Edinburgh vs Giza - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Edinburgh	Giza
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2310	$410
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5713	$1005
🏠 One person rent	$1359	$157
🏘️ Family rent	$2393	$259
🍽️ Food expenses	$594	$167
🚐 Transport expenses	$166	$29.6
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3676	$140
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	11 km	17 km
🎓 Higher education	88	83
😀 Quality of life	95	58
🏙️ Population	488K	5.6M

The cost of living in Edinburgh is 464% more expensive than in Giza. Cities ranked 1247th and 8955th ($2310 vs $410) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 32nd and 6th in the United Kingdom and Egypt, respectively. Check the United Kingdom vs Egypt comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.6 months in Edinburgh compared to 0.3 months in Giza. Edinburgh ranked 5th best city to live in the United Kingdom vs Giza ranked 2nd in Egypt, while ranked 59th and 6081st among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Edinburgh vs Giza

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	Edinburgh	Giza
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$21.6	$4.19
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$89.8	$14.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10	$5.12
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$8.41	$1.61
☕ Cappuccino	$5.01	$1.37
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.68	$0.42
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1388	$188
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1053	$108
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2488	$335
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1942	$190
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$198	$12
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$300	$18.6
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$41.3	$20.9
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	5.08%	23.46%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6892	$858
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4820	$1319
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.91	$0.28
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$88.4	$2.1
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$27.7	$3.05
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.89	$0.34
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.71	$0.96
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.72	$0.55
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.92	$0.79
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.63	$1.62
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.3	$2.32
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.5	$4.43
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$17.5	$8.64
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.05	$1.62
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.52	$0.66
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.58	$0.4
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.4	$0.37
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.67	$0.55
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.4	$0.52
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.07	$0.13
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$3.31	$0.51
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$11.4	$4.69
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.57	$1.52
🚬 Cigarette pack	$19.9	$2.04
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.11	$1.68
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.69	$1.7
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.26	$0.86
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.63	$0.54
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$50	$17.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$15.7	$6.32
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$112	$11.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$22.5	$2.14
👖 Brand Jeans	$115	$18
👟 Brand Sneakers	$120	$89.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1932	$101
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$23184	$2777

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Cities near Edinburgh

Distance	City	Cost of living
18 km or 11 mi	Kirkcaldy	$1768
21 km or 13 mi	Livingston	$1775
21 km or 13 mi	Dunfermline	$1728
42 km or 26 mi	Alloa	$1762
49 km or 30 mi	Cumbernauld	$1619
49 km or 31 mi	Stirling	$1711
52 km or 32 mi	Perth	$1641
56 km or 35 mi	Hamilton	$1797
59 km or 37 mi	Dundee	$1480
65 km or 40 mi	East Kilbride	$1840
66 km or 41 mi	Glasgow	$2058
78 km or 48 mi	Paisley	$1837
89 km or 56 mi	Kilmarnock	$1527
98 km or 61 mi	Greenock	$1575
99 km or 61 mi	Irvine	$1630
102 km or 63 mi	Dumfries	$1485
105 km or 65 mi	Ayr	$1522
120 km or 74 mi	Carlisle	$1759
147 km or 91 mi	Newcastle upon Tyne	$1963
149 km or 93 mi	Aberdeen	$1769
150 km or 93 mi	Gateshead	$1906
153 km or 95 mi	Tynemouth	$1805
153 km or 95 mi	Jarrow	$1825
154 km or 96 mi	South Shields	$1780
158 km or 98 mi	Washington	$1797
158 km or 98 mi	Whitehaven	$1778
164 km or 102 mi	Sunderland	$1602
166 km or 103 mi	Durham	$2079
173 km or 107 mi	Bishop Auckland	$1761
182 km or 113 mi	Inverness	$2021
189 km or 117 mi	Hartlepool	$1460
189 km or 117 mi	Elgin	$1507
190 km or 118 mi	Darlington	$1429
194 km or 121 mi	Stockton-on-Tees	$1431
197 km or 123 mi	Middlesbrough	$1638
211 km or 131 mi	Morecambe	$1840
212 km or 132 mi	Bangor	$1484
213 km or 132 mi	Lancaster	$1839
216 km or 134 mi	Douglas	$2205
224 km or 139 mi	Newtownabbey	$1808

Cities near Giza

Distance	City	Cost of living
5.9 km or 3.6 mi	Cairo	$473
14 km or 8.4 mi	Shubra El Kheima	$422
22 km or 14 mi	Helwan	$395
50 km or 31 mi	Benha	$336
63 km or 39 mi	Shibin El Kom	$354
68 km or 42 mi	Zagazig	$345
87 km or 54 mi	Faiyum	$334
88 km or 55 mi	Tanta	$287
106 km or 66 mi	Beni Suef	$288
106 km or 66 mi	El Mahalla El Kubra	$356
117 km or 73 mi	Mansoura	$326
120 km or 74 mi	Ismailia	$295
128 km or 79 mi	Suez	$276
136 km or 84 mi	Damanhur	$274
163 km or 101 mi	Kafr El Dawwar	$330
167 km or 104 mi	Damietta	$331
172 km or 107 mi	Port Said	$306
181 km or 113 mi	Alexandria	$384
219 km or 136 mi	Minya	$348
314 km or 195 mi	Asyut	$271
352 km or 219 mi	Gaza	$695
355 km or 221 mi	Ofakim	$1867
358 km or 223 mi	Netivot	$1951
361 km or 225 mi	Dahab	$517
365 km or 227 mi	Eilat	$1734
365 km or 227 mi	Sderot	$1957
370 km or 230 mi	Ashkelon	$1850
370 km or 230 mi	Aqaba	$782
370 km or 230 mi	Beersheba	$1645
372 km or 231 mi	Rahat	$1879
378 km or 235 mi	El Gouna	$354
383 km or 238 mi	Sharm El Sheikh	$589
384 km or 238 mi	Kiryat Gat	$2032
384 km or 238 mi	Ashdod	$1993
384 km or 239 mi	Dimona	$1910
386 km or 240 mi	Sohag	$398
388 km or 241 mi	Kiryat Malakhi	$2027
395 km or 246 mi	Yavne	$2064
398 km or 247 mi	Hurghada	$346
401 km or 249 mi	Dura	$1021