Beirut vs Frankfurt - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Beirut	Frankfurt
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1255	$1989
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3214	$4617
🏠 One person rent	$605	$1125
🏘️ Family rent	$1314	$1929
🍽️ Food expenses	$342	$534
🚐 Transport expenses	$186	$170
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$542	$3700
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	8 km	13 km
🎓 Higher education	75	87
😀 Quality of life	63	94
🏙️ Population	2.42M	776K

The cost of living in Beirut is 37% less expensive than in Frankfurt. Cities ranked 4326th and 1863rd ($1255 vs $1989) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 4th in Lebanon and Germany, respectively. Check Lebanon vs Germany comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.4 months in Beirut compared to 1.9 months in Frankfurt. Beirut ranked 1st best city to live in Lebanon vs Frankfurt ranked 7th in Germany, while ranked 4772nd and 47th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Beirut vs Frankfurt

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	Beirut	Frankfurt
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$10.1	$19.1
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$50.3	$72.5
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.83	$11.3
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.02	$5.06
☕ Cappuccino	$2.9	$3.92
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.58	$3.17
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$732	$1133
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$355	$849
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1783	$2172
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$887	$1473
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$136	$186
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$209	$282
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$38.6	$33.7
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	11.48%	4.01%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3136	$8106
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1549	$4832
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.6	$3.86
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$79.5	$54.5
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$15.1	$26.3
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.92	$1.79
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.62	$1.3
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.82	$1.96
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.82	$2.52
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.82	$4.02
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11	$13.1
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.69	$11.7
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.8	$17.5
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.61	$2.91
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.35	$1.73
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.92	$2.12
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.11	$3.84
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.9	$1.77
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.04	$1.66
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.28	$0.59
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.41	$1.82
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.01	$6.11
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.16	$0.97
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.02	$8.41
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.87	$10.4
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.08	$3.52
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.37	$1.67
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.8	$2.15
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$63.8	$53.7
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$7.01	$14.8
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$54.3	$95.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$8.08	$19.1
👖 Brand Jeans	$80.9	$86
👟 Brand Sneakers	$117	$91.7
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$294	$555
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$4459	$14496

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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 Frankfurt

Distance	City	Cost of living
6.4 km or 4 mi	Offenbach am Main	$1566
6.6 km or 4.1 mi	Neu-Isenburg	$1680
8.2 km or 5.1 mi	Bad Vilbel	$1670
8.6 km or 5.3 mi	Eschborn	$1717
11 km or 6.6 mi	Dreieich	$1662
11 km or 6.7 mi	Muhlheim am Main	$1589
12 km or 7.3 mi	Maintal	$1599
12 km or 7.7 mi	Oberursel	$1682
13 km or 8 mi	Obertshausen	$1592
13 km or 8.2 mi	Bad Soden	$1707
14 km or 8.4 mi	Dietzenbach	$1626
14 km or 8.6 mi	Bad Homburg vor der Hohe	$1660
14 km or 8.6 mi	Langen	$1651
15 km or 9.1 mi	Karben	$1631
15 km or 9.1 mi	Hattersheim am Main	$1698
16 km or 9.9 mi	Morfelden-Walldorf	$1665
16 km or 10 mi	Friedrichsdorf	$1624
16 km or 10 mi	Kelkheim	$1705
17 km or 11 mi	Hofheim	$1708
17 km or 11 mi	Hanau	$1591
18 km or 11 mi	Rodgau	$1606
18 km or 11 mi	Rodermark	$1618
19 km or 12 mi	Bruchkobel	$1601
21 km or 13 mi	Florsheim am Main	$1689
22 km or 14 mi	Nidderau	$1595
22 km or 14 mi	Seligenstadt	$1608
23 km or 14 mi	Russelsheim am Main	$1698
24 km or 15 mi	Weiterstadt	$1605
25 km or 16 mi	Friedberg	$1623
26 km or 16 mi	Gro-Gerau	$1641
28 km or 17 mi	Darmstadt	$1632
29 km or 18 mi	Bad Nauheim	$1620
30 km or 18 mi	Griesheim	$1605
32 km or 20 mi	Wiesbaden	$1879
32 km or 20 mi	Idstein	$1707
32 km or 20 mi	Mainz	$1666
33 km or 20 mi	Gro-Umstadt	$1614
34 km or 21 mi	Riedstadt	$1614
35 km or 22 mi	Pfungstadt	$1603
36 km or 22 mi	Butzbach	$1595