Giza vs Indianapolis - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: June 21, 2026

	Giza	Indianapolis
🚶 Cost of living one person	$356	$2405
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$887	$5527
🏠 One person rent	$123	$1478
🏘️ Family rent	$200	$2331
🍽️ Food expenses	$153	$647
🚐 Transport expenses	$30.1	$124
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$128	$4390
😷 Air quality	Bad	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	17 km	13 km
🎓 Higher education	83	70
😀 Quality of life	60	89
🏙️ Population	4.46M	888K

The cost of living in Giza is 85% less expensive than in Indianapolis. Cities ranked 9046th and 1079th ($356 vs $2405) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 10th and 928th in Egypt and the United States, respectively. Check Egypt vs the United States comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.4 months in Giza compared to 1.8 months in Indianapolis. Giza ranked 2nd best city to live in Egypt vs Indianapolis ranked 63rd in the United States, while ranked 5867th and 237th among best cities to live in the world.

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	Giza	Indianapolis
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$3.85	$20.1
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$13.5	$74.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.71	$11.5
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.51	$6.99
☕ Cappuccino	$1.32	$5.76
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.38	$3.22
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$135	$1535
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$81.8	$1207
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$244	$2597
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$145	$1915
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$10.6	$141
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$15.9	$216
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$19.5	$63.9
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	21.01%	6.15%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$792	$2599
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1198	$1872
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.31	$1.74
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$2.53	$60.4
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$3.21	$15.7
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.36	$0.89
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.89	$0.84
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.48	$3.07
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.67	$4.75
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.43	$3.89
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.67	$12.5
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.86	$12.5
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.19	$16.9
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.56	$5.22
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.61	$1.56
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.42	$4.86
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.34	$4.26
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.46	$2.45
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.48	$2.88
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.13	$1.65
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.6	$2.77
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$4.32	$15.5
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.4	$2
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.93	$10.3
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$1.52	$9.27
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$1.54	$6
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.8	$5.27
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.49	$1.93
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$21.7	$40.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.6	$14.9
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$10.4	$102
💇 Haircut, simple	$1.92	$16.7
👖 Brand Jeans	$16.9	$57
👟 Brand Sneakers	$81.5	$110
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$94.6	$1743
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$2487	$24177

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Cities near Giza

Distance	City	Cost of living
5.9 km or 3.6 mi	Cairo	$483
14 km or 8.4 mi	Shubra El Kheima	$414
22 km or 14 mi	Helwan	$374
50 km or 31 mi	Benha	$314
63 km or 39 mi	Shibin El Kom	$332
68 km or 42 mi	Zagazig	$325
87 km or 54 mi	Faiyum	$315
88 km or 55 mi	Tanta	$267
106 km or 66 mi	Beni Suef	$271
106 km or 66 mi	El Mahalla El Kubra	$313
117 km or 73 mi	Mansoura	$307
120 km or 74 mi	Ismailia	$279
128 km or 79 mi	Suez	$288
136 km or 84 mi	Damanhur	$267
163 km or 101 mi	Kafr El Dawwar	$316
167 km or 104 mi	Damietta	$294
172 km or 107 mi	Port Said	$288
181 km or 113 mi	Alexandria	$366
219 km or 136 mi	Minya	$324
314 km or 195 mi	Asyut	$264
352 km or 219 mi	Gaza	$862
355 km or 221 mi	Ofakim	$2038
358 km or 223 mi	Netivot	$2145
361 km or 225 mi	Dahab	$429
365 km or 227 mi	Eilat	$2054
365 km or 227 mi	Sderot	$2133
370 km or 230 mi	Ashkelon	$1845
370 km or 230 mi	Aqaba	$818
370 km or 230 mi	Beersheba	$1810
372 km or 231 mi	Rahat	$2060
378 km or 235 mi	El Gouna	$338
383 km or 238 mi	Sharm El Sheikh	$555
384 km or 238 mi	Kiryat Gat	$2225
384 km or 238 mi	Ashdod	$2305
384 km or 239 mi	Dimona	$2014
386 km or 240 mi	Sohag	$375
388 km or 241 mi	Kiryat Malakhi	$2283
395 km or 246 mi	Yavne	$2354
398 km or 247 mi	Hurghada	$334
401 km or 249 mi	Dura	$1149

Cities near Indianapolis

Distance	City	Cost of living
17 km or 11 mi	Lawrence	$2088
18 km or 11 mi	Greenwood	$1968
22 km or 14 mi	Plainfield	$2060
22 km or 14 mi	Brownsburg	$1919
23 km or 14 mi	Carmel	$2065
24 km or 15 mi	Fishers	$2035
29 km or 18 mi	Westfield	$2018
32 km or 20 mi	Franklin	$2045
33 km or 21 mi	Greenfield	$1860
33 km or 21 mi	Noblesville	$1974
55 km or 34 mi	Anderson	$1706
65 km or 41 mi	Columbus	$1813
75 km or 46 mi	Bloomington	$2100
79 km or 49 mi	Kokomo	$1722
81 km or 50 mi	Muncie	$1508
95 km or 59 mi	Lafayette	$2006
96 km or 60 mi	Marion	$1868
99 km or 61 mi	West Lafayette	$1913
108 km or 67 mi	Richmond	$1877
111 km or 69 mi	Terre Haute	$1575
124 km or 77 mi	Oxford	$1913
132 km or 82 mi	Danville	$1967
143 km or 89 mi	Hamilton	$1984
147 km or 91 mi	Fairfield	$2002
155 km or 97 mi	Middletown	$1617
156 km or 97 mi	Florence	$1942
159 km or 99 mi	Cincinnati	$2051
160 km or 99 mi	Trotwood	$1933
162 km or 101 mi	Covington	$2392
165 km or 102 mi	Mason	$1900
165 km or 103 mi	Clarksville	$1827
166 km or 103 mi	Independence	$2126
166 km or 103 mi	New Albany	$1897
167 km or 104 mi	Dayton	$1898
168 km or 104 mi	Jeffersonville	$1746
168 km or 104 mi	Piqua	$1836
169 km or 105 mi	Troy	$1855
169 km or 105 mi	Fort Wayne	$1894
171 km or 106 mi	Lebanon	$1843
172 km or 107 mi	Kettering	$1908