottle of water (11 fl. oz)	$2.00	$0.76 LBP68,103	-62.0%
Average			-46.8%

United States vs. Lebanon - Cost of restaurants

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pay 52.5% less for groceries

	United States	Lebanon
Bread 1 loaf	$3.56	$0.60 LBP53,699	-83.1%
Local cheese (8 oz)	$6.50	$3.95 LBP352,609	-39.3%
Milk (1 gallon)	$3.97	$5.56 LBP496,610	+40.0%
Eggs 1 dozen	$4.27	$2.33 LBP208,328	-45.4%
Boneless chicken breast (1 lb)	$5.41	$3.54 LBP316,225	-34.5%
Apples (1 lb)	$2.37	$0.68 LBP61,124	-71.1%
Bananas (1 lb)	$0.78	$0.46 LBP40,766	-41.7%
Oranges (1 lb)	$2.04	$0.41 LBP36,360	-80.0%
Tomatoes (1 lb)	$2.21	$0.46 LBP41,477	-79.0%
Potatoes (1 lb)	$1.34	$0.33 LBP29,389	-75.5%
Onions (1 lb)	$1.38	$0.45 LBP40,127	-67.5%
Average			-52.5%

United States vs. Lebanon - Cost of groceries

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pay 2.4% less for transportation

	United States	Lebanon
Gasoline (1 gallon)	$3.41	$3.44 LBP306,966	+0.7%
Monthly public transit pass	$65.85	$72.50 LBP6,475,359	+10.1%
New Volkswagen Golf 1.4 (standard edition)	$32,336.38	$28,750.00 LBP2,567,814,963	-11.1%
Taxi trip in downtown area (5 miles)	$17.61	$16.00 LBP1,429,045	-9.2%
Average			-2.4%

United States vs. Lebanon - Cost of transportation

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pay 49.6% less for housing

	United States	Lebanon
Internet connection 50 mbps or faster, cable/dsl	$68.97	$37.92 LBP3,387,111	-45.0%
1-Bedroom apartment in downtown area	$1,664.59	$571.15 LBP51,012,779	-65.7%
1-Bedroom apartment outside city center	$1,416.15	$277.78 LBP24,809,806	-80.4%
Utilities for two (700 sq ft apartment) including electric, gas, water, heating	$150.19	$139.38 LBP12,448,355	-7.2%
Average			-49.6%

United States vs. Lebanon - Cost of housing

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pay 82.2% less for childcare

	United States	Lebanon
Private preschool for 1 child, monthly	$1,387.27	$248.75 LBP22,217,182	-82.1%
Middle school for 1 child, two semesters	$23,196.46	$4,093.75 LBP365,634,522	-82.4%
Average			-82.2%

United States vs. Lebanon - Cost of childcare

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pay 41.2% less for entertainment and sports

	United States	Lebanon
Domestic/local beer (1 pint)	$5.84	$4.00 LBP357,261	-31.5%
Cappuccino in mid-range area	$5.15	$2.89 LBP258,327	-43.9%
Pack of cigarettes Marlboro or similar	$9.90	$2.52 LBP225,521	-74.5%
Monthly membership at local gym	$51.45	$42.92 LBP3,833,115	-16.6%
Movie ticket to theater/cinema	$13.64	$8.25 LBP736,851	-39.5%
Average			-41.2%

United States vs. Lebanon - Cost of entertainment and sports

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pay 5.0% more for clothing

	United States	Lebanon
Regular jeans Levi's brand	$51.08	$53.44 LBP4,772,787	+4.6%
Regular dress from H&M or similar store	$41.81	$50.00 LBP4,465,765	+19.6%
Running shoes Nike or Adidas	$87.56	$101.94 LBP9,105,199	+16.4%
Men's business shoes (leather)	$112.04	$88.93 LBP7,942,682	-20.6%
Average			+5.0%

United States vs. Lebanon - Cost of clothing

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