Beirut vs Columbus - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Beirut	Columbus
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1255	$2145
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3214	$5059
🏠 One person rent	$605	$1248
🏘️ Family rent	$1314	$2171
🍽️ Food expenses	$342	$632
🚐 Transport expenses	$186	$125
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$542	$4018
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	8 km	10 km
🎓 Higher education	75	73
😀 Quality of life	63	88
🏙️ Population	2.42M	906K

The cost of living in Beirut is 42% less expensive than in Columbus. Cities ranked 4326th and 1476th ($1255 vs $2145) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 1323rd in Lebanon and the United States, respectively. Check Lebanon vs the United States comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.4 months in Beirut compared to 1.9 months in Columbus. Beirut ranked 1st best city to live in Lebanon vs Columbus ranked 59th in the United States, while ranked 4772nd and 249th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Beirut vs Columbus

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	Beirut	Columbus
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$10.1	$18.9
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$50.3	$66.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.83	$11.7
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.02	$5.69
☕ Cappuccino	$2.9	$4.78
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.58	$2.44
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$732	$1314
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$355	$972
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1783	$2378
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$887	$1757
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$136	$149
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$209	$232
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$38.6	$57.9
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	11.48%	6.57%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3136	$3095
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1549	$2954
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.6	$2.01
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$79.5	$60.8
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$15.1	$15.4
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.92	$0.86
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.62	$0.92
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.82	$2.74
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.82	$3.43
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.82	$3.4
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11	$13.3
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.69	$13.8
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.8	$15.4
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.61	$5.29
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.35	$1.32
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.92	$5.69
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.11	$4.95
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.9	$3.12
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.04	$3.04
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.28	$1.47
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.41	$3.28
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.01	$18.6
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.16	$2.66
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.02	$9.45
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.87	$9.35
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.08	$3.76
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.37	$4.07
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.8	$2.2
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$63.8	$42.3
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$7.01	$11.7
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$54.3	$85.5
💇 Haircut, simple	$8.08	$19.9
👖 Brand Jeans	$80.9	$61
👟 Brand Sneakers	$117	$89.4
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$294	$1236
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$4459	$15423

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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 Columbus

Distance	City	Cost of living
8.6 km or 5.3 mi	Upper Arlington	$2084
11 km or 7.1 mi	Grove	$2062
13 km or 8.3 mi	Gahanna	$1986
15 km or 9 mi	Hilliard	$2085
17 km or 11 mi	Reynoldsburg	$1994
18 km or 11 mi	Dublin	$2095
19 km or 12 mi	Westerville	$1798
22 km or 13 mi	Pickerington	$1983
38 km or 24 mi	Delaware	$1851
43 km or 27 mi	Lancaster	$1903
43 km or 27 mi	Marysville	$1968
51 km or 32 mi	Newark	$1881
69 km or 43 mi	Springfield	$1897
70 km or 43 mi	Chillicothe	$1764
70 km or 44 mi	Marion	$1871
84 km or 52 mi	Zanesville	$1825
86 km or 53 mi	Xenia	$1870
89 km or 55 mi	Fairborn	$1798
94 km or 59 mi	Beavercreek	$1862
97 km or 60 mi	Huber Heights	$1852
97 km or 60 mi	Mansfield	$1832
98 km or 61 mi	Riverside	$1865
103 km or 64 mi	Kettering	$1890
103 km or 64 mi	Troy	$1897
104 km or 65 mi	Athens	$1674
104 km or 65 mi	Centerville	$1902
105 km or 65 mi	Dayton	$1783
105 km or 65 mi	Sidney	$1973
108 km or 67 mi	Piqua	$1914
112 km or 69 mi	Trotwood	$1870
116 km or 72 mi	Ashland	$1681
120 km or 74 mi	Lebanon	$1834
128 km or 80 mi	Middletown	$1427
128 km or 80 mi	Lima	$1923
130 km or 81 mi	Wooster	$1481
131 km or 81 mi	Mason	$1853
132 km or 82 mi	Findlay	$1839
136 km or 84 mi	Portsmouth	$1428
144 km or 90 mi	New Philadelphia	$1683
146 km or 91 mi	Norwalk	$1858