Baltimore vs Cairo - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Baltimore	Cairo
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2323	$473
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5331	$1152
🏠 One person rent	$1411	$189
🏘️ Family rent	$2342	$325
🍽️ Food expenses	$620	$182
🚐 Transport expenses	$125	$36.5
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3970	$185
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	13 km	12 km
🎓 Higher education	97	84
😀 Quality of life	92	60
🏙️ Population	586K	9.61M

The cost of living in Baltimore is 392% more expensive than in Cairo. Cities ranked 1219th and 8802nd ($2323 vs $473) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1063rd 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 1.7 months in Baltimore compared to 0.4 months in Cairo. Baltimore ranked 35th best city to live in the United States vs Cairo ranked 1st in Egypt, while ranked 128th and 5895th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Baltimore vs Cairo

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	Baltimore	Cairo
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$17.4	$4.18
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$75.3	$19.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.3	$4.93
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$6.15	$1.57
☕ Cappuccino	$5.38	$1.7
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.37	$0.38
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1652	$218
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1117	$145
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2831	$394
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1910	$259
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$114	$17.3
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$175	$26.7
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$73	$11.8
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.56%	17.17%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2256	$869
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1977	$517
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.01	$0.31
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$85.2	$7.95
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$15.5	$2.61
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.87	$0.36
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.01	$0.99
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$3.44	$0.59
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.82	$0.7
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.66	$1.63
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.9	$3.96
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.47	$4.8
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$16.2	$9.2
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.63	$1.69
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.55	$0.76
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.04	$0.64
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.83	$0.34
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.48	$0.44
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.94	$0.42
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.81	$0.15
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.77	$0.79
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$14.8	$7.92
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.01	$1.32
🚬 Cigarette pack	$12.7	$2.05
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.17	$2.14
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.36	$2.21
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.71	$0.89
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.15	$0.97
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$56.3	$19
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$14.4	$3.64
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$122	$10.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$20.9	$2.77
👖 Brand Jeans	$52.1	$39.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$96.4	$115
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1287	$96.5
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$19353	$2311

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Cities near Baltimore

Distance	City	Cost of living
11 km or 6.6 mi	Catonsville	$2450
21 km or 13 mi	Owings Mills	$2581
23 km or 14 mi	Columbia	$2788
30 km or 19 mi	Laurel	$2338
31 km or 19 mi	Edgewood	$3069
32 km or 20 mi	Eldersburg	$2494
35 km or 22 mi	Bel Air South	$2824
36 km or 22 mi	Annapolis	$2940
37 km or 23 mi	Bel Air North	$2699
37 km or 23 mi	Bowie	$2495
40 km or 25 mi	Greenbelt	$2482
42 km or 26 mi	College Park	$2563
47 km or 29 mi	Silver Spring	$2287
52 km or 32 mi	Rockville	$2612
54 km or 34 mi	Bethesda	$2710
55 km or 34 mi	Gaithersburg	$2522
57 km or 35 mi	Washington	$3328
57 km or 36 mi	Georgetown	$3054
58 km or 36 mi	Germantown	$2601
65 km or 41 mi	Alexandria	$2919
66 km or 41 mi	Bailey's Crossroads	$2576
66 km or 41 mi	Hanover	$2255
71 km or 44 mi	Frederick	$2339
73 km or 45 mi	Reston	$2697
74 km or 46 mi	Springfield	$2355
75 km or 47 mi	Waldorf	$2509
75 km or 47 mi	Herndon	$2773
76 km or 47 mi	York	$1949
77 km or 48 mi	Fairfax	$2791
80 km or 50 mi	Ashburn	$2755
84 km or 52 mi	Leesburg	$2288
86 km or 54 mi	Newark	$2121
87 km or 54 mi	Centreville	$3275
88 km or 55 mi	Lancaster	$2050
91 km or 56 mi	Woodbridge	$2582
91 km or 57 mi	Marumsco	$2506
95 km or 59 mi	Dover	$2256
95 km or 59 mi	Manassas	$2693
98 km or 61 mi	Waynesboro	$1935
103 km or 64 mi	Hagerstown	$2066

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