Beirut vs Los Angeles - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Beirut	Los Angeles
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1261	$3361
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3035	$7751
🏠 One person rent	$549	$2151
🏘️ Family rent	$930	$3720
🍽️ Food expenses	$386	$750
🚐 Transport expenses	$198	$245
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$233	$4549
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Good
✈️ Airport proximity	8 km	17 km
🎓 Higher education	75	99
😀 Quality of life	63	94
🏙️ Population	2.42M	3.9M

The cost of living in Beirut is 62% less expensive than in Los Angeles. Cities ranked 4577th and 65th ($1261 vs $3361) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 51st in Lebanon and the United States, respectively. Check Lebanon vs the United States comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.2 months in Beirut compared to 1.4 months in Los Angeles. Beirut ranked 1st best city to live in Lebanon vs Los Angeles ranked 14th in the United States, while ranked 5475th and 74th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Beirut vs Los Angeles

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	Beirut	Los Angeles
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$10.9	$22.6
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$59.9	$90.5
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$8.07	$13.2
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.02	$8.27
☕ Cappuccino	$3.39	$6.49
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.77	$2.83
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$699	$2364
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$324	$1847
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1258	$4128
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$586	$3274
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$112	$131
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$172	$205
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$38.5	$69.6
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	10.5%	6.62%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2827	$7753
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1901	$6833
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.01	$1.99
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$72.8	$81.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$18.8	$19.5
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.9	$1.24
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.69	$1.3
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.86	$3.99
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.91	$4.39
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.46	$7.62
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11	$15.8
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10	$15.6
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.8	$20.3
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.31	$5.28
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.52	$2.75
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.33	$4.64
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.12	$4.76
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.1	$2.88
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.31	$2.64
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.42	$1.49
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.4	$4.04
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$11.1	$15.2
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.24	$3.97
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.81	$13.2
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.94	$10.4
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.95	$9.09
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.09	$5.34
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.18	$2.8
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$68.8	$68.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$10	$18
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$58	$168
💇 Haircut, simple	$8.07	$31.8
👖 Brand Jeans	$66	$62
👟 Brand Sneakers	$123	$102
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$364	$1849
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$6680	$26874

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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 Los Angeles

Distance	City	Cost of living
8.1 km or 5 mi	Huntington Park	$2803
8.9 km or 5.5 mi	Maywood	$2786
9.2 km or 5.7 mi	Florence-Graham	$2844
10 km or 6.2 mi	Bell	$2780
10 km or 6.2 mi	Monterey Park	$2722
11 km or 6.6 mi	Alhambra	$2940
11 km or 6.6 mi	South Pasadena	$2952
11 km or 7 mi	Cudahy	$2764
12 km or 7.6 mi	San Gabriel	$3132
12 km or 7.7 mi	Bell Gardens	$2728
12 km or 7.8 mi	West Hollywood	$3036
13 km or 7.8 mi	Montebello	$2739
13 km or 8 mi	South Gate	$2762
13 km or 8.2 mi	Glendale	$3656
14 km or 8.8 mi	Inglewood	$2947
15 km or 9 mi	Beverly Hills	$2917
15 km or 9.1 mi	Lynwood	$2807
15 km or 9.3 mi	Rosemead	$2822
15 km or 9.5 mi	Culver	$3002
15 km or 9.6 mi	Pasadena	$3706
16 km or 9.9 mi	Pico Rivera	$2758
16 km or 10 mi	Burbank	$3288
16 km or 10 mi	Downey	$2650
17 km or 11 mi	Compton	$2856
18 km or 11 mi	La Canada Flintridge	$3119
18 km or 11 mi	Hawthorne	$2970
18 km or 11 mi	Temple	$2855
18 km or 11 mi	South El Monte	$2794
18 km or 11 mi	West Whittier-Los Nietos	$2769
18 km or 11 mi	Paramount	$2731
19 km or 12 mi	Gardena	$3004
20 km or 12 mi	El Monte	$2810
21 km or 13 mi	Lawndale	$3122
21 km or 13 mi	Arcadia	$3008
21 km or 13 mi	Bellflower	$2725
22 km or 14 mi	Norwalk	$2682
22 km or 14 mi	Santa Monica	$3595
22 km or 14 mi	Whittier	$2788
23 km or 15 mi	Manhattan Beach	$3191
24 km or 15 mi	Carson	$2927