Beirut vs Prague - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Beirut	Prague
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1261	$1778
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3035	$4184
🏠 One person rent	$549	$1098
🏘️ Family rent	$930	$1897
🍽️ Food expenses	$386	$426
🚐 Transport expenses	$198	$121
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$233	$2284
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Good
✈️ Airport proximity	8 km	10 km
🎓 Higher education	75	93
😀 Quality of life	63	89
🏙️ Population	2.42M	1.4M

The cost of living in Beirut is 29% less expensive than in Prague. Cities ranked 4577th and 2821st ($1261 vs $1778) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 2nd 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 1.3 months in Prague. Beirut ranked 1st best city to live in Lebanon vs Prague ranked 1st in the Czech Republic, while ranked 5475th and 277th 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	$9.76
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$59.9	$46
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$8.07	$9.37
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.02	$2.73
☕ Cappuccino	$3.39	$3.77
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.77	$1.97
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$699	$1073
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$324	$830
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1258	$1910
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$586	$1487
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$112	$196
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$172	$303
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$38.5	$23.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	10.5%	4.74%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2827	$10023
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1901	$7034
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.01	$1.44
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$72.8	$26.3
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$18.8	$15.6
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.9	$1.76
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.69	$1.33
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.86	$1.59
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.91	$2.11
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.46	$4.07
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11	$13.5
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10	$10
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.8	$13.4
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.31	$2.22
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.52	$1.9
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.33	$2.33
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.12	$3.73
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.1	$1.37
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.31	$1.26
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.42	$0.56
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.4	$1.93
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$11.1	$7.36
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.24	$1.15
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.81	$7.48
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.94	$10.4
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.95	$4.88
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.09	$3.23
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.18	$4.02
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$68.8	$69.1
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$10	$11.9
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$58	$42.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$8.07	$18.5
👖 Brand Jeans	$66	$80.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$123	$106
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$364	$994
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$6680	$15329

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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 Prague

Distance	City	Cost of living
1.2 km or 0.7 mi	Smichov	$1601
3.3 km or 2.1 mi	Zizkov	$1580
4.2 km or 2.6 mi	Brevnov	$1564
23 km or 14 mi	Kladno	$1337
51 km or 31 mi	Mlada Boleslav	$1187
53 km or 33 mi	Pribram	$1104
54 km or 34 mi	Litomerice	$1196
56 km or 35 mi	Kolin	$1915
68 km or 42 mi	Ceska Lipa	$1211
69 km or 43 mi	Usti nad Labem	$1063
72 km or 45 mi	Most	$1028
75 km or 46 mi	Teplice	$986
76 km or 47 mi	Tabor	$1074
78 km or 49 mi	Decin	$1182
81 km or 50 mi	Litvinov	$1489
83 km or 52 mi	Chomutov	$1125
83 km or 52 mi	Plzen	$1317
88 km or 55 mi	Pisek	$1209
89 km or 55 mi	Liberec	$1195
89 km or 56 mi	Jablonec nad Nisou	$1152
95 km or 59 mi	Zittau	$1427
97 km or 61 mi	Pardubice	$1195
99 km or 61 mi	Strakonice	$1223
99 km or 61 mi	Havlickuv Brod	$1216
100 km or 62 mi	Chrudim	$1212
102 km or 63 mi	Hradec Kralove	$1257
103 km or 64 mi	Pirna	$1473
111 km or 69 mi	Klatovy	$1236
111 km or 69 mi	Karlovy Vary	$1117
114 km or 71 mi	Jihlava	$1103
115 km or 71 mi	Annaberg-Buchholz	$1401
117 km or 73 mi	Freital	$1490
118 km or 73 mi	Dresden	$1555
119 km or 74 mi	Trutnov	$953
119 km or 74 mi	Freiberg	$1301
122 km or 76 mi	Bautzen	$1432
123 km or 77 mi	Ceske Budejovice	$1308
125 km or 78 mi	Radebeul	$1485
126 km or 78 mi	Gorlitz	$1428
127 km or 79 mi	Sokolov	$1284