Beirut vs Seattle - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Beirut	Seattle
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1261	$3162
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3035	$7446
🏠 One person rent	$549	$1981
🏘️ Family rent	$930	$3407
🍽️ Food expenses	$386	$810
🚐 Transport expenses	$198	$169
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$233	$6556
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	8 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	75	80
😀 Quality of life	63	93
🏙️ Population	2.42M	737K

The cost of living in Beirut is 60% less expensive than in Seattle. Cities ranked 4577th and 125th ($1261 vs $3162) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 92nd 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 0.2 months in Beirut compared to 2.1 months in Seattle. Beirut ranked 1st best city to live in Lebanon vs Seattle ranked 27th in the United States, while ranked 5475th and 99th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Beirut vs Seattle

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	Beirut	Seattle
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$10.9	$22.6
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$59.9	$104
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$8.07	$14.3
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.02	$8.17
☕ Cappuccino	$3.39	$6
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.77	$3.04
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$699	$2119
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$324	$1641
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1258	$3861
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$586	$2873
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$112	$169
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$172	$260
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$38.5	$76
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	10.5%	6.52%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2827	$6864
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1901	$5184
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.01	$3
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$72.8	$107
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$18.8	$18
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.9	$1.19
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.69	$1.37
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.86	$4.82
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.91	$4.75
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.46	$7.26
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11	$22.7
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10	$16.4
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.8	$21.7
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.31	$6.07
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.52	$2.71
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.33	$5.36
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.12	$5.77
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.1	$3.16
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.31	$3.35
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.42	$1.75
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.4	$3.36
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$11.1	$18
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.24	$3.72
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.81	$12.1
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.94	$10.5
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.95	$8.04
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.09	$5.94
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.18	$2.31
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$68.8	$74.8
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$10	$15.6
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$58	$148
💇 Haircut, simple	$8.07	$28.1
👖 Brand Jeans	$66	$69.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$123	$112
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$364	$2178
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$6680	$29883

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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 Seattle

Distance	City	Cost of living
9.1 km or 5.7 mi	Mercer Island	$2851
11 km or 6.5 mi	Bellevue	$3313
14 km or 8.5 mi	Kirkland	$2907
15 km or 9.2 mi	Tukwila	$2644
15 km or 9.5 mi	Burien	$2652
16 km or 10 mi	Bainbridge Island	$2814
17 km or 10 mi	Shoreline	$2723
17 km or 10 mi	Renton	$2552
17 km or 11 mi	Redmond	$3269
17 km or 11 mi	Kenmore	$2674
19 km or 12 mi	SeaTac	$2745
21 km or 13 mi	Bothell	$2730
22 km or 14 mi	Sammamish	$2812
22 km or 14 mi	Edmonds	$2669
23 km or 14 mi	Issaquah	$2741
24 km or 15 mi	Des Moines	$2641
24 km or 15 mi	Lynnwood	$2678
24 km or 15 mi	Bremerton	$2525
26 km or 16 mi	Kent	$2796
30 km or 19 mi	Mill Creek	$2655
33 km or 20 mi	Federal Way	$2523
34 km or 21 mi	Maple Valley	$2609
35 km or 21 mi	Mukilteo	$2632
35 km or 22 mi	Auburn	$2295
41 km or 25 mi	Everett	$2649
42 km or 26 mi	Tacoma	$2461
46 km or 28 mi	University Place	$2702
48 km or 30 mi	Puyallup	$2782
50 km or 31 mi	Lake Stevens	$2623
51 km or 32 mi	Lakewood	$2473
52 km or 33 mi	Marysville	$2603
57 km or 35 mi	Spanaway	$2384
74 km or 46 mi	Lacey	$2632
76 km or 47 mi	Olympia	$2551
78 km or 48 mi	Sequim	$2644
80 km or 50 mi	Oak Harbor	$2762
90 km or 56 mi	Mount Vernon	$2419
100 km or 62 mi	Port Angeles	$2480
109 km or 68 mi	Centralia	$2749
119 km or 74 mi	Victoria	$2114