Beirut vs Johannesburg - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Beirut	Johannesburg
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1165	$1079
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2943	$2553
🏠 One person rent	$555	$487
🏘️ Family rent	$1163	$837
🍽️ Food expenses	$318	$302
🚐 Transport expenses	$176	$204
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$453	$1695
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	8 km	12 km
🎓 Higher education	75	72
😀 Quality of life	61	58
🏙️ Population	2.42M	4.43M

The cost of living in Beirut is 8% more expensive than in Johannesburg. Cities ranked 4691st and 5069th ($1165 vs $1079) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 3rd in Lebanon and South Africa, respectively. Check Lebanon vs South Africa comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.4 months in Beirut compared to 1.6 months in Johannesburg. Beirut ranked 1st best city to live in Lebanon vs Johannesburg ranked 2nd in South Africa, while ranked 4996th and 5446th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Beirut vs Johannesburg

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	Beirut	Johannesburg
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$8.92	$9.91
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$50.5	$40.5
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$6.96	$5.08
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3	$2.31
☕ Cappuccino	$2.67	$2.04
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.6	$1.01
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$646	$405
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$317	$361
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1699	$781
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$720	$657
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$141	$72.2
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$216	$111
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$30.9	$44.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	11.1%	11.54%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3352	$1096
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1315	$753
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.5	$1.89
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$80.8	$81.8
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$12.7	$10.6
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.95	$1.37
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.67	$1.21
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.9	$1
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.78	$1.44
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.54	$2.66
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.6	$10.3
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.91	$5.16
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11	$6.49
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.46	$1.7
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.25	$1.62
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.88	$1.48
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.06	$1.66
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.85	$1.4
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.96	$1.53
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.27	$0.62
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.54	$1.51
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.04	$6.14
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.18	$1.36
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.98	$3.19
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.02	$6.05
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.23	$4.18
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.36	$2
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.07	$1.53
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$58.6	$33.1
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$7	$7.67
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$52.7	$29.8
💇 Haircut, simple	$7.96	$6.42
👖 Brand Jeans	$83.8	$51.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$104	$91.2
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$284	$241
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$4334	$5865

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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 Johannesburg

Distance	City	Cost of living
11 km or 6.8 mi	Sandton	$997
13 km or 8 mi	Randburg	$874
19 km or 12 mi	Soweto	$971
28 km or 17 mi	Benoni	$822
40 km or 25 mi	Springs	$696
41 km or 25 mi	Centurion	$838
53 km or 33 mi	Pretoria	$909
53 km or 33 mi	Vereeniging	$717
59 km or 36 mi	Vanderbijlpark	$768
71 km or 44 mi	Brits	$848
101 km or 62 mi	Rustenburg	$943
109 km or 68 mi	Potchefstroom	$717
143 km or 89 mi	Bethal	$819
152 km or 94 mi	Middelburg	$841
155 km or 97 mi	Klerksdorp	$689
179 km or 111 mi	Kroonstad	$788
237 km or 147 mi	Welkom	$774
244 km or 152 mi	Mmabatho	$809
262 km or 163 mi	Lobatse	$692
275 km or 171 mi	Gaborone	$718
287 km or 179 mi	Butha-Buthe	$559
302 km or 188 mi	Kanye	$690
311 km or 193 mi	Mbabane	$623
323 km or 201 mi	Vryheid	$791
325 km or 202 mi	Molepolole	$654
329 km or 204 mi	Teyateyaneng	$533
333 km or 207 mi	Manzini	$459
350 km or 217 mi	Maseru	$627
366 km or 228 mi	Mahalapye	$663
369 km or 229 mi	Bloemfontein	$696
409 km or 254 mi	Mafeteng	$581
417 km or 259 mi	Palapye	$554
429 km or 267 mi	Kimberley	$859
442 km or 275 mi	Pietermaritzburg	$674
443 km or 275 mi	Matola	$1003
446 km or 277 mi	Serowe	$600
454 km or 282 mi	Maputo	$1116
501 km or 311 mi	Durban	$834
562 km or 349 mi	Francistown	$585
577 km or 358 mi	Xai-Xai	$1045