Beirut vs Prague - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	Beirut	Prague
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1353	$1909
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3278	$4454
🏠 One person rent	$598	$1181
🏘️ Family rent	$1019	$1992
🍽️ Food expenses	$403	$456
🚐 Transport expenses	$216	$127
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$229	$2307
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Good
✈️ Airport proximity	8 km	10 km
🎓 Higher education	74	93
😀 Quality of life	62	89
🏙️ Population	2.42M	1.4M

The cost of living in Beirut is 29% less expensive than in Prague. Cities ranked 4463rd and 2387th ($1353 vs $1909) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 1st in Lebanon and the Czech Republic, respectively. Check Lebanon vs the Czech Republic comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.2 months in Beirut compared to 1.2 months in Prague. Beirut ranked 1st best city to live in Lebanon vs Prague ranked 1st in the Czech Republic, while ranked 5682nd and 285th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Beirut vs Prague

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	Beirut	Prague
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$10.9	$11.1
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$60.4	$49
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$8.95	$10.8
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.98	$2.92
☕ Cappuccino	$3.9	$4.07
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.96	$2.11
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$691	$1087
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$373	$914
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1267	$1980
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$678	$1562
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$123	$209
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$185	$323
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$38.7	$23.6
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	10.89%	4.7%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3232	$10243
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1892	$7562
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.7	$1.67
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$77.3	$27
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$21.8	$16.6
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.9	$1.77
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.78	$1.36
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.82	$1.58
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.95	$2.13
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.49	$4.19
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.8	$13.8
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.97	$10.2
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.6	$15.4
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.66	$2.22
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.53	$1.96
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.43	$2.42
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.12	$3.66
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.26	$1.43
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.49	$1.34
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.45	$0.59
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.62	$2.11
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$11	$8.24
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.27	$1.23
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.99	$8.02
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.79	$12
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.38	$4.99
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.42	$2.98
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.29	$3.81
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$67.9	$71.3
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$10.1	$12.2
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$66.4	$44.4
💇 Haircut, simple	$9.27	$20.1
👖 Brand Jeans	$58.7	$92.6
👟 Brand Sneakers	$142	$122
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$421	$1061
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$7746	$17389

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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 Prague

Distance	City	Cost of living
1.2 km or 0.7 mi	Smichov	$1720
3.3 km or 2.1 mi	Zizkov	$1696
4.2 km or 2.6 mi	Brevnov	$1678
23 km or 14 mi	Kladno	$1375
51 km or 31 mi	Mlada Boleslav	$1244
53 km or 33 mi	Pribram	$1139
54 km or 34 mi	Litomerice	$1280
56 km or 35 mi	Kolin	$1895
68 km or 42 mi	Ceska Lipa	$1273
69 km or 43 mi	Usti nad Labem	$1093
72 km or 45 mi	Most	$1103
75 km or 46 mi	Teplice	$1006
76 km or 47 mi	Tabor	$1114
78 km or 49 mi	Decin	$1227
81 km or 50 mi	Litvinov	$1525
83 km or 52 mi	Chomutov	$1200
83 km or 52 mi	Plzen	$1364
88 km or 55 mi	Pisek	$1272
89 km or 55 mi	Liberec	$1188
89 km or 56 mi	Jablonec nad Nisou	$1188
95 km or 59 mi	Zittau	$1472
97 km or 61 mi	Pardubice	$1265
99 km or 61 mi	Strakonice	$1280
99 km or 61 mi	Havlickuv Brod	$1305
100 km or 62 mi	Chrudim	$1321
102 km or 63 mi	Hradec Kralove	$1288
103 km or 64 mi	Pirna	$1476
111 km or 69 mi	Klatovy	$1301
111 km or 69 mi	Karlovy Vary	$1196
114 km or 71 mi	Jihlava	$1133
115 km or 71 mi	Annaberg-Buchholz	$1479
117 km or 73 mi	Freital	$1478
118 km or 73 mi	Dresden	$1531
119 km or 74 mi	Trutnov	$980
119 km or 74 mi	Freiberg	$1305
122 km or 76 mi	Bautzen	$1494
123 km or 77 mi	Ceske Budejovice	$1346
125 km or 78 mi	Radebeul	$1476
126 km or 78 mi	Gorlitz	$1468
127 km or 79 mi	Sokolov	$1383