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Welwyn Garden City vs. Cairo Cost of Living Summary

Welwyn Garden City is 5.8 times more expensive than Cairo.

Restaurants: pay 4.7 times more in Welwyn Garden City
Groceries: pay 3.1 times more in Welwyn Garden City
Transportation: pay 4.2 times more in Welwyn Garden City
Housing: pay 6.6 times more in Welwyn Garden City
Childcare: pay 15.3 times more in Welwyn Garden City
Entertainment and Sports: pay 5.5 times more in Welwyn Garden City
Clothing: pay 48.3% more in Welwyn Garden City

The cost of childcare, housing, entertainment and sports, restaurants, transportation, and groceries in Welwyn Garden City are more expensive than in Cairo. Notably, childcare, housing, and entertainment and sports are significantly more expensive in Welwyn Garden City.

Welwyn Garden City vs. Cairo Cost Breakdown

If you lived in Welwyn Garden City instead of Cairo, you would:

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pay 4.7 times more for restaurants

	Cairo	Welwyn Garden City
Basic meal with drink at inexpensive restaurant	$4.16 EGP197.55	$18.03 £13.48	+333.9%
Fast food combo meal McDonalds, or similar	$5.19 EGP246.93	$10.68 £7.99	+105.7%
Bottle of Coca-Cola (11 fl. oz)	$0.38 EGP18.11	$1.74 £1.30	+355.8%
Bottle of water (11 fl. oz)	$0.14 EGP6.83	$1.11 £0.83	+669.6%
Average			+366.2%

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pay 3.1 times more for groceries

	Cairo	Welwyn Garden City
Bread 1 loaf	$0.60 EGP28.48	$1.41 £1.05	+135.0%
Local cheese (8 oz)	$1.88 EGP89.17	$4.07 £3.05	+117.1%
Milk (1 gallon)	$3.73 EGP177.23	$5.31 £3.97	+42.4%
Eggs 1 dozen	$1.45 EGP68.79	$3.61 £2.70	+149.2%
Boneless chicken breast (1 lb)	$2.06 EGP98.13	$3.68 £2.76	+78.5%
Apples (1 lb)	$0.74 EGP35.35	$1.33 £1.00	+79.2%
Bananas (1 lb)	$0.34 EGP15.93	$0.55 £0.41	+62.7%
Oranges (1 lb)	$0.28 EGP13.52	$1.31 £0.98	+362.3%
Tomatoes (1 lb)	$0.13 EGP6.00	$1.06 £0.79	+740.2%
Potatoes (1 lb)	$0.19 EGP8.95	$0.73 £0.54	+286.1%
Onions (1 lb)	$0.19 EGP8.86	$0.63 £0.47	+239.7%
Average			+208.4%

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pay 4.2 times more for transportation

	Cairo	Welwyn Garden City
Gasoline (1 gallon)	$1.36 EGP64.75	$7.18 £5.37	+427.0%
Monthly public transit pass	$6.44 EGP306.20	??
New Volkswagen Golf 1.4 (standard edition)	$37,398.47 EGP1,777,923.09	$36,056.68 £26,964.30	-3.6%
Taxi trip in downtown area (5 miles)	$2.66 EGP126.43	$16.69 £12.48	+527.7%
Average			+317.0%

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pay 6.6 times more for housing

	Cairo	Welwyn Garden City
Internet connection 50 mbps or faster, cable/dsl	$12.92 EGP614.01	$36.50 £27.30	+182.6%
1-Bedroom apartment in downtown area	$213.48 EGP10,148.81	$1,468.98 £1,098.55	+588.1%
1-Bedroom apartment outside city center	$137.13 EGP6,519.05	$1,118.42 £836.39	+715.6%
Utilities for two (700 sq ft apartment) including electric, gas, water, heating	$19.12 EGP909.19	$161.69 £120.92	+745.5%
Average			+558.0%

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pay 15.3 times more for childcare

	Cairo	Welwyn Garden City
Private preschool for 1 child, monthly	$92.85 EGP4,413.94	$1,891.86 £1,414.79	+1937.6%
Middle school for 1 child, two semesters	$2,210.79 EGP105,101.18	$22,515.39 £16,837.71	+918.4%
Average			+1428.0%

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pay 5.5 times more for entertainment and sports

	Cairo	Welwyn Garden City
Domestic/local beer (1 pint)	$1.45 EGP69.14	$6.01 £4.49	+313.2%
Cappuccino in mid-range area	$1.62 EGP76.81	$4.62 £3.46	+186.1%
Pack of cigarettes Marlboro or similar	$2.08 EGP98.77	$20.43 £15.28	+883.4%
Monthly membership at local gym	$17.31 EGP823.09	$73.45 £54.93	+324.2%
Movie ticket to theater/cinema	$3.74 EGP177.79	$23.37 £17.48	+524.9%
Average			+446.4%

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pay 48.3% more for clothing

	Cairo	Welwyn Garden City
Regular jeans Levi's brand	$33.96 EGP1,614.33	$115.18 £86.14	+239.2%
Regular dress from H&M or similar store	$45.38 EGP2,157.58	$40.06 £29.96	-11.7%
Running shoes Nike or Adidas	$117.30 EGP5,576.21	$80.13 £59.92	-31.7%
Men's business shoes (leather)	$61.59 EGP2,927.93	$60.09 £44.94	-2.4%
Average			+48.3%

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