Cairo vs Glasgow - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Cairo	Glasgow
🚶 Cost of living one person	$424	$2013
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1086	$4848
🏠 One person rent	$162	$1146
🏘️ Family rent	$325	$2071
🍽️ Food expenses	$168	$540
🚐 Transport expenses	$34.4	$159
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$152	$3562
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	12 km	11 km
🎓 Higher education	83	94
😀 Quality of life	57	96
🏙️ Population	9.61M	626K

The cost of living in Cairo is 79% less expensive than in Glasgow. Cities ranked 8926th and 1833rd ($424 vs $2013) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 97th in Egypt and the United Kingdom, respectively. Check Egypt vs the United Kingdom comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.4 months in Cairo compared to 1.8 months in Glasgow. Cairo ranked 1st best city to live in Egypt vs Glasgow ranked 2nd in the United Kingdom, while ranked 5583rd and 19th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Cairo vs Glasgow

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	Cairo	Glasgow
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$3.97	$20.1
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$19.3	$90.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.24	$9.22
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.41	$6.44
☕ Cappuccino	$1.56	$4.55
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.34	$2.26
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$197	$1254
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$121	$882
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$389	$2451
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$266	$1640
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$16.3	$148
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$24.9	$227
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$9.49	$41.7
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	13.85%	5.48%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$626	$3909
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$388	$3280
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.21	$3.79
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$7.83	$80.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$2.73	$20.4
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.27	$1.95
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.92	$1.67
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.63	$1.67
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.7	$2.38
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.5	$3.73
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.41	$10.7
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.58	$9.01
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.04	$13.9
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.5	$3.33
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.48	$1.54
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.33	$3.01
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.34	$4.31
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.44	$1.4
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.47	$1.46
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.13	$0.78
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.71	$2.71
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$6.78	$10.7
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.2	$2.71
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.84	$19.6
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$1.51	$3.01
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.23	$3.62
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.09	$3.03
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.61	$2.52
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$17.8	$47.3
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$3.21	$17.4
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$12	$85.3
💇 Haircut, simple	$2.75	$17.6
👖 Brand Jeans	$37.9	$94.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$98.3	$121
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$92.9	$1167
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$1916	$12979

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Cities near Cairo

Distance	City	Cost of living
5.9 km or 3.6 mi	Giza	$323
8.1 km or 5 mi	Shubra El Kheima	$374
26 km or 16 mi	Helwan	$345
46 km or 28 mi	Benha	$335
60 km or 37 mi	Shibin El Kom	$323
62 km or 39 mi	Zagazig	$327
84 km or 52 mi	Tanta	$315
93 km or 58 mi	Faiyum	$339
101 km or 63 mi	El Mahalla El Kubra	$331
111 km or 69 mi	Beni Suef	$334
111 km or 69 mi	Mansoura	$306
115 km or 71 mi	Ismailia	$310
125 km or 78 mi	Suez	$303
133 km or 83 mi	Damanhur	$308
161 km or 100 mi	Kafr El Dawwar	$299
161 km or 100 mi	Damietta	$291
166 km or 103 mi	Port Said	$282
179 km or 111 mi	Alexandria	$310
224 km or 139 mi	Minya	$357
319 km or 198 mi	Asyut	$306
347 km or 216 mi	Gaza	$609
351 km or 218 mi	Ofakim	$1607
354 km or 220 mi	Netivot	$1713
360 km or 223 mi	Sderot	$1727
361 km or 224 mi	Dahab	$393
362 km or 225 mi	Eilat	$1536
365 km or 226 mi	Ashkelon	$1671
366 km or 227 mi	Beersheba	$1372
367 km or 228 mi	Rahat	$1632
368 km or 229 mi	Aqaba	$694
379 km or 235 mi	Ashdod	$1775
379 km or 235 mi	Kiryat Gat	$1754
380 km or 236 mi	Dimona	$1657
381 km or 236 mi	El Gouna	$294
383 km or 238 mi	Kiryat Malakhi	$1771
384 km or 239 mi	Sharm El Sheikh	$499
390 km or 242 mi	Yavne	$1815
391 km or 243 mi	Sohag	$350
396 km or 246 mi	Dura	$847
397 km or 246 mi	Rehovot	$1741

Cities near Glasgow

Distance	City	Cost of living
11 km or 6.9 mi	East Kilbride	$1818
11 km or 7.1 mi	Paisley	$1793
16 km or 10 mi	Hamilton	$1793
19 km or 12 mi	Cumbernauld	$1767
32 km or 20 mi	Kilmarnock	$1470
34 km or 21 mi	Greenock	$1599
35 km or 21 mi	Stirling	$1625
37 km or 23 mi	Irvine	$1573
40 km or 25 mi	Alloa	$1710
46 km or 29 mi	Livingston	$1744
50 km or 31 mi	Ayr	$1420
54 km or 34 mi	Dunfermline	$1724
66 km or 41 mi	Edinburgh	$2246
73 km or 45 mi	Kirkcaldy	$1704
78 km or 49 mi	Perth	$1647
97 km or 60 mi	Dumfries	$1390
104 km or 65 mi	Dundee	$1545
136 km or 85 mi	Carlisle	$1732
152 km or 94 mi	Whitehaven	$1828
161 km or 100 mi	Bangor	$1467
170 km or 106 mi	Newtownabbey	$1767
176 km or 110 mi	Belfast	$1830
181 km or 112 mi	Inverness	$1830
187 km or 116 mi	Lisburn	$1805
191 km or 119 mi	Douglas	$1989
193 km or 120 mi	Newcastle upon Tyne	$1847
195 km or 121 mi	Aberdeen	$1701
196 km or 121 mi	Gateshead	$1800
200 km or 124 mi	Jarrow	$1734
201 km or 125 mi	Tynemouth	$1712
202 km or 126 mi	South Shields	$1706
203 km or 126 mi	Washington	$1688
207 km or 128 mi	Elgin	$1459
208 km or 129 mi	Durham	$1602
210 km or 131 mi	Sunderland	$1571
211 km or 131 mi	Bishop Auckland	$1640
218 km or 135 mi	Derry	$1491
219 km or 136 mi	Morecambe	$1783
222 km or 138 mi	Lancaster	$1763
227 km or 141 mi	Darlington	$1364