Beirut vs Los Angeles - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Beirut	Los Angeles
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1255	$3196
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3214	$7594
🏠 One person rent	$605	$2049
🏘️ Family rent	$1314	$3732
🍽️ Food expenses	$342	$709
🚐 Transport expenses	$186	$220
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$542	$4771
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	8 km	17 km
🎓 Higher education	75	99
😀 Quality of life	63	93
🏙️ Population	2.42M	3.9M

The cost of living in Beirut is 61% less expensive than in Los Angeles. Cities ranked 4326th and 80th ($1255 vs $3196) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 71st 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 0.4 months in Beirut compared to 1.5 months in Los Angeles. Beirut ranked 1st best city to live in Lebanon vs Los Angeles ranked 7th in the United States, while ranked 4772nd and 58th 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	$10.1	$21.7
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$50.3	$87.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.83	$12.9
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.02	$8.51
☕ Cappuccino	$2.9	$5.77
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.58	$2.7
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$732	$2168
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$355	$1758
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1783	$4056
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$887	$3293
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$136	$142
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$209	$220
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$38.6	$66.8
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	11.48%	6.74%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3136	$8056
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1549	$7115
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.6	$2.01
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$79.5	$73.5
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$15.1	$16.8
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.92	$1.26
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.62	$1.29
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.82	$4.1
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.82	$4.56
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.82	$6.05
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11	$12.2
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.69	$14.5
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.8	$17.5
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.61	$5.12
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.35	$2.43
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.92	$4.03
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.11	$4.31
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.9	$2.63
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.04	$2.62
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.28	$1.56
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.41	$3.26
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.01	$15.4
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.16	$2.92
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.02	$11.7
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.87	$10.4
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.08	$7
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.37	$5.25
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.8	$2.63
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$63.8	$49.3
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$7.01	$18.1
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$54.3	$190
💇 Haircut, simple	$8.08	$27.8
👖 Brand Jeans	$80.9	$60.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$117	$105
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$294	$1650
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$4459	$28838

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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 Los Angeles

Distance	City	Cost of living
8.1 km or 5 mi	Huntington Park	$2887
8.9 km or 5.5 mi	Maywood	$2803
9.2 km or 5.7 mi	Florence-Graham	$2873
10 km or 6.2 mi	Bell	$2798
10 km or 6.2 mi	Monterey Park	$2735
11 km or 6.6 mi	Alhambra	$2936
11 km or 6.6 mi	South Pasadena	$2902
11 km or 7 mi	Cudahy	$2768
12 km or 7.6 mi	San Gabriel	$3061
12 km or 7.7 mi	Bell Gardens	$2727
12 km or 7.8 mi	West Hollywood	$3105
13 km or 7.8 mi	Montebello	$2739
13 km or 8 mi	South Gate	$2786
13 km or 8.2 mi	Glendale	$3659
14 km or 8.8 mi	Inglewood	$3014
15 km or 9 mi	Beverly Hills	$2903
15 km or 9.1 mi	Lynwood	$2788
15 km or 9.3 mi	Rosemead	$2780
15 km or 9.5 mi	Culver	$3033
15 km or 9.6 mi	Pasadena	$3416
16 km or 9.9 mi	Pico Rivera	$2750
16 km or 10 mi	Burbank	$3370
16 km or 10 mi	Downey	$2735
17 km or 11 mi	Compton	$2851
18 km or 11 mi	La Canada Flintridge	$3086
18 km or 11 mi	Hawthorne	$3104
18 km or 11 mi	Temple	$2824
18 km or 11 mi	South El Monte	$2787
18 km or 11 mi	West Whittier-Los Nietos	$2750
18 km or 11 mi	Paramount	$2720
19 km or 12 mi	Gardena	$3022
20 km or 12 mi	El Monte	$2775
21 km or 13 mi	Lawndale	$3162
21 km or 13 mi	Arcadia	$2758
21 km or 13 mi	Bellflower	$2669
22 km or 14 mi	Norwalk	$2662
22 km or 14 mi	Santa Monica	$3573
22 km or 14 mi	Whittier	$2789
23 km or 15 mi	Manhattan Beach	$3256
24 km or 15 mi	Carson	$2919