Beirut vs Moscow - Cost of Living Comparison

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Beirut Moscow
🚶 Cost of living one person
$1165
$1075
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family
$2943
$2731
🏠 One person rent
$555
$612
🏘️ Family rent
$1163
$1215
🍽️ Food expenses
$318
$272
🚐 Transport expenses
$176
$92.9
💳 Monthly salary after tax
$453
$1262
😷 Air quality
Moderate
Good
✈️ Airport proximity
8 km
27 km
🎓 Higher education
75
96
😀 Quality of life
61
74
🏙️ Population
2.42M
13M

The cost of living in Beirut is 8% more expensive than in Moscow. Cities ranked 4691st and 5091st ($1165 vs $1075) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 1st in Lebanon and Russia, respectively. Check Lebanon vs Russia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.4 months in Beirut compared to 1.2 months in Moscow. Beirut ranked 1st best city to live in Lebanon vs Moscow ranked 1st in Russia, while ranked 4996th and 1280th among best cities to live in the world.

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Beirut Moscow
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu
$8.92
$8.34
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2
$50.5
$37.3
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's
$6.96
$4.89
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz
$3
$3.22
☕ Cappuccino
$2.67
$2.62
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz
$1.6
$1.17
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2
$646
$842
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2
$317
$456
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2
$1699
$1827
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2
$720
$918
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.
$141
$70
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.
$216
$107
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited
$30.9
$8.71
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years
11.1%
17.17%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2
$3352
$6312
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2
$1315
$3303
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket
$1.5
$0.65
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport
$80.8
$28
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi
$12.7
$6.13
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal
$0.95
$0.59
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt
$1.67
$0.98
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb
$0.9
$0.59
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$1.78
$1.06
🥚 Eggs, x12
$2.54
$1.62
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$10.6
$9.55
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$7.91
$4.57
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$11
$9.48
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$1.46
$1.51
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$1.25
$1.52
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$0.88
$1.63
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$1.06
$3.2
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$0.85
$0.52
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$0.96
$0.48
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt
$0.27
$0.4
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz
$1.54
$1.76
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle
$7.04
$7.75
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz
$1.18
$0.9
🚬 Cigarette pack
$1.98
$2.41
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week
$5.02
$4.18
🧴 Hair Shampoo
$2.23
$2.93
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls
$1.36
$1.73
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube
$2.07
$1.74
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month
$58.6
$30.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person
$7
$5.07
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit
$52.7
$32.3
💇 Haircut, simple
$7.96
$5.63
👖 Brand Jeans
$83.8
$85.1
👟 Brand Sneakers
$104
$114
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month
$284
$495
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year
$4334
$11652

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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 Moscow

Distance City Cost of living
18 km or 11 mi Khimki
$736
19 km or 12 mi Krasnogorsk
$743
19 km or 12 mi Lyubertsy
$797
19 km or 12 mi Mytishchi
$583
21 km or 13 mi Balashikha
$633
22 km or 14 mi Korolyov
$672
37 km or 23 mi Podolsk
$566
52 km or 32 mi Elektrostal
$660
96 km or 60 mi Obninsk
$606
161 km or 100 mi Kaluga
$490
161 km or 100 mi Tver
$590
173 km or 107 mi Tula
$507
179 km or 111 mi Vladimir
$616
184 km or 114 mi Ryazan
$515
248 km or 154 mi Yaroslavl
$533
250 km or 155 mi Ivanovo
$498
266 km or 165 mi Rybinsk
$623
301 km or 187 mi Kostroma
$507
326 km or 202 mi Oryol
$471
349 km or 217 mi Bryansk
$450
366 km or 228 mi Dzerzhinsk
$541
369 km or 229 mi Smolensk
$461
372 km or 231 mi Lipetsk
$401
376 km or 234 mi Cherepovets
$551
402 km or 250 mi Nizhny Novgorod
$639
408 km or 254 mi Vologda
$480
419 km or 260 mi Tambov
$508
457 km or 284 mi Kursk
$457
466 km or 290 mi Voronezh
$419
474 km or 294 mi Vitebsk
$298
491 km or 305 mi Veliky Novgorod
$682
495 km or 308 mi Starooskolsky
$447
496 km or 308 mi Stary Oskol
$415
509 km or 316 mi Mogilev
$467
513 km or 319 mi Saransk
$376
555 km or 345 mi Penza
$514
568 km or 353 mi Gomel
$469
571 km or 355 mi Sumy
$449
577 km or 359 mi Belgorod
$451
601 km or 373 mi Cheboksary
$541