Beirut vs Reykjavik - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 01, 2024

	Beirut	Reykjavik
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1195	$2723
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2942	$5671
🏠 One person rent	$623	$1643
🏘️ Family rent	$1252	$2600
🍽️ Food expenses	$305	$800
🚐 Transport expenses	$161	$86.1
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$331	$3682
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	8 km	4 km
🎓 Higher education	75	53
😀 Quality of life	62	89
🏙️ Population	2.42M	140K

The cost of living in Beirut is 56% less expensive than in Reykjavik. Cities ranked 4447th and 344th ($1195 vs $2723) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 1st in Lebanon and Iceland, respectively. Check Lebanon vs Iceland comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.3 months in Beirut compared to 1.4 months in Reykjavik. Beirut ranked 1st best city to live in Lebanon vs Reykjavik ranked 1st in Iceland, while ranked 5118th and 152nd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Beirut vs Reykjavik

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	Beirut	Reykjavik
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$7.98	$21.6
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$49.5	$125
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.04	$16.9
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.83	$10.9
☕ Cappuccino	$2.34	$5.05
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.42	$2.94
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$706	$1659
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$339	$1492
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1592	$2694
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$794	$2395
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$160	$52.4
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$247	$80.5
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$50.8	$64.8
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	10.73%	8.07%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3906	$6252
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1717	$4951
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.36	$4.13
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$65.2	$66.6
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$13.6	$26.3
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.94	$2.28
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.7	$1.65
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.81	$3.71
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.72	$3.27
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.18	$6.03
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.4	$15.4
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.37	$19.8
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.3	$31
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.34	$3.2
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.3	$2.12
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.86	$2.81
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.01	$4.84
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.74	$3.07
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.89	$2.14
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.27	$1.44
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.45	$2.53
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$6.12	$20
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.26	$3.08
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.26	$11.8
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.03	$11.6
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.24	$5.21
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.38	$4.67
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.09	$3.24
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$55.5	$63.3
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$7.04	$14.5
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$34	$83
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.55	$37.2
👖 Brand Jeans	$82.2	$105
👟 Brand Sneakers	$118	$142
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$323	$239
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$4159	$6072

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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 Reykjavik

Distance	City	Cost of living
6.8 km or 4.2 mi	Kopavogur	$2304
9.8 km or 6.1 mi	Hafnarfjorur	$2460
38 km or 24 mi	Keflavik	$2023
247 km or 153 mi	Akureyri	$2011
795 km or 494 mi	Torshavn	$1952
1204 km or 748 mi	Inverness	$1629
1230 km or 764 mi	Elgin	$1554
1300 km or 808 mi	Derry	$1662
1309 km or 813 mi	Greenock	$1524
1321 km or 821 mi	Aberdeen	$1681
1325 km or 823 mi	Perth	$1537
1328 km or 825 mi	Stirling	$1659
1331 km or 827 mi	Paisley	$1734
1333 km or 828 mi	Alloa	$1670
1337 km or 831 mi	Glasgow	$1884
1339 km or 832 mi	Dundee	$1527
1340 km or 833 mi	Omagh	$1642
1341 km or 833 mi	Cumbernauld	$1803
1342 km or 834 mi	Irvine	$1514
1348 km or 838 mi	East Kilbride	$1748
1349 km or 838 mi	Kilmarnock	$1399
1351 km or 839 mi	Dunfermline	$1693
1353 km or 841 mi	Hamilton	$1731
1357 km or 843 mi	Ayr	$1520
1360 km or 845 mi	Kirkcaldy	$1800
1365 km or 848 mi	Livingston	$1651
1372 km or 852 mi	Edinburgh	$2043
1382 km or 859 mi	Newtownabbey	$1666
1387 km or 862 mi	Belfast	$1741
1390 km or 864 mi	Bangor	$1305
1391 km or 864 mi	Lisburn	$1643
1401 km or 871 mi	Alesund	$1539
1413 km or 878 mi	Galway	$2244
1425 km or 886 mi	Dundalk	$1869
1431 km or 889 mi	Dumfries	$1723
1433 km or 891 mi	Nuuk	$2175
1441 km or 895 mi	Molde	$1928
1454 km or 903 mi	Kristiansund	$1632
1455 km or 904 mi	Drogheda	$2391
1455 km or 904 mi	Bergen	$1991