Giza vs Glasgow - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Giza	Glasgow
🚶 Cost of living one person	$410	$2058
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1005	$4930
🏠 One person rent	$157	$1155
🏘️ Family rent	$259	$2017
🍽️ Food expenses	$167	$551
🚐 Transport expenses	$29.6	$183
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$140	$3074
😷 Air quality	Bad	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	17 km	11 km
🎓 Higher education	83	94
😀 Quality of life	58	95
🏙️ Population	5.6M	626K

The cost of living in Giza is 80% less expensive than in Glasgow. Cities ranked 8955th and 1833rd ($410 vs $2058) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 6th and 94th 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 0.3 months in Giza compared to 1.5 months in Glasgow. Giza ranked 2nd best city to live in Egypt vs Glasgow ranked 3rd in the United Kingdom, while ranked 6081st and 52nd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Giza vs Glasgow

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	Giza	Glasgow
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$4.19	$19.9
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$14.8	$96.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.12	$10.1
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.61	$6.73
☕ Cappuccino	$1.37	$4.81
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.42	$1.96
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$188	$1172
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$108	$856
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$335	$2085
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$190	$1575
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$12	$197
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$18.6	$301
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$20.9	$39.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	23.46%	4.83%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$858	$4064
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1319	$3045
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.28	$3.97
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$2.1	$94.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$3.05	$24.9
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.34	$1.93
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.96	$1.62
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.55	$1.52
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.79	$2.17
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.62	$3.74
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.32	$10.2
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.43	$9.1
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.64	$15.4
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.62	$3.12
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.66	$1.52
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.4	$3.35
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.37	$3.45
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.55	$1.65
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.52	$1.65
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.13	$0.86
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.51	$2.98
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$4.69	$10.6
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.52	$3.1
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.04	$21.1
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$1.68	$3.03
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$1.7	$3.61
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.86	$3.03
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.54	$2.5
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$17.9	$49
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$6.32	$16.1
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$11.9	$85.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$2.14	$17.7
👖 Brand Jeans	$18	$118
👟 Brand Sneakers	$89.6	$102
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$101	$1138
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$2777	$18105

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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

Cities near Glasgow

Distance	City	Cost of living
11 km or 6.9 mi	East Kilbride	$1840
11 km or 7.1 mi	Paisley	$1837
16 km or 10 mi	Hamilton	$1797
19 km or 12 mi	Cumbernauld	$1619
32 km or 20 mi	Kilmarnock	$1527
34 km or 21 mi	Greenock	$1575
35 km or 21 mi	Stirling	$1711
37 km or 23 mi	Irvine	$1630
40 km or 25 mi	Alloa	$1762
46 km or 29 mi	Livingston	$1775
50 km or 31 mi	Ayr	$1522
54 km or 34 mi	Dunfermline	$1728
66 km or 41 mi	Edinburgh	$2310
73 km or 45 mi	Kirkcaldy	$1768
78 km or 49 mi	Perth	$1641
97 km or 60 mi	Dumfries	$1485
104 km or 65 mi	Dundee	$1480
136 km or 85 mi	Carlisle	$1759
152 km or 94 mi	Whitehaven	$1778
161 km or 100 mi	Bangor	$1484
170 km or 106 mi	Newtownabbey	$1808
176 km or 110 mi	Belfast	$1884
181 km or 112 mi	Inverness	$2021
187 km or 116 mi	Lisburn	$1879
191 km or 119 mi	Douglas	$2205
193 km or 120 mi	Newcastle upon Tyne	$1963
195 km or 121 mi	Aberdeen	$1769
196 km or 121 mi	Gateshead	$1906
200 km or 124 mi	Jarrow	$1825
201 km or 125 mi	Tynemouth	$1805
202 km or 126 mi	South Shields	$1780
203 km or 126 mi	Washington	$1797
207 km or 128 mi	Elgin	$1507
208 km or 129 mi	Durham	$2079
210 km or 131 mi	Sunderland	$1602
211 km or 131 mi	Bishop Auckland	$1761
218 km or 135 mi	Derry	$1551
219 km or 136 mi	Morecambe	$1840
222 km or 138 mi	Lancaster	$1839
227 km or 141 mi	Darlington	$1429