Beirut vs Melbourne - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: June 21, 2026

	Beirut	Melbourne
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1441	$2543
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3510	$6242
🏠 One person rent	$641	$1414
🏘️ Family rent	$1099	$2478
🍽️ Food expenses	$430	$607
🚐 Transport expenses	$225	$361
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$260	$4489
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	8 km	12 km
🎓 Higher education	74	100
😀 Quality of life	63	100
🏙️ Population	2.42M	5.35M

The cost of living in Beirut is 43% less expensive than in Melbourne. Cities ranked 4177th and 829th ($1441 vs $2543) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 4th in Lebanon and Australia, respectively. Check Lebanon vs Australia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.2 months in Beirut compared to 1.8 months in Melbourne. Beirut ranked 1st best city to live in Lebanon vs Melbourne ranked 1st in Australia, while ranked 5483rd and 1st among best cities to live in the world.

Salary adjustment calculator
the estimated difference in money purchasing power

Share this picture

Use the link below to embed the infographic from our site and automatically keep the data layer up to date.

If you prefer to download the image, please credit us as a source.

<img src="https://livingcost.org/assets/photo/cost/beirut/melbourne.jpg" alt="Cost of living in Beirut vs Melbourne infographic" style="max-width: 100%; height: auto;"><p>Source: <a href="https://livingcost.org/cost/beirut/melbourne" target="_blank">Beirut vs Melbourne - Cost of Living Comparison</a></p>

Prices in Beirut vs Melbourne

Prices for goods and services in Beirut and Melbourne are partly crowdsourced by our visitors, just like yourself. Please consider telling us about your city.

	Beirut	Melbourne
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$10.8	$15.5
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$68.3	$67.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.96	$12
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.48	$9.51
☕ Cappuccino	$4.49	$4.02
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.21	$3.15
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$758	$1557
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$406	$1162
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1356	$2836
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$743	$2092
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$129	$122
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$198	$186
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$35.2	$51.2
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	11.06%	5.58%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3695	$6978
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1988	$6027
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.97	$3.85
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$77.1	$140
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$23	$19.7
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.98	$1.42
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.84	$1.67
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.86	$2.67
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.11	$2.28
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.8	$5.94
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.4	$13.1
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.6	$9.76
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.5	$15
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.06	$3.92
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.67	$3.2
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.66	$3.2
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.28	$5.07
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.39	$3.08
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.68	$2.76
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.47	$1.19
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.88	$2.68
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$9.93	$14.3
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.29	$5.54
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.97	$26
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.82	$8.16
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.88	$6.98
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.8	$3.14
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.26	$3.17
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$76.3	$55.5
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$10	$16.4
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$75.9	$56.8
💇 Haircut, simple	$10.7	$28
👖 Brand Jeans	$66.9	$80.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$138	$123
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$487	$2326
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$8983	$22313

Cost of living in other countries

Cost of living

Cost of Living in the nearest cities

Cities near Beirut

Distance	City	Cost of living
13 km or 8.2 mi	Jounieh	$1204
37 km or 23 mi	Zahle	$1093
38 km or 23 mi	Sidon	$927
68 km or 42 mi	Tripoli	$841
75 km or 46 mi	Tyre	$700
76 km or 47 mi	Kiryat Shmona	$2164
83 km or 52 mi	Damascus	$706
99 km or 62 mi	Ma'alot-Tarshiha	$2153
102 km or 64 mi	Safed	$2195
106 km or 66 mi	Nahariya	$2069
112 km or 69 mi	Karmiel	$2008
114 km or 71 mi	Acre	$1873
115 km or 72 mi	Sakhnin	$2112
116 km or 72 mi	Arraba	$2150
119 km or 74 mi	Tamra	$2142
122 km or 76 mi	Tiberias	$2044
123 km or 77 mi	Kiryat Motzkin	$2113
124 km or 77 mi	Kiryat Bialik	$2089
124 km or 77 mi	Kiryat Yam	$2095
124 km or 77 mi	Shefa-'Amr	$2122
127 km or 79 mi	Kiryat Ata	$2047
130 km or 81 mi	Haifa	$1891
131 km or 82 mi	Nof HaGalil	$2172
132 km or 82 mi	Nesher	$2043
133 km or 83 mi	Nazareth	$2125
137 km or 85 mi	Migdal HaEmek	$2165
142 km or 88 mi	Yokneam Illit	$2184
144 km or 89 mi	Afula	$2133
145 km or 90 mi	Homs	$390
151 km or 94 mi	Irbid	$771
155 km or 97 mi	Zikhron Ya'akov	$2230
156 km or 97 mi	Umm al-Fahm	$2245
165 km or 103 mi	Pardes Hanna-Karkur	$2129
169 km or 105 mi	Baqa-Jatt	$2214
169 km or 105 mi	Hadera	$1918
179 km or 111 mi	Hama	$441
183 km or 114 mi	Jerash	$745
183 km or 114 mi	Netanya	$2175
184 km or 114 mi	Latakia	$446
186 km or 116 mi	Tayibe	$2347

Cities near Melbourne

Distance	City	Cost of living
3.2 km or 2 mi	South Yarra	$1834
24 km or 15 mi	Hoppers Crossing	$1847
25 km or 16 mi	Tarneit	$1813
29 km or 18 mi	Dandenong	$1913
34 km or 21 mi	Sunbury	$1933
37 km or 23 mi	Melton	$1896
40 km or 25 mi	Frankston	$1889
41 km or 25 mi	Berwick	$1915
42 km or 26 mi	Cranbourne	$1810
54 km or 34 mi	Pakenham	$1936
65 km or 40 mi	Geelong	$2179
102 km or 64 mi	Ballarat	$1606
134 km or 83 mi	Bendigo	$1493
144 km or 90 mi	Traralgon	$2000
164 km or 102 mi	Shepparton	$1816
226 km or 140 mi	Warrnambool	$1876
367 km or 228 mi	Mount Gambier	$1880
369 km or 230 mi	Wagga Wagga	$1608
392 km or 244 mi	Devonport	$1868
404 km or 251 mi	Griffith	$1825
444 km or 276 mi	Launceston	$1728
466 km or 290 mi	Canberra	$2258
477 km or 296 mi	Mildura	$1905
546 km or 339 mi	Goulburn	$1795
597 km or 371 mi	Hobart	$2364
628 km or 390 mi	Orange	$1460
643 km or 399 mi	Bathurst	$1701
651 km or 405 mi	Wollongong	$1695
655 km or 407 mi	Adelaide	$2355
700 km or 435 mi	Blacktown	$1709
702 km or 436 mi	Dubbo	$1855
703 km or 437 mi	Parramatta	$2481
707 km or 440 mi	Kellyville	$2040
713 km or 443 mi	Sydney	$2844
728 km or 452 mi	Dee Why	$2354
822 km or 511 mi	Newcastle	$1995
891 km or 554 mi	Whyalla	$2133
1015 km or 631 mi	Port Macquarie	$1786
1021 km or 634 mi	Armidale	$1273
1123 km or 698 mi	Coffs Harbour	$2132