Beirut vs Warsaw - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Beirut	Warsaw
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1255	$1607
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3214	$3809
🏠 One person rent	$605	$995
🏘️ Family rent	$1314	$1825
🍽️ Food expenses	$342	$369
🚐 Transport expenses	$186	$107
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$542	$1906
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	8 km	7 km
🎓 Higher education	75	94
😀 Quality of life	63	83
🏙️ Population	2.42M	1.86M

The cost of living in Beirut is 22% less expensive than in Warsaw. Cities ranked 4326th and 3022nd ($1255 vs $1607) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 2nd in Lebanon and Poland, respectively. Check Lebanon vs Poland comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.4 months in Beirut compared to 1.2 months in Warsaw. Beirut ranked 1st best city to live in Lebanon vs Warsaw ranked 1st in Poland, while ranked 4772nd and 410th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Beirut vs Warsaw

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	Beirut	Warsaw
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$10.1	$10.1
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$50.3	$50.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.83	$8.81
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.02	$4.05
☕ Cappuccino	$2.9	$3.95
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.58	$1.93
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$732	$949
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$355	$749
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1783	$1958
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$887	$1406
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$136	$189
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$209	$292
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$38.6	$16.2
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	11.48%	7.47%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3136	$6081
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1549	$4065
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.6	$1.12
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$79.5	$27.6
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$15.1	$10.6
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.92	$1.64
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.62	$1.06
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.82	$1.29
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.82	$1.55
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.82	$3.23
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11	$9.38
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.69	$6
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.8	$11.5
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.61	$1.17
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.35	$1.68
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.92	$1.81
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.11	$3.33
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.9	$0.95
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.04	$1.08
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.28	$0.45
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.41	$2.54
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.01	$7.55
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.16	$1.25
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.02	$5.02
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.87	$8.06
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.08	$3.99
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.37	$3.18
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.8	$3.23
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$63.8	$39.5
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$7.01	$8.87
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$54.3	$59.4
💇 Haircut, simple	$8.08	$28.2
👖 Brand Jeans	$80.9	$86.8
👟 Brand Sneakers	$117	$88.8
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$294	$522
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$4459	$13608

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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 Warsaw

Distance	City	Cost of living
17 km or 10 mi	Pruszkow	$1324
19 km or 12 mi	Otwock	$1302
68 km or 42 mi	Skierniewice	$1090
79 km or 49 mi	Ciechanow	$1095
85 km or 53 mi	Siedlce	$882
91 km or 56 mi	Radom	$884
98 km or 61 mi	Plock	$1082
103 km or 64 mi	Ostroleka	$1025
110 km or 68 mi	Pulawy	$1125
114 km or 71 mi	Kutno	$1083
119 km or 74 mi	Lodz	$1170
127 km or 79 mi	Lomza	$964
130 km or 81 mi	Piotrkow Trybunalski	$947
143 km or 89 mi	Wloclawek	$989
144 km or 89 mi	Biala Podlaska	$965
145 km or 90 mi	Ostrowiec Swietokrzyski	$1051
149 km or 92 mi	Belchatow	$1016
152 km or 94 mi	Lublin	$1234
152 km or 94 mi	Kielce	$983
159 km or 99 mi	Swidnik	$1173
175 km or 109 mi	Bialystok	$935
178 km or 110 mi	Olsztyn	$1093
180 km or 112 mi	Brest	$469
186 km or 115 mi	Torun	$866
187 km or 116 mi	Tarnobrzeg	$1098
198 km or 123 mi	Inowroclaw	$1057
199 km or 123 mi	Elk	$1025
206 km or 128 mi	Czestochowa	$950
207 km or 129 mi	Chelm	$1107
208 km or 129 mi	Grudziadz	$1042
208 km or 129 mi	Kalisz	$902
217 km or 135 mi	Mielec	$1131
228 km or 141 mi	Bydgoszcz	$974
236 km or 146 mi	Gniezno	$1105
241 km or 150 mi	Malbork	$1108
243 km or 151 mi	Elblag	$977
243 km or 151 mi	Suwalki	$1016
245 km or 152 mi	Tarnow	$893
246 km or 153 mi	Dabrowa Gornicza	$1020
247 km or 153 mi	Grodno	$385