Cost of Living Comparison

  1. Cost of Living
  2. Greece
  3. Egypt
  4. Comparison
EUR
COMPARED TO
EGP

Egypt is 53.2% cheaper than Greece.

If you lived in Egypt instead of Greece, you would:
local_dining

pay 64.7% less for restaurants

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Basic meal with drink at inexpensive restaurant $13.09
€11.48
$3.67
E£65.65
-72.0%
Fast food combo meal
McDonalds, or similar
 $8.01
€7.02
$5.06
E£90.65
-36.7%
Bottle of Coca-Cola (11 fl. oz) $2.17
€1.90
$0.38
E£6.85
-82.3%
Bottle of water (11 fl. oz) $0.73
€0.64
$0.23
E£4.18
-67.8%
Average -64.7%
Greece vs. Egypt - Cost of restaurants
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local_grocery_store

pay 55.4% less for groceries

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Bread
1 loaf
 $1.14
€1.00
$0.59
E£10.58
-48.0%
Local cheese (8 oz) $5.11
€4.48
$1.58
E£28.24
-69.1%
Milk (1 gallon) $5.67
€4.97
$3.45
E£61.81
-39.1%
Eggs
1 dozen
 $3.72
€3.26
$1.21
E£21.64
-67.5%
Boneless chicken breast (1 lb) $3.62
€3.18
$2.02
E£36.23
-44.1%
Apples (1 lb) $0.83
€0.73
$0.69
E£12.35
-17.2%
Bananas (1 lb) $0.88
€0.77
$0.37
E£6.65
-57.8%
Oranges (1 lb) $0.65
€0.57
$0.24
E£4.24
-63.4%
Tomatoes (1 lb) $0.79
€0.70
$0.20
E£3.51
-75.3%
Potatoes (1 lb) $0.52
€0.46
$0.19
E£3.47
-62.9%
Onions (1 lb) $0.49
€0.43
$0.17
E£3.09
-64.5%
Average -55.4%
Greece vs. Egypt - Cost of groceries
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drive_eta

pay 52.5% less for transportation

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Gasoline (1 gallon) $7.30
€6.40
$1.77
E£31.69
-75.8%
Monthly public transit pass $46.12
€40.44
$8.99
E£161.00
-80.5%
New Volkswagen Golf 1.4 (standard edition) $21,697.01
€19,026.13
$27,829.03
E£498,113.20
+28.3%
Taxi trip in downtown area (5 miles) $13.55
€11.88
$2.46
E£44.03
-81.8%
Average -52.5%
Greece vs. Egypt - Cost of transportation
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home

pay 64.2% less for housing

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Internet connection
50 mbps or faster, cable/dsl
 $39.68
€34.80
$19.89
E£356.04
-49.9%
1-Bedroom apartment in downtown area $395.16
€346.52
$174.23
E£3,118.50
-55.9%
1-Bedroom apartment outside city center $326.92
€286.68
$105.37
E£1,885.97
-67.8%
Utilities for two (700 sq ft apartment)
including electric, gas, water, heating
 $151.47
€132.82
$25.33
E£453.45
-83.3%
Average -64.2%
Greece vs. Egypt - Cost of housing
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child_care

pay 71.5% less for childcare

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Private preschool for 1 child, monthly $383.10
€335.94
$84.84
E£1,518.56
-77.9%
Middle school for 1 child, two semesters $7,415.79
€6,502.91
$2,588.22
E£46,326.69
-65.1%
Average -71.5%
Greece vs. Egypt - Cost of childcare
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gamepad

pay 54.0% less for entertainment and sports

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Domestic/local beer (1 pint) $4.37
€3.83
$1.98
E£35.39
-54.8%
Cappuccino in mid-range area $3.50
€3.07
$1.55
E£27.69
-55.8%
Pack of cigarettes
Marlboro or similar
 $5.50
€4.82
$2.64
E£47.25
-52.0%
Monthly membership at local gym $44.69
€39.19
$21.01
E£376.00
-53.0%
Movie ticket to theater/cinema $9.22
€8.08
$4.19
E£74.94
-54.6%
Average -54.0%
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store

pay 9.9% less for clothing

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Regular jeans
Levi's brand
 $84.75
€74.32
$39.38
E£704.95
-53.5%
Regular dress
from H&M or similar store
 $35.96
€31.53
$52.09
E£932.44
+44.9%
Running shoes
Nike or Adidas
 $85.48
€74.96
$100.41
E£1,797.29
+17.5%
Men's business shoes (leather) $108.82
€95.43
$56.01
E£1,002.46
-48.5%
Average -9.9%
Greece vs. Egypt - 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: September 2021
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