Barcelona vs Cairo - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Barcelona	Cairo
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1841	$417
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4103	$1080
🏠 One person rent	$1100	$154
🏘️ Family rent	$1762	$315
🍽️ Food expenses	$452	$166
🚐 Transport expenses	$152	$38
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$2025	$165
😷 Air quality	Good	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	13 km	12 km
🎓 Higher education	98	83
😀 Quality of life	87	58
🏙️ Population	1.7M	9.61M

The cost of living in Barcelona is 342% more expensive than in Cairo. Cities ranked 2276th and 8923rd ($1841 vs $417) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 4th and 2nd in Spain and Egypt, respectively. Check Spain vs Egypt comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.1 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 270th and 5545th 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	$15	$3.9
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$56.6	$18.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$12.3	$4.73
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.49	$1.26
☕ Cappuccino	$2.87	$1.5
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.44	$0.34
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1176	$185
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$912	$113
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2073	$386
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1446	$253
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$101	$16.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$157	$25.8
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$33.9	$10.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.43%	14.49%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5914	$690
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4127	$453
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.65	$0.3
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$26.2	$7.68
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$19.7	$3.17
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.71	$0.29
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.12	$0.89
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.67	$0.6
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.55	$0.65
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.17	$1.51
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.7	$3.48
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.93	$4.36
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$17.5	$8.58
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.28	$1.49
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.06	$0.55
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.99	$0.42
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.42	$0.39
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.72	$0.48
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.71	$0.41
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.53	$0.13
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.29	$0.72
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.88	$7.33
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.31	$1.13
🚬 Cigarette pack	$6.26	$1.84
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.71	$1.46
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.86	$2.31
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.16	$0.87
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.38	$0.69
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$54.6	$17.3
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$9.64	$2.97
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$58.5	$11
💇 Haircut, simple	$24	$2.86
👖 Brand Jeans	$80	$37
👟 Brand Sneakers	$97.1	$101
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$635	$90.2
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$13290	$1985

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Cities near Barcelona

Distance	City	Cost of living
7 km or 4.4 mi	L'Hospitalet de Llobregat	$1567
7.4 km or 4.6 mi	Badalona	$1747
9.3 km or 5.8 mi	Cornella de Llobregat	$1434
12 km or 7.5 mi	Sant Boi de Llobregat	$1389
13 km or 8 mi	Ripollet	$1454
17 km or 11 mi	Rubi	$1393
19 km or 12 mi	Sabadell	$1431
24 km or 15 mi	Terrassa	$1361
27 km or 17 mi	Granollers	$1415
28 km or 18 mi	Mataro	$1428
42 km or 26 mi	Vilanova i la Geltru	$1269
48 km or 30 mi	Manresa	$1089
61 km or 38 mi	Vic	$1076
65 km or 40 mi	Lloret de Mar	$1237
83 km or 52 mi	Tarragona	$1217
85 km or 53 mi	Girona	$1539
117 km or 73 mi	Figueres	$1338
131 km or 81 mi	Lleida	$1235
136 km or 85 mi	Andorra la Vella	$1601
141 km or 88 mi	Ordino	$1592
158 km or 98 mi	Perpignan	$1197
176 km or 109 mi	Vinaros	$1275
206 km or 128 mi	Palma de Mallorca	$1696
208 km or 129 mi	Ciutadella de Menorca	$1435
212 km or 131 mi	Narbonne	$1093
230 km or 143 mi	Huesca	$1071
234 km or 145 mi	Beziers	$1233
242 km or 150 mi	Mahon	$1470
245 km or 152 mi	Castellon de la Plana	$1100
247 km or 154 mi	Castres	$1391
250 km or 156 mi	Villarreal	$1131
253 km or 157 mi	Borriana	$1150
254 km or 158 mi	Toulouse	$1499
257 km or 159 mi	Zaragoza	$1101
269 km or 167 mi	Tarbes	$1369
281 km or 174 mi	Sagunto	$1220
282 km or 175 mi	Ibiza	$2528
284 km or 177 mi	Montpellier	$1472
299 km or 186 mi	Pau	$1296
303 km or 189 mi	Valencia	$1522

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