Cairo vs Charlotte - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Cairo	Charlotte
🚶 Cost of living one person	$417	$2528
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1080	$5839
🏠 One person rent	$154	$1559
🏘️ Family rent	$315	$2624
🍽️ Food expenses	$166	$636
🚐 Transport expenses	$38	$162
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$165	$4485
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Good
✈️ Airport proximity	12 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	83	68
😀 Quality of life	58	88
🏙️ Population	9.61M	875K

The cost of living in Cairo is 84% less expensive than in Charlotte. Cities ranked 8923rd and 761st ($417 vs $2528) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 705th in Egypt and the United States, respectively. Check Egypt vs the United States comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.4 months in Cairo compared to 1.8 months in Charlotte. Cairo ranked 1st best city to live in Egypt vs Charlotte ranked 62nd in the United States, while ranked 5545th and 252nd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Cairo vs Charlotte

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	Cairo	Charlotte
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$3.9	$16.6
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$18.6	$71.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.73	$10.4
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.26	$5.95
☕ Cappuccino	$1.5	$5.06
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.34	$2.56
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$185	$1601
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$113	$1337
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$386	$3268
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$253	$2181
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$16.8	$105
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$25.8	$162
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$10.1	$63.8
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	14.49%	6.54%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$690	$4188
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$453	$2832
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.3	$2.61
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$7.68	$90.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$3.17	$18.4
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.29	$0.83
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.89	$1.01
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.6	$3.23
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.65	$4.31
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.51	$4.8
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.48	$14.2
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.36	$14.9
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.58	$17.6
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.49	$5.44
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.55	$1.43
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.42	$7.8
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.39	$4.64
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.48	$3.33
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.41	$3.19
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.13	$1.28
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.72	$2.74
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.33	$15.9
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.13	$2.52
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.84	$8.65
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$1.46	$6.14
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.31	$6.97
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.87	$4.26
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.69	$1.8
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$17.3	$52.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$2.97	$14.1
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$11	$124
💇 Haircut, simple	$2.86	$25.8
👖 Brand Jeans	$37	$54
👟 Brand Sneakers	$101	$93.3
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$90.2	$1337
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$1985	$25956

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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 Charlotte

Distance	City	Cost of living
17 km or 10 mi	Matthews	$2271
17 km or 11 mi	Mint Hill	$2269
20 km or 13 mi	Huntersville	$2188
23 km or 14 mi	Indian Trail	$2225
28 km or 18 mi	Cornelius	$2166
30 km or 18 mi	Concord	$2147
31 km or 19 mi	Gastonia	$1891
36 km or 22 mi	Kannapolis	$2136
36 km or 22 mi	Rock Hill	$2177
38 km or 23 mi	Monroe	$2182
40 km or 25 mi	Mooresville	$2072
57 km or 35 mi	Lancaster	$2170
59 km or 37 mi	Salisbury	$2117
62 km or 39 mi	Statesville	$2090
63 km or 39 mi	Shelby	$1474
72 km or 45 mi	Hickory	$1851
94 km or 58 mi	Forest	$1951
101 km or 63 mi	Thomasville	$2058
104 km or 64 mi	Rockingham	$2136
104 km or 65 mi	Spartanburg	$1925
108 km or 67 mi	Asheboro	$2091
111 km or 69 mi	Winston-Salem	$2098
113 km or 70 mi	High Point	$1934
120 km or 75 mi	Kernersville	$2169
130 km or 81 mi	Greer	$2292
132 km or 82 mi	Greensboro	$2011
138 km or 86 mi	Columbia	$1809
142 km or 88 mi	Mauldin	$2404
143 km or 89 mi	Lexington	$1929
147 km or 91 mi	Greenville	$2530
152 km or 94 mi	Florence	$1907
152 km or 95 mi	Sumter	$1902
154 km or 96 mi	Sanford	$2184
159 km or 99 mi	Burlington	$2144
160 km or 99 mi	Asheville	$2697
166 km or 103 mi	Greenwood	$2106
176 km or 109 mi	Fayetteville	$2100
179 km or 111 mi	Chapel Hill	$2309
180 km or 112 mi	Lumberton	$2100
184 km or 114 mi	Anderson	$1888