Beirut vs Edinburgh - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Beirut	Edinburgh
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1255	$2140
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3214	$5387
🏠 One person rent	$605	$1269
🏘️ Family rent	$1314	$2336
🍽️ Food expenses	$342	$530
🚐 Transport expenses	$186	$161
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$542	$3522
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	8 km	11 km
🎓 Higher education	75	88
😀 Quality of life	63	94
🏙️ Population	2.42M	488K

The cost of living in Beirut is 41% less expensive than in Edinburgh. Cities ranked 4326th and 1491st ($1255 vs $2140) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 36th in Lebanon and the United Kingdom, respectively. Check Lebanon vs the United Kingdom comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.4 months in Beirut compared to 1.6 months in Edinburgh. Beirut ranked 1st best city to live in Lebanon vs Edinburgh ranked 3rd in the United Kingdom, while ranked 4772nd and 34th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Beirut vs Edinburgh

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	Beirut	Edinburgh
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$10.1	$17.4
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$50.3	$75.9
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.83	$9.21
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.02	$7.09
☕ Cappuccino	$2.9	$4.64
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.58	$2.55
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$732	$1331
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$355	$970
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1783	$2573
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$887	$1865
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$136	$188
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$209	$291
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$38.6	$38.4
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	11.48%	5.75%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3136	$6219
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1549	$4199
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.6	$2.54
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$79.5	$83
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$15.1	$27.8
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.92	$1.82
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.62	$1.6
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.82	$1.69
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.82	$1.87
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.82	$4.14
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11	$11.1
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.69	$9.87
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.8	$16.2
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.61	$2.87
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.35	$1.41
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.92	$3.62
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.11	$4.38
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.9	$1.56
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.04	$1.37
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.28	$0.87
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.41	$3.07
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.01	$10.5
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.16	$2.31
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.02	$18.9
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.87	$6.9
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.08	$4.45
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.37	$3.07
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.8	$1.53
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$63.8	$50.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$7.01	$15.1
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$54.3	$106
💇 Haircut, simple	$8.08	$21.5
👖 Brand Jeans	$80.9	$111
👟 Brand Sneakers	$117	$106
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$294	$1772
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$4459	$21911

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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 Edinburgh

Distance	City	Cost of living
18 km or 11 mi	Kirkcaldy	$1610
21 km or 13 mi	Livingston	$1608
21 km or 13 mi	Dunfermline	$1692
42 km or 26 mi	Alloa	$1649
49 km or 30 mi	Cumbernauld	$1475
49 km or 31 mi	Stirling	$1604
52 km or 32 mi	Perth	$1500
56 km or 35 mi	Hamilton	$1699
59 km or 37 mi	Dundee	$1482
65 km or 40 mi	East Kilbride	$1763
66 km or 41 mi	Glasgow	$2011
78 km or 48 mi	Paisley	$1765
89 km or 56 mi	Kilmarnock	$1480
98 km or 61 mi	Greenock	$1601
99 km or 61 mi	Irvine	$1551
102 km or 63 mi	Dumfries	$1246
105 km or 65 mi	Ayr	$1404
120 km or 74 mi	Carlisle	$1567
147 km or 91 mi	Newcastle upon Tyne	$1726
149 km or 93 mi	Aberdeen	$1614
150 km or 93 mi	Gateshead	$1705
153 km or 95 mi	Tynemouth	$1638
153 km or 95 mi	Jarrow	$1651
154 km or 96 mi	South Shields	$1628
158 km or 98 mi	Washington	$1637
158 km or 98 mi	Whitehaven	$1732
164 km or 102 mi	Sunderland	$1510
166 km or 103 mi	Durham	$1707
173 km or 107 mi	Bishop Auckland	$1592
182 km or 113 mi	Inverness	$1722
189 km or 117 mi	Hartlepool	$1328
189 km or 117 mi	Elgin	$1393
190 km or 118 mi	Darlington	$1288
194 km or 121 mi	Stockton-on-Tees	$1377
197 km or 123 mi	Middlesbrough	$1500
211 km or 131 mi	Morecambe	$1714
212 km or 132 mi	Bangor	$1382
213 km or 132 mi	Lancaster	$1629
216 km or 134 mi	Douglas	$1968
224 km or 139 mi	Newtownabbey	$1692