Beirut vs Fukuoka - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Beirut	Fukuoka
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1261	$1065
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3035	$2574
🏠 One person rent	$549	$448
🏘️ Family rent	$930	$659
🍽️ Food expenses	$386	$305
🚐 Transport expenses	$198	$213
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$233	$1285
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	8 km	5 km
🎓 Higher education	75	81
😀 Quality of life	63	75
🏙️ Population	2.42M	1.6M

The cost of living in Beirut is 18% more expensive than in Fukuoka. Cities ranked 4577th and 5117th ($1261 vs $1065) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 151st in Lebanon and Japan, respectively. Check Lebanon vs Japan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.2 months in Beirut compared to 1.2 months in Fukuoka. Beirut ranked 1st best city to live in Lebanon vs Fukuoka ranked 180th in Japan, while ranked 5475th and 1848th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Beirut vs Fukuoka

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	Beirut	Fukuoka
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$10.9	$3.75
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$59.9	$25.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$8.07	$4.45
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.02	$3.62
☕ Cappuccino	$3.39	$3.21
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.77	$1.06
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$699	$428
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$324	$353
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1258	$666
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$586	$516
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$112	$60.6
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$172	$93.7
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$38.5	$19.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	10.5%	1.68%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2827	$5515
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1901	$2845
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.01	$1.85
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$72.8	$77.3
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$18.8	$26
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.9	$0.97
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.69	$1.3
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.86	$1.2
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.91	$1.21
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.46	$2.25
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11	$11.2
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10	$5.51
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.8	$19.8
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.31	$3.75
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.52	$1.31
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.33	$1.33
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.12	$2.73
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.1	$2.24
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.31	$3.06
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.42	$0.58
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.4	$1.28
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$11.1	$9.01
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.24	$1.79
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.81	$2.91
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.94	$8.08
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.95	$3.2
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.09	$0.87
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.18	$1.03
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$68.8	$43.1
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$10	$12.1
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$58	$45.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$8.07	$13.6
👖 Brand Jeans	$66	$50.7
👟 Brand Sneakers	$123	$50.7
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$364	$392
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$6680	$12707

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Cities near Beirut

Distance	City	Cost of living
13 km or 8.2 mi	Jounieh	$1028
37 km or 23 mi	Zahle	$930
38 km or 23 mi	Sidon	$822
68 km or 42 mi	Tripoli	$787
75 km or 46 mi	Tyre	$647
76 km or 47 mi	Kiryat Shmona	$1808
83 km or 52 mi	Damascus	$671
99 km or 62 mi	Ma'alot-Tarshiha	$1803
102 km or 64 mi	Safed	$1847
106 km or 66 mi	Nahariya	$1775
112 km or 69 mi	Karmiel	$1630
114 km or 71 mi	Acre	$1633
115 km or 72 mi	Sakhnin	$1745
116 km or 72 mi	Arraba	$1789
119 km or 74 mi	Tamra	$1798
122 km or 76 mi	Tiberias	$1808
123 km or 77 mi	Kiryat Motzkin	$1842
124 km or 77 mi	Kiryat Yam	$1819
124 km or 77 mi	Kiryat Bialik	$1804
124 km or 77 mi	Shefa-'Amr	$1828
127 km or 79 mi	Kiryat Ata	$1769
130 km or 81 mi	Haifa	$1840
131 km or 82 mi	Nof HaGalil	$1862
132 km or 82 mi	Nesher	$1757
133 km or 83 mi	Nazareth	$1850
137 km or 85 mi	Migdal HaEmek	$1917
142 km or 88 mi	Yokneam Illit	$1932
144 km or 89 mi	Afula	$1817
145 km or 90 mi	Homs	$402
151 km or 94 mi	Irbid	$753
155 km or 97 mi	Zikhron Ya'akov	$1978
156 km or 97 mi	Umm al-Fahm	$1954
165 km or 103 mi	Pardes Hanna-Karkur	$1991
169 km or 105 mi	Baqa-Jatt	$2001
169 km or 105 mi	Hadera	$1786
179 km or 111 mi	Hama	$438
183 km or 114 mi	Jerash	$748
183 km or 114 mi	Netanya	$2247
184 km or 114 mi	Latakia	$441
186 km or 116 mi	Tayibe	$2108

Cities near Fukuoka

Distance	City	Cost of living
7.2 km or 4.5 mi	Shime	$931
7.6 km or 4.7 mi	Kasuya	$933
9 km or 5.6 mi	Kasuga	$924
9.3 km or 5.8 mi	Onojo	$926
9.8 km or 6.1 mi	Sue	$929
10 km or 6.4 mi	Nakagawa	$919
10 km or 6.5 mi	Umi	$930
12 km or 7.5 mi	Sasaguri	$931
14 km or 8.8 mi	Dazaifu	$909
15 km or 9 mi	Shingu	$936
15 km or 9.2 mi	Chikushino	$906
17 km or 11 mi	Koga	$939
19 km or 12 mi	Itoshima	$923
21 km or 13 mi	Fukutsu	$942
23 km or 14 mi	Chikuzen	$876
26 km or 16 mi	Tosu	$832
26 km or 16 mi	Ogori	$844
27 km or 17 mi	Munakata	$950
28 km or 17 mi	Iizuka	$934
29 km or 18 mi	Miyawaka	$942
29 km or 18 mi	Kama	$919
30 km or 19 mi	Miyaki	$829
31 km or 19 mi	Asakura	$873
31 km or 19 mi	Kanzaki	$852
32 km or 20 mi	Kurume	$831
35 km or 22 mi	Nogata	$950
35 km or 22 mi	Okagaki	$955
36 km or 23 mi	Fukuchi	$945
37 km or 23 mi	Saga	$901
38 km or 23 mi	Tagawa	$939
38 km or 24 mi	Nakama	$957
40 km or 25 mi	Mizumaki	$955
42 km or 26 mi	Ogi	$884
42 km or 26 mi	Ukiha	$874
43 km or 27 mi	Okawa	$853
43 km or 27 mi	Chikugo	$841
43 km or 27 mi	Karatsu	$913
44 km or 28 mi	Yame	$843
48 km or 30 mi	Yanagawa	$864
49 km or 31 mi	Miyama	$860