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Lebanon vs. Mozambique Cost of Living Summary

Lebanon is 14.5% more expensive than Mozambique overall.

Restaurants: pay 13.8% more in Lebanon
Groceries: pay 12.7% less in Lebanon
Transportation: pay 88.8% more in Lebanon
Housing: pay 10.7% more in Lebanon
Childcare: pay 33.8% less in Lebanon
Entertainment and Sports: pay 11.8% more in Lebanon
Clothing: pay 22.6% more in Lebanon

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

Lebanon vs. Mozambique Cost Breakdown

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

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pay 13.8% more for restaurants

	Mozambique	Lebanon
Basic meal with drink at inexpensive restaurant	$10.95 MZN700.11	$7.00 LBP629,740	-36.1%
Fast food combo meal McDonalds, or similar	$10.00 MZN639.10	$7.64 LBP687,226	-23.6%
Bottle of Coca-Cola (11 fl. oz)	$0.95 MZN60.57	$1.59 LBP142,977	+67.7%
Bottle of water (11 fl. oz)	$0.77 MZN49.11	$1.13 LBP101,658	+47.0%
Average			+13.8%

Mozambique vs. Lebanon - Cost of restaurants

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pay 12.7% less for groceries

	Mozambique	Lebanon
Bread 1 loaf	$1.19 MZN75.85	$0.62 LBP56,036	-47.5%
Local cheese (8 oz)	$8.45 MZN540.08	$4.15 LBP373,721	-50.8%
Milk (1 gallon)	$5.78 MZN369.14	$5.55 LBP499,687	-3.8%
Eggs 1 dozen	$2.09 MZN133.82	$2.17 LBP194,771	+3.4%
Boneless chicken breast (1 lb)	$2.44 MZN156.19	$3.28 LBP294,963	+34.2%
Apples (1 lb)	$0.81 MZN51.52	$0.57 LBP51,518	-29.0%
Bananas (1 lb)	$0.36 MZN23.06	$0.40 LBP36,211	+11.5%
Oranges (1 lb)	$0.60 MZN38.24	$0.31 LBP27,991	-48.0%
Tomatoes (1 lb)	$0.42 MZN26.90	$0.44 LBP40,024	+5.7%
Potatoes (1 lb)	$0.33 MZN21.10	$0.32 LBP28,497	-4.0%
Onions (1 lb)	$0.44 MZN28.19	$0.39 LBP35,371	-10.9%
Average			-12.7%

Mozambique vs. Lebanon - Cost of groceries

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pay 88.8% more for transportation

	Mozambique	Lebanon
Gasoline (1 gallon)	$5.12 MZN326.98	$3.49 LBP314,030	-31.8%
Monthly public transit pass	$13.17 MZN841.44	$75.00 LBP6,747,216	+469.7%
New Volkswagen Golf 1.4 (standard edition)	$32,863.85 MZN2,100,328.67	$26,250.00 LBP2,361,525,649	-20.1%
Taxi trip in downtown area (5 miles)	$34.12 MZN2,180.34	$12.75 LBP1,147,027	-62.6%
Average			+88.8%

Mozambique vs. Lebanon - Cost of transportation

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pay 10.7% more for housing

	Mozambique	Lebanon
Internet connection 50 mbps or faster, cable/dsl	$132.97 MZN8,498.00	$31.88 LBP2,867,567	-76.0%
1-Bedroom apartment in downtown area	$782.47 MZN50,007.83	$494.12 LBP44,452,248	-36.9%
1-Bedroom apartment outside city center	$273.87 MZN17,502.74	$254.69 LBP22,912,421	-7.0%
Utilities for two (700 sq ft apartment) including electric, gas, water, heating	$61.37 MZN3,922.18	$161.18 LBP14,500,488	+162.6%
Average			+10.7%

Mozambique vs. Lebanon - Cost of housing

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pay 33.8% less for childcare

	Mozambique	Lebanon
Private preschool for 1 child, monthly	$270.04 MZN17,258.02	$209.17 LBP18,817,236	-22.5%
Middle school for 1 child, two semesters	$5,559.16 MZN355,286.02	$3,055.56 LBP274,886,583	-45.0%
Average			-33.8%

Mozambique vs. Lebanon - Cost of childcare

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pay 11.8% more for entertainment and sports

	Mozambique	Lebanon
Domestic/local beer (1 pint)	$1.25 MZN80.01	$3.00 LBP269,889	+139.6%
Cappuccino in mid-range area	$2.24 MZN142.99	$1.90 LBP170,929	-15.1%
Pack of cigarettes Marlboro or similar	$2.58 MZN165.03	$2.00 LBP179,926	-22.5%
Monthly membership at local gym	$64.39 MZN4,114.93	$39.42 LBP3,546,037	-38.8%
Movie ticket to theater/cinema	$7.04 MZN450.07	$6.75 LBP607,249	-4.2%
Average			+11.8%

Mozambique vs. Lebanon - Cost of entertainment and sports

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pay 22.6% more for clothing

	Mozambique	Lebanon
Regular jeans Levi's brand	$34.04 MZN2,175.34	$56.56 LBP5,088,526	+66.2%
Regular dress from H&M or similar store	$60.64 MZN3,875.61	$57.86 LBP5,204,995	-4.6%
Running shoes Nike or Adidas	$75.64 MZN4,834.09	$93.23 LBP8,387,165	+23.3%
Men's business shoes (leather)	$88.03 MZN5,625.88	$92.86 LBP8,353,696	+5.5%
Average			+22.6%

Mozambique 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: February 2025

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