Cairo vs Calgary - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Cairo	Calgary
🚶 Cost of living one person	$417	$2077
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1080	$4598
🏠 One person rent	$154	$1226
🏘️ Family rent	$315	$1942
🍽️ Food expenses	$166	$561
🚐 Transport expenses	$38	$162
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$165	$3168
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Good
✈️ Airport proximity	12 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	83	53
😀 Quality of life	58	90
🏙️ Population	9.61M	1.31M

The cost of living in Cairo is 80% less expensive than in Calgary. Cities ranked 8923rd and 1646th ($417 vs $2077) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 23rd 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 1.5 months in Calgary. Cairo ranked 1st best city to live in Egypt vs Calgary ranked 8th in Canada, while ranked 5545th and 153rd 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	$3.9	$15.2
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$18.6	$60.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.73	$9.97
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.26	$5.29
☕ Cappuccino	$1.5	$4.1
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.34	$2.02
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$185	$1222
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$113	$991
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$386	$2053
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$253	$1592
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$16.8	$131
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$25.8	$200
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$10.1	$57.4
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	14.49%	6.03%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$690	$3283
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$453	$3066
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.3	$2.57
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$7.68	$80.8
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$3.17	$14.5
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.29	$1.09
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.89	$2.11
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.6	$2.47
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.65	$2.98
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.51	$3.79
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.48	$14.2
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.36	$13.1
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.58	$14.5
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.49	$4.12
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.55	$1.31
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.42	$3.69
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.39	$4.19
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.48	$2.52
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.41	$2.42
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.13	$1.2
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.72	$2.37
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.33	$15.2
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.13	$2.92
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.84	$13
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$1.46	$8.11
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.31	$5.68
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.87	$2.77
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.69	$2.21
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$17.3	$49.1
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$2.97	$11.7
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$11	$61.4
💇 Haircut, simple	$2.86	$22.6
👖 Brand Jeans	$37	$56.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$101	$82.4
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$90.2	$841
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$1985	$16603

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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

Cities near Calgary

Distance	City	Cost of living
106 km or 66 mi	Banff	$1743
137 km or 85 mi	Red Deer	$1676
174 km or 108 mi	Lethbridge	$1614
248 km or 154 mi	Leduc	$1656
265 km or 165 mi	Medicine Hat	$1487
278 km or 173 mi	Spruce Grove	$1588
279 km or 173 mi	Edmonton	$1769
357 km or 222 mi	Sandpoint	$2568
402 km or 250 mi	Kelowna	$1886
422 km or 262 mi	Coeur d'Alene	$2299
426 km or 265 mi	Post Falls	$2284
429 km or 266 mi	Penticton	$1638
440 km or 273 mi	Spokane Valley	$2174
442 km or 275 mi	Kamloops	$1770
443 km or 275 mi	Great Falls	$2007
452 km or 281 mi	Spokane	$2163
466 km or 289 mi	Missoula	$2054
517 km or 322 mi	Helena	$2327
524 km or 325 mi	Saskatoon	$1786
526 km or 327 mi	Moscow	$1792
531 km or 330 mi	Pullman	$1612
556 km or 345 mi	Grande Prairie	$1778
560 km or 348 mi	Lewiston	$1884
572 km or 355 mi	Butte	$1632
579 km or 360 mi	Moses Lake	$2009
600 km or 373 mi	Chilliwack	$1761
603 km or 375 mi	Moose Jaw	$1360
607 km or 377 mi	Wenatchee	$2248
616 km or 382 mi	Prince Albert	$1446
630 km or 391 mi	Abbotsford	$1883
636 km or 395 mi	Whistler	$2023
637 km or 396 mi	Walla Walla	$1968
638 km or 396 mi	Bozeman	$2616
641 km or 398 mi	Maple Ridge	$1969
650 km or 404 mi	Langley	$2021
650 km or 404 mi	Pasco	$2050
651 km or 405 mi	Coquitlam	$2490
654 km or 406 mi	Bellingham	$2466
654 km or 406 mi	Richland	$2181
655 km or 407 mi	Fort McMurray	$1871