Barcelona vs Cairo - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Barcelona	Cairo
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1887	$424
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4219	$1086
🏠 One person rent	$1118	$162
🏘️ Family rent	$1805	$325
🍽️ Food expenses	$475	$168
🚐 Transport expenses	$156	$34.4
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$2221	$152
😷 Air quality	Good	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	13 km	12 km
🎓 Higher education	98	83
😀 Quality of life	88	57
🏙️ Population	1.66M	9.61M

The cost of living in Barcelona is 345% more expensive than in Cairo. Cities ranked 2198th and 8926th ($1887 vs $424) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 6th and 2nd in Spain and Egypt, respectively. Check Spain vs Egypt comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.2 months in Barcelona compared to 0.4 months in Cairo. Barcelona ranked 2nd best city to live in Spain vs Cairo ranked 1st in Egypt, while ranked 238th and 5583rd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Barcelona vs Cairo

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	Barcelona	Cairo
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$16.1	$3.97
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$59.7	$19.3
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$12.5	$4.24
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.54	$1.41
☕ Cappuccino	$3.08	$1.56
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.61	$0.34
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1205	$197
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$915	$121
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2081	$389
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1482	$266
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$109	$16.3
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$168	$24.9
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$35.6	$9.49
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.48%	13.85%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6469	$626
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4528	$388
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.85	$0.21
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$28.1	$7.83
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$19.5	$2.73
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.88	$0.27
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.17	$0.92
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.61	$0.63
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.64	$0.7
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.41	$1.5
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$17.4	$3.41
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.3	$4.58
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$19	$9.04
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.43	$1.5
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.04	$0.48
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.29	$0.33
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.46	$0.34
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.79	$0.44
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.87	$0.47
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.58	$0.13
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.28	$0.71
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$8.2	$6.78
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.36	$1.2
🚬 Cigarette pack	$6.07	$1.84
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$7.01	$1.51
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.76	$2.23
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.37	$1.09
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.59	$1.61
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$49	$17.8
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$10.4	$3.21
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$65.4	$12
💇 Haircut, simple	$20.8	$2.75
👖 Brand Jeans	$82.7	$37.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$97.5	$98.3
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$652	$92.9
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$11932	$1916

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Cities near Barcelona

Distance	City	Cost of living
7 km or 4.4 mi	L'Hospitalet de Llobregat	$1635
7.4 km or 4.6 mi	Badalona	$1914
9.3 km or 5.8 mi	Cornella de Llobregat	$1511
12 km or 7.5 mi	Sant Boi de Llobregat	$1473
13 km or 8 mi	Ripollet	$1573
17 km or 11 mi	Rubi	$1494
19 km or 12 mi	Sabadell	$1577
24 km or 15 mi	Terrassa	$1491
27 km or 17 mi	Granollers	$1507
28 km or 18 mi	Mataro	$1507
42 km or 26 mi	Vilanova i la Geltru	$1321
48 km or 30 mi	Manresa	$1105
61 km or 38 mi	Vic	$1134
65 km or 40 mi	Lloret de Mar	$1259
83 km or 52 mi	Tarragona	$1240
85 km or 53 mi	Girona	$1571
117 km or 73 mi	Figueres	$1485
131 km or 81 mi	Lleida	$1309
136 km or 85 mi	Andorra la Vella	$1688
141 km or 88 mi	Ordino	$1688
158 km or 98 mi	Perpignan	$1245
176 km or 109 mi	Vinaros	$1391
206 km or 128 mi	Palma de Mallorca	$1783
208 km or 129 mi	Ciutadella de Menorca	$1499
212 km or 131 mi	Narbonne	$1177
230 km or 143 mi	Huesca	$1094
234 km or 145 mi	Beziers	$1344
242 km or 150 mi	Mahon	$1548
245 km or 152 mi	Castellon de la Plana	$1209
247 km or 154 mi	Castres	$1456
250 km or 156 mi	Villarreal	$1238
253 km or 157 mi	Borriana	$1244
254 km or 158 mi	Toulouse	$1551
257 km or 159 mi	Zaragoza	$1330
269 km or 167 mi	Tarbes	$1439
281 km or 174 mi	Sagunto	$1274
282 km or 175 mi	Ibiza	$2685
284 km or 177 mi	Montpellier	$1531
299 km or 186 mi	Pau	$1399
303 km or 189 mi	Valencia	$1581

Cities near Cairo

Distance	City	Cost of living
5.9 km or 3.6 mi	Giza	$323
8.1 km or 5 mi	Shubra El Kheima	$374
26 km or 16 mi	Helwan	$345
46 km or 28 mi	Benha	$335
60 km or 37 mi	Shibin El Kom	$323
62 km or 39 mi	Zagazig	$327
84 km or 52 mi	Tanta	$315
93 km or 58 mi	Faiyum	$339
101 km or 63 mi	El Mahalla El Kubra	$331
111 km or 69 mi	Beni Suef	$334
111 km or 69 mi	Mansoura	$306
115 km or 71 mi	Ismailia	$310
125 km or 78 mi	Suez	$303
133 km or 83 mi	Damanhur	$308
161 km or 100 mi	Kafr El Dawwar	$299
161 km or 100 mi	Damietta	$291
166 km or 103 mi	Port Said	$282
179 km or 111 mi	Alexandria	$310
224 km or 139 mi	Minya	$357
319 km or 198 mi	Asyut	$306
347 km or 216 mi	Gaza	$609
351 km or 218 mi	Ofakim	$1607
354 km or 220 mi	Netivot	$1713
360 km or 223 mi	Sderot	$1727
361 km or 224 mi	Dahab	$393
362 km or 225 mi	Eilat	$1536
365 km or 226 mi	Ashkelon	$1671
366 km or 227 mi	Beersheba	$1372
367 km or 228 mi	Rahat	$1632
368 km or 229 mi	Aqaba	$694
379 km or 235 mi	Ashdod	$1775
379 km or 235 mi	Kiryat Gat	$1754
380 km or 236 mi	Dimona	$1657
381 km or 236 mi	El Gouna	$294
383 km or 238 mi	Kiryat Malakhi	$1771
384 km or 239 mi	Sharm El Sheikh	$499
390 km or 242 mi	Yavne	$1815
391 km or 243 mi	Sohag	$350
396 km or 246 mi	Dura	$847
397 km or 246 mi	Rehovot	$1741