Beirut vs Kabul - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Beirut	Kabul
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1165	$599
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2943	$1271
🏠 One person rent	$555	$285
🏘️ Family rent	$1163	$403
🍽️ Food expenses	$318	$182
🚐 Transport expenses	$176	$96.7
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$453	$188
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Unhealthy
✈️ Airport proximity	8 km	6 km
🎓 Higher education	75	29
😀 Quality of life	61	13
🏙️ Population	2.42M	4.27M

The cost of living in Beirut is 95% more expensive than in Kabul. Cities ranked 4691st and 7801st ($1165 vs $599) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 1st in Lebanon and Afghanistan, respectively. Check Lebanon vs Afghanistan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.4 months in Beirut compared to 0.3 months in Kabul. Beirut ranked 1st best city to live in Lebanon vs Kabul ranked 1st in Afghanistan, while ranked 4996th and 9123rd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Beirut vs Kabul

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	Beirut	Kabul
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$8.92	$2.69
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$50.5	$8.83
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$6.96	$6.92
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3	$3.75
☕ Cappuccino	$2.67	$1.82
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.6	$0.38
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$646	$168
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$317	$123
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1699	$381
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$720	$182
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$141	$53.5
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$216	$82.3
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$30.9	$99.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	11.1%	21.36%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3352	$451
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1315	$274
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.5	$0.36
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$80.8	$19.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$12.7	$9.29
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.95	$0.99
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.67	$0.88
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.9	$0.32
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.78	$1.31
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.54	$1.5
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.6	$4.73
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.91	$4.07
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11	$6.69
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.46	$0.74
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.25	$0.83
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.88	$0.89
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.06	$0.59
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.85	$0.36
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.96	$0.32
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.27	$0.24
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.54	$0.98
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.04	$10
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.18	$1.62
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.98	$2.56
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.02	$3.24
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.23	$3.81
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.36	$1.09
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.07	$1.47
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$58.6	$13.3
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$7	$2.34
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$52.7	$13.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$7.96	$2.99
👖 Brand Jeans	$83.8	$13.6
👟 Brand Sneakers	$104	$46.1
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$284	$23.8
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$4334	$1452

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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 Kabul

Distance	City	Cost of living
105 km or 65 mi	Gardez	$469
119 km or 74 mi	Jalalabad	$358
129 km or 80 mi	Ghazni	$476
150 km or 93 mi	Khost	$441
163 km or 101 mi	Puli Khumri	$457
223 km or 138 mi	Peshawar	$338
235 km or 146 mi	Kohat	$374
246 km or 153 mi	Kunduz	$467
266 km or 166 mi	Mardan	$372
293 km or 182 mi	Mingora	$354
304 km or 189 mi	Mazar-i-Sharif	$470
336 km or 209 mi	Wah	$323
368 km or 229 mi	Islamabad	$439
369 km or 229 mi	Qurghonteppa	$659
374 km or 232 mi	Rawalpindi	$376
389 km or 242 mi	Sheberghan	$450
425 km or 264 mi	Sargodha	$456
450 km or 280 mi	Tursunzoda	$655
451 km or 280 mi	Dushanbe	$672
451 km or 280 mi	Mirpur	$328
456 km or 284 mi	Mandi Bahauddin	$341
458 km or 285 mi	Kandahar	$521
467 km or 290 mi	Jhang	$292
474 km or 294 mi	Chiniot	$373
476 km or 296 mi	Baramulla	$277
499 km or 310 mi	Gojra	$344
501 km or 312 mi	Hafizabad	$380
503 km or 313 mi	Faisalabad	$319
505 km or 314 mi	Gujrat	$330
517 km or 321 mi	Dera Ghazi Khan	$273
520 km or 323 mi	Srinagar	$388
523 km or 325 mi	Quetta	$285
526 km or 327 mi	Multan	$371
534 km or 332 mi	Sahiwal	$312
536 km or 333 mi	Gujranwala	$280
538 km or 334 mi	Khanewal	$358
546 km or 340 mi	Sialkot	$335
549 km or 341 mi	Sheikhupura	$376
550 km or 342 mi	Kamoke	$308
553 km or 344 mi	Lashkargah	$487