Beirut vs Thimphu - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 01, 2024

	Beirut	Thimphu
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1195	$452
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2942	$1081
🏠 One person rent	$623	$164
🏘️ Family rent	$1252	$242
🍽️ Food expenses	$305	$190
🚐 Transport expenses	$161	$41.2
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$331	$436
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	8 km	22 km
🎓 Higher education	75	5
😀 Quality of life	62	36
🏙️ Population	2.42M	79.2K

The cost of living in Beirut is 165% more expensive than in Thimphu. Cities ranked 4447th and 8761st ($1195 vs $452) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 2nd in Lebanon and Bhutan, respectively. Check Lebanon vs Bhutan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.3 months in Beirut compared to 1 months in Thimphu. Beirut ranked 1st best city to live in Lebanon vs Thimphu ranked 2nd in Bhutan, while ranked 5118th and 7674th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Beirut vs Thimphu

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	Beirut	Thimphu
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$7.98	$3.1
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$49.5	$18.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.04	$3.98
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.83	$7.06
☕ Cappuccino	$2.34	$1.94
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.42	$0.55
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$706	$181
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$339	$105
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1592	$243
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$794	$174
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$160	$17.9
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$247	$27.6
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$50.8	$26
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	10.73%	10.34%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3906	$730
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1717	$121
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.36	$1.8
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$65.2	$28
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$13.6	$15.4
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.94	$0.95
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.7	$0.85
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.81	$0.79
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.72	$0.64
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.18	$2.16
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.4	$4.88
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.37	$4.39
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.3	$4.39
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.34	$2.16
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.3	$1.48
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.86	$1.85
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.01	$0.8
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.74	$0.49
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.89	$0.57
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.27	$0.23
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.45	$1.05
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$6.12	$5.42
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.26	$0.79
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.26	$3.97
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.03	$1.66
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.24	$3.73
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.38	$1.28
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.09	$0.66
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$55.5	$40.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$7.04	$3.39
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$34	$29.8
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.55	$3.39
👖 Brand Jeans	$82.2	$33.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$118	$42.3
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$323	$251
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$4159	$701

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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 Thimphu

Distance	City	Cost of living
22 km or 14 mi	Paro	$476
147 km or 91 mi	Siliguri	$343
196 km or 122 mi	Rangpur	$325
203 km or 126 mi	Saidpur	$337
211 km or 131 mi	Shigatse	$1014
214 km or 133 mi	Damak	$339
257 km or 159 mi	Raiganj	$325
257 km or 160 mi	Guwahati	$376
258 km or 160 mi	Biratnagar	$342
259 km or 161 mi	Dispur	$367
266 km or 166 mi	Balurghat	$319
280 km or 174 mi	Lhasa	$1095
287 km or 178 mi	Purnia	$299
294 km or 183 mi	Bogra	$315
308 km or 191 mi	Shillong	$360
313 km or 195 mi	Malda	$318
313 km or 195 mi	Mymensingh	$290
350 km or 217 mi	Saharsa	$290
360 km or 224 mi	Bhagalpur	$271
362 km or 225 mi	Rajshahi	$293
364 km or 226 mi	Sylhet	$312
377 km or 234 mi	Janakpur	$337
401 km or 249 mi	Berhampore	$311
413 km or 257 mi	Narsingdi	$303
418 km or 260 mi	Brahmanbaria	$342
421 km or 262 mi	Kathmandu	$455
424 km or 264 mi	Lalitpur	$355
426 km or 265 mi	Dhaka	$456
438 km or 272 mi	Agartala	$387
439 km or 273 mi	Narayanganj	$446
444 km or 276 mi	Muzaffarpur	$272
454 km or 282 mi	Hetauda	$390
468 km or 291 mi	Krishnanagar	$287
474 km or 295 mi	Birgunj	$345
482 km or 299 mi	Jessore	$310
486 km or 302 mi	Shantipur	$304
493 km or 306 mi	Patna	$335
495 km or 308 mi	Durgapur	$312
500 km or 311 mi	Asansol	$276
502 km or 312 mi	Kulti	$288