Beirut vs Victoria - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Beirut	Victoria
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1165	$1552
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2943	$3818
🏠 One person rent	$555	$876
🏘️ Family rent	$1163	$1845
🍽️ Food expenses	$318	$481
🚐 Transport expenses	$176	$79.3
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$453	$819
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	8 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	75	8
😀 Quality of life	61	58
🏙️ Population	2.42M	24.7K

The cost of living in Beirut is 25% less expensive than in Victoria. Cities ranked 4691st and 3466th ($1165 vs $1552) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 1st in Lebanon and the Seychelles, respectively. Check Lebanon vs the Seychelles comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.4 months in Beirut compared to 0.5 months in Victoria. Beirut ranked 1st best city to live in Lebanon vs Victoria ranked 1st in the Seychelles, while ranked 4996th and 5469th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Beirut vs Victoria

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	Beirut	Victoria
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$8.92	$16.7
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$50.5	$43.2
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$6.96	$9.42
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3	$3.63
☕ Cappuccino	$2.67	$4.51
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.6	$2.3
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$646	$813
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$317	$707
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1699	$1874
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$720	$1618
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$141	$49.7
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$216	$77.8
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$30.9	$98.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	11.1%	16.61%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3352	$419
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1315	$1184
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.5	$0.8
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$80.8	$23.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$12.7	$41.6
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.95	$1.38
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.67	$1.87
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.9	$1.87
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.78	$1.87
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.54	$3.11
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.6	$11.6
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.91	$5.86
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11	$11.5
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.46	$1.93
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.25	$2.16
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.88	$1.9
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.06	$6.05
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.85	$1.72
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.96	$1.26
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.27	$0.95
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.54	$3.89
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.04	$9.94
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.18	$3.66
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.98	$19
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.02	$10.5
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.23	$7.92
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.36	$2.25
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.07	$1.95
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$58.6	$89
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$7	$4.96
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$52.7	$72.4
💇 Haircut, simple	$7.96	$11.3
👖 Brand Jeans	$83.8	$64.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$104	$68.5
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$284	$149
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$4334	$8081

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Cities near Beirut

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 Victoria

Distance	City	Cost of living
1346 km or 836 mi	Mogadishu	$719
1443 km or 897 mi	Mamoudzou	$1549
1470 km or 914 mi	Domoni	$1093
1556 km or 967 mi	Moroni	$1091
1569 km or 975 mi	Baidoa	$711
1642 km or 1020 mi	Toamasina	$457
1709 km or 1062 mi	Malindi	$502
1730 km or 1075 mi	Goodlands	$796
1730 km or 1075 mi	Triolet	$804
1742 km or 1083 mi	Port Louis	$826
1749 km or 1087 mi	Centre de Flacq	$789
1751 km or 1088 mi	Quatre Bornes	$674
1752 km or 1088 mi	Bambous	$767
1752 km or 1088 mi	Mombasa	$560
1759 km or 1093 mi	Curepipe	$701
1771 km or 1100 mi	Mahebourg	$777
1805 km or 1122 mi	Dar es Salaam	$722
1807 km or 1123 mi	Zanzibar	$736
1808 km or 1123 mi	Saint-Denis	$1397
1808 km or 1123 mi	Stone Town	$675
1810 km or 1124 mi	Antananarivo	$519
1811 km or 1125 mi	Sainte-Suzanne	$1432
1813 km or 1126 mi	Tanga	$601
1813 km or 1126 mi	La Possession	$1441
1814 km or 1127 mi	Le Port	$1481
1817 km or 1129 mi	Saint-Andre	$1444
1822 km or 1132 mi	Saint-Paul	$1538
1825 km or 1134 mi	Saint-Benoit	$1451
1840 km or 1143 mi	Saint-Leu	$1665
1852 km or 1151 mi	Le Tampon	$1457
1859 km or 1155 mi	Saint-Pierre	$1454
1863 km or 1158 mi	Saint-Joseph	$1371
1881 km or 1169 mi	Pemba	$1500
1925 km or 1196 mi	Antsirabe	$348
1953 km or 1214 mi	Nacala	$1394
1983 km or 1232 mi	Morogoro	$639
2014 km or 1252 mi	Moshi	$548
2021 km or 1256 mi	Hargeisa	$684
2045 km or 1271 mi	Meru	$535
2049 km or 1273 mi	Machakos	$482