Beirut vs Budapest - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Beirut	Budapest
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1255	$1109
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3214	$2730
🏠 One person rent	$605	$553
🏘️ Family rent	$1314	$965
🍽️ Food expenses	$342	$342
🚐 Transport expenses	$186	$105
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$542	$1229
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Good
✈️ Airport proximity	8 km	18 km
🎓 Higher education	75	92
😀 Quality of life	63	79
🏙️ Population	2.42M	1.69M

The cost of living in Beirut is 13% more expensive than in Budapest. Cities ranked 4326th and 4777th ($1255 vs $1109) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 1st in Lebanon and Hungary, respectively. Check Lebanon vs Hungary comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.4 months in Beirut compared to 1.1 months in Budapest. Beirut ranked 1st best city to live in Lebanon vs Budapest ranked 1st in Hungary, while ranked 4772nd and 618th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Beirut vs Budapest

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	Beirut	Budapest
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$10.1	$9.45
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$50.3	$45
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.83	$7.53
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.02	$2.55
☕ Cappuccino	$2.9	$2.77
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.58	$1.48
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$732	$574
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$355	$426
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1783	$1044
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$887	$769
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$136	$79.4
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$209	$123
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$38.6	$18.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	11.48%	6.95%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3136	$4106
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1549	$2694
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.6	$1.18
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$79.5	$23.7
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$15.1	$11.7
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.92	$1.62
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.62	$1.13
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.82	$1.24
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.82	$1.52
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.82	$2.78
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11	$10
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.69	$5.66
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.8	$11.6
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.61	$1.66
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.35	$1.73
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.92	$1.88
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.11	$2.99
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.9	$1.13
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.04	$1.15
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.28	$0.34
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.41	$1.96
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.01	$5.79
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.16	$1.03
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.02	$5.93
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.87	$9.29
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.08	$3.38
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.37	$2.15
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.8	$2.73
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$63.8	$51
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$7.01	$7.6
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$54.3	$49.5
💇 Haircut, simple	$8.08	$12.8
👖 Brand Jeans	$80.9	$71.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$117	$82.8
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$294	$374
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$4459	$11151

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Cities near Beirut

Distance	City	Cost of living
13 km or 8.2 mi	Jounieh	$1020
37 km or 23 mi	Zahle	$912
38 km or 23 mi	Sidon	$798
68 km or 42 mi	Tripoli	$776
75 km or 46 mi	Tyre	$573
76 km or 47 mi	Kiryat Shmona	$1709
83 km or 52 mi	Damascus	$638
99 km or 62 mi	Ma'alot-Tarshiha	$1647
102 km or 64 mi	Safed	$1681
106 km or 66 mi	Nahariya	$1616
112 km or 69 mi	Karmiel	$1531
114 km or 71 mi	Acre	$1502
115 km or 72 mi	Sakhnin	$1612
116 km or 72 mi	Arraba	$1633
119 km or 74 mi	Tamra	$1655
122 km or 76 mi	Tiberias	$1600
123 km or 77 mi	Kiryat Motzkin	$1666
124 km or 77 mi	Kiryat Yam	$1657
124 km or 77 mi	Kiryat Bialik	$1666
124 km or 77 mi	Shefa-'Amr	$1677
127 km or 79 mi	Kiryat Ata	$1647
130 km or 81 mi	Haifa	$1645
131 km or 82 mi	Nof HaGalil	$1709
132 km or 82 mi	Nesher	$1593
133 km or 83 mi	Nazareth	$1732
137 km or 85 mi	Migdal HaEmek	$1742
142 km or 88 mi	Yokneam Illit	$1778
144 km or 89 mi	Afula	$1652
145 km or 90 mi	Homs	$456
151 km or 94 mi	Irbid	$679
155 km or 97 mi	Zikhron Ya'akov	$1731
156 km or 97 mi	Umm al-Fahm	$1756
165 km or 103 mi	Pardes Hanna-Karkur	$1728
169 km or 105 mi	Baqa-Jatt	$1782
169 km or 105 mi	Hadera	$1576
179 km or 111 mi	Hama	$417
183 km or 114 mi	Jerash	$608
183 km or 114 mi	Netanya	$2138
184 km or 114 mi	Latakia	$386
186 km or 116 mi	Tayibe	$1902

Cities near Budapest

Distance	City	Cost of living
8.2 km or 5.1 mi	Budafok-Teteny	$901
16 km or 9.8 mi	Erd	$790
16 km or 10 mi	Dunakeszi	$939
17 km or 11 mi	Szigetszentmiklos	$843
27 km or 17 mi	Godollo	$924
32 km or 20 mi	Vac	$827
49 km or 31 mi	Tatabanya	$794
58 km or 36 mi	Szekesfehervar	$762
58 km or 36 mi	Dunaujvaros	$684
67 km or 42 mi	Cegled	$855
74 km or 46 mi	Komarno	$1045
82 km or 51 mi	Kecskemet	$781
84 km or 52 mi	Nove Zamky	$1019
86 km or 53 mi	Salgotarjan	$823
86 km or 53 mi	Levice	$987
93 km or 58 mi	Szolnok	$666
96 km or 59 mi	Veszprem	$786
104 km or 65 mi	Lucenec	$922
107 km or 67 mi	Gyor	$784
109 km or 68 mi	Eger	$784
115 km or 72 mi	Nitra	$1039
121 km or 75 mi	Zvolen	$1237
123 km or 76 mi	Ozd	$802
130 km or 81 mi	Szekszard	$747
138 km or 86 mi	Banska Bystrica	$1080
139 km or 86 mi	Mosonmagyarovar	$794
145 km or 90 mi	Prievidza	$892
146 km or 91 mi	Trnava	$1181
146 km or 91 mi	Miskolc	$676
146 km or 91 mi	Baja	$692
150 km or 93 mi	Piestany	$935
153 km or 95 mi	Hodmezovasarhely	$681
158 km or 98 mi	Kaposvar	$750
160 km or 99 mi	Petrzalka	$1202
161 km or 100 mi	Bratislava	$1275
163 km or 101 mi	Subotica	$768
163 km or 101 mi	Szeged	$766
170 km or 106 mi	Pecs	$848
172 km or 107 mi	Trencin	$1118
174 km or 108 mi	Martin	$1039