Giza vs Reykjavik - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: June 21, 2026

	Giza	Reykjavik
🚶 Cost of living one person	$356	$3205
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$887	$6762
🏠 One person rent	$123	$1954
🏘️ Family rent	$200	$2956
🍽️ Food expenses	$153	$904
🚐 Transport expenses	$30.1	$100
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$128	$4423
😷 Air quality	Bad	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	17 km	4 km
🎓 Higher education	83	53
😀 Quality of life	60	88
🏙️ Population	4.46M	139K

The cost of living in Giza is 89% less expensive than in Reykjavik. Cities ranked 9046th and 119th ($356 vs $3205) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 10th and 1st in Egypt and Iceland, respectively. Check Egypt vs Iceland comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.4 months in Giza compared to 1.4 months in Reykjavik. Giza ranked 2nd best city to live in Egypt vs Reykjavik ranked 1st in Iceland, while ranked 5867th and 258th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Giza vs Reykjavik

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	Giza	Reykjavik
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$3.85	$28.3
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$13.5	$97.9
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.71	$20
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.51	$13.4
☕ Cappuccino	$1.32	$6.5
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.38	$3.26
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$135	$2129
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$81.8	$1743
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$244	$3328
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$145	$2660
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$10.6	$52.2
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$15.9	$80.3
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$19.5	$82
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	21.01%	8.69%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$792	$7748
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1198	$6175
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.31	$5.38
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$2.53	$90.3
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$3.21	$28.9
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.36	$2.12
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.89	$2.04
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.48	$4.21
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.67	$3.46
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.43	$6.99
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.67	$20.2
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.86	$24.8
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.19	$44.1
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.56	$3.41
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.61	$2.66
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.42	$3.17
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.34	$5.99
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.46	$3.65
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.48	$1.89
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.13	$1.16
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.6	$3
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$4.32	$23.2
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.4	$3.72
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.93	$13.5
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$1.52	$11.6
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$1.54	$5.76
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.8	$5.18
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.49	$3.63
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$21.7	$90.3
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.6	$19.2
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$10.4	$92.8
💇 Haircut, simple	$1.92	$47.2
👖 Brand Jeans	$16.9	$146
👟 Brand Sneakers	$81.5	$178
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$94.6	$472
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$2487	$30029

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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 Reykjavik

Distance	City	Cost of living
6.8 km or 4.2 mi	Kopavogur	$3092
9.8 km or 6.1 mi	Hafnarfjorur	$3106
38 km or 24 mi	Keflavik	$2581
247 km or 153 mi	Akureyri	$2921
795 km or 494 mi	Torshavn	$2017
1204 km or 748 mi	Inverness	$2005
1230 km or 764 mi	Elgin	$1523
1300 km or 808 mi	Derry	$1646
1309 km or 813 mi	Greenock	$1647
1321 km or 821 mi	Aberdeen	$1806
1325 km or 823 mi	Perth	$1640
1328 km or 825 mi	Stirling	$1835
1331 km or 827 mi	Paisley	$1885
1333 km or 828 mi	Alloa	$1842
1337 km or 831 mi	Glasgow	$2114
1339 km or 832 mi	Dundee	$1593
1340 km or 833 mi	Omagh	$1763
1341 km or 833 mi	Cumbernauld	$1611
1342 km or 834 mi	Irvine	$1704
1348 km or 838 mi	East Kilbride	$1878
1349 km or 838 mi	Kilmarnock	$1600
1351 km or 839 mi	Dunfermline	$1750
1353 km or 841 mi	Hamilton	$1831
1357 km or 843 mi	Ayr	$1586
1360 km or 845 mi	Kirkcaldy	$1794
1365 km or 848 mi	Livingston	$1760
1372 km or 852 mi	Edinburgh	$2295
1382 km or 859 mi	Newtownabbey	$1820
1387 km or 862 mi	Belfast	$1878
1390 km or 864 mi	Bangor	$1485
1391 km or 864 mi	Lisburn	$1923
1401 km or 871 mi	Alesund	$2021
1413 km or 878 mi	Galway	$3003
1425 km or 886 mi	Dundalk	$2264
1431 km or 889 mi	Dumfries	$1456
1433 km or 891 mi	Nuuk	$2508
1441 km or 895 mi	Molde	$2101
1454 km or 903 mi	Kristiansund	$1944
1455 km or 904 mi	Drogheda	$2518
1455 km or 904 mi	Bergen	$2336