Lebanon is 71.7% more expensive than Russia.

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

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pay 96.2% more for restaurants

 
Russia
Lebanon
Basic meal with drink at inexpensive restaurant $6.51
RUB670.16
$7.00
LBP624,249
Fast food combo meal
McDonalds, or similar
$4.14
RUB426.52
$7.64
LBP681,234
Bottle of Coca-Cola (11 fl. oz) $0.80
RUB82.13
$1.59
LBP141,730

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pay 28.2% more for groceries

 
Russia
Lebanon
Bread
1 loaf
$0.47
RUB48.24
$0.62
LBP55,547
Local cheese (8 oz) $3.72
RUB382.48
$4.15
LBP370,462
Milk (1 gallon) $3.07
RUB316.28
$5.55
LBP495,330

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pay 2.5 times more for transportation

 
Russia
Lebanon
Gasoline (1 gallon) $2.12
RUB218.10
$3.49
LBP311,291
Monthly public transit pass $17.67
RUB1,818.68
$75.00
LBP6,688,384
New Volkswagen Golf 1.4 (standard edition) $26,642.44
RUB2,742,722.40
$26,250.00
LBP2,340,934,324

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pay 2.7 times more for housing

 
Russia
Lebanon
Internet connection
50 mbps or faster, cable/dsl
$5.97
RUB615.03
$31.88
LBP2,842,563
1-Bedroom apartment in downtown area $304.49
RUB31,346.27
$494.12
LBP44,064,646
1-Bedroom apartment outside city center $210.86
RUB21,706.66
$254.69
LBP22,712,637

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pay 14.9% less for childcare

 
Russia
Lebanon
Private preschool for 1 child, monthly $190.09
RUB19,569.19
$209.17
LBP18,653,159
Middle school for 1 child, two semesters $5,074.52
RUB522,399.66
$3,055.56
LBP272,489,710

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pay 46.0% more for entertainment and sports

 
Russia
Lebanon
Domestic/local beer (1 pint) $1.42
RUB146.46
$3.00
LBP267,535
Cappuccino in mid-range area $1.67
RUB171.99
$1.90
LBP169,439
Pack of cigarettes
Marlboro or similar
$2.10
RUB215.95
$2.00
LBP178,357

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pay 31.1% more for clothing

 
Russia
Lebanon
Regular jeans
Levi's brand
$51.85
RUB5,337.57
$56.56
LBP5,044,156
Regular dress
from H&M or similar store
$33.92
RUB3,492.07
$57.86
LBP5,159,610
Running shoes
Nike or Adidas
$76.53
RUB7,878.10
$93.23
LBP8,314,033

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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: December 2024
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