Beirut vs Copenhagen - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Beirut	Copenhagen
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1165	$2483
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2943	$5751
🏠 One person rent	$555	$1424
🏘️ Family rent	$1163	$2573
🍽️ Food expenses	$318	$670
🚐 Transport expenses	$176	$204
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$453	$4295
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	8 km	8 km
🎓 Higher education	75	93
😀 Quality of life	61	97
🏙️ Population	2.42M	644K

The cost of living in Beirut is 53% less expensive than in Copenhagen. Cities ranked 4691st and 795th ($1165 vs $2483) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 1st in Lebanon and Denmark, respectively. Check Lebanon vs Denmark comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.4 months in Beirut compared to 1.7 months in Copenhagen. Beirut ranked 1st best city to live in Lebanon vs Copenhagen ranked 1st in Denmark, while ranked 4996th and 9th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Beirut vs Copenhagen

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	Beirut	Copenhagen
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$8.92	$20.2
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$50.5	$107
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$6.96	$14.9
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3	$8.66
☕ Cappuccino	$2.67	$6.74
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.6	$3.88
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$646	$1540
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$317	$1168
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1699	$3033
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$720	$2129
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$141	$144
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$216	$224
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$30.9	$38.4
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	11.1%	4.19%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3352	$8402
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1315	$5773
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.5	$3.61
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$80.8	$105
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$12.7	$28.1
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.95	$2.14
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.67	$2.09
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.9	$3.42
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.78	$2.75
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.54	$5.16
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.6	$13.5
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.91	$12.4
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11	$16.9
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.46	$3.1
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.25	$3.29
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.88	$3.47
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.06	$4.87
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.85	$2.11
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.96	$2.09
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.27	$1.1
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.54	$3.01
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.04	$10.7
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.18	$1.93
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.98	$9.52
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.02	$9.24
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.23	$4.34
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.36	$2.61
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.07	$2.03
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$58.6	$42.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$7	$19.6
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$52.7	$69.8
💇 Haircut, simple	$7.96	$28.8
👖 Brand Jeans	$83.8	$121
👟 Brand Sneakers	$104	$125
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$284	$591
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$4334	$13230

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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 Copenhagen

Distance	City	Cost of living
2 km or 1.3 mi	Frederiksberg	$2378
8.5 km or 5.3 mi	Gentofte	$2203
23 km or 14 mi	Horsholm	$2006
28 km or 17 mi	Landskrona	$1294
30 km or 19 mi	Malmo	$1570
31 km or 19 mi	Roskilde	$1867
33 km or 21 mi	Hillerod	$2088
40 km or 25 mi	Lund	$1459
40 km or 25 mi	Staffanstorp	$1439
40 km or 25 mi	Helsingor	$1713
42 km or 26 mi	Helsingborg	$1306
51 km or 32 mi	Trelleborg	$1436
66 km or 41 mi	Angelholm	$1347
71 km or 44 mi	Naestved	$1864
92 km or 57 mi	Hassleholm	$1333
104 km or 65 mi	Kristianstad	$1218
111 km or 69 mi	Halmstad	$1341
141 km or 88 mi	Odense	$2046
141 km or 88 mi	Svendborg	$1688
154 km or 96 mi	Ljungby	$1442
156 km or 97 mi	Aarhus	$1966
156 km or 97 mi	Stralsund	$1548
159 km or 99 mi	Varberg	$1299
171 km or 106 mi	Horsens	$1499
177 km or 110 mi	Fredericia	$1608
179 km or 111 mi	Rostock	$1532
179 km or 111 mi	Randers	$1618
185 km or 115 mi	Greifswald	$1578
190 km or 118 mi	Varnamo	$1434
190 km or 118 mi	Vejle	$1636
193 km or 120 mi	Vaxjo	$1328
196 km or 122 mi	Sonderborg	$1502
196 km or 122 mi	Kolding	$1476
196 km or 122 mi	Silkeborg	$1654
199 km or 124 mi	Karlskrona	$1324
199 km or 124 mi	Haderslev	$1536
211 km or 131 mi	Wismar	$1364
211 km or 131 mi	Gustrow	$1476
215 km or 133 mi	Viborg	$1565
216 km or 134 mi	Kiel	$1546