Beirut vs Niigata - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Beirut	Niigata
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1261	$1007
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3035	$2570
🏠 One person rent	$549	$390
🏘️ Family rent	$930	$652
🍽️ Food expenses	$386	$352
🚐 Transport expenses	$198	$159
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$233	$1897
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	8 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	75	52
😀 Quality of life	63	72
🏙️ Population	2.42M	791K

The cost of living in Beirut is 25% more expensive than in Niigata. Cities ranked 4577th and 5515th ($1261 vs $1007) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 404th in Lebanon and Japan, respectively. Check Lebanon vs Japan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.2 months in Beirut compared to 1.9 months in Niigata. Beirut ranked 1st best city to live in Lebanon vs Niigata ranked 406th in Japan, while ranked 5475th and 3269th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Beirut vs Niigata

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	Beirut	Niigata
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$10.9	$5.38
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$59.9	$22.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$8.07	$4.74
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.02	$3.79
☕ Cappuccino	$3.39	$3.17
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.77	$1.17
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$699	$308
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$324	$208
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1258	$552
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$586	$383
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$112	$131
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$172	$204
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$38.5	$30.8
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	10.5%	1.49%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2827	$2790
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1901	$2422
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.01	$1.39
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$72.8	$52.6
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$18.8	$28.8
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.9	$1.11
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.69	$1.29
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.86	$1.03
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.91	$2.33
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.46	$1.98
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11	$7.89
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10	$5.32
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.8	$20.8
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.31	$3.38
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.52	$1.31
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.33	$2.6
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.12	$2.97
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.1	$2.22
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.31	$1.98
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.42	$0.51
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.4	$1.32
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$11.1	$7.34
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.24	$2.03
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.81	$3.69
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.94	$21.9
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.95	$1.06
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.09	$0.78
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.18	$1.36
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$68.8	$49.8
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$10	$12.3
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$58	$39.7
💇 Haircut, simple	$8.07	$25.7
👖 Brand Jeans	$66	$39.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$123	$46.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$364	$66.1
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$6680	$14992

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Cities near Beirut

Distance	City	Cost of living
13 km or 8.2 mi	Jounieh	$1028
37 km or 23 mi	Zahle	$930
38 km or 23 mi	Sidon	$822
68 km or 42 mi	Tripoli	$787
75 km or 46 mi	Tyre	$647
76 km or 47 mi	Kiryat Shmona	$1808
83 km or 52 mi	Damascus	$671
99 km or 62 mi	Ma'alot-Tarshiha	$1803
102 km or 64 mi	Safed	$1847
106 km or 66 mi	Nahariya	$1775
112 km or 69 mi	Karmiel	$1630
114 km or 71 mi	Acre	$1633
115 km or 72 mi	Sakhnin	$1745
116 km or 72 mi	Arraba	$1789
119 km or 74 mi	Tamra	$1798
122 km or 76 mi	Tiberias	$1808
123 km or 77 mi	Kiryat Motzkin	$1842
124 km or 77 mi	Kiryat Yam	$1819
124 km or 77 mi	Kiryat Bialik	$1804
124 km or 77 mi	Shefa-'Amr	$1828
127 km or 79 mi	Kiryat Ata	$1769
130 km or 81 mi	Haifa	$1840
131 km or 82 mi	Nof HaGalil	$1862
132 km or 82 mi	Nesher	$1757
133 km or 83 mi	Nazareth	$1850
137 km or 85 mi	Migdal HaEmek	$1917
142 km or 88 mi	Yokneam Illit	$1932
144 km or 89 mi	Afula	$1817
145 km or 90 mi	Homs	$402
151 km or 94 mi	Irbid	$753
155 km or 97 mi	Zikhron Ya'akov	$1978
156 km or 97 mi	Umm al-Fahm	$1954
165 km or 103 mi	Pardes Hanna-Karkur	$1991
169 km or 105 mi	Baqa-Jatt	$2001
169 km or 105 mi	Hadera	$1786
179 km or 111 mi	Hama	$438
183 km or 114 mi	Jerash	$748
183 km or 114 mi	Netanya	$2247
184 km or 114 mi	Latakia	$441
186 km or 116 mi	Tayibe	$2108

Cities near Niigata

Distance	City	Cost of living
19 km or 12 mi	Agano	$954
26 km or 16 mi	Shibata	$966
28 km or 17 mi	Kamo	$975
28 km or 18 mi	Tsubame	$979
32 km or 20 mi	Sanjo	$987
33 km or 21 mi	Gosen	$989
37 km or 23 mi	Tainai	$977
44 km or 27 mi	Mitsuke	$1010
52 km or 32 mi	Murakami	$989
57 km or 35 mi	Nagaoka	$1056
60 km or 37 mi	Sado	$1000
70 km or 43 mi	Ojiya	$1034
74 km or 46 mi	Kashiwazaki	$1034
76 km or 47 mi	Uonuma	$1050
79 km or 49 mi	Kitakata	$991
91 km or 56 mi	Nagai	$964
91 km or 56 mi	Tokamachi	$1057
91 km or 57 mi	Aizuwakamatsu	$1003
95 km or 59 mi	Yonezawa	$959
95 km or 59 mi	Minamiuonuma	$1075
99 km or 61 mi	Nan'yo	$951
102 km or 63 mi	Takahata	$950
111 km or 69 mi	Joetsu	$1041
111 km or 69 mi	Kaminoyama	$938
113 km or 70 mi	Tsuruoka	$1007
119 km or 74 mi	Yamagata	$953
120 km or 75 mi	Sagae	$959
120 km or 75 mi	Myoko	$1020
124 km or 77 mi	Koriyama	$1029
127 km or 79 mi	Fukushima	$929
127 km or 79 mi	Tendo	$955
128 km or 79 mi	Motomiya	$963
128 km or 80 mi	Nihonmatsu	$942
128 km or 80 mi	Shonai	$1017
131 km or 81 mi	Sakata	$1026
132 km or 82 mi	Higashine	$967
134 km or 83 mi	Murayama	$972
134 km or 84 mi	Date	$921
136 km or 84 mi	Shirakawa	$1016
137 km or 85 mi	Sukagawa	$1001