Beirut vs Munich - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	Beirut	Munich
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1353	$2499
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3278	$5815
🏠 One person rent	$598	$1483
🏘️ Family rent	$1019	$2594
🍽️ Food expenses	$403	$601
🚐 Transport expenses	$216	$248
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$229	$4507
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	8 km	23 km
🎓 Higher education	74	90
😀 Quality of life	62	94
🏙️ Population	2.42M	1.51M

The cost of living in Beirut is 46% less expensive than in Munich. Cities ranked 4463rd and 889th ($1353 vs $2499) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 1st in Lebanon and Germany, respectively. Check Lebanon vs Germany comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.2 months in Beirut compared to 1.8 months in Munich. Beirut ranked 1st best city to live in Lebanon vs Munich ranked 8th in Germany, while ranked 5682nd and 38th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Beirut vs Munich

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	Beirut	Munich
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$10.9	$19.1
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$60.4	$85.3
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$8.95	$14.4
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.98	$5.63
☕ Cappuccino	$3.9	$5
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.96	$3.86
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$691	$1499
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$373	$1182
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1267	$2689
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$678	$2147
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$123	$194
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$185	$295
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$38.7	$43.9
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	10.89%	3.76%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3232	$12913
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1892	$8949
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.7	$4.84
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$77.3	$70.4
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$21.8	$29.5
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.9	$2.02
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.78	$1.47
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.82	$2.45
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.95	$2.98
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.49	$4.44
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.8	$16.1
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.97	$11.8
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.6	$18.8
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.66	$3.93
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.53	$2.23
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.43	$2.74
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.12	$4.56
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.26	$2.05
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.49	$1.7
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.45	$0.79
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.62	$2.06
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$11	$7.71
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.27	$1.31
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.99	$10.2
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.79	$9.22
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.38	$3.78
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.42	$2.16
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.29	$1.6
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$67.9	$55.8
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$10.1	$16.7
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$66.4	$81.5
💇 Haircut, simple	$9.27	$21.6
👖 Brand Jeans	$58.7	$94.7
👟 Brand Sneakers	$142	$105
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$421	$1039
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$7746	$16629

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Cities near Beirut

Distance	City	Cost of living
13 km or 8.2 mi	Jounieh	$1106
37 km or 23 mi	Zahle	$1005
38 km or 23 mi	Sidon	$865
68 km or 42 mi	Tripoli	$842
75 km or 46 mi	Tyre	$676
76 km or 47 mi	Kiryat Shmona	$1925
83 km or 52 mi	Damascus	$675
99 km or 62 mi	Ma'alot-Tarshiha	$1929
102 km or 64 mi	Safed	$1973
106 km or 66 mi	Nahariya	$1894
112 km or 69 mi	Karmiel	$1770
114 km or 71 mi	Acre	$1766
115 km or 72 mi	Sakhnin	$1873
116 km or 72 mi	Arraba	$1917
119 km or 74 mi	Tamra	$1934
122 km or 76 mi	Tiberias	$1870
123 km or 77 mi	Kiryat Motzkin	$1936
124 km or 77 mi	Kiryat Yam	$1949
124 km or 77 mi	Kiryat Bialik	$1940
124 km or 77 mi	Shefa-'Amr	$1960
127 km or 79 mi	Kiryat Ata	$1911
130 km or 81 mi	Haifa	$1930
131 km or 82 mi	Nof HaGalil	$2000
132 km or 82 mi	Nesher	$1856
133 km or 83 mi	Nazareth	$1981
137 km or 85 mi	Migdal HaEmek	$2027
142 km or 88 mi	Yokneam Illit	$2071
144 km or 89 mi	Afula	$1909
145 km or 90 mi	Homs	$385
151 km or 94 mi	Irbid	$753
155 km or 97 mi	Zikhron Ya'akov	$2103
156 km or 97 mi	Umm al-Fahm	$2061
165 km or 103 mi	Pardes Hanna-Karkur	$2101
169 km or 105 mi	Baqa-Jatt	$2098
169 km or 105 mi	Hadera	$1887
179 km or 111 mi	Hama	$446
183 km or 114 mi	Jerash	$740
183 km or 114 mi	Netanya	$2136
184 km or 114 mi	Latakia	$449
186 km or 116 mi	Tayibe	$2207

Cities near Munich

Distance	City	Cost of living
16 km or 9.6 mi	Germering	$2008
16 km or 10 mi	Unterschleiheim	$1954
17 km or 10 mi	Puchheim	$1994
17 km or 11 mi	Dachau	$1967
20 km or 13 mi	Olching	$1943
23 km or 15 mi	Starnberg	$1925
24 km or 15 mi	Furstenfeldbruck	$1918
31 km or 19 mi	Erding	$1771
31 km or 19 mi	Geretsried	$1877
32 km or 20 mi	Freising	$1806
44 km or 28 mi	Pfaffenhofen an der Ilm	$1790
47 km or 29 mi	Weilheim in Oberbayern	$1890
48 km or 30 mi	Aichach	$1827
50 km or 31 mi	Friedberg	$1864
52 km or 32 mi	Rosenheim	$1316
53 km or 33 mi	Konigsbrunn	$1853
53 km or 33 mi	Landsberg am Lech	$1840
57 km or 35 mi	Augsburg	$1983
61 km or 38 mi	Gersthofen	$1881
62 km or 38 mi	Landshut	$1785
62 km or 38 mi	Waldkraiburg	$1707
62 km or 39 mi	Neusa	$1877
71 km or 44 mi	Ingolstadt	$1819
71 km or 44 mi	Muhldorf	$1707
72 km or 45 mi	Neuburg an der Donau	$1766
76 km or 48 mi	Kaufbeuren	$1867
77 km or 48 mi	Traunreut	$1635
80 km or 50 mi	Garmisch-Partenkirchen	$2117
85 km or 53 mi	Traunstein	$1638
87 km or 54 mi	Donauworth	$1735
98 km or 61 mi	Innsbruck	$1904
103 km or 64 mi	Gunzburg	$1726
104 km or 65 mi	Kempten	$1696
105 km or 65 mi	Regensburg	$1724
105 km or 65 mi	Memmingen	$1759
110 km or 69 mi	Straubing	$1698
112 km or 70 mi	Nordlingen	$1693
114 km or 71 mi	Senden	$1699
116 km or 72 mi	Salzburg	$2009
119 km or 74 mi	Sonthofen	$1748