Brasilia vs Cairo - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Brasilia	Cairo
🚶 Cost of living one person	$882	$473
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2318	$1152
🏠 One person rent	$386	$189
🏘️ Family rent	$655	$325
🍽️ Food expenses	$279	$182
🚐 Transport expenses	$124	$36.5
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$498	$185
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	9 km	12 km
🎓 Higher education	28	84
😀 Quality of life	61	60
🏙️ Population	2.82M	9.61M

The cost of living in Brasilia is 87% more expensive than in Cairo. Cities ranked 6320th and 8802nd ($882 vs $473) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 5th and 3rd 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 Brasilia compared to 0.4 months in Cairo. Brasilia ranked 13th best city to live in Brazil vs Cairo ranked 1st in Egypt, while ranked 5763rd and 5895th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Brasilia vs Cairo

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	Brasilia	Cairo
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$6.87	$4.18
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$37.3	$19.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$6.51	$4.93
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.09	$1.57
☕ Cappuccino	$2.24	$1.7
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.2	$0.38
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$477	$218
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$264	$145
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$848	$394
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$468	$259
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$59	$17.3
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$90.5	$26.7
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$20.5	$11.8
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	11.81%	17.17%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2502	$869
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1582	$517
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1	$0.31
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$47.8	$7.95
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$8.65	$2.61
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.13	$0.36
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.97	$0.99
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.44	$0.59
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.26	$0.7
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.27	$1.63
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.2	$3.96
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.06	$4.8
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.04	$9.2
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.21	$1.69
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.62	$0.76
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.4	$0.64
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.59	$0.34
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.28	$0.44
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.33	$0.42
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.44	$0.15
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.82	$0.79
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$9.3	$7.92
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.18	$1.32
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.24	$2.05
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.15	$2.14
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.75	$2.21
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.67	$0.89
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.18	$0.97
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$25.2	$19
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$6.84	$3.64
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$48.6	$10.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$8.8	$2.77
👖 Brand Jeans	$56.2	$39.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$80.5	$115
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$537	$96.5
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$16129	$2311

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Cities near Brasilia

Distance	City	Cost of living
65 km or 41 mi	Formosa	$714
129 km or 80 mi	Anapolis	$531
142 km or 89 mi	Goianesia	$682
176 km or 110 mi	Goiania	$805
192 km or 119 mi	Paracatu	$656
196 km or 122 mi	Trindade	$693
231 km or 143 mi	Caldas Novas	$665
264 km or 164 mi	Catalao	$653
319 km or 198 mi	Araguari	$629
325 km or 202 mi	Itumbiara	$593
343 km or 213 mi	Patos de Minas	$624
350 km or 217 mi	Uberlandia	$670
379 km or 235 mi	Januaria	$588
391 km or 243 mi	Ituiutaba	$647
393 km or 244 mi	Rio Verde	$611
434 km or 270 mi	Araxa	$552
440 km or 273 mi	Uberaba	$559
442 km or 274 mi	Montes Claros	$585
468 km or 291 mi	Barra do Garcas	$655
469 km or 291 mi	Jatai	$642
470 km or 292 mi	Gurupi	$606
489 km or 304 mi	Janauba	$574
493 km or 306 mi	Curvelo	$600
511 km or 318 mi	Barreiras	$583
530 km or 329 mi	Franca	$552
535 km or 332 mi	Barretos	$604
557 km or 346 mi	Bom Jesus da Lapa	$560
558 km or 347 mi	Fernandopolis	$635
560 km or 348 mi	Votuporanga	$641
561 km or 349 mi	Sete Lagoas	$412
564 km or 350 mi	Passos	$568
568 km or 353 mi	Batatais	$609
575 km or 357 mi	Guanambi	$561
577 km or 358 mi	Bebedouro	$619
578 km or 359 mi	Divinopolis	$590
581 km or 361 mi	Formiga	$613
581 km or 361 mi	Sao Jose do Rio Preto	$750
585 km or 363 mi	Mirassol	$688
591 km or 367 mi	Itauna	$582
594 km or 369 mi	Sertaozinho	$629

Cities near Cairo

Distance	City	Cost of living
5.9 km or 3.6 mi	Giza	$410
8.1 km or 5 mi	Shubra El Kheima	$422
26 km or 16 mi	Helwan	$395
46 km or 28 mi	Benha	$336
60 km or 37 mi	Shibin El Kom	$354
62 km or 39 mi	Zagazig	$345
84 km or 52 mi	Tanta	$287
93 km or 58 mi	Faiyum	$334
101 km or 63 mi	El Mahalla El Kubra	$356
111 km or 69 mi	Beni Suef	$288
111 km or 69 mi	Mansoura	$326
115 km or 71 mi	Ismailia	$295
125 km or 78 mi	Suez	$276
133 km or 83 mi	Damanhur	$274
161 km or 100 mi	Kafr El Dawwar	$330
161 km or 100 mi	Damietta	$331
166 km or 103 mi	Port Said	$306
179 km or 111 mi	Alexandria	$384
224 km or 139 mi	Minya	$348
319 km or 198 mi	Asyut	$271
347 km or 216 mi	Gaza	$695
351 km or 218 mi	Ofakim	$1867
354 km or 220 mi	Netivot	$1951
360 km or 223 mi	Sderot	$1957
361 km or 224 mi	Dahab	$517
362 km or 225 mi	Eilat	$1734
365 km or 226 mi	Ashkelon	$1850
366 km or 227 mi	Beersheba	$1645
367 km or 228 mi	Rahat	$1879
368 km or 229 mi	Aqaba	$782
379 km or 235 mi	Ashdod	$1993
379 km or 235 mi	Kiryat Gat	$2032
380 km or 236 mi	Dimona	$1910
381 km or 236 mi	El Gouna	$354
383 km or 238 mi	Kiryat Malakhi	$2027
384 km or 239 mi	Sharm El Sheikh	$589
390 km or 242 mi	Yavne	$2064
391 km or 243 mi	Sohag	$398
396 km or 246 mi	Dura	$1021
397 km or 246 mi	Rehovot	$1947