Beirut vs San Diego - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Beirut	San Diego
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1255	$3428
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3214	$7974
🏠 One person rent	$605	$2311
🏘️ Family rent	$1314	$4175
🍽️ Food expenses	$342	$743
🚐 Transport expenses	$186	$180
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$542	$5531
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	8 km	3 km
🎓 Higher education	75	87
😀 Quality of life	63	91
🏙️ Population	2.42M	1.39M

The cost of living in Beirut is 63% less expensive than in San Diego. Cities ranked 4326th and 36th ($1255 vs $3428) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 32nd in Lebanon and the United States, respectively. Check Lebanon vs the United States comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.4 months in Beirut compared to 1.6 months in San Diego. Beirut ranked 1st best city to live in Lebanon vs San Diego ranked 13th in the United States, while ranked 4772nd and 95th among best cities to live in the world.

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	Beirut	San Diego
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$10.1	$22.1
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$50.3	$83.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.83	$15
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.02	$8.3
☕ Cappuccino	$2.9	$6.04
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.58	$2.96
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$732	$2424
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$355	$1978
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1783	$4583
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$887	$3654
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$136	$177
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$209	$269
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$38.6	$66.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	11.48%	6.42%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3136	$9086
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1549	$7072
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.6	$2.51
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$79.5	$72.1
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$15.1	$19.4
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.92	$1.33
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.62	$1.23
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.82	$3.95
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.82	$4.13
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.82	$5.2
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11	$15.6
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.69	$13.3
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.8	$18.4
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.61	$4.75
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.35	$1.71
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.92	$4.32
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.11	$4.97
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.9	$2.75
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.04	$2.44
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.28	$1.69
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.41	$3.7
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.01	$17.6
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.16	$2.85
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.02	$12.1
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.87	$17.4
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.08	$13.1
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.37	$5.87
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.8	$2.99
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$63.8	$75
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$7.01	$17
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$54.3	$130
💇 Haircut, simple	$8.08	$31.9
👖 Brand Jeans	$80.9	$59.6
👟 Brand Sneakers	$117	$98.3
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$294	$1785
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$4459	$28706

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Cities near Beirut

Distance	City	Cost of living
13 km or 8.2 mi	Jounieh	$1020
37 km or 23 mi	Zahle	$912
38 km or 23 mi	Sidon	$798
68 km or 42 mi	Tripoli	$776
75 km or 46 mi	Tyre	$573
76 km or 47 mi	Kiryat Shmona	$1709
83 km or 52 mi	Damascus	$638
99 km or 62 mi	Ma'alot-Tarshiha	$1647
102 km or 64 mi	Safed	$1681
106 km or 66 mi	Nahariya	$1616
112 km or 69 mi	Karmiel	$1531
114 km or 71 mi	Acre	$1502
115 km or 72 mi	Sakhnin	$1612
116 km or 72 mi	Arraba	$1633
119 km or 74 mi	Tamra	$1655
122 km or 76 mi	Tiberias	$1600
123 km or 77 mi	Kiryat Motzkin	$1666
124 km or 77 mi	Kiryat Yam	$1657
124 km or 77 mi	Kiryat Bialik	$1666
124 km or 77 mi	Shefa-'Amr	$1677
127 km or 79 mi	Kiryat Ata	$1647
130 km or 81 mi	Haifa	$1645
131 km or 82 mi	Nof HaGalil	$1709
132 km or 82 mi	Nesher	$1593
133 km or 83 mi	Nazareth	$1732
137 km or 85 mi	Migdal HaEmek	$1742
142 km or 88 mi	Yokneam Illit	$1778
144 km or 89 mi	Afula	$1652
145 km or 90 mi	Homs	$456
151 km or 94 mi	Irbid	$679
155 km or 97 mi	Zikhron Ya'akov	$1731
156 km or 97 mi	Umm al-Fahm	$1756
165 km or 103 mi	Pardes Hanna-Karkur	$1728
169 km or 105 mi	Baqa-Jatt	$1782
169 km or 105 mi	Hadera	$1576
179 km or 111 mi	Hama	$417
183 km or 114 mi	Jerash	$608
183 km or 114 mi	Netanya	$2138
184 km or 114 mi	Latakia	$386
186 km or 116 mi	Tayibe	$1902

Cities near San Diego

Distance	City	Cost of living
4.2 km or 2.6 mi	Coronado	$3065
7.2 km or 4.5 mi	National	$2962
13 km or 7.8 mi	Lemon Grove	$2914
14 km or 9 mi	Chula Vista	$3017
14 km or 9 mi	La Mesa	$2916
16 km or 9.8 mi	Imperial Beach	$2911
18 km or 11 mi	La Jolla	$2964
21 km or 13 mi	El Cajon	$3043
24 km or 15 mi	Tijuana	$1047
25 km or 15 mi	Santee	$2898
30 km or 19 mi	Poway	$2930
38 km or 24 mi	Encinitas	$3124
40 km or 25 mi	Las Delicias	$912
43 km or 26 mi	Rosarito Beach	$910
46 km or 29 mi	Escondido	$3279
47 km or 30 mi	San Marcos	$2917
52 km or 33 mi	Carlsbad	$3273
54 km or 33 mi	Vista	$2834
57 km or 36 mi	Oceanside	$3199
73 km or 46 mi	Fallbrook	$2907
88 km or 55 mi	Temecula	$2637
91 km or 57 mi	San Clemente	$2945
95 km or 59 mi	Murrieta	$3109
97 km or 61 mi	Dana Point	$2936
98 km or 61 mi	French Valley	$2732
99 km or 61 mi	San Juan Capistrano	$2950
99 km or 61 mi	Wildomar	$2763
104 km or 65 mi	Laguna Niguel	$3188
107 km or 66 mi	Laguna Beach	$2996
107 km or 67 mi	Menifee	$2578
109 km or 68 mi	Ensenada	$880
109 km or 68 mi	Lake Elsinore	$2694
110 km or 68 mi	Mission Viejo	$3496
110 km or 69 mi	Laguna Hills	$3082
111 km or 69 mi	Rancho Santa Margarita	$2971
114 km or 71 mi	Aliso Viejo	$3326
114 km or 71 mi	Lake Forest	$3020
115 km or 72 mi	Hemet	$2764
119 km or 74 mi	Perris	$2682
119 km or 74 mi	Temescal Valley	$2759