Cost of living comparison
Utah is 6.7 times more expensive than Egypt.
If you lived in Utah instead of Egypt, you would:
pay 6.4 times more for restaurants
Egypt
|
Utah
|
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Basic meal with drink at inexpensive restaurant |
$2.69
E£125.73
|
$13.33
|
|
Fast food combo meal
McDonalds, or similar
|
$3.27
E£152.85
|
$9.44
|
|
Bottle of Coca-Cola (11 fl. oz) |
$0.25
E£11.66
|
$1.96
|
|
Bottle of water (11 fl. oz) |
$0.14
E£6.57
|
$1.41
|
|
pay 6.6 times more for groceries
Egypt
|
Utah
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Bread
1 loaf
|
$0.40
E£18.76
|
$2.99
|
|
Local cheese (8 oz) |
$1.23
E£57.38
|
$5.41
|
|
Milk (1 gallon) |
$2.42
E£112.94
|
$3.26
|
|
Eggs
1 dozen
|
$1.12
E£52.34
|
$3.95
|
|
Boneless chicken breast (1 lb) |
$1.58
E£74.03
|
$4.18
|
|
Apples (1 lb) |
$0.40
E£18.87
|
$1.98
|
|
Bananas (1 lb) |
$0.22
E£10.26
|
$0.77
|
|
Oranges (1 lb) |
$0.14
E£6.45
|
$1.73
|
|
Tomatoes (1 lb) |
$0.13
E£5.89
|
$1.63
|
|
Potatoes (1 lb) |
$0.12
E£5.57
|
$1.03
|
|
Onions (1 lb) |
$0.10
E£4.69
|
$1.02
|
|
pay 6.3 times more for transportation
Egypt
|
Utah
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Gasoline (1 gallon) |
$1.02
E£47.59
|
$4.00
|
|
Monthly public transit pass |
$7.97
E£372.68
|
$82.50
|
|
New Volkswagen Golf 1.4 (standard edition) |
$15,876.53
E£742,227.68
|
$24,068.06
|
|
Taxi trip in downtown area (5 miles) |
$1.85
E£86.26
|
$17.31
|
|
pay 10.4 times more for housing
Egypt
|
Utah
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Internet connection
50 mbps or faster, cable/dsl
|
$10.98
E£513.45
|
$63.61
|
|
1-Bedroom apartment in downtown area |
$109.16
E£5,103.43
|
$1,360.74
|
|
1-Bedroom apartment outside city center |
$71.02
E£3,320.04
|
$1,174.67
|
|
Utilities for two
(700 sq ft apartment)
including electric, gas, water, heating
|
$16.81
E£786.02
|
$114.27
|
|
pay 10.8 times more for childcare
Egypt
|
Utah
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Private preschool for 1 child, monthly |
$58.30
E£2,725.63
|
$779.34
|
|
Middle school for 1 child, two semesters |
$1,699.22
E£79,438.32
|
$14,138.38
|
|
pay 3.9 times more for entertainment and sports
Egypt
|
Utah
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Domestic/local beer (1 pint) |
$1.45
E£67.64
|
$5.31
|
|
Cappuccino in mid-range area |
$1.03
E£48.15
|
$5.02
|
|
Pack of cigarettes
Marlboro or similar
|
$1.57
E£73.38
|
$7.46
|
|
Monthly membership at local gym |
$15.18
E£709.63
|
$37.45
|
|
Movie ticket to theater/cinema |
$3.13
E£146.22
|
$11.28
|
|
pay 2.4 times more for clothing
Egypt
|
Utah
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Regular jeans
Levi's brand
|
$17.23
E£805.29
|
$47.77
|
|
Regular dress
from H&M or similar store
|
$28.02
E£1,310.08
|
$39.89
|
|
Running shoes
Nike or Adidas
|
$63.69
E£2,977.46
|
$77.23
|
|
Men's business shoes (leather) |
$28.91
E£1,351.71
|
$118.69
|
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