Beirut vs Shizuoka - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Beirut	Shizuoka
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1255	$932
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3214	$2392
🏠 One person rent	$605	$368
🏘️ Family rent	$1314	$715
🍽️ Food expenses	$342	$352
🚐 Transport expenses	$186	$102
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$542	$2528
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	8 km	20 km
🎓 Higher education	75	52
😀 Quality of life	63	87
🏙️ Population	2.42M	686K

The cost of living in Beirut is 35% more expensive than in Shizuoka. Cities ranked 4326th and 5882nd ($1255 vs $932) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 732nd in Lebanon and Japan, respectively. Check Lebanon vs Japan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.4 months in Beirut compared to 2.7 months in Shizuoka. Beirut ranked 1st best city to live in Lebanon vs Shizuoka ranked 10th in Japan, while ranked 4772nd and 271st among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Beirut vs Shizuoka

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	Beirut	Shizuoka
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$10.1	$6.72
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$50.3	$33.3
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.83	$5.3
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.02	$3.52
☕ Cappuccino	$2.9	$3.08
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.58	$1.01
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$732	$330
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$355	$243
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1783	$630
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$887	$548
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$136	$78.5
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$209	$121
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$38.6	$29.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	11.48%	1%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3136	$4676
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1549	$3205
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.6	$1.95
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$79.5	$22.3
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$15.1	$20
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.92	$1.13
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.62	$1.49
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.82	$1.42
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.82	$2.95
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.82	$1.91
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11	$10.1
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.69	$6.17
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.8	$18.3
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.61	$3.23
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.35	$2.05
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.92	$2.81
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.11	$4
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.9	$2.84
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.04	$2.47
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.28	$0.52
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.41	$1.43
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.01	$9.33
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.16	$1.95
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.02	$3.76
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.87	$5.47
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.08	$3.57
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.37	$0.67
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.8	$1.69
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$63.8	$92.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$7.01	$11.4
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$54.3	$39.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$8.08	$16.8
👖 Brand Jeans	$80.9	$41.7
👟 Brand Sneakers	$117	$64.1
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$294	$236
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$4459	$8368

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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 Shizuoka

Distance	City	Cost of living
14 km or 8.4 mi	Yaizu	$931
15 km or 9.3 mi	Fujieda	$940
24 km or 15 mi	Shimada	$961
26 km or 16 mi	Yoshida	$966
30 km or 19 mi	Makinohara	$969
34 km or 21 mi	Fuji	$1041
35 km or 22 mi	Fujinomiya	$1019
36 km or 23 mi	Kikugawa	$975
42 km or 26 mi	Kakegawa	$976
44 km or 27 mi	Omaezaki	$983
46 km or 28 mi	Numazu	$1042
49 km or 30 mi	Fukuroi	$971
49 km or 31 mi	Shimizu	$1028
50 km or 31 mi	Izunokuni	$1032
50 km or 31 mi	Nagaizumi	$1027
51 km or 32 mi	Mishima	$1034
51 km or 32 mi	Izu	$1035
53 km or 33 mi	Susono	$1034
53 km or 33 mi	Kannami	$1029
56 km or 35 mi	Iwata	$981
61 km or 38 mi	Shimoda	$1032
62 km or 39 mi	Gotemba	$1041
64 km or 40 mi	Atami	$1042
66 km or 41 mi	Ito	$1041
66 km or 41 mi	Hamamatsu	$1045
67 km or 42 mi	Fujikawaguchiko	$1049
69 km or 43 mi	Yugawara	$1039
69 km or 43 mi	Fujiyoshida	$1049
70 km or 44 mi	Chuo	$1081
71 km or 44 mi	Minami-Alps	$1080
74 km or 46 mi	Showa	$1095
76 km or 47 mi	Minamiashigara	$1034
77 km or 48 mi	Odawara	$1045
77 km or 48 mi	Kai	$1100
78 km or 49 mi	Fuefuki	$1065
79 km or 49 mi	Kofu	$1138
79 km or 49 mi	Iida	$1016
80 km or 50 mi	Tsuru	$1055
81 km or 50 mi	Shinshiro	$929
82 km or 51 mi	Nirasaki	$1083