Cost of Living Comparison

  1. Cost of Living
  2. Ukraine
  3. Kiev
  4. Egypt
  5. Cairo
  6. Comparison
UAH
COMPARED TO
EGP

Cairo is 6.6% cheaper than Kiev.

If you lived in Cairo instead of Kiev, you would:
local_dining

pay 20.6% less for restaurants

  Kiev help_outline Cairo help_outline  
Basic meal with drink at inexpensive restaurant $6.37
₴165.50
$4.46
E£79.85
-30.0%
Fast food combo meal
McDonalds, or similar
 $4.37
₴113.46
$5.42
E£96.96
+24.0%
Bottle of Coca-Cola (11 fl. oz) $0.51
₴13.28
$0.34
E£6.16
-32.6%
Bottle of water (11 fl. oz) $0.40
₴10.31
$0.22
E£3.98
-44.0%
Average -20.6%
Kiev vs. Cairo - Cost of restaurants
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local_grocery_store

pay 14.7% less for groceries

  Kiev help_outline Cairo help_outline  
Bread
1 loaf
 $0.64
₴16.50
$0.67
E£11.93
+4.9%
Local cheese (8 oz) $3.84
₴99.84
$1.73
E£31.00
-54.9%
Milk (1 gallon) $3.83
₴99.40
$3.62
E£64.72
-5.5%
Eggs
1 dozen
 $1.43
₴37.10
$1.16
E£20.73
-18.9%
Boneless chicken breast (1 lb) $1.72
₴44.72
$2.07
E£36.98
+20.0%
Apples (1 lb) $0.42
₴11.00
$0.73
E£12.98
+71.3%
Bananas (1 lb) $0.48
₴12.41
$0.38
E£6.83
-20.2%
Oranges (1 lb) $0.59
₴15.29
$0.25
E£4.50
-57.3%
Tomatoes (1 lb) $0.76
₴19.80
$0.19
E£3.32
-75.7%
Potatoes (1 lb) $0.26
₴6.69
$0.17
E£3.06
-33.6%
Onions (1 lb) $0.16
₴4.25
$0.18
E£3.16
+7.9%
Average -14.7%
Kiev vs. Cairo - Cost of groceries
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drive_eta

pay 21.9% less for transportation

  Kiev help_outline Cairo help_outline  
Gasoline (1 gallon) $3.77
₴97.78
$1.86
E£33.31
-50.6%
Monthly public transit pass $12.74
₴330.92
$12.75
E£228.13
New Volkswagen Golf 1.4 (standard edition) $21,844.04
₴567,289.69
$27,402.85
E£490,485.02
+25.4%
Taxi trip in downtown area (5 miles) $3.86
₴100.22
$2.29
E£41.06
-40.6%
Average -21.9%
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home

pay 13.9% more for housing

  Kiev help_outline Cairo help_outline  
Internet connection
50 mbps or faster, cable/dsl
 $5.84
₴151.66
$18.71
E£334.95
+220.4%
1-Bedroom apartment in downtown area $568.44
₴14,762.40
$267.26
E£4,783.75
-53.0%
1-Bedroom apartment outside city center $342.46
₴8,893.75
$158.32
E£2,833.83
-53.8%
Utilities for two (700 sq ft apartment)
including electric, gas, water, heating
 $78.29
₴2,033.23
$32.82
E£587.53
-58.1%
Average +13.9%
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child_care

pay 55.2% less for childcare

  Kiev help_outline Cairo help_outline  
Private preschool for 1 child, monthly $410.28
₴10,654.86
$157.66
E£2,821.95
-61.6%
Middle school for 1 child, two semesters $6,831.56
₴177,415.55
$3,497.52
E£62,602.26
-48.8%
Average -55.2%
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gamepad

pay 47.9% more for entertainment and sports

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Domestic/local beer (1 pint) $1.09
₴28.36
$1.91
E£34.22
+75.0%
Cappuccino in mid-range area $1.26
₴32.69
$2.09
E£37.39
+65.9%
Pack of cigarettes
Marlboro or similar
 $2.04
₴52.95
$2.87
E£51.33
+40.7%
Monthly membership at local gym $22.57
₴586.09
$28.52
E£510.49
+26.4%
Movie ticket to theater/cinema $4.37
₴113.46
$5.74
E£102.66
+31.3%
Average +47.9%
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store

pay 4.5% more for clothing

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Regular jeans
Levi's brand
 $66.58
₴1,728.97
$49.32
E£882.83
-25.9%
Regular dress
from H&M or similar store
 $40.18
₴1,043.52
$54.29
E£971.80
+35.1%
Running shoes
Nike or Adidas
 $90.25
₴2,343.67
$132.15
E£2,365.37
+46.4%
Men's business shoes (leather) $107.29
₴2,786.20
$66.91
E£1,197.67
-37.6%
Average +4.5%
Kiev vs. Cairo - 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: August 2021
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