Reykjavik vs Tripoli - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Reykjavik	Tripoli
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2938	$464
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5875	$1222
🏠 One person rent	$1801	$164
🏘️ Family rent	$2674	$359
🍽️ Food expenses	$827	$182
🚐 Transport expenses	$90.1	$62
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3761	$336
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	4 km	10 km
🎓 Higher education	53	20
😀 Quality of life	89	45
🏙️ Population	140K	1.29M

The cost of living in Reykjavik is 533% more expensive than in Tripoli. Cities ranked 200th and 8801st ($2938 vs $464) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 1st in Iceland and Libya, respectively. Check Iceland vs Libya comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.3 months in Reykjavik compared to 0.7 months in Tripoli. Reykjavik ranked 1st best city to live in Iceland vs Tripoli ranked 1st in Libya, while ranked 194th and 6545th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Reykjavik vs Tripoli

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	Reykjavik	Tripoli
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$21.5	$5.09
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$137	$20.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$17.9	$4.05
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$10.8	$0.71
☕ Cappuccino	$5.37	$0.58
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.09	$0.52
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1839	$182
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1650	$107
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2869	$468
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2456	$263
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$42.1	$21.6
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$64.6	$33.5
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$71.4	$21.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	9.41%	17.47%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6649	$1382
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5599	$402
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$4.52	$0.31
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$75.8	$22.6
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$26.4	$7.99
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$2.23	$0.54
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.66	$1.11
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$3.74	$0.26
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.24	$1.32
🥚 Eggs, x12	$5.94	$1.56
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.8	$5.26
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$20.9	$3.47
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$37	$10.5
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.94	$2.09
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.25	$1.34
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.73	$0.78
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.73	$0.55
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.26	$0.7
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.11	$0.69
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.36	$0.16
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.69	$1.5
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$21.6	$1.05
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.26	$0.9
🚬 Cigarette pack	$12.3	$2.04
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$10.4	$4.5
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.23	$1.29
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$4.55	$0.71
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.2	$0.84
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$73.2	$29
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$15.9	$5.08
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$82.2	$26.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$45.6	$1.47
👖 Brand Jeans	$128	$23.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$162	$61.3
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$279	$57.9
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$2532	$1187

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Cities near Reykjavik

Distance	City	Cost of living
6.8 km or 4.2 mi	Kopavogur	$2802
9.8 km or 6.1 mi	Hafnarfjorur	$2817
38 km or 24 mi	Keflavik	$2355
247 km or 153 mi	Akureyri	$2678
795 km or 494 mi	Torshavn	$1828
1204 km or 748 mi	Inverness	$1722
1230 km or 764 mi	Elgin	$1393
1300 km or 808 mi	Derry	$1390
1309 km or 813 mi	Greenock	$1601
1321 km or 821 mi	Aberdeen	$1614
1325 km or 823 mi	Perth	$1500
1328 km or 825 mi	Stirling	$1604
1331 km or 827 mi	Paisley	$1765
1333 km or 828 mi	Alloa	$1649
1337 km or 831 mi	Glasgow	$2011
1339 km or 832 mi	Dundee	$1482
1340 km or 833 mi	Omagh	$1562
1341 km or 833 mi	Cumbernauld	$1475
1342 km or 834 mi	Irvine	$1551
1348 km or 838 mi	East Kilbride	$1763
1349 km or 838 mi	Kilmarnock	$1480
1351 km or 839 mi	Dunfermline	$1692
1353 km or 841 mi	Hamilton	$1699
1357 km or 843 mi	Ayr	$1404
1360 km or 845 mi	Kirkcaldy	$1610
1365 km or 848 mi	Livingston	$1608
1372 km or 852 mi	Edinburgh	$2140
1382 km or 859 mi	Newtownabbey	$1692
1387 km or 862 mi	Belfast	$1755
1390 km or 864 mi	Bangor	$1382
1391 km or 864 mi	Lisburn	$1713
1401 km or 871 mi	Alesund	$1603
1413 km or 878 mi	Galway	$2297
1425 km or 886 mi	Dundalk	$1767
1431 km or 889 mi	Dumfries	$1246
1433 km or 891 mi	Nuuk	$2031
1441 km or 895 mi	Molde	$1813
1454 km or 903 mi	Kristiansund	$1700
1455 km or 904 mi	Drogheda	$2628
1455 km or 904 mi	Bergen	$2006

Cities near Tripoli

Distance	City	Cost of living
45 km or 28 mi	Zawiya	$368
66 km or 41 mi	Sabratha	$396
80 km or 50 mi	Gharyan	$387
103 km or 64 mi	Zuwarah	$392
104 km or 64 mi	Al-Khums	$418
110 km or 68 mi	Yafran	$404
187 km or 116 mi	Misrata	$436
305 km or 190 mi	Sfax	$448
308 km or 191 mi	Gabes	$377
355 km or 221 mi	Mosta	$1346
355 km or 221 mi	Marsaskala	$1325
356 km or 221 mi	Zabbar	$1415
356 km or 221 mi	Birkirkara	$1524
357 km or 222 mi	Naxxar	$1486
357 km or 222 mi	Valletta	$1583
358 km or 222 mi	San Gwann	$1555
358 km or 222 mi	Gzira	$1624
359 km or 223 mi	Sliema	$1749
359 km or 223 mi	St. Paul's Bay	$1384
404 km or 251 mi	Sousse	$495
422 km or 262 mi	Kairouan	$410
442 km or 275 mi	Gafsa	$386
456 km or 284 mi	Nabeul	$443
472 km or 293 mi	Ragusa	$1106
476 km or 296 mi	Gela	$941
488 km or 303 mi	Niscemi	$1077
495 km or 307 mi	Agrigento	$971
504 km or 313 mi	Syracuse	$1098
516 km or 320 mi	Tunis	$535
516 km or 321 mi	La Marsa	$549
521 km or 323 mi	Aryanah	$465
543 km or 337 mi	Catania	$1161
545 km or 338 mi	Tebessa	$459
552 km or 343 mi	Marsala	$1019
575 km or 357 mi	Bizerte	$348
575 km or 357 mi	Trapani	$938
583 km or 362 mi	Palermo	$1137
591 km or 367 mi	El Oued	$349
611 km or 380 mi	Souk Ahras	$364
624 km or 388 mi	Reggio Calabria	$1058