Cairo vs Calgary - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Cairo	Calgary
🚶 Cost of living one person	$424	$2149
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1086	$4908
🏠 One person rent	$162	$1251
🏘️ Family rent	$325	$2067
🍽️ Food expenses	$168	$593
🚐 Transport expenses	$34.4	$170
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$152	$3509
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Good
✈️ Airport proximity	12 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	83	53
😀 Quality of life	57	90
🏙️ Population	9.61M	1.31M

The cost of living in Cairo is 80% less expensive than in Calgary. Cities ranked 8926th and 1473rd ($424 vs $2149) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 28th in Egypt and Canada, respectively. Check Egypt vs Canada comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.4 months in Cairo compared to 1.6 months in Calgary. Cairo ranked 1st best city to live in Egypt vs Calgary ranked 6th in Canada, while ranked 5583rd and 131st among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Cairo vs Calgary

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	Cairo	Calgary
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$3.97	$16.9
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$19.3	$64.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.24	$10.2
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.41	$5.43
☕ Cappuccino	$1.56	$4.28
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.34	$2.04
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$197	$1277
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$121	$1002
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$389	$2181
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$266	$1707
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$16.3	$134
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$24.9	$206
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$9.49	$59.9
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	13.85%	6.34%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$626	$3298
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$388	$3114
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.21	$2.75
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$7.83	$83.8
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$2.73	$15.5
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.27	$1.12
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.92	$2.07
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.63	$2.49
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.7	$3.17
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.5	$3.96
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.41	$15.5
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.58	$14.2
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.04	$15.9
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.5	$4.35
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.48	$1.44
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.33	$3.96
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.34	$4.15
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.44	$2.5
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.47	$2.31
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.13	$1.33
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.71	$2.61
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$6.78	$14.9
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.2	$2.97
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.84	$13.6
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$1.51	$8.18
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.23	$5.97
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.09	$2.9
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.61	$2.32
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$17.8	$53
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$3.21	$13
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$12	$65.5
💇 Haircut, simple	$2.75	$23.4
👖 Brand Jeans	$37.9	$55
👟 Brand Sneakers	$98.3	$84.7
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$92.9	$984
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$1916	$19196

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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

Cities near Calgary

Distance	City	Cost of living
106 km or 66 mi	Banff	$1914
137 km or 85 mi	Red Deer	$1727
174 km or 108 mi	Lethbridge	$1701
248 km or 154 mi	Leduc	$1723
265 km or 165 mi	Medicine Hat	$1577
278 km or 173 mi	Spruce Grove	$1709
279 km or 173 mi	Edmonton	$1785
357 km or 222 mi	Sandpoint	$2523
402 km or 250 mi	Kelowna	$2001
422 km or 262 mi	Coeur d'Alene	$2275
426 km or 265 mi	Post Falls	$2250
429 km or 266 mi	Penticton	$1781
440 km or 273 mi	Spokane Valley	$2156
442 km or 275 mi	Kamloops	$1854
443 km or 275 mi	Great Falls	$2139
452 km or 281 mi	Spokane	$2150
466 km or 289 mi	Missoula	$2011
517 km or 322 mi	Helena	$2498
524 km or 325 mi	Saskatoon	$1793
526 km or 327 mi	Moscow	$1642
531 km or 330 mi	Pullman	$1566
556 km or 345 mi	Grande Prairie	$1786
560 km or 348 mi	Lewiston	$1830
572 km or 355 mi	Butte	$1610
579 km or 360 mi	Moses Lake	$1917
600 km or 373 mi	Chilliwack	$1765
603 km or 375 mi	Moose Jaw	$1408
607 km or 377 mi	Wenatchee	$2322
616 km or 382 mi	Prince Albert	$1487
630 km or 391 mi	Abbotsford	$1976
636 km or 395 mi	Whistler	$2469
637 km or 396 mi	Walla Walla	$2010
638 km or 396 mi	Bozeman	$2484
641 km or 398 mi	Maple Ridge	$2243
650 km or 404 mi	Langley	$1983
650 km or 404 mi	Pasco	$2042
651 km or 405 mi	Coquitlam	$2553
654 km or 406 mi	Bellingham	$2278
654 km or 406 mi	Richland	$2169
655 km or 407 mi	Fort McMurray	$1871