Beirut vs Los Angeles - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 01, 2024

	Beirut	Los Angeles
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1195	$3165
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2942	$7625
🏠 One person rent	$623	$2019
🏘️ Family rent	$1252	$3688
🍽️ Food expenses	$305	$715
🚐 Transport expenses	$161	$236
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$331	$6398
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Good
✈️ Airport proximity	8 km	17 km
🎓 Higher education	75	99
😀 Quality of life	62	94
🏙️ Population	2.42M	3.9M

The cost of living in Beirut is 62% less expensive than in Los Angeles. Cities ranked 4447th and 72nd ($1195 vs $3165) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 60th 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 0.3 months in Beirut compared to 2 months in Los Angeles. Beirut ranked 1st best city to live in Lebanon vs Los Angeles ranked 5th in the United States, while ranked 5118th and 34th 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	$7.98	$22.5
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$49.5	$101
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.04	$11.9
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.83	$8.42
☕ Cappuccino	$2.34	$5.63
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.42	$2.65
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$706	$2215
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$339	$1717
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1592	$4161
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$794	$3237
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$160	$132
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$247	$195
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$50.8	$71
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	10.73%	6.7%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3906	$7697
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1717	$6904
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.36	$1.75
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$65.2	$87.3
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$13.6	$16.4
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.94	$1.38
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.7	$1.27
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.81	$4.26
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.72	$4.61
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.18	$5.47
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.4	$12.9
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.37	$13.9
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.3	$18
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.34	$4.91
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.3	$2.03
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.86	$3.44
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.01	$4.57
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.74	$2.84
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.89	$2.35
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.27	$1.51
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.45	$3.72
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$6.12	$15.9
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.26	$2.97
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.26	$12
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.03	$10.4
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.24	$7.97
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.38	$4.95
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.09	$2.16
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$55.5	$55.5
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$7.04	$17.3
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$34	$140
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.55	$29
👖 Brand Jeans	$82.2	$64.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$118	$105
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$323	$2020
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$4159	$31623

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Cities near Beirut

Distance	City	Cost of living
13 km or 8.2 mi	Jounieh	$982
37 km or 23 mi	Zahle	$882
38 km or 23 mi	Sidon	$770
68 km or 42 mi	Tripoli	$665
75 km or 46 mi	Tyre	$633
76 km or 47 mi	Kiryat Shmona	$1673
83 km or 52 mi	Damascus	$583
99 km or 62 mi	Ma'alot-Tarshiha	$1633
102 km or 64 mi	Safed	$1622
106 km or 66 mi	Nahariya	$1570
112 km or 69 mi	Karmiel	$1617
114 km or 71 mi	Acre	$1447
115 km or 72 mi	Sakhnin	$1645
116 km or 72 mi	Arraba	$1635
119 km or 74 mi	Tamra	$1622
122 km or 76 mi	Tiberias	$1427
123 km or 77 mi	Kiryat Motzkin	$1610
124 km or 77 mi	Kiryat Yam	$1601
124 km or 77 mi	Kiryat Bialik	$1594
124 km or 77 mi	Shefa-'Amr	$1619
127 km or 79 mi	Kiryat Ata	$1594
130 km or 81 mi	Haifa	$1567
131 km or 82 mi	Nof HaGalil	$1660
132 km or 82 mi	Nesher	$1467
133 km or 83 mi	Nazareth	$1689
137 km or 85 mi	Migdal HaEmek	$1674
142 km or 88 mi	Yokneam Illit	$1744
144 km or 89 mi	Afula	$1660
145 km or 90 mi	Homs	$528
151 km or 94 mi	Irbid	$625
155 km or 97 mi	Zikhron Ya'akov	$1718
156 km or 97 mi	Umm al-Fahm	$1728
165 km or 103 mi	Pardes Hanna-Karkur	$1725
169 km or 105 mi	Baqa-Jatt	$1746
169 km or 105 mi	Hadera	$1593
179 km or 111 mi	Hama	$480
183 km or 114 mi	Jerash	$602
183 km or 114 mi	Netanya	$1962
184 km or 114 mi	Latakia	$436
186 km or 116 mi	Tayibe	$1850

Cities near Los Angeles

Distance	City	Cost of living
8.1 km or 5 mi	Huntington Park	$2777
8.9 km or 5.5 mi	Maywood	$2717
9.2 km or 5.7 mi	Florence-Graham	$2781
10 km or 6.2 mi	Bell	$2678
10 km or 6.2 mi	Monterey Park	$2821
11 km or 6.6 mi	Alhambra	$2887
11 km or 6.6 mi	South Pasadena	$2854
11 km or 7 mi	Cudahy	$2638
12 km or 7.6 mi	San Gabriel	$2987
12 km or 7.7 mi	Bell Gardens	$2578
12 km or 7.8 mi	West Hollywood	$2734
13 km or 7.8 mi	Montebello	$2713
13 km or 8 mi	South Gate	$2650
13 km or 8.2 mi	Glendale	$3660
14 km or 8.8 mi	Inglewood	$2886
15 km or 9 mi	Beverly Hills	$2297
15 km or 9.1 mi	Lynwood	$2676
15 km or 9.3 mi	Rosemead	$2750
15 km or 9.5 mi	Culver	$2836
15 km or 9.6 mi	Pasadena	$3263
16 km or 9.9 mi	Pico Rivera	$2649
16 km or 10 mi	Burbank	$3220
16 km or 10 mi	Downey	$2442
17 km or 11 mi	Compton	$2737
18 km or 11 mi	La Canada Flintridge	$3030
18 km or 11 mi	Hawthorne	$2987
18 km or 11 mi	Temple	$2747
18 km or 11 mi	South El Monte	$2702
18 km or 11 mi	West Whittier-Los Nietos	$2621
18 km or 11 mi	Paramount	$2579
19 km or 12 mi	Gardena	$2935
20 km or 12 mi	El Monte	$2707
21 km or 13 mi	Lawndale	$3148
21 km or 13 mi	Arcadia	$2700
21 km or 13 mi	Bellflower	$2541
22 km or 14 mi	Norwalk	$2375
22 km or 14 mi	Santa Monica	$3589
22 km or 14 mi	Whittier	$2665
23 km or 15 mi	Manhattan Beach	$3168
24 km or 15 mi	Carson	$2862