Belgrade vs Cairo - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Belgrade	Cairo
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1160	$417
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2759	$1080
🏠 One person rent	$622	$154
🏘️ Family rent	$1090	$315
🍽️ Food expenses	$349	$166
🚐 Transport expenses	$83	$38
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$980	$165
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	12 km	12 km
🎓 Higher education	51	83
😀 Quality of life	71	58
🏙️ Population	1.2M	9.61M

The cost of living in Belgrade is 178% more expensive than in Cairo. Cities ranked 4605th and 8923rd ($1160 vs $417) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 2nd in Serbia and Egypt, respectively. Check Serbia vs Egypt comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.8 months in Belgrade compared to 0.4 months in Cairo. Belgrade ranked 1st best city to live in Serbia vs Cairo ranked 1st in Egypt, while ranked 2157th and 5545th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Belgrade vs Cairo

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	Belgrade	Cairo
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$10.8	$3.9
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$40.8	$18.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.56	$4.73
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.09	$1.26
☕ Cappuccino	$2.42	$1.5
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.41	$0.34
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$693	$185
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$433	$113
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1311	$386
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$785	$253
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$110	$16.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$172	$25.8
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$27.6	$10.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	5.63%	14.49%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4299	$690
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2617	$453
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.45	$0.3
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$20.9	$7.68
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$9.97	$3.17
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.73	$0.29
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.32	$0.89
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.85	$0.6
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.02	$0.65
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.69	$1.51
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.2	$3.48
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.92	$4.36
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.5	$8.58
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.17	$1.49
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.72	$0.55
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.71	$0.42
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.13	$0.39
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.91	$0.48
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.74	$0.41
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.44	$0.13
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.44	$0.72
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$8.41	$7.33
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.78	$1.13
🚬 Cigarette pack	$4.02	$1.84
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.13	$1.46
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.01	$2.31
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.32	$0.87
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.42	$0.69
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$34	$17.3
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$7.09	$2.97
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$32.8	$11
💇 Haircut, simple	$9.52	$2.86
👖 Brand Jeans	$92.7	$37
👟 Brand Sneakers	$105	$101
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$400	$90.2
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$7674	$1985

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Cities near Belgrade

Distance	City	Cost of living
70 km or 44 mi	Novi Sad	$1012
77 km or 48 mi	Valjevo	$776
97 km or 60 mi	Kragujevac	$807
99 km or 61 mi	Bijeljina	$661
103 km or 64 mi	Cacak	$759
121 km or 75 mi	Timisoara	$816
124 km or 77 mi	Resita	$716
145 km or 90 mi	Tuzla	$636
155 km or 97 mi	Subotica	$768
161 km or 100 mi	Szeged	$766
163 km or 101 mi	Osijek	$958
164 km or 102 mi	Arad	$623
174 km or 108 mi	Drobeta-Turnu Severin	$663
180 km or 112 mi	Hodmezovasarhely	$681
184 km or 115 mi	Doboj	$603
185 km or 115 mi	Novi Pazar	$662
192 km or 120 mi	Baja	$692
194 km or 121 mi	Sarajevo	$796
196 km or 122 mi	Slavonski Brod	$847
202 km or 125 mi	Nis	$711
213 km or 132 mi	Vidin	$605
213 km or 132 mi	Bekescsaba	$804
214 km or 133 mi	Zenica	$559
217 km or 135 mi	Mitrovica	$463
218 km or 136 mi	Mojkovac	$1070
219 km or 136 mi	Hunedoara	$627
219 km or 136 mi	Szekszard	$747
222 km or 138 mi	Targu Jiu	$718
223 km or 139 mi	Pecs	$848
224 km or 139 mi	Berane	$1070
224 km or 139 mi	Deva	$636
240 km or 149 mi	Kecskemet	$781
246 km or 153 mi	Pristina	$595
251 km or 156 mi	Plav	$1030
259 km or 161 mi	Banja Luka	$803
263 km or 164 mi	Szolnok	$666
267 km or 166 mi	Mostar	$693
268 km or 166 mi	Cegled	$855
269 km or 167 mi	Dunaujvaros	$684
271 km or 168 mi	Kaposvar	$750

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