Beirut vs Shangrao - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 01, 2024

	Beirut	Shangrao
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1195	$721
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2942	$2070
🏠 One person rent	$623	$290
🏘️ Family rent	$1252	$526
🍽️ Food expenses	$305	$259
🚐 Transport expenses	$161	$83.9
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$331	$724
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	8 km	7 km
🎓 Higher education	75	20
😀 Quality of life	62	43
🏙️ Population	2.42M	6.49M

The cost of living in Beirut is 66% more expensive than in Shangrao. Cities ranked 4447th and 6691st ($1195 vs $721) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 70th in Lebanon and China, respectively. Check Lebanon vs China comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.3 months in Beirut compared to 1 months in Shangrao. Beirut ranked 1st best city to live in Lebanon vs Shangrao ranked 244th in China, while ranked 5118th and 6824th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Beirut vs Shangrao

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	Beirut	Shangrao
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$7.98	$3.49
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$49.5	$41.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.04	$4.19
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.83	$0.69
☕ Cappuccino	$2.34	$2.09
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.42	$1.38
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$706	$343
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$339	$219
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1592	$687
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$794	$405
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$160	$33.7
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$247	$51.2
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$50.8	$13.2
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	10.73%	4.41%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3906	$5578
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1717	$2536
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.36	$0.34
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$65.2	$22.7
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$13.6	$4.24
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.94	$1.2
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.7	$1.94
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.81	$1.74
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.72	$0.95
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.18	$1.75
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.4	$13.4
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.37	$3.86
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.3	$12.7
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.34	$1.85
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.3	$1.44
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.86	$1.64
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.01	$1.34
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.74	$0.83
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.89	$0.97
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.27	$0.37
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.45	$1.16
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$6.12	$12.6
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.26	$0.8
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.26	$3.55
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.03	$5.34
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.24	$4.96
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.38	$1.67
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.09	$1.73
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$55.5	$39.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$7.04	$6.32
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$34	$44.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.55	$5.82
👖 Brand Jeans	$82.2	$52.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$118	$78.1
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$323	$558
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$4159	$20642

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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 Shangrao

Distance	City	Cost of living
76 km or 47 mi	Guixi	$643
77 km or 48 mi	Wuyishan	$655
97 km or 60 mi	Yingtan	$645
106 km or 66 mi	Quzhou	$644
120 km or 75 mi	Jingdezhen	$677
145 km or 90 mi	Huangshan	$713
165 km or 103 mi	Fuzhou	$620
180 km or 112 mi	Jinhua	$811
191 km or 119 mi	Lishui	$741
201 km or 125 mi	Nanping	$678
205 km or 127 mi	Nanchang	$538
227 km or 141 mi	Yiwu	$725
237 km or 147 mi	Jiujiang	$664
246 km or 153 mi	Anqing	$708
246 km or 153 mi	Sanming	$667
250 km or 155 mi	Ningde	$694
251 km or 156 mi	Chizhou	$700
262 km or 163 mi	Ningguo	$720
268 km or 167 mi	Wenzhou	$787
274 km or 170 mi	Rui'an	$744
278 km or 173 mi	Tongling	$728
279 km or 174 mi	Qianshan	$671
282 km or 175 mi	Wuxue	$647
289 km or 179 mi	Xuancheng	$789
293 km or 182 mi	Hangzhou	$831
294 km or 183 mi	Fuzhou	$664
306 km or 190 mi	Tongcheng	$687
307 km or 191 mi	Guangde	$707
307 km or 191 mi	Xinyu	$581
308 km or 191 mi	Shaoxing	$755
313 km or 195 mi	Linhai	$719
324 km or 201 mi	Wuhu	$898
328 km or 204 mi	Ji'an	$613
333 km or 207 mi	Wenling	$735
340 km or 211 mi	Huzhou	$699
344 km or 214 mi	Daye	$669
345 km or 214 mi	Huangshi	$697
350 km or 217 mi	Putian	$675
358 km or 223 mi	Yichun	$587
361 km or 224 mi	Chaohu	$696