Beirut vs Maoming - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Beirut	Maoming
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1165	$774
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2943	$2098
🏠 One person rent	$555	$416
🏘️ Family rent	$1163	$793
🍽️ Food expenses	$318	$205
🚐 Transport expenses	$176	$70.8
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$453	$994
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	8 km	39 km
🎓 Higher education	75	29
😀 Quality of life	61	44
🏙️ Population	2.42M	6.17M

The cost of living in Beirut is 51% more expensive than in Maoming. Cities ranked 4691st and 6548th ($1165 vs $774) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 45th in Lebanon and China, respectively. Check Lebanon vs China comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.4 months in Beirut compared to 1.3 months in Maoming. Beirut ranked 1st best city to live in Lebanon vs Maoming ranked 132nd in China, while ranked 4996th and 6627th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Beirut vs Maoming

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	Beirut	Maoming
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$8.92	$2.15
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$50.5	$14.2
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$6.96	$3.9
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3	$1.3
☕ Cappuccino	$2.67	$2.14
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.6	$0.45
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$646	$495
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$317	$346
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1699	$970
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$720	$680
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$141	$27.7
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$216	$42.5
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$30.9	$12.7
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	11.1%	4.69%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3352	$6440
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1315	$3663
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.5	$0.29
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$80.8	$21.1
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$12.7	$2.65
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.95	$1.16
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.67	$1.65
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.9	$1.73
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.78	$0.37
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.54	$1.04
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.6	$14.4
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.91	$5.15
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11	$5.72
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.46	$0.86
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.25	$0.71
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.88	$0.86
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.06	$0.86
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.85	$0.57
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.96	$0.57
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.27	$0.29
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.54	$1.49
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.04	$14.3
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.18	$0.65
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.98	$4.01
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.02	$5.97
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.23	$5.68
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.36	$1.59
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.07	$2.04
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$58.6	$32
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$7	$7.14
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$52.7	$31.5
💇 Haircut, simple	$7.96	$10.2
👖 Brand Jeans	$83.8	$46.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$104	$71.2
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$284	$519
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$4334	$18483

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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 Maoming

Distance	City	Cost of living
32 km or 20 mi	Gaozhou	$774
74 km or 46 mi	Zhanjiang	$781
110 km or 68 mi	Yangjiang	$895
133 km or 83 mi	Yulin	$794
181 km or 113 mi	Yunfu	$839
189 km or 118 mi	Beihai	$660
193 km or 120 mi	Haikou	$671
199 km or 124 mi	Kaiping	$824
207 km or 128 mi	Wuzhou	$819
209 km or 130 mi	Guigang	$725
221 km or 137 mi	Zhaoqing	$806
240 km or 149 mi	Qinzhou	$614
245 km or 153 mi	Jiangmen	$830
269 km or 167 mi	Zhongshan	$491
271 km or 168 mi	Fangchenggang	$595
272 km or 169 mi	Foshan	$602
277 km or 172 mi	Macau	$1590
282 km or 175 mi	Zhuhai	$641
288 km or 179 mi	Laibin	$623
291 km or 181 mi	Guangzhou	$763
297 km or 185 mi	Nanning	$572
313 km or 194 mi	Hezhou	$780
314 km or 195 mi	Qingyuan	$808
329 km or 205 mi	Dongguan	$678
333 km or 207 mi	Liuzhou	$607
337 km or 210 mi	Shenzhen	$958
341 km or 212 mi	Hong Kong	$2753
344 km or 214 mi	Kowloon	$2427
376 km or 233 mi	Chongzuo	$586
378 km or 235 mi	Lianzhou	$783
383 km or 238 mi	Cam Pha	$577
394 km or 245 mi	Huizhou	$629
405 km or 252 mi	Ha Long	$592
406 km or 252 mi	Guilin	$538
407 km or 253 mi	Sanya	$778
443 km or 275 mi	Shaoguan	$852
444 km or 276 mi	Hechi	$601
451 km or 280 mi	Haiphong	$606
451 km or 281 mi	Heyuan	$801
471 km or 293 mi	Shanwei	$1014