Beirut vs New Taipei - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 01, 2024

	Beirut	New Taipei
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1195	$1011
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2942	$2876
🏠 One person rent	$623	$394
🏘️ Family rent	$1252	$948
🍽️ Food expenses	$305	$390
🚐 Transport expenses	$161	$125
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$331	$1496
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Good
✈️ Airport proximity	8 km	13 km
🎓 Higher education	75	95
😀 Quality of life	62	88
🏙️ Population	2.42M	4.36M

The cost of living in Beirut is 18% more expensive than in New Taipei. Cities ranked 4447th and 5229th ($1195 vs $1011) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 2nd in Lebanon and Taiwan, respectively. Check Lebanon vs Taiwan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.3 months in Beirut compared to 1.5 months in New Taipei. Beirut ranked 1st best city to live in Lebanon vs New Taipei ranked 1st in Taiwan, while ranked 5118th and 181st among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Beirut vs New Taipei

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	Beirut	New Taipei
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$7.98	$4.75
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$49.5	$28.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.04	$4.82
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.83	$1.81
☕ Cappuccino	$2.34	$2.42
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.42	$0.91
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$706	$342
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$339	$302
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1592	$1097
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$794	$766
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$160	$61.1
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$247	$94.1
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$50.8	$22.6
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	10.73%	1.77%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3906	$9649
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1717	$5036
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.36	$0.79
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$65.2	$39.3
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$13.6	$8.9
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.94	$1.01
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.7	$2.98
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.81	$1.71
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.72	$4.22
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.18	$2.89
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.4	$15.2
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.37	$7.89
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.3	$23.6
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.34	$5.22
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.3	$1.58
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.86	$2.3
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.01	$2.99
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.74	$2.17
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.89	$1.9
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.27	$0.72
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.45	$1.73
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$6.12	$12.1
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.26	$1.61
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.26	$3.45
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.03	$9.74
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.24	$7.86
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.38	$2
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.09	$2.76
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$55.5	$31.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$7.04	$9.42
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$34	$35.5
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.55	$16.2
👖 Brand Jeans	$82.2	$60.4
👟 Brand Sneakers	$118	$84.3
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$323	$503
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$4159	$11035

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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 New Taipei

Distance	City	Cost of living
9.6 km or 6 mi	Taipei	$1169
29 km or 18 mi	Taoyuan	$861
33 km or 20 mi	Keelung	$860
42 km or 26 mi	Yilan	$863
48 km or 30 mi	Zhubei	$917
53 km or 33 mi	Hsinchu	$860
80 km or 50 mi	Miaoli	$746
124 km or 77 mi	Taichung	$995
140 km or 87 mi	Changhua	$890
144 km or 90 mi	Nantou	$857
171 km or 106 mi	Douliu	$791
198 km or 123 mi	Chiayi	$725
246 km or 153 mi	Fuzhou	$664
250 km or 155 mi	Putian	$675
252 km or 157 mi	Taitung	$952
259 km or 161 mi	Tainan	$913
267 km or 166 mi	Ningde	$694
283 km or 176 mi	Ishigaki	$1114
289 km or 179 mi	Quanzhou	$689
290 km or 180 mi	Jinjiang	$676
291 km or 181 mi	Kaohsiung	$932
318 km or 197 mi	Rui'an	$744
321 km or 199 mi	Kinmen	$851
341 km or 212 mi	Wenzhou	$787
345 km or 214 mi	Xiamen	$721
375 km or 233 mi	Nanping	$678
375 km or 233 mi	Wenling	$735
386 km or 240 mi	Zhangzhou	$719
387 km or 241 mi	Miyakojima	$1115
408 km or 253 mi	Sanming	$667
411 km or 256 mi	Lishui	$741
428 km or 266 mi	Linhai	$719
445 km or 277 mi	Longyan	$713
457 km or 284 mi	Wuyishan	$655
489 km or 304 mi	Jinhua	$811
497 km or 309 mi	Yiwu	$725
507 km or 315 mi	Quzhou	$644
510 km or 317 mi	Chaozhou	$588
515 km or 320 mi	Shangrao	$721
515 km or 320 mi	Shantou	$589