Beirut vs Ramallah - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 01, 2024

	Beirut	Ramallah
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1195	$1011
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2942	$2300
🏠 One person rent	$623	$474
🏘️ Family rent	$1252	$770
🍽️ Food expenses	$305	$372
🚐 Transport expenses	$161	$63.4
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$331	$836
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	8 km	32 km
🎓 Higher education	75	55
😀 Quality of life	62	53
🏙️ Population	2.42M	39K

The cost of living in Beirut is 18% more expensive than in Ramallah. Cities ranked 4447th and 5228th ($1195 vs $1011) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 2nd in Lebanon and the Palestine, respectively. Check Lebanon vs the Palestine comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.3 months in Beirut compared to 0.8 months in Ramallah. Beirut ranked 1st best city to live in Lebanon vs Ramallah ranked 1st in the Palestine, while ranked 5118th and 6114th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Beirut vs Ramallah

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	Beirut	Ramallah
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$7.98	$9.03
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$49.5	$38.9
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.04	$8.54
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.83	$5.51
☕ Cappuccino	$2.34	$3.86
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.42	$1.09
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$706	$432
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$339	$331
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1592	$770
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$794	$561
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$160	$84.1
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$247	$130
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$50.8	$38.2
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	10.73%	6.73%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3906	$1116
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1717	$876
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.36	$1.4
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$65.2	$76
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$13.6	$16.2
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.94	$1.95
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.7	$1.85
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.81	$0.92
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.72	$2.22
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.18	$2.65
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.4	$7.22
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.37	$8.15
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.3	$16.8
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.34	$2.22
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.3	$1.73
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.86	$1.34
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.01	$1.59
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.74	$1.1
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.89	$1.13
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.27	$0.57
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.45	$1.57
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$6.12	$11.7
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.26	$2.67
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.26	$7.44
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.03	$5.33
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.24	$4.72
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.38	$2.05
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.09	$4.03
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$55.5	$59
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$7.04	$9.39
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$34	$27.8
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.55	$6.41
👖 Brand Jeans	$82.2	$70.7
👟 Brand Sneakers	$118	$100
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$323	$196
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$4159	$3737

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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 Ramallah

Distance	City	Cost of living
13 km or 7.9 mi	Jerusalem	$1948
21 km or 13 mi	Modi'in-Maccabim-Re'ut	$1840
21 km or 13 mi	Bethlehem	$964
23 km or 14 mi	Ariel	$1583
26 km or 16 mi	Beit Shemesh	$1366
29 km or 18 mi	Lod	$1752
31 km or 19 mi	Ramla	$2068
32 km or 20 mi	Rosh HaAyin	$1885
32 km or 20 mi	Kafr Qasim	$1896
34 km or 21 mi	Yehud	$1900
36 km or 22 mi	Nablus	$849
36 km or 23 mi	Petah Tikva	$1871
37 km or 23 mi	Rehovot	$1701
38 km or 23 mi	Kiryat Ono	$1914
38 km or 24 mi	Ness Ziona	$1912
38 km or 24 mi	Rishon LeZion	$2010
39 km or 24 mi	Qalqilya	$760
40 km or 25 mi	Bnei Brak	$2050
41 km or 26 mi	Hod HaSharon	$2010
41 km or 26 mi	Hebron	$737
41 km or 26 mi	Givatayim	$2113
42 km or 26 mi	Ramat Gan	$2212
42 km or 26 mi	Kfar Saba	$1920
43 km or 27 mi	Holon	$1776
43 km or 27 mi	Tel Aviv	$2259
44 km or 27 mi	Ramat HaSharon	$1718
44 km or 27 mi	Tira	$1873
44 km or 27 mi	Yavne	$1826
44 km or 28 mi	Herzliya	$2149
45 km or 28 mi	Bat Yam	$1871
45 km or 28 mi	Ra'anana	$1939
45 km or 28 mi	Tayibe	$1850
46 km or 29 mi	Kiryat Malakhi	$1779
46 km or 29 mi	Dura	$802
52 km or 32 mi	Kiryat Gat	$1825
52 km or 33 mi	Al-Salt	$679
53 km or 33 mi	Ashdod	$1848
58 km or 36 mi	Netanya	$1962
60 km or 37 mi	Baqa-Jatt	$1746
65 km or 41 mi	Ashkelon	$1499