Aruba is 5.7 times more expensive than Egypt.

If you lived in Aruba instead of Egypt, you would:

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pay 6.7 times more for restaurants

 
Egypt
Aruba
Basic meal with drink at inexpensive restaurant $3.96
EGP196.53
$16.00
AWG28.84
Fast food combo meal
McDonalds, or similar
$4.84
EGP240.18
$10.14
AWG18.27
Bottle of Coca-Cola (11 fl. oz) $0.31
EGP15.17
$1.80
AWG3.24

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pay 6.8 times more for groceries

 
Egypt
Aruba
Bread
1 loaf
$0.76
EGP37.59
$3.44
AWG6.21
Local cheese (8 oz) $1.76
EGP87.62
$11.00
AWG19.83
Milk (1 gallon) $3.30
EGP163.77
$7.65
AWG13.79

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pay 7.3 times more for transportation

 
Egypt
Aruba
Gasoline (1 gallon) $0.98
EGP48.65
$5.48
AWG9.87
Monthly public transit pass $12.01
EGP596.29
$40.00
AWG72.10
New Volkswagen Golf 1.4 (standard edition) $29,154.15
EGP1,447,508.63
$35,000.00
AWG63,087.50

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pay 8.8 times more for housing

 
Egypt
Aruba
Internet connection
50 mbps or faster, cable/dsl
$7.63
EGP378.63
$79.65
AWG143.57
1-Bedroom apartment in downtown area $206.11
EGP10,233.24
$705.36
AWG1,271.42
1-Bedroom apartment outside city center $111.12
EGP5,517.13
$655.25
AWG1,181.08

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pay 4.2 times more for childcare

 
Egypt
Aruba
Private preschool for 1 child, monthly $66.57
EGP3,305.02
$225.00
AWG405.56
Middle school for 1 child, two semesters $1,472.73
EGP73,121.20
$7,404.07
AWG13,345.83

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pay 4.2 times more for entertainment and sports

 
Egypt
Aruba
Domestic/local beer (1 pint) $1.79
EGP89.03
$3.62
AWG6.53
Cappuccino in mid-range area $1.38
EGP68.36
$4.24
AWG7.65
Pack of cigarettes
Marlboro or similar
$1.85
EGP91.86
$13.75
AWG24.78

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pay 98.5% more for clothing

 
Egypt
Aruba
Regular jeans
Levi's brand
$23.44
EGP1,163.95
$65.00
AWG117.16
Regular dress
from H&M or similar store
$48.49
EGP2,407.60
$57.37
AWG103.42
Running shoes
Nike or Adidas
$97.17
EGP4,824.65
$116.59
AWG210.15

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