Cost of living comparison

Lebanon

compared to

Thailand

Thailand vs. Lebanon Cost of Living Summary

Thailand is 14.4% more expensive than Lebanon overall.

Restaurants: pay 52.5% less in Thailand
Groceries: pay 62.2% more in Thailand
Transportation: pay 10.7% less in Thailand
Housing: pay 36.2% less in Thailand
Childcare: pay 2.5 times more in Thailand
Entertainment and Sports: pay 17.5% more in Thailand
Clothing: pay 30.4% less in Thailand

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

Thailand vs. Lebanon Cost Breakdown

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

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pay 52.5% less for restaurants

	Lebanon	Thailand
Basic meal with drink at inexpensive restaurant	$7.00 LBP625,780	$2.33 THB78.18	-66.7%
Fast food combo meal McDonalds, or similar	$7.64 LBP682,905	$6.02 THB201.73	-21.2%
Bottle of Coca-Cola (11 fl. oz)	$1.59 LBP142,078	$0.70 THB23.61	-55.7%
Bottle of water (11 fl. oz)	$1.13 LBP101,019	$0.38 THB12.71	-66.4%
Average			-52.5%

Lebanon vs. Thailand - Cost of restaurants

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pay 62.2% more for groceries

	Lebanon	Thailand
Bread 1 loaf	$0.62 LBP55,684	$1.40 THB46.89	+124.6%
Local cheese (8 oz)	$4.15 LBP371,371	$8.16 THB273.52	+96.5%
Milk (1 gallon)	$5.55 LBP496,544	$6.68 THB223.99	+20.3%
Eggs 1 dozen	$2.17 LBP193,547	$2.05 THB68.57	-5.5%
Boneless chicken breast (1 lb)	$3.28 LBP293,108	$1.29 THB43.24	-60.6%
Apples (1 lb)	$0.57 LBP51,194	$1.23 THB41.25	+114.9%
Bananas (1 lb)	$0.40 LBP35,983	$0.52 THB17.44	+29.3%
Oranges (1 lb)	$0.31 LBP27,815	$0.82 THB27.32	+162.0%
Tomatoes (1 lb)	$0.44 LBP39,773	$0.66 THB22.07	+48.0%
Potatoes (1 lb)	$0.32 LBP28,317	$0.69 THB23.20	+118.5%
Onions (1 lb)	$0.39 LBP35,148	$0.54 THB17.95	+36.2%
Average			+62.2%

Lebanon vs. Thailand - Cost of groceries

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pay 10.7% less for transportation

	Lebanon	Thailand
Gasoline (1 gallon)	$3.49 LBP312,055	$4.47 THB149.70	+28.0%
Monthly public transit pass	$75.00 LBP6,704,785	$25.43 THB852.25	-66.1%
New Volkswagen Golf 1.4 (standard edition)	$26,250.00 LBP2,346,674,613	$31,362.48 THB1,050,948.15	+19.5%
Taxi trip in downtown area (5 miles)	$12.75 LBP1,139,813	$9.67 THB323.90	-24.2%
Average			-10.7%

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pay 36.2% less for housing

	Lebanon	Thailand
Internet connection 50 mbps or faster, cable/dsl	$31.88 LBP2,849,533	$17.13 THB574.17	-46.2%
1-Bedroom apartment in downtown area	$494.12 LBP44,172,699	$389.22 THB13,042.65	-21.2%
1-Bedroom apartment outside city center	$254.69 LBP22,768,331	$225.23 THB7,547.55	-11.6%
Utilities for two (700 sq ft apartment) including electric, gas, water, heating	$161.18 LBP14,409,298	$55.17 THB1,848.86	-65.8%
Average			-36.2%

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pay 2.5 times more for childcare

	Lebanon	Thailand
Private preschool for 1 child, monthly	$209.17 LBP18,698,899	$341.66 THB11,448.88	+63.3%
Middle school for 1 child, two semesters	$3,055.56 LBP273,157,891	$10,344.18 THB346,630.59	+238.5%
Average			+150.9%

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pay 17.5% more for entertainment and sports

	Lebanon	Thailand
Domestic/local beer (1 pint)	$3.00 LBP268,191	$2.20 THB73.71	-26.7%
Cappuccino in mid-range area	$1.90 LBP169,855	$1.90 THB63.65
Pack of cigarettes Marlboro or similar	$2.00 LBP178,794	$3.85 THB128.92	+92.4%
Monthly membership at local gym	$39.42 LBP3,523,737	$48.79 THB1,634.99	+23.8%
Movie ticket to theater/cinema	$6.75 LBP603,431	$5.42 THB181.65	-19.7%
Average			+17.5%

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pay 30.4% less for clothing

	Lebanon	Thailand
Regular jeans Levi's brand	$56.56 LBP5,056,525	$38.62 THB1,294.07	-31.7%
Regular dress from H&M or similar store	$57.86 LBP5,172,262	$29.36 THB983.86	-49.3%
Running shoes Nike or Adidas	$93.23 LBP8,334,420	$82.78 THB2,773.99	-11.2%
Men's business shoes (leather)	$92.86 LBP8,301,162	$65.55 THB2,196.71	-29.4%
Average			-30.4%

Lebanon vs. Thailand - 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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