Cost of living comparison

Tanzania

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Lebanon vs. Tanzania Cost of Living Summary

Lebanon is 75.8% more expensive than Tanzania overall.

Restaurants: pay 2.5 times more in Lebanon
Groceries: pay 3.8% more in Lebanon
Transportation: pay 87.4% more in Lebanon
Housing: pay 83.6% more in Lebanon
Childcare: pay 31.0% less in Lebanon
Entertainment and Sports: pay 36.5% more in Lebanon
Clothing: pay 3.0 times more in Lebanon

The cost of clothing, restaurants, transportation, housing, entertainment and sports, and groceries in Lebanon are more expensive than in Tanzania. Notably, clothing, restaurants, and transportation are significantly more expensive in Lebanon.

Lebanon vs. Tanzania Cost Breakdown

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

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pay 2.5 times more for restaurants

	Tanzania	Lebanon
Basic meal with drink at inexpensive restaurant	$2.90 TZS7,766.85	$7.00 LBP625,867	+141.0%
Fast food combo meal McDonalds, or similar	$5.96 TZS15,940.74	$7.64 LBP683,000	+28.2%
Bottle of Coca-Cola (11 fl. oz)	$0.62 TZS1,663.01	$1.59 LBP142,097	+155.6%
Bottle of water (11 fl. oz)	$0.31 TZS817.96	$1.13 LBP101,033	+269.5%
Average			+148.6%

Tanzania vs. Lebanon - Cost of restaurants

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pay 3.8% more for groceries

	Tanzania	Lebanon
Bread 1 loaf	$0.72 TZS1,933.86	$0.62 LBP55,691	-13.9%
Local cheese (8 oz)	$3.79 TZS10,144.21	$4.15 LBP371,422	+9.5%
Milk (1 gallon)	$4.52 TZS12,099.68	$5.55 LBP496,613	+22.8%
Eggs 1 dozen	$1.68 TZS4,503.45	$2.17 LBP193,573	+28.6%
Boneless chicken breast (1 lb)	$2.35 TZS6,279.01	$3.28 LBP293,149	+39.7%
Apples (1 lb)	$1.11 TZS2,978.84	$0.57 LBP51,201	-48.6%
Bananas (1 lb)	$0.38 TZS1,023.56	$0.40 LBP35,988	+5.2%
Oranges (1 lb)	$0.34 TZS921.40	$0.31 LBP27,819	-9.7%
Tomatoes (1 lb)	$0.35 TZS945.49	$0.44 LBP39,778	+25.8%
Potatoes (1 lb)	$0.30 TZS813.00	$0.32 LBP28,321	+4.2%
Onions (1 lb)	$0.50 TZS1,342.45	$0.39 LBP35,153	-21.7%
Average			+3.8%

Tanzania vs. Lebanon - Cost of groceries

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pay 87.4% more for transportation

	Tanzania	Lebanon
Gasoline (1 gallon)	$4.28 TZS11,446.82	$3.49 LBP312,098	-18.4%
Monthly public transit pass	$19.55 TZS52,276.90	$75.00 LBP6,705,718	+283.7%
New Volkswagen Golf 1.4 (standard edition)	$15,823.72 TZS42,319,394.32	$26,250.00 LBP2,347,001,233	+65.9%
Taxi trip in downtown area (5 miles)	$10.76 TZS28,789.14	$12.75 LBP1,139,972	+18.4%
Average			+87.4%

Tanzania vs. Lebanon - Cost of transportation

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pay 83.6% more for housing

	Tanzania	Lebanon
Internet connection 50 mbps or faster, cable/dsl	$59.94 TZS160,315.82	$31.88 LBP2,849,930	-46.8%
1-Bedroom apartment in downtown area	$289.33 TZS773,802.27	$494.12 LBP44,178,847	+70.8%
1-Bedroom apartment outside city center	$236.84 TZS633,398.91	$254.69 LBP22,771,500	+7.5%
Utilities for two (700 sq ft apartment) including electric, gas, water, heating	$40.01 TZS106,991.68	$161.18 LBP14,411,303	+302.9%
Average			+83.6%

Tanzania vs. Lebanon - Cost of housing

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pay 31.0% less for childcare

	Tanzania	Lebanon
Private preschool for 1 child, monthly	$236.03 TZS631,257.73	$209.17 LBP18,701,502	-11.4%
Middle school for 1 child, two semesters	$6,186.60 TZS16,545,621.81	$3,055.56 LBP273,195,911	-50.6%
Average			-31.0%

Tanzania vs. Lebanon - Cost of childcare

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pay 36.5% more for entertainment and sports

	Tanzania	Lebanon
Domestic/local beer (1 pint)	$1.17 TZS3,136.61	$3.00 LBP268,229	+155.8%
Cappuccino in mid-range area	$2.16 TZS5,779.50	$1.90 LBP169,878	-12.1%
Pack of cigarettes Marlboro or similar	$1.79 TZS4,792.05	$2.00 LBP178,819	+11.6%
Monthly membership at local gym	$36.39 TZS97,322.75	$39.42 LBP3,524,227	+8.3%
Movie ticket to theater/cinema	$5.68 TZS15,185.19	$6.75 LBP603,515	+18.9%
Average			+36.5%

Tanzania vs. Lebanon - Cost of entertainment and sports

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pay 3.0 times more for clothing

	Tanzania	Lebanon
Regular jeans Levi's brand	$11.43 TZS30,577.84	$56.56 LBP5,057,229	+394.7%
Regular dress from H&M or similar store	$21.76 TZS58,189.17	$57.86 LBP5,172,982	+165.9%
Running shoes Nike or Adidas	$45.14 TZS120,734.74	$93.23 LBP8,335,580	+106.5%
Men's business shoes (leather)	$38.53 TZS103,042.39	$92.86 LBP8,302,317	+141.0%
Average			+202.0%

Tanzania 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: April 2025

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