Beirut vs Brisbane - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Beirut	Brisbane
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1165	$2491
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2943	$5397
🏠 One person rent	$555	$1506
🏘️ Family rent	$1163	$2275
🍽️ Food expenses	$318	$562
🚐 Transport expenses	$176	$280
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$453	$4184
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	8 km	13 km
🎓 Higher education	75	66
😀 Quality of life	61	97
🏙️ Population	2.42M	2.36M

The cost of living in Beirut is 53% less expensive than in Brisbane. Cities ranked 4691st and 781st ($1165 vs $2491) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 2nd in Lebanon and Australia, respectively. Check Lebanon vs Australia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.4 months in Beirut compared to 1.7 months in Brisbane. Beirut ranked 1st best city to live in Lebanon vs Brisbane ranked 4th in Australia, while ranked 4996th and 15th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Beirut vs Brisbane

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	Beirut	Brisbane
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$8.92	$14
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$50.5	$83.5
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$6.96	$10.5
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3	$8.26
☕ Cappuccino	$2.67	$3.81
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.6	$2.77
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$646	$1542
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$317	$1283
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1699	$2771
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$720	$1860
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$141	$116
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$216	$178
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$30.9	$54.5
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	11.1%	6.33%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3352	$7907
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1315	$5572
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.5	$2.99
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$80.8	$145
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$12.7	$16.4
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.95	$1.42
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.67	$1.59
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.9	$2.42
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.78	$2.1
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.54	$4.52
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.6	$8.96
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.91	$8.74
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11	$14.7
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.46	$3.31
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.25	$2.92
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.88	$2.71
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.06	$3.87
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.85	$2.37
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.96	$2.11
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.27	$0.84
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.54	$2.95
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.04	$13.9
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.18	$5.61
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.98	$27.8
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.02	$8.08
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.23	$4.28
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.36	$3.28
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.07	$3.33
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$58.6	$55.1
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$7	$13.8
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$52.7	$61.4
💇 Haircut, simple	$7.96	$19.3
👖 Brand Jeans	$83.8	$74.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$104	$108
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$284	$1752
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$4334	$9531

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Cities near Beirut

Distance	City	Cost of living
13 km or 8.2 mi	Jounieh	$948
37 km or 23 mi	Zahle	$857
38 km or 23 mi	Sidon	$767
68 km or 42 mi	Tripoli	$708
75 km or 46 mi	Tyre	$545
76 km or 47 mi	Kiryat Shmona	$1604
83 km or 52 mi	Damascus	$672
99 km or 62 mi	Ma'alot-Tarshiha	$1619
102 km or 64 mi	Safed	$1635
106 km or 66 mi	Nahariya	$1565
112 km or 69 mi	Karmiel	$1579
114 km or 71 mi	Acre	$1451
115 km or 72 mi	Sakhnin	$1612
116 km or 72 mi	Arraba	$1624
119 km or 74 mi	Tamra	$1617
122 km or 76 mi	Tiberias	$1544
123 km or 77 mi	Kiryat Motzkin	$1585
124 km or 77 mi	Kiryat Yam	$1604
124 km or 77 mi	Kiryat Bialik	$1607
124 km or 77 mi	Shefa-'Amr	$1617
127 km or 79 mi	Kiryat Ata	$1591
130 km or 81 mi	Haifa	$1582
131 km or 82 mi	Nof HaGalil	$1659
132 km or 82 mi	Nesher	$1532
133 km or 83 mi	Nazareth	$1674
137 km or 85 mi	Migdal HaEmek	$1664
142 km or 88 mi	Yokneam Illit	$1706
144 km or 89 mi	Afula	$1614
145 km or 90 mi	Homs	$462
151 km or 94 mi	Irbid	$630
155 km or 97 mi	Zikhron Ya'akov	$1749
156 km or 97 mi	Umm al-Fahm	$1708
165 km or 103 mi	Pardes Hanna-Karkur	$1787
169 km or 105 mi	Baqa-Jatt	$1758
169 km or 105 mi	Hadera	$1556
179 km or 111 mi	Hama	$450
183 km or 114 mi	Jerash	$598
183 km or 114 mi	Netanya	$2045
184 km or 114 mi	Latakia	$427
186 km or 116 mi	Tayibe	$1838

Cities near Brisbane

Distance	City	Cost of living
31 km or 19 mi	Ipswich	$1877
45 km or 28 mi	Caboolture	$1925
66 km or 41 mi	Southport	$2141
71 km or 44 mi	Gold Coast	$2300
75 km or 47 mi	Caloundra	$1754
91 km or 57 mi	Sunshine Coast	$1733
107 km or 66 mi	Toowoomba	$1635
143 km or 89 mi	Byron Bay	$1958
243 km or 151 mi	Hervey Bay	$1835
299 km or 186 mi	Bundaberg	$1689
315 km or 196 mi	Coffs Harbour	$1913
362 km or 225 mi	Armidale	$1289
441 km or 274 mi	Gladstone	$1615
441 km or 274 mi	Port Macquarie	$1661
520 km or 323 mi	Rockhampton	$1514
618 km or 384 mi	Newcastle	$1833
682 km or 424 mi	Dubbo	$1815
719 km or 447 mi	Dee Why	$2286
722 km or 449 mi	Kellyville	$1997
730 km or 453 mi	Blacktown	$1732
732 km or 455 mi	Parramatta	$2472
733 km or 455 mi	Sydney	$2801
740 km or 460 mi	Bathurst	$1674
748 km or 465 mi	Orange	$1500
801 km or 498 mi	Wollongong	$1532
869 km or 540 mi	Goulburn	$1748
945 km or 587 mi	Canberra	$2393
1006 km or 625 mi	Wagga Wagga	$1628
1009 km or 627 mi	Griffith	$1746
1111 km or 690 mi	Townsville	$1303
1224 km or 761 mi	Shepparton	$1717
1278 km or 794 mi	Mildura	$1816
1320 km or 820 mi	Bendigo	$1397
1337 km or 831 mi	Traralgon	$1829
1367 km or 849 mi	Sunbury	$1822
1372 km or 853 mi	Pakenham	$1805
1375 km or 855 mi	Melbourne	$2397
1376 km or 855 mi	Berwick	$1800
1376 km or 855 mi	South Yarra	$1758
1377 km or 856 mi	Dandenong	$1876