Atlanta vs Cairo - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Atlanta	Cairo
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2570	$417
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5742	$1080
🏠 One person rent	$1586	$154
🏘️ Family rent	$2465	$315
🍽️ Food expenses	$690	$166
🚐 Transport expenses	$133	$38
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$5431	$165
😷 Air quality	Good	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	12 km	12 km
🎓 Higher education	95	83
😀 Quality of life	90	58
🏙️ Population	499K	9.61M

The cost of living in Atlanta is 517% more expensive than in Cairo. Cities ranked 704th and 8923rd ($2570 vs $417) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 650th 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 2.1 months in Atlanta compared to 0.4 months in Cairo. Atlanta ranked 38th best city to live in the United States vs Cairo ranked 1st in Egypt, while ranked 165th and 5545th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Atlanta vs Cairo

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	Atlanta	Cairo
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$17.4	$3.9
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$78.1	$18.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$11.8	$4.73
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$6.39	$1.26
☕ Cappuccino	$5.32	$1.5
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.74	$0.34
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1651	$185
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1325	$113
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2827	$386
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2042	$253
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$129	$16.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$199	$25.8
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$67	$10.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.58%	14.49%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2730	$690
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2292	$453
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.51	$0.3
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$93.7	$7.68
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$18.1	$3.17
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.88	$0.29
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.06	$0.89
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$3.67	$0.6
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.88	$0.65
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.85	$1.51
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.1	$3.48
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.7	$4.36
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$17	$8.58
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.73	$1.49
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.77	$0.55
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.2	$0.42
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.85	$0.39
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.77	$0.48
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.72	$0.41
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$2	$0.13
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.72	$0.72
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$14.3	$7.33
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.58	$1.13
🚬 Cigarette pack	$8.06	$1.84
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$7.01	$1.46
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$6.97	$2.31
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$5.13	$0.87
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.45	$0.69
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$53.8	$17.3
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$15.5	$2.97
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$94.9	$11
💇 Haircut, simple	$25.7	$2.86
👖 Brand Jeans	$58.6	$37
👟 Brand Sneakers	$97.9	$101
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1442	$90.2
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$27299	$1985

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Cities near Atlanta

Distance	City	Cost of living
11 km or 6.6 mi	East Point	$2339
11 km or 7 mi	Candler-McAfee	$2331
12 km or 7.7 mi	Brookhaven	$2277
17 km or 11 mi	Chamblee	$2284
17 km or 11 mi	Smyrna	$2441
19 km or 12 mi	Tucker	$2268
20 km or 13 mi	Sandy Springs	$2285
21 km or 13 mi	Stonecrest	$2254
22 km or 13 mi	Dunwoody	$2302
26 km or 16 mi	Marietta	$2319
29 km or 18 mi	Stockbridge	$2235
29 km or 18 mi	Peachtree Corners	$2282
31 km or 19 mi	Douglasville	$2166
31 km or 19 mi	Roswell	$2390
35 km or 22 mi	Johns Creek	$2290
35 km or 22 mi	Duluth	$2208
36 km or 22 mi	Kennesaw	$1993
37 km or 23 mi	Alpharetta	$2657
40 km or 25 mi	Woodstock	$1928
41 km or 26 mi	McDonough	$2195
43 km or 26 mi	Milton	$2435
43 km or 27 mi	Acworth	$1541
43 km or 27 mi	Lawrenceville	$1974
43 km or 27 mi	Peachtree	$2213
53 km or 33 mi	Canton	$2094
56 km or 35 mi	Newnan	$2148
58 km or 36 mi	Griffin	$2159
66 km or 41 mi	Carrollton	$2149
67 km or 42 mi	Winder	$2076
80 km or 49 mi	Gainesville	$2127
92 km or 57 mi	Rome	$1888
96 km or 59 mi	Athens	$1839
100 km or 62 mi	LaGrange	$2128
124 km or 77 mi	Macon	$1704
125 km or 78 mi	Dalton	$1636
128 km or 80 mi	Valley	$1652
133 km or 83 mi	Anniston	$1726
135 km or 84 mi	Oxford	$1736
146 km or 90 mi	Warner Robins	$1901
150 km or 93 mi	Columbus	$1982

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