Beirut vs Calgary - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: June 21, 2026

	Beirut	Calgary
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1441	$2095
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3510	$4718
🏠 One person rent	$641	$1181
🏘️ Family rent	$1099	$1885
🍽️ Food expenses	$430	$591
🚐 Transport expenses	$225	$173
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$260	$3093
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	8 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	74	53
😀 Quality of life	63	90
🏙️ Population	2.42M	1.31M

The cost of living in Beirut is 31% less expensive than in Calgary. Cities ranked 4177th and 1759th ($1441 vs $2095) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 27th in Lebanon and Canada, respectively. Check Lebanon vs Canada comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.2 months in Beirut compared to 1.5 months in Calgary. Beirut ranked 1st best city to live in Lebanon vs Calgary ranked 9th in Canada, while ranked 5483rd and 187th among best cities to live in the world.

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	Beirut	Calgary
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$10.8	$19.1
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$68.3	$65.2
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.96	$10.9
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.48	$5.66
☕ Cappuccino	$4.49	$4.19
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.21	$2.13
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$758	$1234
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$406	$935
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1356	$1946
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$743	$1549
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$129	$130
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$198	$200
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$35.2	$56.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	11.06%	4.5%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3695	$3751
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1988	$3441
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.97	$2.85
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$77.1	$88
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$23	$15.2
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.98	$1.06
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.84	$1.86
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.86	$2.39
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.11	$3.39
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.8	$3.87
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.4	$12.5
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.6	$12
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.5	$16.6
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.06	$4.3
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.67	$1.4
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.66	$3.83
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.28	$4.54
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.39	$2.25
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.68	$2.98
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.47	$1.03
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.88	$2.21
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$9.93	$15.2
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.29	$2.92
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.97	$13.2
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.82	$9.27
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.88	$5.57
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.8	$2.51
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.26	$2.43
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$76.3	$53.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$10	$13.8
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$75.9	$92.4
💇 Haircut, simple	$10.7	$22.6
👖 Brand Jeans	$66.9	$57.7
👟 Brand Sneakers	$138	$88.1
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$487	$820
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$8983	$15881

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Cities near Beirut

Distance	City	Cost of living
13 km or 8.2 mi	Jounieh	$1204
37 km or 23 mi	Zahle	$1093
38 km or 23 mi	Sidon	$927
68 km or 42 mi	Tripoli	$841
75 km or 46 mi	Tyre	$700
76 km or 47 mi	Kiryat Shmona	$2164
83 km or 52 mi	Damascus	$706
99 km or 62 mi	Ma'alot-Tarshiha	$2153
102 km or 64 mi	Safed	$2195
106 km or 66 mi	Nahariya	$2069
112 km or 69 mi	Karmiel	$2008
114 km or 71 mi	Acre	$1873
115 km or 72 mi	Sakhnin	$2112
116 km or 72 mi	Arraba	$2150
119 km or 74 mi	Tamra	$2142
122 km or 76 mi	Tiberias	$2044
123 km or 77 mi	Kiryat Motzkin	$2113
124 km or 77 mi	Kiryat Bialik	$2089
124 km or 77 mi	Kiryat Yam	$2095
124 km or 77 mi	Shefa-'Amr	$2122
127 km or 79 mi	Kiryat Ata	$2047
130 km or 81 mi	Haifa	$1891
131 km or 82 mi	Nof HaGalil	$2172
132 km or 82 mi	Nesher	$2043
133 km or 83 mi	Nazareth	$2125
137 km or 85 mi	Migdal HaEmek	$2165
142 km or 88 mi	Yokneam Illit	$2184
144 km or 89 mi	Afula	$2133
145 km or 90 mi	Homs	$390
151 km or 94 mi	Irbid	$771
155 km or 97 mi	Zikhron Ya'akov	$2230
156 km or 97 mi	Umm al-Fahm	$2245
165 km or 103 mi	Pardes Hanna-Karkur	$2129
169 km or 105 mi	Baqa-Jatt	$2214
169 km or 105 mi	Hadera	$1918
179 km or 111 mi	Hama	$441
183 km or 114 mi	Jerash	$745
183 km or 114 mi	Netanya	$2175
184 km or 114 mi	Latakia	$446
186 km or 116 mi	Tayibe	$2347

Cities near Calgary

Distance	City	Cost of living
106 km or 66 mi	Banff	$1927
137 km or 85 mi	Red Deer	$1874
174 km or 108 mi	Lethbridge	$1780
248 km or 154 mi	Leduc	$1733
265 km or 165 mi	Medicine Hat	$1579
278 km or 173 mi	Spruce Grove	$1626
279 km or 173 mi	Edmonton	$1835
357 km or 222 mi	Sandpoint	$2595
402 km or 250 mi	Kelowna	$1974
422 km or 262 mi	Coeur d'Alene	$2338
426 km or 265 mi	Post Falls	$2307
429 km or 266 mi	Penticton	$1749
440 km or 273 mi	Spokane Valley	$2197
442 km or 275 mi	Kamloops	$1771
443 km or 275 mi	Great Falls	$1953
452 km or 281 mi	Spokane	$2180
466 km or 289 mi	Missoula	$2135
517 km or 322 mi	Helena	$2505
524 km or 325 mi	Saskatoon	$1781
526 km or 327 mi	Moscow	$1703
531 km or 330 mi	Pullman	$1787
556 km or 345 mi	Grande Prairie	$1867
560 km or 348 mi	Lewiston	$1729
572 km or 355 mi	Butte	$1634
579 km or 360 mi	Moses Lake	$2100
600 km or 373 mi	Chilliwack	$1869
603 km or 375 mi	Moose Jaw	$1451
607 km or 377 mi	Wenatchee	$2290
616 km or 382 mi	Prince Albert	$1442
630 km or 391 mi	Abbotsford	$1953
636 km or 395 mi	Whistler	$2427
637 km or 396 mi	Walla Walla	$2053
638 km or 396 mi	Bozeman	$2930
641 km or 398 mi	Maple Ridge	$2266
650 km or 404 mi	Langley	$2100
650 km or 404 mi	Pasco	$2141
651 km or 405 mi	Coquitlam	$2493
654 km or 406 mi	Bellingham	$2523
654 km or 406 mi	Richland	$2492
655 km or 407 mi	Fort McMurray	$1872