⭐️ Overall Score | 3.3/5 (Rank #243) |
👍 Quality of life score | Okay |
👶 Family score | Okay |
💵 Cost | 😙 Affordable: $1,773 / mo |
📡 Internet | 😡 Slow: 3Mbps (avg) |
😝 Fun | Great |
⛅️ Temperature (now) | 🌞 Perfect: 24°C74°F (feels 24°C75°F) |
💦 Humidity (now) | 😊 Comfy: 55% |
💨 Air quality (now) | 🌱 Good: 73 US AQI |
💨 Air quality (annual) | 🌱 Good: 61 US AQI |
👌 Safety | 🧨 Conflict / political instability* |
🎓 Education level* | Mediocre |
💰 Income level* | Very Low: $700 / mo |
❤️ Liked by members | 👍3 likes vs. 👎1 dislikes |
🙊 English speaking | Good |
😤 People density | 🧘♀️ Sprawling: 3k ppl/km² (19x19m) |
🚶 Walkability | Great |
✌️ Peace (no pol. conflict) | Bad |
🚦 Traffic safety* | Bad |
🏥 Hospitals | Okay |
😄 Happiness | Okay |
🍸 Nightlife | Great |
📶 Free WiFi in city | Okay |
🖥 Places to work from | Great |
❄️ A/C or heating | Great |
😁 Friendly to foreigners | Good |
🗯 Freedom of speech | Okay |
👩 Female friendly | Okay |
🌈 LGBTQ+ friendly | Okay |
🎅 Startup Score | Okay |
🌍 Region | Middle East |
🚩 Country | Lebanon |
⏱ Average trip duration | 10 days |
📡 Internet speed (avg) | 3 Mbps |
⛅️ Weather (now) | ☀️ 24°C 74°F + 😊 Comfy (55%) = feels 24°C 75°F |
💨 Air quality (now) | 👍 73 US AQI 🍃 good |
💨 Air quality (annual avg) | 😐 61 US AQI 🍃 good |
🔌 Power | 230V50Hz |
🚕 Best taxi app (in country) | |
🚑 Travel medical insurance | ![]() |
📱 Best wireless carrier | Touch |
💸 10,000 LBP in USD | USD 6.61 |
🏧 Suggested ATM take out: | LBP 100,000 = USD 66 |
💸 Tipping | No |
💻 Best coworking space | Coworking +961 |
💻 Best alt. coworking space | AltCity |
🚰 Safe tap water | 🚫 No, not drinkable |
♻️ Return rate | 10% of visitors return |
📸 Visitors per year | 1,160,000 visitors |
📸 Tourists now | 22,231 tourists |
👨👩👧👦 Population | 470,000 people |
👨👩👧👦 GDP per Capita | $8,400 / year |
😤 Population density | 🧘♀️ empty: 19x19m (361m²) per person |
🏞 Foreign land ownership allowed | Yes |
👫 Gender ratio (overall) | 👨 51% 👱♀️ 49% |
👫 Gender ratio (young adults) | 👨 52% 👱♀️ 48% |
⛪️ Religious government | Religious |
🏠 Apartment listings | Beirut Flats |
✈️ Best short-haul air carrier | MEA |
✈️ Best int'l air carrier | Turkish |
💵 Cost of living for nomad | $1,773 / month |
💵 Cost of living for expat | $1,274 / month |
💵 Cost of living for family | $3,317 / month |
💵 Cost of living for local | $948 / month |
🏠 1br studio rent in center | $900 / month |
🏢 Coworking | $165 / month |
🏨 Hotel | $1,391 / month |
🏨 Hotel | $65 / night |
🏠 Airbnb (518 listings) | $1,293 / month |
🏠 Airbnb | $42 / night |
🍛 Dinner | $4 |
🥤 Coca-Cola (0.3L) | $1 |
🍺 Beer (0.5L) | $2 |
☕️ Coffee | $1 |
✅ Affordable to live
✅ Lots of fun stuff to do
✅ Warm now
✅ Warm in the spring
✅ Perfect humidity now
✅ Good air quality on average
✅ Spacious and not crowded
✅ Good hospitals
✅ People can speak basic English
✅ Safe for women
✅ LGBTQ+ friendly
❌ Dangerous
❌ Very slow internet
❌ Pretty slow internet
❌ Not many members go here
❌ Very difficult to make friends
❌ Difficult to do business
❌ Quality of education is low
❌ Roads can be dangerous
❌ Freedom of speech is weak
❌ Not very democratic
❌ Not family friendly
❌ People smoking tobacco a lot
Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
Feels | 6116° cool | 6116° cool | 6418° cool | 6619° mild | 7725° warm | 8429° warm | 8831° hot | 9133° hot | 8831° hot | 8228° warm | 7524° warm | 6418° cool |
Real | 6116° cool | 6016° cool | 6317° cool | 6519° mild | 7725° warm | 8127° warm | 8429° very warm | 8630° very warm | 8429° very warm | 8127° warm | 7424° warm | 6418° cool |
Humidity | nice 48% | nice 54% | nice 55% | nice 54% | nice 50% | nice 61% | nice 59% | nice 60% | nice 58% | nice 55% | nice 43% | nice 54% |
Rain | rainy 128mm | rainy 55mm | dry 38mm | dry 23mm | dry 1mm | dry 4mm | dry 2mm | dry 1mm | dry 3mm | dry 21mm | dry 17mm | rainy 105mm |
Cloud | pockets 24% | pockets 18% | pockets 28% | pockets 19% | pockets 15% | pockets 14% | clear 1% | clear 4% | clear 4% | pockets 25% | pockets 31% | pockets 35% |
Air quality | okay 72 US AQI | okay 66 US AQI | okay 61 US AQI | okay 63 US AQI | okay 67 US AQI | okay 67 US AQI | okay 60 US AQI | okay 61 US AQI | okay 61 US AQI | okay 63 US AQI | okay 62 US AQI | okay 54 US AQI |
Sun | safe 3 UVI | sunscreen 4 UVI | sunscreen 6 UVI | sunburn 7 UVI | avoid sun 9 UVI | avoid sun 10 UVI | avoid sun 11 UVI | avoid sun 10 UVI | avoid sun 9 UVI | sunscreen 5 UVI | sunscreen 4 UVI | safe 3 UVI |
Nomad List members | 1 people | 1 people | 2 people | 2 people | 1 people | 1 people | 1 people | 2 people | 2 people | 1 people | 2 people | 1 people |
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