Bucharest vs Giza - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Bucharest	Giza
🚶 Cost of living one person	$988	$318
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2566	$842
🏠 One person rent	$474	$90.3
🏘️ Family rent	$877	$183
🍽️ Food expenses	$339	$154
🚐 Transport expenses	$67.6	$23.7
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1247	$138
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	12 km	17 km
🎓 Higher education	77	83
😀 Quality of life	79	56
🏙️ Population	1.72M	5.6M

The cost of living in Bucharest is 211% more expensive than in Giza. Cities ranked 5565th and 9160th ($988 vs $318) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 3rd and 15th in Romania and Egypt, respectively. Check Romania vs Egypt comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.3 months in Bucharest compared to 0.4 months in Giza. Bucharest ranked 1st best city to live in Romania vs Giza ranked 2nd in Egypt, while ranked 645th and 5740th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Bucharest vs Giza

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	Bucharest	Giza
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$10.5	$3.13
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$44.7	$15.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.25	$4.95
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.9	$1.58
☕ Cappuccino	$3.01	$1.08
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.09	$0.33
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$520	$97.8
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$337	$66.3
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$999	$279
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$658	$131
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$90.8	$9.12
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$141	$14.1
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$9.28	$8.6
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	7.1%	19.86%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3094	$603
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1793	$314
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.63	$0.2
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$17.3	$1.96
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$5.57	$2.39
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.52	$0.28
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.6	$0.86
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.98	$0.54
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.35	$0.68
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.05	$1.45
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.55	$2.47
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.56	$4.26
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.9	$7.97
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.15	$1.37
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.62	$0.5
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.6	$0.27
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.05	$0.26
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.94	$0.4
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.89	$0.55
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.57	$0.11
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.01	$0.71
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.28	$4.96
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.12	$1.62
🚬 Cigarette pack	$5.84	$1.98
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.38	$1.57
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.93	$1.59
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.61	$0.82
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.03	$0.5
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$42.7	$12
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$7.92	$3.68
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$51.8	$11
💇 Haircut, simple	$10.4	$2.01
👖 Brand Jeans	$72.9	$13.4
👟 Brand Sneakers	$84	$96.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$569	$49.6
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$11573	$1943

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Cities near Bucharest

Distance	City	Cost of living
13 km or 8.3 mi	Voluntari	$867
56 km or 35 mi	Giurgiu	$847
60 km or 37 mi	Ploiesti	$796
62 km or 39 mi	Ruse	$633
77 km or 48 mi	Targoviste	$704
77 km or 48 mi	Alexandria	$629
102 km or 63 mi	Buzau	$729
102 km or 63 mi	Calarasi	$696
103 km or 64 mi	Slobozia	$722
108 km or 67 mi	Pitesti	$743
137 km or 85 mi	Slatina	$623
143 km or 89 mi	Shumen	$622
144 km or 90 mi	Brasov	$938
151 km or 94 mi	Veliko Tarnovo	$731
156 km or 97 mi	Ramnicu Valcea	$770
161 km or 100 mi	Pleven	$594
164 km or 102 mi	Sfantu Gheorghe	$680
168 km or 104 mi	Dobrich	$702
168 km or 105 mi	Focsani	$752
177 km or 110 mi	Braila	$741
180 km or 112 mi	Craiova	$848
181 km or 112 mi	Gabrovo	$598
192 km or 119 mi	Galati	$786
192 km or 119 mi	Sliven	$631
198 km or 123 mi	Varna	$892
203 km or 126 mi	Mamaia	$929
205 km or 127 mi	Constanta	$1002
216 km or 134 mi	Yambol	$546
217 km or 135 mi	Sibiu	$698
223 km or 138 mi	Stara Zagora	$646
232 km or 144 mi	Tulcea	$837
233 km or 145 mi	Targu Jiu	$718
236 km or 146 mi	Cahul	$812
237 km or 147 mi	Barlad	$725
238 km or 148 mi	Medias	$574
239 km or 148 mi	Burgas	$721
243 km or 151 mi	Vratsa	$687
251 km or 156 mi	Bacau	$650
260 km or 161 mi	Vidin	$605
267 km or 166 mi	Targu Mures	$758

Cities near Giza

Distance	City	Cost of living
5.9 km or 3.6 mi	Cairo	$417
14 km or 8.4 mi	Shubra El Kheima	$365
22 km or 14 mi	Helwan	$335
50 km or 31 mi	Benha	$300
63 km or 39 mi	Shibin El Kom	$305
68 km or 42 mi	Zagazig	$307
87 km or 54 mi	Faiyum	$325
88 km or 55 mi	Tanta	$288
106 km or 66 mi	Beni Suef	$319
106 km or 66 mi	El Mahalla El Kubra	$269
117 km or 73 mi	Mansoura	$301
120 km or 74 mi	Ismailia	$295
128 km or 79 mi	Suez	$272
136 km or 84 mi	Damanhur	$268
163 km or 101 mi	Kafr El Dawwar	$289
167 km or 104 mi	Damietta	$298
172 km or 107 mi	Port Said	$276
181 km or 113 mi	Alexandria	$316
219 km or 136 mi	Minya	$339
314 km or 195 mi	Asyut	$290
352 km or 219 mi	Gaza	$640
355 km or 221 mi	Ofakim	$1684
358 km or 223 mi	Netivot	$1742
361 km or 225 mi	Dahab	$381
365 km or 227 mi	Eilat	$1577
365 km or 227 mi	Sderot	$1732
370 km or 230 mi	Ashkelon	$1511
370 km or 230 mi	Aqaba	$809
370 km or 230 mi	Beersheba	$1471
372 km or 231 mi	Rahat	$1686
378 km or 235 mi	El Gouna	$336
383 km or 238 mi	Sharm El Sheikh	$464
384 km or 238 mi	Kiryat Gat	$1757
384 km or 238 mi	Ashdod	$1837
384 km or 239 mi	Dimona	$1716
386 km or 240 mi	Sohag	$360
388 km or 241 mi	Kiryat Malakhi	$1809
395 km or 246 mi	Yavne	$1884
398 km or 247 mi	Hurghada	$342
401 km or 249 mi	Dura	$813