Albuquerque vs Cairo - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Albuquerque	Cairo
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1964	$473
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4905	$1152
🏠 One person rent	$1128	$189
🏘️ Family rent	$1953	$325
🍽️ Food expenses	$576	$182
🚐 Transport expenses	$101	$36.5
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3901	$185
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	9 km	12 km
🎓 Higher education	27	84
😀 Quality of life	84	60
🏙️ Population	565K	9.61M

The cost of living in Albuquerque is 316% more expensive than in Cairo. Cities ranked 2114th and 8802nd ($1964 vs $473) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1690th and 3rd 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 149th best city to live in the United States vs Cairo ranked 1st in Egypt, while ranked 484th and 5895th 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	$17.1	$4.18
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$67.9	$19.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.94	$4.93
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$6.04	$1.57
☕ Cappuccino	$5.09	$1.7
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.74	$0.38
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1041	$218
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$931	$145
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1917	$394
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1672	$259
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$106	$17.3
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$164	$26.7
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$68.6	$11.8
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.46%	17.17%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2482	$869
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2176	$517
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.1	$0.31
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$36.2	$7.95
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$19.6	$2.61
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.78	$0.36
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.05	$0.99
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.95	$0.59
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.41	$0.7
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.44	$1.63
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.8	$3.96
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.1	$4.8
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$18.8	$9.2
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.9	$1.69
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.49	$0.76
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.88	$0.64
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.21	$0.34
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.65	$0.44
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.75	$0.42
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.55	$0.15
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.57	$0.79
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$13.5	$7.92
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.88	$1.32
🚬 Cigarette pack	$9.9	$2.05
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.76	$2.14
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.16	$2.21
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$4.67	$0.89
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.64	$0.97
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$44.1	$19
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$14.1	$3.64
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$123	$10.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$15.2	$2.77
👖 Brand Jeans	$47.1	$39.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$106	$115
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1469	$96.5
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$29106	$2311

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Cities near Albuquerque

Distance	City	Cost of living
14 km or 8.5 mi	Rio Rancho	$2054
85 km or 53 mi	Santa Fe	$2204
110 km or 69 mi	Espanola	$2235
170 km or 106 mi	Taos	$2407
197 km or 123 mi	Gallup	$2245
230 km or 143 mi	Farmington	$2514
254 km or 158 mi	Alamogordo	$1750
272 km or 169 mi	Roswell	$1896
311 km or 193 mi	Las Cruces	$1602
321 km or 200 mi	Clovis	$1784
373 km or 232 mi	Carlsbad	$1809
374 km or 232 mi	El Paso	$1778
376 km or 233 mi	Ciudad Juarez	$945
388 km or 241 mi	Socorro	$1842
393 km or 244 mi	Pueblo	$2353
418 km or 259 mi	Hobbs	$1880
433 km or 269 mi	Fountain	$2385
434 km or 270 mi	Amarillo	$1820
437 km or 272 mi	Security-Widefield	$2377
447 km or 278 mi	Colorado Springs	$2430
456 km or 283 mi	Flagstaff	$2598
460 km or 286 mi	Plainview	$2024
467 km or 290 mi	Lubbock	$1912
472 km or 293 mi	Grand Junction	$2263
491 km or 305 mi	Apache Junction	$2491
496 km or 308 mi	Florence	$2466
498 km or 310 mi	Castle Rock	$2520
498 km or 310 mi	Fountain Hills	$2371
502 km or 312 mi	Agua Prieta	$813
502 km or 312 mi	Oro Valley	$2060
505 km or 314 mi	Queen Creek	$3031
510 km or 317 mi	Casas Adobes	$2021
512 km or 318 mi	Tucson	$1940
513 km or 319 mi	Highlands Ranch	$2617
514 km or 320 mi	Gilbert	$2447
515 km or 320 mi	Mesa	$2417
516 km or 320 mi	Marana	$2084
516 km or 321 mi	Parker	$2537
520 km or 323 mi	Littleton	$2321
520 km or 323 mi	Scottsdale	$2332

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