Albuquerque vs Cairo - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: June 21, 2026

	Albuquerque	Cairo
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2029	$483
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5026	$1185
🏠 One person rent	$1176	$190
🏘️ Family rent	$2060	$332
🍽️ Food expenses	$600	$191
🚐 Transport expenses	$92.5	$38.7
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3981	$190
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	9 km	12 km
🎓 Higher education	27	83
😀 Quality of life	83	63
🏙️ Population	565K	9.8M

The cost of living in Albuquerque is 320% more expensive than in Cairo. Cities ranked 1945th and 8753rd ($2029 vs $483) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1522nd and 2nd in the United States and Egypt, respectively. Check the United States vs Egypt comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 2 months in Albuquerque compared to 0.4 months in Cairo. Albuquerque ranked 168th best city to live in the United States vs Cairo ranked 1st in Egypt, while ranked 518th and 5501st among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Albuquerque vs Cairo

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	Albuquerque	Cairo
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$17	$4.87
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$66.6	$24.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.9	$5.58
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.95	$1.54
☕ Cappuccino	$5.32	$1.75
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.85	$0.36
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1147	$207
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$973	$152
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2103	$373
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1774	$277
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$97	$16.7
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$149	$25.5
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$70.8	$10.6
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.15%	16.04%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2503	$855
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2242	$476
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.63	$0.35
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$26.2	$10.1
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$19.5	$2.36
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.88	$0.38
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.96	$0.92
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$3.24	$0.66
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.38	$0.61
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.68	$1.35
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.9	$4.2
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.34	$4.66
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$20.3	$9.14
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.05	$1.7
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.45	$0.77
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.14	$0.6
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.23	$0.45
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.07	$0.41
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.29	$0.41
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.88	$0.15
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.69	$0.73
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$13.9	$7.42
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.44	$1.43
🚬 Cigarette pack	$10.5	$1.87
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.27	$1.86
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.18	$2.01
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.78	$1.03
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.9	$0.91
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$49.1	$22.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$13.1	$3.74
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$123	$10.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$15.3	$2.53
👖 Brand Jeans	$54.8	$39.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$104	$107
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1503	$100
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$25284	$2716

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Distance	City	Cost of living
14 km or 8.5 mi	Rio Rancho	$2089
85 km or 53 mi	Santa Fe	$2212
110 km or 69 mi	Espanola	$2237
170 km or 106 mi	Taos	$2417
197 km or 123 mi	Gallup	$2212
230 km or 143 mi	Farmington	$2470
254 km or 158 mi	Alamogordo	$1747
272 km or 169 mi	Roswell	$1938
311 km or 193 mi	Las Cruces	$1665
321 km or 200 mi	Clovis	$1776
373 km or 232 mi	Carlsbad	$1844
374 km or 232 mi	El Paso	$1796
376 km or 233 mi	Ciudad Juarez	$1066
388 km or 241 mi	Socorro	$1850
393 km or 244 mi	Pueblo	$1961
418 km or 259 mi	Hobbs	$1920
433 km or 269 mi	Fountain	$2367
434 km or 270 mi	Amarillo	$1803
437 km or 272 mi	Security-Widefield	$2423
447 km or 278 mi	Colorado Springs	$2548
456 km or 283 mi	Flagstaff	$2573
460 km or 286 mi	Plainview	$1972
467 km or 290 mi	Lubbock	$1878
472 km or 293 mi	Grand Junction	$2293
491 km or 305 mi	Apache Junction	$2482
496 km or 308 mi	Florence	$2454
498 km or 310 mi	Castle Rock	$2521
498 km or 310 mi	Fountain Hills	$2373
502 km or 312 mi	Agua Prieta	$863
502 km or 312 mi	Oro Valley	$2060
505 km or 314 mi	Queen Creek	$2988
510 km or 317 mi	Casas Adobes	$2011
512 km or 318 mi	Tucson	$1933
513 km or 319 mi	Highlands Ranch	$2605
514 km or 320 mi	Gilbert	$2378
515 km or 320 mi	Mesa	$2293
516 km or 320 mi	Marana	$2089
516 km or 321 mi	Parker	$2534
520 km or 323 mi	Littleton	$2288
520 km or 323 mi	Scottsdale	$2509

Cities near Cairo

Distance	City	Cost of living
5.9 km or 3.6 mi	Giza	$356
8.1 km or 5 mi	Shubra El Kheima	$414
26 km or 16 mi	Helwan	$374
46 km or 28 mi	Benha	$314
60 km or 37 mi	Shibin El Kom	$332
62 km or 39 mi	Zagazig	$325
84 km or 52 mi	Tanta	$267
93 km or 58 mi	Faiyum	$315
101 km or 63 mi	El Mahalla El Kubra	$313
111 km or 69 mi	Beni Suef	$271
111 km or 69 mi	Mansoura	$307
115 km or 71 mi	Ismailia	$279
125 km or 78 mi	Suez	$288
133 km or 83 mi	Damanhur	$267
161 km or 100 mi	Kafr El Dawwar	$316
161 km or 100 mi	Damietta	$294
166 km or 103 mi	Port Said	$288
179 km or 111 mi	Alexandria	$366
224 km or 139 mi	Minya	$324
319 km or 198 mi	Asyut	$264
347 km or 216 mi	Gaza	$862
351 km or 218 mi	Ofakim	$2038
354 km or 220 mi	Netivot	$2145
360 km or 223 mi	Sderot	$2133
361 km or 224 mi	Dahab	$429
362 km or 225 mi	Eilat	$2054
365 km or 226 mi	Ashkelon	$1845
366 km or 227 mi	Beersheba	$1810
367 km or 228 mi	Rahat	$2060
368 km or 229 mi	Aqaba	$818
379 km or 235 mi	Ashdod	$2305
379 km or 235 mi	Kiryat Gat	$2225
380 km or 236 mi	Dimona	$2014
381 km or 236 mi	El Gouna	$338
383 km or 238 mi	Kiryat Malakhi	$2283
384 km or 239 mi	Sharm El Sheikh	$555
390 km or 242 mi	Yavne	$2354
391 km or 243 mi	Sohag	$375
396 km or 246 mi	Dura	$1149
397 km or 246 mi	Rehovot	$2201