Brisbane vs Cairo - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	Brisbane	Cairo
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2269	$506
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5424	$1241
🏠 One person rent	$1398	$201
🏘️ Family rent	$2462	$352
🍽️ Food expenses	$574	$196
🚐 Transport expenses	$151	$39.7
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4258	$199
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	13 km	12 km
🎓 Higher education	66	83
😀 Quality of life	98	63
🏙️ Population	2.71M	9.8M

The cost of living in Brisbane is 349% more expensive than in Cairo. Cities ranked 1349th and 8680th ($2269 vs $506) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 11th and 2nd in Australia and Egypt, respectively. Check Australia vs Egypt comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.9 months in Brisbane compared to 0.4 months in Cairo. Brisbane ranked 3rd best city to live in Australia vs Cairo ranked 1st in Egypt, while ranked 3rd and 5610th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Brisbane vs Cairo

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	Brisbane	Cairo
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$15.5	$4.85
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$68.3	$22.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$11.8	$5.71
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$8.04	$1.81
☕ Cappuccino	$4.09	$1.87
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.89	$0.39
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1660	$221
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1147	$159
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$3002	$401
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2079	$292
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$94.2	$18.2
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$144	$27.8
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$54.2	$11.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	5.78%	16.83%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$7935	$918
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5145	$518
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.36	$0.36
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$27.8	$9.22
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$19	$2.65
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.37	$0.4
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.56	$1.04
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.28	$0.64
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.94	$0.67
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.95	$1.53
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.35	$4.31
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.06	$4.81
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.2	$9.6
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.73	$1.79
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.1	$0.85
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.11	$0.7
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.91	$0.39
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.66	$0.44
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.56	$0.43
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.99	$0.15
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.83	$0.81
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$14	$8.35
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.89	$1.41
🚬 Cigarette pack	$24.1	$2.08
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$7.94	$2.08
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.16	$2.25
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.47	$0.9
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.57	$1.03
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$48	$21.8
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$14	$4.03
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$61.1	$11
💇 Haircut, simple	$20.8	$2.83
👖 Brand Jeans	$81.5	$39.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$112	$121
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1949	$111
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$12459	$2645

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Cities near Brisbane

Distance	City	Cost of living
31 km or 19 mi	Ipswich	$1813
45 km or 28 mi	Caboolture	$1988
66 km or 41 mi	Southport	$2352
71 km or 44 mi	Gold Coast	$2528
75 km or 47 mi	Caloundra	$1864
91 km or 57 mi	Sunshine Coast	$1835
107 km or 66 mi	Toowoomba	$1766
143 km or 89 mi	Byron Bay	$2703
243 km or 151 mi	Hervey Bay	$1864
299 km or 186 mi	Bundaberg	$1727
315 km or 196 mi	Coffs Harbour	$2172
362 km or 225 mi	Armidale	$1288
441 km or 274 mi	Gladstone	$1640
441 km or 274 mi	Port Macquarie	$1796
520 km or 323 mi	Rockhampton	$1635
618 km or 384 mi	Newcastle	$1997
682 km or 424 mi	Dubbo	$1867
719 km or 447 mi	Dee Why	$2379
722 km or 449 mi	Kellyville	$2050
730 km or 453 mi	Blacktown	$1710
732 km or 455 mi	Parramatta	$2482
733 km or 455 mi	Sydney	$2844
740 km or 460 mi	Bathurst	$1699
748 km or 465 mi	Orange	$1477
801 km or 498 mi	Wollongong	$1695
869 km or 540 mi	Goulburn	$1821
945 km or 587 mi	Canberra	$2223
1006 km or 625 mi	Wagga Wagga	$1583
1009 km or 627 mi	Griffith	$1824
1111 km or 690 mi	Townsville	$1839
1224 km or 761 mi	Shepparton	$1815
1278 km or 794 mi	Mildura	$1904
1320 km or 820 mi	Bendigo	$1487
1337 km or 831 mi	Traralgon	$1979
1367 km or 849 mi	Sunbury	$1928
1372 km or 853 mi	Pakenham	$1896
1375 km or 855 mi	Melbourne	$2496
1376 km or 855 mi	Berwick	$1860
1376 km or 855 mi	South Yarra	$1829
1377 km or 856 mi	Dandenong	$1894

Cities near Cairo

Distance	City	Cost of living
5.9 km or 3.6 mi	Giza	$394
8.1 km or 5 mi	Shubra El Kheima	$443
26 km or 16 mi	Helwan	$402
46 km or 28 mi	Benha	$343
60 km or 37 mi	Shibin El Kom	$361
62 km or 39 mi	Zagazig	$351
84 km or 52 mi	Tanta	$294
93 km or 58 mi	Faiyum	$340
101 km or 63 mi	El Mahalla El Kubra	$343
111 km or 69 mi	Beni Suef	$297
111 km or 69 mi	Mansoura	$335
115 km or 71 mi	Ismailia	$300
125 km or 78 mi	Suez	$288
133 km or 83 mi	Damanhur	$282
161 km or 100 mi	Kafr El Dawwar	$341
161 km or 100 mi	Damietta	$323
166 km or 103 mi	Port Said	$319
179 km or 111 mi	Alexandria	$400
224 km or 139 mi	Minya	$356
319 km or 198 mi	Asyut	$283
347 km or 216 mi	Gaza	$776
351 km or 218 mi	Ofakim	$1936
354 km or 220 mi	Netivot	$2022
360 km or 223 mi	Sderot	$1993
361 km or 224 mi	Dahab	$479
362 km or 225 mi	Eilat	$1853
365 km or 226 mi	Ashkelon	$1761
366 km or 227 mi	Beersheba	$1700
367 km or 228 mi	Rahat	$1962
368 km or 229 mi	Aqaba	$800
379 km or 235 mi	Ashdod	$2145
379 km or 235 mi	Kiryat Gat	$2079
380 km or 236 mi	Dimona	$2002
381 km or 236 mi	El Gouna	$360
383 km or 238 mi	Kiryat Malakhi	$2105
384 km or 239 mi	Sharm El Sheikh	$598
390 km or 242 mi	Yavne	$2172
391 km or 243 mi	Sohag	$415
396 km or 246 mi	Dura	$1062
397 km or 246 mi	Rehovot	$2066