Beirut vs Taipei - Cost of Living Comparison

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Beirut Taipei
🚶 Cost of living one person
$1165
$1158
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family
$2943
$3291
🏠 One person rent
$555
$535
🏘️ Family rent
$1163
$1250
🍽️ Food expenses
$318
$412
🚐 Transport expenses
$176
$107
💳 Monthly salary after tax
$453
$1789
😷 Air quality
Moderate
Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity
8 km
3 km
🎓 Higher education
75
95
😀 Quality of life
61
86
🏙️ Population
2.42M
2.6M

The cost of living in Beirut is 0.6% more expensive than in Taipei. Cities ranked 4691st and 4715th ($1165 vs $1158) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 1st in Lebanon and Taiwan, respectively. Check Lebanon vs Taiwan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.4 months in Beirut compared to 1.5 months in Taipei. Beirut ranked 1st best city to live in Lebanon vs Taipei ranked 2nd in Taiwan, while ranked 4996th and 311th among best cities to live in the world.

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Beirut Taipei
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu
$8.92
$5.98
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2
$50.5
$31.5
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's
$6.96
$5.15
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz
$3
$2.59
☕ Cappuccino
$2.67
$3.31
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz
$1.6
$0.99
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2
$646
$573
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2
$317
$426
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2
$1699
$1581
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2
$720
$1031
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.
$141
$54.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.
$216
$84
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited
$30.9
$24.9
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years
11.1%
1.93%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2
$3352
$12472
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2
$1315
$6228
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket
$1.5
$0.78
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport
$80.8
$37.6
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi
$12.7
$8.86
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal
$0.95
$0.98
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt
$1.67
$2.91
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb
$0.9
$1.89
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$1.78
$3.01
🥚 Eggs, x12
$2.54
$2.77
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$10.6
$16.4
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$7.91
$9.54
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$11
$17.1
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$1.46
$4.52
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$1.25
$2.21
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$0.88
$2.83
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$1.06
$3.27
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$0.85
$2.85
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$0.96
$2.42
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt
$0.27
$0.83
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz
$1.54
$1.8
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle
$7.04
$12.5
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz
$1.18
$1.63
🚬 Cigarette pack
$1.98
$3.73
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week
$5.02
$9.34
🧴 Hair Shampoo
$2.23
$7.97
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls
$1.36
$1.58
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube
$2.07
$2.75
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month
$58.6
$39.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person
$7
$10
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit
$52.7
$34.3
💇 Haircut, simple
$7.96
$16.8
👖 Brand Jeans
$83.8
$57.1
👟 Brand Sneakers
$104
$85.9
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month
$284
$627
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year
$4334
$18424

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Distance City Cost of living
13 km or 8.2 mi Jounieh
$948
37 km or 23 mi Zahle
$857
38 km or 23 mi Sidon
$767
68 km or 42 mi Tripoli
$708
75 km or 46 mi Tyre
$545
76 km or 47 mi Kiryat Shmona
$1604
83 km or 52 mi Damascus
$672
99 km or 62 mi Ma'alot-Tarshiha
$1619
102 km or 64 mi Safed
$1635
106 km or 66 mi Nahariya
$1565
112 km or 69 mi Karmiel
$1579
114 km or 71 mi Acre
$1451
115 km or 72 mi Sakhnin
$1612
116 km or 72 mi Arraba
$1624
119 km or 74 mi Tamra
$1617
122 km or 76 mi Tiberias
$1544
123 km or 77 mi Kiryat Motzkin
$1585
124 km or 77 mi Kiryat Yam
$1604
124 km or 77 mi Kiryat Bialik
$1607
124 km or 77 mi Shefa-'Amr
$1617
127 km or 79 mi Kiryat Ata
$1591
130 km or 81 mi Haifa
$1582
131 km or 82 mi Nof HaGalil
$1659
132 km or 82 mi Nesher
$1532
133 km or 83 mi Nazareth
$1674
137 km or 85 mi Migdal HaEmek
$1664
142 km or 88 mi Yokneam Illit
$1706
144 km or 89 mi Afula
$1614
145 km or 90 mi Homs
$462
151 km or 94 mi Irbid
$630
155 km or 97 mi Zikhron Ya'akov
$1749
156 km or 97 mi Umm al-Fahm
$1708
165 km or 103 mi Pardes Hanna-Karkur
$1787
169 km or 105 mi Baqa-Jatt
$1758
169 km or 105 mi Hadera
$1556
179 km or 111 mi Hama
$450
183 km or 114 mi Jerash
$598
183 km or 114 mi Netanya
$2045
184 km or 114 mi Latakia
$427
186 km or 116 mi Tayibe
$1838

Cities near Taipei

Distance City Cost of living
9.6 km or 6 mi New Taipei
$1060
23 km or 14 mi Keelung
$1028
39 km or 24 mi Taoyuan
$868
39 km or 24 mi Yilan
$745
58 km or 36 mi Zhubei
$828
63 km or 39 mi Hsinchu
$864
89 km or 56 mi Miaoli
$698
133 km or 82 mi Taichung
$931
149 km or 92 mi Changhua
$841
152 km or 95 mi Nantou
$818
180 km or 112 mi Douliu
$761
206 km or 128 mi Chiayi
$707
252 km or 157 mi Fuzhou
$706
257 km or 160 mi Putian
$661
258 km or 160 mi Taitung
$801
267 km or 166 mi Tainan
$841
270 km or 168 mi Ningde
$683
276 km or 172 mi Ishigaki
$1229
297 km or 185 mi Quanzhou
$666
298 km or 185 mi Kaohsiung
$932
299 km or 186 mi Jinjiang
$654
316 km or 196 mi Rui'an
$719
330 km or 205 mi Kinmen
$821
340 km or 211 mi Wenzhou
$776
354 km or 220 mi Xiamen
$807
371 km or 230 mi Wenling
$712
379 km or 235 mi Miyakojima
$1231
380 km or 236 mi Nanping
$673
395 km or 246 mi Zhangzhou
$731
411 km or 255 mi Lishui
$719
414 km or 257 mi Sanming
$642
425 km or 264 mi Linhai
$702
454 km or 282 mi Longyan
$713
461 km or 286 mi Wuyishan
$643
488 km or 303 mi Jinhua
$731
495 km or 308 mi Yiwu
$708
508 km or 316 mi Quzhou
$633
518 km or 322 mi Shangrao
$716
520 km or 323 mi Chaozhou
$592
525 km or 326 mi Shantou
$605