Cost of living comparison
Turkey is 39.9% more expensive than Cairo.
If you lived in Turkey instead of Cairo, you would:
pay 42.9% more for restaurants
Cairo
|
Turkey
|
||
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Basic meal with drink at inexpensive restaurant |
$3.25
E£157.06
|
$3.01
₺97.89
|
|
Fast food combo meal
McDonalds, or similar
|
$4.23
E£204.17
|
$3.65
₺118.47
|
|
Bottle of Coca-Cola (11 fl. oz) |
$0.25
E£12.26
|
$0.62
₺20.15
|
|
Bottle of water (11 fl. oz) |
$0.15
E£7.07
|
$0.22
₺7.08
|
|
pay 39.5% more for groceries
Cairo
|
Turkey
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Bread
1 loaf
|
$0.59
E£28.24
|
$0.39
₺12.75
|
|
Local cheese (8 oz) |
$1.73
E£83.74
|
$2.61
₺84.95
|
|
Milk (1 gallon) |
$3.44
E£165.96
|
$3.07
₺99.84
|
|
Eggs
1 dozen
|
$1.46
E£70.63
|
$1.40
₺45.54
|
|
Boneless chicken breast (1 lb) |
$2.41
E£116.33
|
$1.59
₺51.67
|
|
Apples (1 lb) |
$0.53
E£25.34
|
$0.30
₺9.83
|
|
Bananas (1 lb) |
$0.24
E£11.44
|
$0.52
₺16.96
|
|
Oranges (1 lb) |
$0.16
E£7.63
|
$0.31
₺9.97
|
|
Tomatoes (1 lb) |
$0.14
E£6.55
|
$0.42
₺13.73
|
|
Potatoes (1 lb) |
$0.15
E£7.26
|
$0.22
₺7.13
|
|
Onions (1 lb) |
$0.14
E£6.87
|
$0.19
₺6.30
|
|
pay 2.3 times more for transportation
Cairo
|
Turkey
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Gasoline (1 gallon) |
$1.24
E£59.74
|
$4.34
₺140.89
|
|
Monthly public transit pass |
$11.39
E£549.70
|
$15.27
₺496.13
|
|
New Volkswagen Golf 1.4 (standard edition) |
$26,600.33
E£1,283,935.58
|
$34,350.89
₺1,115,909.11
|
|
Taxi trip in downtown area (5 miles) |
$1.37
E£65.96
|
$4.33
₺140.50
|
|
pay 47.8% more for housing
Cairo
|
Turkey
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Internet connection
50 mbps or faster, cable/dsl
|
$14.42
E£696.23
|
$8.38
₺272.16
|
|
1-Bedroom apartment in downtown area |
$173.02
E£8,351.47
|
$218.27
₺7,090.66
|
|
1-Bedroom apartment outside city center |
$100.76
E£4,863.27
|
$144.02
₺4,678.68
|
|
Utilities for two
(700 sq ft apartment)
including electric, gas, water, heating
|
$18.76
E£905.50
|
$49.50
₺1,608.02
|
|
pay 43.8% more for childcare
Cairo
|
Turkey
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Private preschool for 1 child, monthly |
$113.41
E£5,474.17
|
$165.99
₺5,392.36
|
|
Middle school for 1 child, two semesters |
$2,460.81
E£118,777.71
|
$3,471.33
₺112,768.20
|
|
pay 7.3% less for entertainment and sports
Cairo
|
Turkey
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Domestic/local beer (1 pint) |
$1.63
E£78.53
|
$1.90
₺61.86
|
|
Cappuccino in mid-range area |
$1.71
E£82.74
|
$1.55
₺50.26
|
|
Pack of cigarettes
Marlboro or similar
|
$1.79
E£86.38
|
$1.64
₺53.13
|
|
Monthly membership at local gym |
$19.91
E£961.09
|
$20.05
₺651.26
|
|
Movie ticket to theater/cinema |
$3.90
E£188.47
|
$2.50
₺81.19
|
|
pay 19.8% less for clothing
Cairo
|
Turkey
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Regular jeans
Levi's brand
|
$38.38
E£1,852.65
|
$29.99
₺974.17
|
|
Regular dress
from H&M or similar store
|
$36.15
E£1,745.10
|
$25.86
₺840.03
|
|
Running shoes
Nike or Adidas
|
$88.16
E£4,255.20
|
$62.92
₺2,044.08
|
|
Men's business shoes (leather) |
$42.66
E£2,059.33
|
$42.57
₺1,382.78
|
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