Beirut vs Cairo - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Beirut	Cairo
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1255	$417
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3214	$1080
🏠 One person rent	$605	$154
🏘️ Family rent	$1314	$315
🍽️ Food expenses	$342	$166
🚐 Transport expenses	$186	$38
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$542	$165
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	8 km	12 km
🎓 Higher education	75	83
😀 Quality of life	63	58
🏙️ Population	2.42M	9.61M

The cost of living in Beirut is 201% more expensive than in Cairo. Cities ranked 4326th and 8923rd ($1255 vs $417) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 2nd in Lebanon and Egypt, respectively. Check Lebanon vs Egypt comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.4 months in Beirut compared to 0.4 months in Cairo. Beirut ranked 1st best city to live in Lebanon vs Cairo ranked 1st in Egypt, while ranked 4772nd and 5545th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Beirut vs Cairo

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	Beirut	Cairo
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$10.1	$3.9
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$50.3	$18.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.83	$4.73
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.02	$1.26
☕ Cappuccino	$2.9	$1.5
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.58	$0.34
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$732	$185
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$355	$113
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1783	$386
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$887	$253
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$136	$16.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$209	$25.8
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$38.6	$10.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	11.48%	14.49%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3136	$690
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1549	$453
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.6	$0.3
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$79.5	$7.68
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$15.1	$3.17
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.92	$0.29
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.62	$0.89
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.82	$0.6
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.82	$0.65
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.82	$1.51
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11	$3.48
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.69	$4.36
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.8	$8.58
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.61	$1.49
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.35	$0.55
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.92	$0.42
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.11	$0.39
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.9	$0.48
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.04	$0.41
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.28	$0.13
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.41	$0.72
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.01	$7.33
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.16	$1.13
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.02	$1.84
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.87	$1.46
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.08	$2.31
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.37	$0.87
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.8	$0.69
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$63.8	$17.3
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$7.01	$2.97
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$54.3	$11
💇 Haircut, simple	$8.08	$2.86
👖 Brand Jeans	$80.9	$37
👟 Brand Sneakers	$117	$101
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$294	$90.2
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$4459	$1985

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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 Cairo

Distance	City	Cost of living
5.9 km or 3.6 mi	Giza	$318
8.1 km or 5 mi	Shubra El Kheima	$365
26 km or 16 mi	Helwan	$335
46 km or 28 mi	Benha	$300
60 km or 37 mi	Shibin El Kom	$305
62 km or 39 mi	Zagazig	$307
84 km or 52 mi	Tanta	$288
93 km or 58 mi	Faiyum	$325
101 km or 63 mi	El Mahalla El Kubra	$269
111 km or 69 mi	Beni Suef	$319
111 km or 69 mi	Mansoura	$301
115 km or 71 mi	Ismailia	$295
125 km or 78 mi	Suez	$272
133 km or 83 mi	Damanhur	$268
161 km or 100 mi	Kafr El Dawwar	$289
161 km or 100 mi	Damietta	$298
166 km or 103 mi	Port Said	$276
179 km or 111 mi	Alexandria	$316
224 km or 139 mi	Minya	$339
319 km or 198 mi	Asyut	$290
347 km or 216 mi	Gaza	$640
351 km or 218 mi	Ofakim	$1684
354 km or 220 mi	Netivot	$1742
360 km or 223 mi	Sderot	$1732
361 km or 224 mi	Dahab	$381
362 km or 225 mi	Eilat	$1577
365 km or 226 mi	Ashkelon	$1511
366 km or 227 mi	Beersheba	$1471
367 km or 228 mi	Rahat	$1686
368 km or 229 mi	Aqaba	$809
379 km or 235 mi	Ashdod	$1837
379 km or 235 mi	Kiryat Gat	$1757
380 km or 236 mi	Dimona	$1716
381 km or 236 mi	El Gouna	$336
383 km or 238 mi	Kiryat Malakhi	$1809
384 km or 239 mi	Sharm El Sheikh	$464
390 km or 242 mi	Yavne	$1884
391 km or 243 mi	Sohag	$360
396 km or 246 mi	Dura	$813
397 km or 246 mi	Rehovot	$1811