Beirut vs Chisinau - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Beirut	Chisinau
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1165	$876
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2943	$2149
🏠 One person rent	$555	$482
🏘️ Family rent	$1163	$920
🍽️ Food expenses	$318	$270
🚐 Transport expenses	$176	$40.3
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$453	$638
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	8 km	10 km
🎓 Higher education	75	51
😀 Quality of life	61	57
🏙️ Population	2.42M	639K

The cost of living in Beirut is 33% more expensive than in Chisinau. Cities ranked 4691st and 6200th ($1165 vs $876) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 4th in Lebanon and Moldova, respectively. Check Lebanon vs Moldova comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.4 months in Beirut compared to 0.7 months in Chisinau. Beirut ranked 1st best city to live in Lebanon vs Chisinau ranked 1st in Moldova, while ranked 4996th and 5629th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Beirut vs Chisinau

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	Beirut	Chisinau
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$8.92	$7.06
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$50.5	$29
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$6.96	$6.85
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3	$1.85
☕ Cappuccino	$2.67	$1.78
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.6	$0.99
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$646	$445
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$317	$314
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1699	$981
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$720	$636
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$141	$131
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$216	$204
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$30.9	$10.5
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	11.1%	12.07%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3352	$1746
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1315	$1233
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.5	$0.34
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$80.8	$13.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$12.7	$4.63
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.95	$1.39
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.67	$1.15
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.9	$0.48
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.78	$1.2
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.54	$2.24
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.6	$9.54
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.91	$5.64
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11	$8.34
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.46	$0.89
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.25	$1.82
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.88	$1.7
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.06	$1.82
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.85	$0.71
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.96	$0.71
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.27	$0.52
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.54	$1.46
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.04	$5.82
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.18	$1.23
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.98	$2.91
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.02	$5.85
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.23	$5.06
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.36	$1.32
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.07	$2.02
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$58.6	$42.1
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$7	$7.1
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$52.7	$19.2
💇 Haircut, simple	$7.96	$4.15
👖 Brand Jeans	$83.8	$59
👟 Brand Sneakers	$104	$100
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$284	$370
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$4334	$4718

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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 Chisinau

Distance	City	Cost of living
37 km or 23 mi	Dubasari	$806
42 km or 26 mi	Orhei	$860
51 km or 32 mi	Bender	$537
61 km or 38 mi	Tiraspol	$491
80 km or 50 mi	Comrat	$819
83 km or 52 mi	Ungheni	$1131
95 km or 59 mi	Vaslui	$827
98 km or 61 mi	Iasi	$873
109 km or 68 mi	Balti	$956
126 km or 79 mi	Barlad	$759
132 km or 82 mi	Cahul	$846
135 km or 84 mi	Soroca	$909
146 km or 91 mi	Roman	$767
154 km or 96 mi	Odesa	$532
155 km or 96 mi	Bacau	$735
184 km or 115 mi	Botosani	$780
187 km or 116 mi	Galati	$831
189 km or 117 mi	Piatra Neamt	$712
194 km or 121 mi	Focsani	$751
202 km or 125 mi	Tulcea	$832
205 km or 127 mi	Braila	$721
209 km or 130 mi	Suceava	$748
238 km or 148 mi	Mykolaiv	$375
250 km or 155 mi	Vinnytsia	$545
259 km or 161 mi	Buzau	$795
261 km or 162 mi	Chernivtsi	$515
267 km or 166 mi	Sfantu Gheorghe	$751
288 km or 179 mi	Kherson	$416
292 km or 181 mi	Brasov	$955
295 km or 183 mi	Slobozia	$759
302 km or 187 mi	Khmelnytskyi	$490
305 km or 189 mi	Kropyvnytskyi	$514
307 km or 191 mi	Mamaia	$961
315 km or 196 mi	Constanta	$1035
317 km or 197 mi	Ploiesti	$786
324 km or 201 mi	Bila Tserkva	$420
331 km or 206 mi	Targu Mures	$721
332 km or 206 mi	Bistrita	$662
334 km or 207 mi	Calarasi	$727
348 km or 216 mi	Voluntari	$900