Cairo vs Calgary - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: June 21, 2026

	Cairo	Calgary
🚶 Cost of living one person	$483	$2095
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1185	$4718
🏠 One person rent	$190	$1181
🏘️ Family rent	$332	$1885
🍽️ Food expenses	$191	$591
🚐 Transport expenses	$38.7	$173
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$190	$3093
😷 Air quality	Bad	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	12 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	83	53
😀 Quality of life	63	90
🏙️ Population	9.8M	1.31M

The cost of living in Cairo is 77% less expensive than in Calgary. Cities ranked 8753rd and 1759th ($483 vs $2095) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 27th 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 9th in Canada, while ranked 5501st and 187th 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	$4.87	$19.1
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$24.6	$65.2
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.58	$10.9
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.54	$5.66
☕ Cappuccino	$1.75	$4.19
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.36	$2.13
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$207	$1234
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$152	$935
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$373	$1946
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$277	$1549
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$16.7	$130
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$25.5	$200
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$10.6	$56.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	16.04%	4.5%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$855	$3751
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$476	$3441
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.35	$2.85
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$10.1	$88
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$2.36	$15.2
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.38	$1.06
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.92	$1.86
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.66	$2.39
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.61	$3.39
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.35	$3.87
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.2	$12.5
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.66	$12
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.14	$16.6
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.7	$4.3
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.77	$1.4
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.6	$3.83
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.45	$4.54
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.41	$2.25
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.41	$2.98
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.15	$1.03
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.73	$2.21
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.42	$15.2
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.43	$2.92
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.87	$13.2
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$1.86	$9.27
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.01	$5.57
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.03	$2.51
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.91	$2.43
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$22.6	$53.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$3.74	$13.8
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$10.1	$92.4
💇 Haircut, simple	$2.53	$22.6
👖 Brand Jeans	$39.9	$57.7
👟 Brand Sneakers	$107	$88.1
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$100	$820
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$2716	$15881

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Cities near Cairo

Distance	City	Cost of living
5.9 km or 3.6 mi	Giza	$356
8.1 km or 5 mi	Shubra El Kheima	$414
26 km or 16 mi	Helwan	$374
46 km or 28 mi	Benha	$314
60 km or 37 mi	Shibin El Kom	$332
62 km or 39 mi	Zagazig	$325
84 km or 52 mi	Tanta	$267
93 km or 58 mi	Faiyum	$315
101 km or 63 mi	El Mahalla El Kubra	$313
111 km or 69 mi	Beni Suef	$271
111 km or 69 mi	Mansoura	$307
115 km or 71 mi	Ismailia	$279
125 km or 78 mi	Suez	$288
133 km or 83 mi	Damanhur	$267
161 km or 100 mi	Kafr El Dawwar	$316
161 km or 100 mi	Damietta	$294
166 km or 103 mi	Port Said	$288
179 km or 111 mi	Alexandria	$366
224 km or 139 mi	Minya	$324
319 km or 198 mi	Asyut	$264
347 km or 216 mi	Gaza	$862
351 km or 218 mi	Ofakim	$2038
354 km or 220 mi	Netivot	$2145
360 km or 223 mi	Sderot	$2133
361 km or 224 mi	Dahab	$429
362 km or 225 mi	Eilat	$2054
365 km or 226 mi	Ashkelon	$1845
366 km or 227 mi	Beersheba	$1810
367 km or 228 mi	Rahat	$2060
368 km or 229 mi	Aqaba	$818
379 km or 235 mi	Ashdod	$2305
379 km or 235 mi	Kiryat Gat	$2225
380 km or 236 mi	Dimona	$2014
381 km or 236 mi	El Gouna	$338
383 km or 238 mi	Kiryat Malakhi	$2283
384 km or 239 mi	Sharm El Sheikh	$555
390 km or 242 mi	Yavne	$2354
391 km or 243 mi	Sohag	$375
396 km or 246 mi	Dura	$1149
397 km or 246 mi	Rehovot	$2201

Cities near Calgary

Distance	City	Cost of living
106 km or 66 mi	Banff	$1927
137 km or 85 mi	Red Deer	$1874
174 km or 108 mi	Lethbridge	$1780
248 km or 154 mi	Leduc	$1733
265 km or 165 mi	Medicine Hat	$1579
278 km or 173 mi	Spruce Grove	$1626
279 km or 173 mi	Edmonton	$1835
357 km or 222 mi	Sandpoint	$2595
402 km or 250 mi	Kelowna	$1974
422 km or 262 mi	Coeur d'Alene	$2338
426 km or 265 mi	Post Falls	$2307
429 km or 266 mi	Penticton	$1749
440 km or 273 mi	Spokane Valley	$2197
442 km or 275 mi	Kamloops	$1771
443 km or 275 mi	Great Falls	$1953
452 km or 281 mi	Spokane	$2180
466 km or 289 mi	Missoula	$2135
517 km or 322 mi	Helena	$2505
524 km or 325 mi	Saskatoon	$1781
526 km or 327 mi	Moscow	$1703
531 km or 330 mi	Pullman	$1787
556 km or 345 mi	Grande Prairie	$1867
560 km or 348 mi	Lewiston	$1729
572 km or 355 mi	Butte	$1634
579 km or 360 mi	Moses Lake	$2100
600 km or 373 mi	Chilliwack	$1869
603 km or 375 mi	Moose Jaw	$1451
607 km or 377 mi	Wenatchee	$2290
616 km or 382 mi	Prince Albert	$1442
630 km or 391 mi	Abbotsford	$1953
636 km or 395 mi	Whistler	$2427
637 km or 396 mi	Walla Walla	$2053
638 km or 396 mi	Bozeman	$2930
641 km or 398 mi	Maple Ridge	$2266
650 km or 404 mi	Langley	$2100
650 km or 404 mi	Pasco	$2141
651 km or 405 mi	Coquitlam	$2493
654 km or 406 mi	Bellingham	$2523
654 km or 406 mi	Richland	$2492
655 km or 407 mi	Fort McMurray	$1872