Cost of Living Comparison

  1. Cost of Living
  2. Egypt
  3. New Zealand
  4. Comparison
EGP
COMPARED TO
NZD

New Zealand is 3.8 times more expensive than Egypt.

If you lived in New Zealand instead of Egypt, you would:
local_dining

pay 3.9 times more for restaurants

  Egypt help_outline New Zealand help_outline  
Basic meal with drink at inexpensive restaurant $3.90
E£69.72
$11.07
NZ$15.12
+184.3%
Fast food combo meal
McDonalds, or similar
 $4.55
E£81.48
$7.00
NZ$9.56
+53.9%
Bottle of Coca-Cola (11 fl. oz) $0.42
E£7.56
$1.91
NZ$2.60
+351.4%
Bottle of water (11 fl. oz) $0.24
E£4.28
$1.58
NZ$2.15
+559.4%
Average +287.2%
Egypt vs. New Zealand - Cost of restaurants
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local_grocery_store

pay 3.2 times more for groceries

  Egypt help_outline New Zealand help_outline  
Bread
1 loaf
 $0.64
E£11.44
$1.32
NZ$1.80
+105.9%
Local cheese (8 oz) $1.51
E£27.11
$3.10
NZ$4.24
+104.9%
Milk (1 gallon) $3.31
E£59.26
$5.79
NZ$7.91
+75.0%
Eggs
1 dozen
 $1.21
E£21.59
$3.02
NZ$4.12
+150.3%
Boneless chicken breast (1 lb) $1.98
E£35.43
$3.56
NZ$4.86
+79.7%
Apples (1 lb) $0.68
E£12.25
$1.03
NZ$1.40
+50.1%
Bananas (1 lb) $0.36
E£6.40
$0.79
NZ$1.08
+120.8%
Oranges (1 lb) $0.21
E£3.73
$1.07
NZ$1.45
+410.9%
Tomatoes (1 lb) $0.18
E£3.23
$1.34
NZ$1.83
+645.6%
Potatoes (1 lb) $0.20
E£3.58
$0.87
NZ$1.18
+332.5%
Onions (1 lb) $0.18
E£3.26
$0.75
NZ$1.02
+310.7%
Average +216.9%
Egypt vs. New Zealand - Cost of groceries
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drive_eta

pay 5.4 times more for transportation

  Egypt help_outline New Zealand help_outline  
Gasoline (1 gallon) $1.72
E£30.70
$4.87
NZ$6.65
+184.1%
Monthly public transit pass $8.93
E£159.91
$87.20
NZ$119.04
+876.0%
New Volkswagen Golf 1.4 (standard edition) $28,588.13
E£511,700.41
$19,083.71
NZ$26,051.25
-33.2%
Taxi trip in downtown area (5 miles) $2.07
E£37.06
$17.00
NZ$23.20
+720.8%
Average +436.9%
Egypt vs. New Zealand - Cost of transportation
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home

pay 4.5 times more for housing

  Egypt help_outline New Zealand help_outline  
Internet connection
50 mbps or faster, cable/dsl
 $18.67
E£334.22
$50.14
NZ$68.45
+168.5%
1-Bedroom apartment in downtown area $145.35
E£2,601.62
$766.68
NZ$1,046.60
+427.5%
1-Bedroom apartment outside city center $92.52
E£1,655.97
$607.06
NZ$828.69
+556.2%
Utilities for two (700 sq ft apartment)
including electric, gas, water, heating
 $22.43
E£401.52
$81.49
NZ$111.24
+263.3%
Average +353.9%
Egypt vs. New Zealand - Cost of housing
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child_care

pay 5.4 times more for childcare

  Egypt help_outline New Zealand help_outline  
Private preschool for 1 child, monthly $73.69
E£1,318.99
$596.39
NZ$814.13
+709.3%
Middle school for 1 child, two semesters $2,740.19
E£49,046.81
$7,586.99
NZ$10,357.04
+176.9%
Average +443.1%
Egypt vs. New Zealand - Cost of childcare
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gamepad

pay 3.0 times more for entertainment and sports

  Egypt help_outline New Zealand help_outline  
Domestic/local beer (1 pint) $1.86
E£33.36
$5.16
NZ$7.04
+176.8%
Cappuccino in mid-range area $1.59
E£28.37
$2.71
NZ$3.69
+70.7%
Pack of cigarettes
Marlboro or similar
 $2.53
E£45.20
$17.41
NZ$23.76
+589.3%
Monthly membership at local gym $21.74
E£389.10
$33.77
NZ$46.10
+55.3%
Movie ticket to theater/cinema $4.14
E£74.09
$9.19
NZ$12.54
+121.9%
Average +202.8%
Egypt vs. New Zealand - Cost of entertainment and sports
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store

pay 26.5% more for clothing

  Egypt help_outline New Zealand help_outline  
Regular jeans
Levi's brand
 $32.92
E£589.27
$63.03
NZ$86.04
+91.5%
Regular dress
from H&M or similar store
 $41.23
E£738.05
$34.17
NZ$46.65
-17.1%
Running shoes
Nike or Adidas
 $108.80
E£1,947.50
$83.82
NZ$114.42
-23.0%
Men's business shoes (leather) $59.76
E£1,069.61
$92.45
NZ$126.20
+54.7%
Average +26.5%
Egypt vs. New Zealand - Cost of clothing
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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: May 2020
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