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London vs. Egypt Cost of Living Summary

London is 10.4 times more expensive than Egypt overall.

Restaurants: pay 7.9 times more in London
Groceries: pay 4.1 times more in London
Transportation: pay 10.9 times more in London
Housing: pay 15.0 times more in London
Childcare: pay 27.0 times more in London
Entertainment and Sports: pay 5.6 times more in London
Clothing: pay 2.5 times more in London

The cost of childcare, housing, transportation, restaurants, entertainment and sports, and groceries in London are more expensive than in Egypt. Notably, childcare, housing, and transportation are significantly more expensive in London.

London vs. Egypt Cost Breakdown

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

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pay 7.9 times more for restaurants

	Egypt	London
Basic meal with drink at inexpensive restaurant	$3.96 EGP201.00	$25.83 £20.79	+552.6%
Fast food combo meal McDonalds, or similar	$4.84 EGP245.65	$10.33 £8.32	+113.6%
Bottle of Coca-Cola (11 fl. oz)	$0.31 EGP15.51	$2.46 £1.98	+704.5%
Bottle of water (11 fl. oz)	$0.12 EGP6.25	$1.85 £1.49	+1403.9%
Average			+693.6%

Egypt vs. London - Cost of restaurants

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pay 4.1 times more for groceries

	Egypt	London
Bread 1 loaf	$0.76 EGP38.44	$2.07 £1.67	+173.4%
Local cheese (8 oz)	$1.76 EGP89.62	$5.65 £4.55	+220.0%
Milk (1 gallon)	$3.30 EGP167.49	$6.31 £5.08	+91.3%
Eggs 1 dozen	$1.54 EGP78.32	$4.45 £3.58	+188.3%
Boneless chicken breast (1 lb)	$1.97 EGP100.01	$4.26 £3.43	+116.2%
Apples (1 lb)	$0.62 EGP31.27	$1.56 £1.26	+153.6%
Bananas (1 lb)	$0.21 EGP10.88	$0.75 £0.61	+251.9%
Oranges (1 lb)	$0.15 EGP7.46	$1.44 £1.16	+879.2%
Tomatoes (1 lb)	$0.18 EGP9.06	$1.79 £1.44	+904.6%
Potatoes (1 lb)	$0.21 EGP10.50	$0.69 £0.55	+232.8%
Onions (1 lb)	$0.23 EGP11.48	$0.70 £0.56	+210.4%
Average			+311.1%

Egypt vs. London - Cost of groceries

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pay 10.9 times more for transportation

	Egypt	London
Gasoline (1 gallon)	$0.98 EGP49.75	$7.39 £5.95	+654.5%
Monthly public transit pass	$12.01 EGP609.86	$258.31 £207.93	+2050.8%
New Volkswagen Golf 1.4 (standard edition)	$29,154.15 EGP1,480,447.69	$36,531.14 £29,406.07	+25.3%
Taxi trip in downtown area (5 miles)	$2.65 EGP134.78	$35.26 £28.38	+1228.5%
Average			+989.8%

Egypt vs. London - Cost of transportation

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pay 15.0 times more for housing

	Egypt	London
Internet connection 50 mbps or faster, cable/dsl	$7.63 EGP387.25	$41.63 £33.51	+445.9%
1-Bedroom apartment in downtown area	$206.11 EGP10,466.10	$2,834.46 £2,281.63	+1275.2%
1-Bedroom apartment outside city center	$111.12 EGP5,642.67	$2,063.73 £1,661.22	+1757.2%
Utilities for two (700 sq ft apartment) including electric, gas, water, heating	$11.85 EGP601.86	$263.90 £212.43	+2126.6%
Average			+1401.2%

Egypt vs. London - Cost of housing

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pay 27.0 times more for childcare

	Egypt	London
Private preschool for 1 child, monthly	$66.57 EGP3,380.23	$2,333.60 £1,878.45	+3405.7%
Middle school for 1 child, two semesters	$1,472.73 EGP74,785.12	$27,892.30 £22,452.16	+1793.9%
Average			+2599.8%

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pay 5.6 times more for entertainment and sports

	Egypt	London
Domestic/local beer (1 pint)	$1.79 EGP91.05	$8.27 £6.65	+361.0%
Cappuccino in mid-range area	$1.38 EGP69.91	$4.80 £3.87	+248.9%
Pack of cigarettes Marlboro or similar	$1.85 EGP93.95	$19.76 £15.91	+968.0%
Monthly membership at local gym	$21.86 EGP1,110.30	$65.66 £52.86	+200.3%
Movie ticket to theater/cinema	$2.68 EGP136.01	$16.14 £13.00	+502.8%
Average			+456.2%

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pay 2.5 times more for clothing

	Egypt	London
Regular jeans Levi's brand	$23.44 EGP1,190.43	$96.94 £78.03	+313.5%
Regular dress from H&M or similar store	$48.49 EGP2,462.38	$50.55 £40.69	+4.2%
Running shoes Nike or Adidas	$97.17 EGP4,934.44	$114.87 £92.47	+18.2%
Men's business shoes (leather)	$36.98 EGP1,878.03	$135.36 £108.96	+266.0%
Average			+150.5%

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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: January 2025

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