Belgrade vs Cairo - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Belgrade	Cairo
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1204	$424
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2881	$1086
🏠 One person rent	$646	$162
🏘️ Family rent	$1162	$325
🍽️ Food expenses	$362	$168
🚐 Transport expenses	$84.9	$34.4
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$936	$152
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	12 km	12 km
🎓 Higher education	50	83
😀 Quality of life	70	57
🏙️ Population	1.2M	9.61M

The cost of living in Belgrade is 184% more expensive than in Cairo. Cities ranked 4593rd and 8926th ($1204 vs $424) 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 2370th and 5583rd 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	$11.3	$3.97
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$42.4	$19.3
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.52	$4.24
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.91	$1.41
☕ Cappuccino	$2.5	$1.56
🥤 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	$728	$197
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$450	$121
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1388	$389
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$855	$266
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$114	$16.3
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$174	$24.9
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$26.4	$9.49
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	5.87%	13.85%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4307	$626
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2718	$388
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.47	$0.21
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$21.8	$7.83
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$9.85	$2.73
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.85	$0.27
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.35	$0.92
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.97	$0.63
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.09	$0.7
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.83	$1.5
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.7	$3.41
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.38	$4.58
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.6	$9.04
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.2	$1.5
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.76	$0.48
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.59	$0.33
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.12	$0.34
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.08	$0.44
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.93	$0.47
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.44	$0.13
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.49	$0.71
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$9.33	$6.78
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.81	$1.2
🚬 Cigarette pack	$4.06	$1.84
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.58	$1.51
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.84	$2.23
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.23	$1.09
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.57	$1.61
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$36.4	$17.8
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$7.51	$3.21
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$38.9	$12
💇 Haircut, simple	$8.02	$2.75
👖 Brand Jeans	$95.5	$37.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$108	$98.3
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$375	$92.9
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$7527	$1916

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Cities near Belgrade

Distance	City	Cost of living
70 km or 44 mi	Novi Sad	$1040
77 km or 48 mi	Valjevo	$658
97 km or 60 mi	Kragujevac	$737
99 km or 61 mi	Bijeljina	$707
103 km or 64 mi	Cacak	$697
121 km or 75 mi	Timisoara	$835
124 km or 77 mi	Resita	$687
145 km or 90 mi	Tuzla	$695
155 km or 97 mi	Subotica	$797
161 km or 100 mi	Szeged	$860
163 km or 101 mi	Osijek	$890
164 km or 102 mi	Arad	$668
174 km or 108 mi	Drobeta-Turnu Severin	$668
180 km or 112 mi	Hodmezovasarhely	$837
184 km or 115 mi	Doboj	$641
185 km or 115 mi	Novi Pazar	$692
192 km or 120 mi	Baja	$761
194 km or 121 mi	Sarajevo	$816
196 km or 122 mi	Slavonski Brod	$808
202 km or 125 mi	Nis	$743
213 km or 132 mi	Vidin	$640
213 km or 132 mi	Bekescsaba	$743
214 km or 133 mi	Zenica	$593
217 km or 135 mi	Mitrovica	$521
218 km or 136 mi	Mojkovac	$1076
219 km or 136 mi	Hunedoara	$635
219 km or 136 mi	Szekszard	$780
222 km or 138 mi	Targu Jiu	$761
223 km or 139 mi	Pecs	$851
224 km or 139 mi	Berane	$1046
224 km or 139 mi	Deva	$697
240 km or 149 mi	Kecskemet	$953
246 km or 153 mi	Pristina	$661
251 km or 156 mi	Plav	$1053
259 km or 161 mi	Banja Luka	$802
263 km or 164 mi	Szolnok	$712
267 km or 166 mi	Mostar	$705
268 km or 166 mi	Cegled	$849
269 km or 167 mi	Dunaujvaros	$770
271 km or 168 mi	Kaposvar	$745

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