Cost of living comparison
Colombia is 95.0% more expensive than Egypt.
If you lived in Colombia instead of Egypt, you would:
pay 2.1 times more for restaurants
Egypt
|
Colombia
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Basic meal with drink at inexpensive restaurant |
$2.69
E£125.73
|
$2.71
$10,522
|
|
Fast food combo meal
McDonalds, or similar
|
$3.27
E£152.85
|
$5.26
$20,425
|
|
Bottle of Coca-Cola (11 fl. oz) |
$0.25
E£11.66
|
$0.60
$2,337
|
|
Bottle of water (11 fl. oz) |
$0.14
E£6.57
|
$0.46
$1,782
|
|
pay 2.0 times more for groceries
Egypt
|
Colombia
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Bread
1 loaf
|
$0.40
E£18.76
|
$0.87
$3,390
|
|
Local cheese (8 oz) |
$1.23
E£57.38
|
$1.61
$6,254
|
|
Milk (1 gallon) |
$2.42
E£112.94
|
$3.28
$12,726
|
|
Eggs
1 dozen
|
$1.12
E£52.34
|
$1.65
$6,411
|
|
Boneless chicken breast (1 lb) |
$1.58
E£74.03
|
$1.55
$6,041
|
|
Apples (1 lb) |
$0.40
E£18.87
|
$0.83
$3,229
|
|
Bananas (1 lb) |
$0.22
E£10.26
|
$0.29
$1,141
|
|
Oranges (1 lb) |
$0.14
E£6.45
|
$0.37
$1,428
|
|
Tomatoes (1 lb) |
$0.13
E£5.89
|
$0.40
$1,539
|
|
Potatoes (1 lb) |
$0.12
E£5.57
|
$0.30
$1,180
|
|
Onions (1 lb) |
$0.10
E£4.69
|
$0.33
$1,299
|
|
pay 3.0 times more for transportation
Egypt
|
Colombia
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Gasoline (1 gallon) |
$1.02
E£47.59
|
$2.04
$7,908
|
|
Monthly public transit pass |
$7.97
E£372.68
|
$23.61
$91,738
|
|
New Volkswagen Golf 1.4 (standard edition) |
$15,876.53
E£742,227.68
|
$14,617.95
$56,789,953
|
|
Taxi trip in downtown area (5 miles) |
$1.85
E£86.26
|
$11.28
$43,822
|
|
pay 2.3 times more for housing
Egypt
|
Colombia
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Internet connection
50 mbps or faster, cable/dsl
|
$10.98
E£513.45
|
$21.37
$83,037
|
|
1-Bedroom apartment in downtown area |
$109.16
E£5,103.43
|
$208.57
$810,280
|
|
1-Bedroom apartment outside city center |
$71.02
E£3,320.04
|
$176.18
$684,461
|
|
Utilities for two
(700 sq ft apartment)
including electric, gas, water, heating
|
$16.81
E£786.02
|
$46.64
$181,193
|
|
pay 77.9% more for childcare
Egypt
|
Colombia
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Private preschool for 1 child, monthly |
$58.30
E£2,725.63
|
$104.33
$405,334
|
|
Middle school for 1 child, two semesters |
$1,699.22
E£79,438.32
|
$3,004.13
$11,670,872
|
|
pay 2.8% more for entertainment and sports
Egypt
|
Colombia
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Domestic/local beer (1 pint) |
$1.45
E£67.64
|
$0.90
$3,480
|
|
Cappuccino in mid-range area |
$1.03
E£48.15
|
$1.21
$4,684
|
|
Pack of cigarettes
Marlboro or similar
|
$1.57
E£73.38
|
$1.90
$7,370
|
|
Monthly membership at local gym |
$15.18
E£709.63
|
$18.34
$71,253
|
|
Movie ticket to theater/cinema |
$3.13
E£146.22
|
$2.91
$11,318
|
|
pay 45.9% more for clothing
Egypt
|
Colombia
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Regular jeans
Levi's brand
|
$17.23
E£805.29
|
$40.50
$157,331
|
|
Regular dress
from H&M or similar store
|
$28.02
E£1,310.08
|
$27.32
$106,154
|
|
Running shoes
Nike or Adidas
|
$63.69
E£2,977.46
|
$60.30
$234,248
|
|
Men's business shoes (leather) |
$28.91
E£1,351.71
|
$45.16
$175,437
|
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