Beirut vs Calgary - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Beirut	Calgary
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1165	$2149
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2943	$4908
🏠 One person rent	$555	$1251
🏘️ Family rent	$1163	$2067
🍽️ Food expenses	$318	$593
🚐 Transport expenses	$176	$170
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$453	$3509
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Good
✈️ Airport proximity	8 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	75	53
😀 Quality of life	61	90
🏙️ Population	2.42M	1.31M

The cost of living in Beirut is 46% less expensive than in Calgary. Cities ranked 4691st and 1473rd ($1165 vs $2149) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 28th in Lebanon and Canada, respectively. Check Lebanon vs Canada comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.4 months in Beirut compared to 1.6 months in Calgary. Beirut ranked 1st best city to live in Lebanon vs Calgary ranked 6th in Canada, while ranked 4996th and 131st among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Beirut vs Calgary

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	Beirut	Calgary
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$8.92	$16.9
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$50.5	$64.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$6.96	$10.2
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3	$5.43
☕ Cappuccino	$2.67	$4.28
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.6	$2.04
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$646	$1277
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$317	$1002
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1699	$2181
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$720	$1707
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$141	$134
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$216	$206
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$30.9	$59.9
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	11.1%	6.34%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3352	$3298
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1315	$3114
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.5	$2.75
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$80.8	$83.8
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$12.7	$15.5
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.95	$1.12
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.67	$2.07
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.9	$2.49
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.78	$3.17
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.54	$3.96
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.6	$15.5
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.91	$14.2
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11	$15.9
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.46	$4.35
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.25	$1.44
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.88	$3.96
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.06	$4.15
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.85	$2.5
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.96	$2.31
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.27	$1.33
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.54	$2.61
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.04	$14.9
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.18	$2.97
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.98	$13.6
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.02	$8.18
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.23	$5.97
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.36	$2.9
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.07	$2.32
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$58.6	$53
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$7	$13
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$52.7	$65.5
💇 Haircut, simple	$7.96	$23.4
👖 Brand Jeans	$83.8	$55
👟 Brand Sneakers	$104	$84.7
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$284	$984
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$4334	$19196

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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 Calgary

Distance	City	Cost of living
106 km or 66 mi	Banff	$1914
137 km or 85 mi	Red Deer	$1727
174 km or 108 mi	Lethbridge	$1701
248 km or 154 mi	Leduc	$1723
265 km or 165 mi	Medicine Hat	$1577
278 km or 173 mi	Spruce Grove	$1709
279 km or 173 mi	Edmonton	$1785
357 km or 222 mi	Sandpoint	$2523
402 km or 250 mi	Kelowna	$2001
422 km or 262 mi	Coeur d'Alene	$2275
426 km or 265 mi	Post Falls	$2250
429 km or 266 mi	Penticton	$1781
440 km or 273 mi	Spokane Valley	$2156
442 km or 275 mi	Kamloops	$1854
443 km or 275 mi	Great Falls	$2139
452 km or 281 mi	Spokane	$2150
466 km or 289 mi	Missoula	$2011
517 km or 322 mi	Helena	$2498
524 km or 325 mi	Saskatoon	$1793
526 km or 327 mi	Moscow	$1642
531 km or 330 mi	Pullman	$1566
556 km or 345 mi	Grande Prairie	$1786
560 km or 348 mi	Lewiston	$1830
572 km or 355 mi	Butte	$1610
579 km or 360 mi	Moses Lake	$1917
600 km or 373 mi	Chilliwack	$1765
603 km or 375 mi	Moose Jaw	$1408
607 km or 377 mi	Wenatchee	$2322
616 km or 382 mi	Prince Albert	$1487
630 km or 391 mi	Abbotsford	$1976
636 km or 395 mi	Whistler	$2469
637 km or 396 mi	Walla Walla	$2010
638 km or 396 mi	Bozeman	$2484
641 km or 398 mi	Maple Ridge	$2243
650 km or 404 mi	Langley	$1983
650 km or 404 mi	Pasco	$2042
651 km or 405 mi	Coquitlam	$2553
654 km or 406 mi	Bellingham	$2278
654 km or 406 mi	Richland	$2169
655 km or 407 mi	Fort McMurray	$1871