Belem vs Cairo - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Belem	Cairo
🚶 Cost of living one person	$755	$417
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1572	$1080
🏠 One person rent	$405	$154
🏘️ Family rent	$562	$315
🍽️ Food expenses	$216	$166
🚐 Transport expenses	$67	$38
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$421	$165
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	9 km	12 km
🎓 Higher education	40	83
😀 Quality of life	41	58
🏙️ Population	1.3M	9.61M

The cost of living in Belem is 81% more expensive than in Cairo. Cities ranked 6655th and 8923rd ($755 vs $417) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 11th and 2nd in Brazil and Egypt, respectively. Check Brazil vs Egypt comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.6 months in Belem compared to 0.4 months in Cairo. Belem ranked 67th best city to live in Brazil vs Cairo ranked 1st in Egypt, while ranked 6876th and 5545th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Belem vs Cairo

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	Belem	Cairo
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$3.66	$3.9
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$14	$18.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.92	$4.73
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.86	$1.26
☕ Cappuccino	$2.4	$1.5
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.87	$0.34
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$462	$185
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$303	$113
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$575	$386
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$435	$253
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$52.8	$16.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$81.6	$25.8
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$17	$10.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	12.21%	14.49%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1728	$690
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1162	$453
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.69	$0.3
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$30	$7.68
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$5.37	$3.17
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.02	$0.29
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.05	$0.89
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.75	$0.6
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.75	$0.65
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.04	$1.51
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.64	$3.48
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.45	$4.36
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.68	$8.58
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.3	$1.49
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.72	$0.55
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.22	$0.42
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.35	$0.39
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.22	$0.48
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.52	$0.41
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.96	$0.13
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.64	$0.72
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$8.95	$7.33
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.15	$1.13
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.56	$1.84
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$2.63	$1.46
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.68	$2.31
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1	$0.87
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.88	$0.69
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$18.5	$17.3
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.95	$2.97
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$34	$11
💇 Haircut, simple	$5.63	$2.86
👖 Brand Jeans	$50.4	$37
👟 Brand Sneakers	$51.6	$101
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$96.1	$90.2
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$3002	$1985

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Cities near Belem

Distance	City	Cost of living
18 km or 11 mi	Ananindeua	$638
51 km or 32 mi	Abaetetuba	$518
67 km or 42 mi	Castanhal	$621
141 km or 88 mi	Cameta	$583
150 km or 93 mi	Capanema	$615
197 km or 123 mi	Braganca	$615
214 km or 133 mi	Paragominas	$614
221 km or 137 mi	Breves	$590
264 km or 164 mi	Viseu	$624
288 km or 179 mi	Tucurui	$603
329 km or 205 mi	Macapa	$610
336 km or 209 mi	Santana	$565
398 km or 247 mi	Pinheiro	$642
425 km or 264 mi	Santa Ines	$621
440 km or 274 mi	Maraba	$629
455 km or 283 mi	Altamira	$611
467 km or 290 mi	Imperatriz	$621
482 km or 299 mi	Sao Luis	$710
508 km or 316 mi	Itapecuru Mirim	$639
510 km or 317 mi	Sao Jose de Ribamar	$665
516 km or 320 mi	Bacabal	$603
552 km or 343 mi	Grajau	$602
570 km or 354 mi	Coroata	$600
578 km or 359 mi	Barra do Corda	$593
612 km or 380 mi	Codo	$572
625 km or 389 mi	Chapadinha	$591
639 km or 397 mi	Araguaina	$590
685 km or 426 mi	Caxias	$546
698 km or 434 mi	Santarem	$639
729 km or 453 mi	Balsas	$569
748 km or 465 mi	Timon	$537
751 km or 467 mi	Teresina	$557
765 km or 475 mi	Parnaiba	$589
810 km or 503 mi	Piripiri	$570
819 km or 509 mi	Oriximina	$697
829 km or 515 mi	Cayenne	$1643
847 km or 527 mi	Floriano	$543
867 km or 538 mi	Camocim	$564
867 km or 539 mi	Kourou	$1645
888 km or 552 mi	Itaituba	$695

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