Albuquerque vs Cairo - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Albuquerque	Cairo
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1985	$417
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5283	$1080
🏠 One person rent	$1143	$154
🏘️ Family rent	$2593	$315
🍽️ Food expenses	$593	$166
🚐 Transport expenses	$89.2	$38
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3905	$165
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	9 km	12 km
🎓 Higher education	27	83
😀 Quality of life	83	58
🏙️ Population	565K	9.61M

The cost of living in Albuquerque is 376% more expensive than in Cairo. Cities ranked 1874th and 8923rd ($1985 vs $417) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1621st 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 115th best city to live in the United States vs Cairo ranked 1st in Egypt, while ranked 428th and 5545th 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	$17.8	$3.9
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$80.1	$18.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.92	$4.73
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.97	$1.26
☕ Cappuccino	$4.83	$1.5
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.66	$0.34
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1081	$185
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$923	$113
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2579	$386
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2277	$253
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$120	$16.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$188	$25.8
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$67.9	$10.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.54%	14.49%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2628	$690
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2334	$453
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.5	$0.3
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$36.2	$7.68
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$17.7	$3.17
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.86	$0.29
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.98	$0.89
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.86	$0.6
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.4	$0.65
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.96	$1.51
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13	$3.48
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.3	$4.36
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$19.5	$8.58
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.68	$1.49
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.48	$0.55
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.37	$0.42
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.49	$0.39
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.69	$0.48
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.75	$0.41
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.37	$0.13
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.42	$0.72
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$12.6	$7.33
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.76	$1.13
🚬 Cigarette pack	$10.1	$1.84
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.95	$1.46
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.78	$2.31
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$4.66	$0.87
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.86	$0.69
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$42.8	$17.3
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$13	$2.97
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$128	$11
💇 Haircut, simple	$16	$2.86
👖 Brand Jeans	$55.4	$37
👟 Brand Sneakers	$96.8	$101
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1231	$90.2
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$6011	$1985

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Cities near Albuquerque

Distance	City	Cost of living
14 km or 8.5 mi	Rio Rancho	$1942
85 km or 53 mi	Santa Fe	$2170
110 km or 69 mi	Espanola	$2211
170 km or 106 mi	Taos	$2396
197 km or 123 mi	Gallup	$2262
230 km or 143 mi	Farmington	$2623
254 km or 158 mi	Alamogordo	$1661
272 km or 169 mi	Roswell	$1854
311 km or 193 mi	Las Cruces	$1695
321 km or 200 mi	Clovis	$1618
373 km or 232 mi	Carlsbad	$1832
374 km or 232 mi	El Paso	$1813
376 km or 233 mi	Ciudad Juarez	$948
388 km or 241 mi	Socorro	$1875
393 km or 244 mi	Pueblo	$2425
418 km or 259 mi	Hobbs	$1856
433 km or 269 mi	Fountain	$2373
434 km or 270 mi	Amarillo	$1766
437 km or 272 mi	Security-Widefield	$2369
447 km or 278 mi	Colorado Springs	$2421
456 km or 283 mi	Flagstaff	$2543
460 km or 286 mi	Plainview	$1896
467 km or 290 mi	Lubbock	$1717
472 km or 293 mi	Grand Junction	$1974
491 km or 305 mi	Apache Junction	$2342
496 km or 308 mi	Florence	$2319
498 km or 310 mi	Castle Rock	$2508
498 km or 310 mi	Fountain Hills	$2353
502 km or 312 mi	Agua Prieta	$791
502 km or 312 mi	Oro Valley	$2056
505 km or 314 mi	Queen Creek	$2353
510 km or 317 mi	Casas Adobes	$2027
512 km or 318 mi	Tucson	$1957
513 km or 319 mi	Highlands Ranch	$2639
514 km or 320 mi	Gilbert	$2417
515 km or 320 mi	Mesa	$2413
516 km or 320 mi	Marana	$2073
516 km or 321 mi	Parker	$2509
520 km or 323 mi	Littleton	$2315
520 km or 323 mi	Scottsdale	$2524

Cities near Cairo

Distance	City	Cost of living
5.9 km or 3.6 mi	Giza	$318
8.1 km or 5 mi	Shubra El Kheima	$365
26 km or 16 mi	Helwan	$335
46 km or 28 mi	Benha	$300
60 km or 37 mi	Shibin El Kom	$305
62 km or 39 mi	Zagazig	$307
84 km or 52 mi	Tanta	$288
93 km or 58 mi	Faiyum	$325
101 km or 63 mi	El Mahalla El Kubra	$269
111 km or 69 mi	Beni Suef	$319
111 km or 69 mi	Mansoura	$301
115 km or 71 mi	Ismailia	$295
125 km or 78 mi	Suez	$272
133 km or 83 mi	Damanhur	$268
161 km or 100 mi	Kafr El Dawwar	$289
161 km or 100 mi	Damietta	$298
166 km or 103 mi	Port Said	$276
179 km or 111 mi	Alexandria	$316
224 km or 139 mi	Minya	$339
319 km or 198 mi	Asyut	$290
347 km or 216 mi	Gaza	$640
351 km or 218 mi	Ofakim	$1684
354 km or 220 mi	Netivot	$1742
360 km or 223 mi	Sderot	$1732
361 km or 224 mi	Dahab	$381
362 km or 225 mi	Eilat	$1577
365 km or 226 mi	Ashkelon	$1511
366 km or 227 mi	Beersheba	$1471
367 km or 228 mi	Rahat	$1686
368 km or 229 mi	Aqaba	$809
379 km or 235 mi	Ashdod	$1837
379 km or 235 mi	Kiryat Gat	$1757
380 km or 236 mi	Dimona	$1716
381 km or 236 mi	El Gouna	$336
383 km or 238 mi	Kiryat Malakhi	$1809
384 km or 239 mi	Sharm El Sheikh	$464
390 km or 242 mi	Yavne	$1884
391 km or 243 mi	Sohag	$360
396 km or 246 mi	Dura	$813
397 km or 246 mi	Rehovot	$1811