Adelaide vs Cairo - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	Adelaide	Cairo
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2338	$506
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4797	$1241
🏠 One person rent	$1428	$201
🏘️ Family rent	$2032	$352
🍽️ Food expenses	$589	$196
🚐 Transport expenses	$180	$39.7
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3804	$199
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	12 km
🎓 Higher education	50	83
😀 Quality of life	93	63
🏙️ Population	1.39M	9.8M

The cost of living in Adelaide is 362% more expensive than in Cairo. Cities ranked 1210th and 8680th ($2338 vs $506) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 9th and 2nd in Australia and Egypt, respectively. Check Australia vs Egypt comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.6 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 73rd and 5610th 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	$15.9	$4.85
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$79.2	$22.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.5	$5.71
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$8.33	$1.81
☕ Cappuccino	$4.02	$1.87
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.76	$0.39
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1521	$221
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1196	$159
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2231	$401
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1697	$292
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$114	$18.2
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$174	$27.8
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$53.2	$11.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.37%	16.83%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$8511	$918
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5565	$518
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.19	$0.36
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$81.2	$9.22
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$16.7	$2.65
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.24	$0.4
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.68	$1.04
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.56	$0.64
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.1	$0.67
🥚 Eggs, x12	$5.2	$1.53
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.7	$4.31
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.67	$4.81
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.7	$9.6
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.48	$1.79
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.84	$0.85
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.14	$0.7
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.67	$0.39
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.78	$0.44
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.31	$0.43
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.21	$0.15
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.55	$0.81
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$14.6	$8.35
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.74	$1.41
🚬 Cigarette pack	$23	$2.08
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.16	$2.08
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.16	$2.25
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.61	$0.9
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.49	$1.03
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$41.7	$21.8
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$15.1	$4.03
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$52.6	$11
💇 Haircut, simple	$15.1	$2.83
👖 Brand Jeans	$80.5	$39.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$123	$121
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1013	$111
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$8002	$2645

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Cities near Adelaide

Distance	City	Cost of living
253 km or 157 mi	Whyalla	$2128
337 km or 209 mi	Mildura	$1904
377 km or 235 mi	Mount Gambier	$1901
518 km or 322 mi	Warrnambool	$1870
551 km or 342 mi	Bendigo	$1487
555 km or 345 mi	Ballarat	$1604
618 km or 384 mi	Melton	$1906
623 km or 387 mi	Sunbury	$1928
627 km or 390 mi	Geelong	$2217
633 km or 393 mi	Tarneit	$1822
636 km or 395 mi	Shepparton	$1815
637 km or 396 mi	Hoppers Crossing	$1854
655 km or 407 mi	Melbourne	$2496
658 km or 409 mi	South Yarra	$1829
683 km or 424 mi	Dandenong	$1894
686 km or 426 mi	Griffith	$1824
686 km or 426 mi	Frankston	$1889
694 km or 431 mi	Cranbourne	$1798
695 km or 432 mi	Berwick	$1860
709 km or 440 mi	Pakenham	$1896
797 km or 496 mi	Traralgon	$1979
800 km or 497 mi	Wagga Wagga	$1583
959 km or 596 mi	Canberra	$2223
971 km or 603 mi	Devonport	$1898
974 km or 605 mi	Dubbo	$1867
985 km or 612 mi	Orange	$1477
1016 km or 631 mi	Goulburn	$1821
1025 km or 637 mi	Bathurst	$1699
1040 km or 646 mi	Launceston	$1753
1125 km or 699 mi	Wollongong	$1695
1138 km or 707 mi	Blacktown	$1710
1143 km or 710 mi	Kellyville	$2050
1146 km or 712 mi	Parramatta	$2482
1162 km or 722 mi	Hobart	$2308
1163 km or 723 mi	Sydney	$2844
1173 km or 729 mi	Dee Why	$2379
1234 km or 767 mi	Newcastle	$1997
1318 km or 819 mi	Armidale	$1288
1330 km or 826 mi	Alice Springs	$1590
1387 km or 862 mi	Port Macquarie	$1796

Cities near Cairo

Distance	City	Cost of living
5.9 km or 3.6 mi	Giza	$394
8.1 km or 5 mi	Shubra El Kheima	$443
26 km or 16 mi	Helwan	$402
46 km or 28 mi	Benha	$343
60 km or 37 mi	Shibin El Kom	$361
62 km or 39 mi	Zagazig	$351
84 km or 52 mi	Tanta	$294
93 km or 58 mi	Faiyum	$340
101 km or 63 mi	El Mahalla El Kubra	$343
111 km or 69 mi	Beni Suef	$297
111 km or 69 mi	Mansoura	$335
115 km or 71 mi	Ismailia	$300
125 km or 78 mi	Suez	$288
133 km or 83 mi	Damanhur	$282
161 km or 100 mi	Kafr El Dawwar	$341
161 km or 100 mi	Damietta	$323
166 km or 103 mi	Port Said	$319
179 km or 111 mi	Alexandria	$400
224 km or 139 mi	Minya	$356
319 km or 198 mi	Asyut	$283
347 km or 216 mi	Gaza	$776
351 km or 218 mi	Ofakim	$1936
354 km or 220 mi	Netivot	$2022
360 km or 223 mi	Sderot	$1993
361 km or 224 mi	Dahab	$479
362 km or 225 mi	Eilat	$1853
365 km or 226 mi	Ashkelon	$1761
366 km or 227 mi	Beersheba	$1700
367 km or 228 mi	Rahat	$1962
368 km or 229 mi	Aqaba	$800
379 km or 235 mi	Ashdod	$2145
379 km or 235 mi	Kiryat Gat	$2079
380 km or 236 mi	Dimona	$2002
381 km or 236 mi	El Gouna	$360
383 km or 238 mi	Kiryat Malakhi	$2105
384 km or 239 mi	Sharm El Sheikh	$598
390 km or 242 mi	Yavne	$2172
391 km or 243 mi	Sohag	$415
396 km or 246 mi	Dura	$1062
397 km or 246 mi	Rehovot	$2066