Cost of living comparison

Cambodia

compared to

Lebanon

Lebanon vs. Cambodia Cost of Living Summary

Lebanon is 55.9% more expensive than Cambodia overall.

Restaurants: pay 77.5% more in Lebanon
Groceries: pay 30.9% less in Lebanon
Transportation: pay 2.5 times more in Lebanon
Housing: pay 66.8% more in Lebanon
Childcare: pay 34.4% less in Lebanon
Entertainment and Sports: pay 40.6% more in Lebanon
Clothing: pay 2.3 times more in Lebanon

The cost of transportation, clothing, restaurants, housing, and entertainment and sports in Lebanon are more expensive than in Cambodia. Expenses including childcare and groceries are lower in Lebanon. Notably, transportation, clothing, and restaurants are significantly more expensive in Lebanon.

Lebanon vs. Cambodia Cost Breakdown

If you lived in Lebanon instead of Cambodia, you would:

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pay 77.5% more for restaurants

	Cambodia	Lebanon
Basic meal with drink at inexpensive restaurant	$3.40 KHR13,590.61	$7.00 LBP625,780	+105.9%
Fast food combo meal McDonalds, or similar	$5.95 KHR23,783.57	$7.64 LBP682,905	+28.4%
Bottle of Coca-Cola (11 fl. oz)	$0.83 KHR3,323.04	$1.59 LBP142,078	+91.2%
Bottle of water (11 fl. oz)	$0.61 KHR2,450.50	$1.13 LBP101,019	+84.3%
Average			+77.5%

Cambodia vs. Lebanon - Cost of restaurants

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pay 30.9% less for groceries

	Cambodia	Lebanon
Bread 1 loaf	$1.79 KHR7,170.23	$0.62 LBP55,684	-65.3%
Local cheese (8 oz)	$6.08 KHR24,316.54	$4.15 LBP371,371	-31.7%
Milk (1 gallon)	$7.67 KHR30,653.79	$5.55 LBP496,544	-27.6%
Eggs 1 dozen	$1.85 KHR7,398.53	$2.17 LBP193,547	+17.0%
Boneless chicken breast (1 lb)	$2.00 KHR7,987.12	$3.28 LBP293,108	+64.1%
Apples (1 lb)	$1.56 KHR6,252.24	$0.57 LBP51,194	-63.4%
Bananas (1 lb)	$0.67 KHR2,671.50	$0.40 LBP35,983	-39.8%
Oranges (1 lb)	$1.61 KHR6,445.64	$0.31 LBP27,815	-80.7%
Tomatoes (1 lb)	$0.64 KHR2,547.76	$0.44 LBP39,773	-30.2%
Potatoes (1 lb)	$0.66 KHR2,647.15	$0.32 LBP28,317	-52.2%
Onions (1 lb)	$0.57 KHR2,260.36	$0.39 LBP35,148	-30.5%
Average			-30.9%

Cambodia vs. Lebanon - Cost of groceries

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pay 2.5 times more for transportation

	Cambodia	Lebanon
Gasoline (1 gallon)	$4.54 KHR18,141.36	$3.49 LBP312,055	-23.1%
Monthly public transit pass	$10.60 KHR42,370.73	$75.00 LBP6,704,785	+607.5%
New Volkswagen Golf 1.4 (standard edition)	$49,000.00 KHR195,864,703.31	$26,250.00 LBP2,346,674,613	-46.4%
Taxi trip in downtown area (5 miles)	$8.94 KHR35,725.32	$12.75 LBP1,139,813	+42.7%
Average			+145.2%

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pay 66.8% more for housing

	Cambodia	Lebanon
Internet connection 50 mbps or faster, cable/dsl	$23.61 KHR94,385.36	$31.88 LBP2,849,533	+35.0%
1-Bedroom apartment in downtown area	$334.99 KHR1,339,044.96	$494.12 LBP44,172,699	+47.5%
1-Bedroom apartment outside city center	$224.97 KHR899,263.43	$254.69 LBP22,768,331	+13.2%
Utilities for two (700 sq ft apartment) including electric, gas, water, heating	$59.35 KHR237,254.51	$161.18 LBP14,409,298	+171.6%
Average			+66.8%

Cambodia vs. Lebanon - Cost of housing

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pay 34.4% less for childcare

	Cambodia	Lebanon
Private preschool for 1 child, monthly	$239.67 KHR958,004.91	$209.17 LBP18,698,899	-12.7%
Middle school for 1 child, two semesters	$6,966.88 KHR27,848,263.36	$3,055.56 LBP273,157,891	-56.1%
Average			-34.4%

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pay 40.6% more for entertainment and sports

	Cambodia	Lebanon
Domestic/local beer (1 pint)	$1.05 KHR4,197.10	$3.00 LBP268,191	+185.7%
Cappuccino in mid-range area	$2.13 KHR8,494.53	$1.90 LBP169,855	-10.6%
Pack of cigarettes Marlboro or similar	$1.85 KHR7,394.89	$2.00 LBP178,794	+8.1%
Monthly membership at local gym	$40.58 KHR162,221.28	$39.42 LBP3,523,737	-2.9%
Movie ticket to theater/cinema	$5.50 KHR21,984.81	$6.75 LBP603,431	+22.7%
Average			+40.6%

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pay 2.3 times more for clothing

	Cambodia	Lebanon
Regular jeans Levi's brand	$23.50 KHR93,935.11	$56.56 LBP5,056,525	+140.7%
Regular dress from H&M or similar store	$19.98 KHR79,878.16	$57.86 LBP5,172,262	+189.5%
Running shoes Nike or Adidas	$65.88 KHR263,318.11	$93.23 LBP8,334,420	+41.5%
Men's business shoes (leather)	$39.83 KHR159,223.35	$92.86 LBP8,301,162	+133.1%
Average			+126.2%

Cambodia vs. Lebanon - Cost of clothing

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The statistics used to build this comparison are calculated using data from users just like you. We average the price of thousands of data points entered by users across the world. Learn more about our data sources. Page last updated: March 2025

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