Cost of living comparison
Cairo is 50.5% more expensive than Colombo.
If you lived in Cairo instead of Colombo, you would:
pay 2.5% less for restaurants
Colombo
|
Cairo
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Basic meal with drink at inexpensive restaurant |
$1.65
Rs490.60
|
$3.25
E£155.73
|
|
Fast food combo meal
McDonalds, or similar
|
$5.04
Rs1,495.17
|
$4.23
E£202.46
|
|
Bottle of Coca-Cola (11 fl. oz) |
$0.51
Rs151.76
|
$0.25
E£12.16
|
|
Bottle of water (11 fl. oz) |
$0.25
Rs72.94
|
$0.15
E£7.01
|
|
pay 52.3% less for groceries
Colombo
|
Cairo
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Bread
1 loaf
|
$0.74
Rs220.36
|
$0.59
E£28.01
|
|
Local cheese (8 oz) |
$4.34
Rs1,287.66
|
$1.73
E£83.03
|
|
Milk (1 gallon) |
$5.48
Rs1,626.27
|
$3.44
E£164.56
|
|
Eggs
1 dozen
|
$2.19
Rs651.31
|
$1.46
E£70.04
|
|
Boneless chicken breast (1 lb) |
$2.25
Rs667.00
|
$2.41
E£115.35
|
|
Apples (1 lb) |
$2.49
Rs738.66
|
$0.53
E£25.13
|
|
Bananas (1 lb) |
$0.42
Rs124.05
|
$0.24
E£11.34
|
|
Oranges (1 lb) |
$2.10
Rs622.76
|
$0.16
E£7.56
|
|
Tomatoes (1 lb) |
$0.70
Rs209.18
|
$0.14
E£6.50
|
|
Potatoes (1 lb) |
$0.55
Rs164.08
|
$0.15
E£7.20
|
|
Onions (1 lb) |
$0.38
Rs112.33
|
$0.14
E£6.81
|
|
pay 0.4% more for transportation
Colombo
|
Cairo
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Gasoline (1 gallon) |
$5.24
Rs1,555.61
|
$1.24
E£59.24
|
|
Monthly public transit pass |
$4.72
Rs1,401.72
|
$11.39
E£545.07
|
|
New Volkswagen Golf 1.4 (standard edition) |
$29,917.63
Rs8,877,579.94
|
$26,600.33
E£1,273,132.15
|
|
Taxi trip in downtown area (5 miles) |
$2.83
Rs841.03
|
$1.37
E£65.41
|
|
pay 21.1% less for housing
Colombo
|
Cairo
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Internet connection
50 mbps or faster, cable/dsl
|
$11.95
Rs3,546.96
|
$14.42
E£690.38
|
|
1-Bedroom apartment in downtown area |
$341.69
Rs101,391.34
|
$173.02
E£8,281.20
|
|
1-Bedroom apartment outside city center |
$142.52
Rs42,290.84
|
$100.76
E£4,822.35
|
|
Utilities for two
(700 sq ft apartment)
including electric, gas, water, heating
|
$25.52
Rs7,573.54
|
$18.76
E£897.88
|
|
pay 4.5 times more for childcare
Colombo
|
Cairo
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Private preschool for 1 child, monthly |
$26.09
Rs7,742.85
|
$113.41
E£5,428.11
|
|
Middle school for 1 child, two semesters |
$520.92
Rs154,574.33
|
$2,460.81
E£117,778.27
|
|
pay 2.7% more for entertainment and sports
Colombo
|
Cairo
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Domestic/local beer (1 pint) |
$1.57
Rs467.24
|
$1.63
E£77.87
|
|
Cappuccino in mid-range area |
$1.85
Rs547.66
|
$1.71
E£82.04
|
|
Pack of cigarettes
Marlboro or similar
|
$6.30
Rs1,868.96
|
$1.79
E£85.65
|
|
Monthly membership at local gym |
$12.09
Rs3,587.05
|
$19.91
E£953.00
|
|
Movie ticket to theater/cinema |
$3.15
Rs934.48
|
$3.90
E£186.88
|
|
pay 73.0% more for clothing
Colombo
|
Cairo
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Regular jeans
Levi's brand
|
$24.08
Rs7,146.04
|
$38.38
E£1,837.07
|
|
Regular dress
from H&M or similar store
|
$16.10
Rs4,778.60
|
$36.15
E£1,730.41
|
|
Running shoes
Nike or Adidas
|
$54.57
Rs16,192.32
|
$88.16
E£4,219.39
|
|
Men's business shoes (leather) |
$29.14
Rs8,646.88
|
$42.66
E£2,042.01
|
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