Adelaide vs Cairo - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Adelaide	Cairo
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2117	$473
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4412	$1152
🏠 One person rent	$1269	$189
🏘️ Family rent	$1846	$325
🍽️ Food expenses	$544	$182
🚐 Transport expenses	$174	$36.5
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3276	$185
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	12 km
🎓 Higher education	50	84
😀 Quality of life	94	60
🏙️ Population	1.39M	9.61M

The cost of living in Adelaide is 348% more expensive than in Cairo. Cities ranked 1686th and 8802nd ($2117 vs $473) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 10th and 3rd in Australia and Egypt, respectively. Check Australia vs Egypt comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.5 months in Adelaide compared to 0.4 months in Cairo. Adelaide ranked 5th best city to live in Australia vs Cairo ranked 1st in Egypt, while ranked 65th and 5895th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Adelaide vs Cairo

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	Adelaide	Cairo
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$15.1	$4.18
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$75.5	$19.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.61	$4.93
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$7.27	$1.57
☕ Cappuccino	$3.66	$1.7
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.52	$0.38
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1334	$218
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1047	$145
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1976	$394
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1526	$259
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$117	$17.3
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$182	$26.7
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$47.7	$11.8
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.31%	17.17%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$7414	$869
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4859	$517
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.85	$0.31
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$75.3	$7.95
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$17.3	$2.61
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.16	$0.36
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.46	$0.99
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.35	$0.59
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.94	$0.7
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.69	$1.63
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.4	$3.96
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.42	$4.8
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.5	$9.2
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.08	$1.69
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.6	$0.76
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.01	$0.64
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.17	$0.34
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.57	$0.44
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.14	$0.42
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.16	$0.15
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.46	$0.79
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$13.1	$7.92
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.34	$1.32
🚬 Cigarette pack	$20.9	$2.05
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.2	$2.14
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.83	$2.21
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.41	$0.89
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.26	$0.97
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$37.5	$19
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$13.9	$3.64
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$50	$10.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$16	$2.77
👖 Brand Jeans	$73.9	$39.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$108	$115
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$876	$96.5
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$6919	$2311

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Cities near Adelaide

Distance	City	Cost of living
253 km or 157 mi	Whyalla	$1911
337 km or 209 mi	Mildura	$1771
377 km or 235 mi	Mount Gambier	$1753
518 km or 322 mi	Warrnambool	$1718
551 km or 342 mi	Bendigo	$1362
555 km or 345 mi	Ballarat	$1464
618 km or 384 mi	Melton	$1738
623 km or 387 mi	Sunbury	$1768
627 km or 390 mi	Geelong	$2058
633 km or 393 mi	Tarneit	$1673
636 km or 395 mi	Shepparton	$1662
637 km or 396 mi	Hoppers Crossing	$1697
655 km or 407 mi	Melbourne	$2308
658 km or 409 mi	South Yarra	$1681
683 km or 424 mi	Dandenong	$1736
686 km or 426 mi	Griffith	$1667
686 km or 426 mi	Frankston	$1728
694 km or 431 mi	Cranbourne	$1674
695 km or 432 mi	Berwick	$1706
709 km or 440 mi	Pakenham	$1725
797 km or 496 mi	Traralgon	$1813
800 km or 497 mi	Wagga Wagga	$1458
959 km or 596 mi	Canberra	$2019
971 km or 603 mi	Devonport	$1786
974 km or 605 mi	Dubbo	$1747
985 km or 612 mi	Orange	$1364
1016 km or 631 mi	Goulburn	$1678
1025 km or 637 mi	Bathurst	$1568
1040 km or 646 mi	Launceston	$1660
1125 km or 699 mi	Wollongong	$1580
1138 km or 707 mi	Blacktown	$1599
1143 km or 710 mi	Kellyville	$1888
1146 km or 712 mi	Parramatta	$2292
1162 km or 722 mi	Hobart	$2127
1163 km or 723 mi	Sydney	$2640
1173 km or 729 mi	Dee Why	$2181
1234 km or 767 mi	Newcastle	$1839
1318 km or 819 mi	Armidale	$1184
1330 km or 826 mi	Alice Springs	$1455
1387 km or 862 mi	Port Macquarie	$1633

Cities near Cairo

Distance	City	Cost of living
5.9 km or 3.6 mi	Giza	$410
8.1 km or 5 mi	Shubra El Kheima	$422
26 km or 16 mi	Helwan	$395
46 km or 28 mi	Benha	$336
60 km or 37 mi	Shibin El Kom	$354
62 km or 39 mi	Zagazig	$345
84 km or 52 mi	Tanta	$287
93 km or 58 mi	Faiyum	$334
101 km or 63 mi	El Mahalla El Kubra	$356
111 km or 69 mi	Beni Suef	$288
111 km or 69 mi	Mansoura	$326
115 km or 71 mi	Ismailia	$295
125 km or 78 mi	Suez	$276
133 km or 83 mi	Damanhur	$274
161 km or 100 mi	Kafr El Dawwar	$330
161 km or 100 mi	Damietta	$331
166 km or 103 mi	Port Said	$306
179 km or 111 mi	Alexandria	$384
224 km or 139 mi	Minya	$348
319 km or 198 mi	Asyut	$271
347 km or 216 mi	Gaza	$695
351 km or 218 mi	Ofakim	$1867
354 km or 220 mi	Netivot	$1951
360 km or 223 mi	Sderot	$1957
361 km or 224 mi	Dahab	$517
362 km or 225 mi	Eilat	$1734
365 km or 226 mi	Ashkelon	$1850
366 km or 227 mi	Beersheba	$1645
367 km or 228 mi	Rahat	$1879
368 km or 229 mi	Aqaba	$782
379 km or 235 mi	Ashdod	$1993
379 km or 235 mi	Kiryat Gat	$2032
380 km or 236 mi	Dimona	$1910
381 km or 236 mi	El Gouna	$354
383 km or 238 mi	Kiryat Malakhi	$2027
384 km or 239 mi	Sharm El Sheikh	$589
390 km or 242 mi	Yavne	$2064
391 km or 243 mi	Sohag	$398
396 km or 246 mi	Dura	$1021
397 km or 246 mi	Rehovot	$1947