Cairo vs Cologne - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Cairo	Cologne
🚶 Cost of living one person	$417	$1744
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1080	$4212
🏠 One person rent	$154	$947
🏘️ Family rent	$315	$1673
🍽️ Food expenses	$166	$491
🚐 Transport expenses	$38	$174
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$165	$3148
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	12 km	15 km
🎓 Higher education	83	92
😀 Quality of life	58	96
🏙️ Population	9.61M	1.09M

The cost of living in Cairo is 76% less expensive than in Cologne. Cities ranked 8923rd and 2551st ($417 vs $1744) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 24th in Egypt and Germany, respectively. Check Egypt vs Germany comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.4 months in Cairo compared to 1.8 months in Cologne. Cairo ranked 1st best city to live in Egypt vs Cologne ranked 2nd in Germany, while ranked 5545th and 12th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Cairo vs Cologne

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	Cairo	Cologne
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$3.9	$13.1
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$18.6	$61.3
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.73	$10.4
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.26	$4.67
☕ Cappuccino	$1.5	$3.64
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.34	$3.1
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$185	$963
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$113	$743
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$386	$1902
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$253	$1332
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$16.8	$120
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$25.8	$186
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$10.1	$40.4
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	14.49%	4.01%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$690	$6163
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$453	$5539
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.3	$3.35
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$7.68	$56.6
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$3.17	$22.1
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.29	$1.83
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.89	$1.23
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.6	$1.8
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.65	$2.69
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.51	$3.95
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.48	$13.5
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.36	$13.2
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.58	$20.1
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.49	$2.71
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.55	$1.55
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.42	$2.06
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.39	$4.26
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.48	$1.64
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.41	$1.64
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.13	$0.64
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.72	$2.22
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.33	$6.56
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.13	$1.02
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.84	$8.09
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$1.46	$8.17
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.31	$2.2
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.87	$1.75
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.69	$1.5
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$17.3	$32.5
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$2.97	$11.9
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$11	$49.2
💇 Haircut, simple	$2.86	$18.4
👖 Brand Jeans	$37	$94.7
👟 Brand Sneakers	$101	$103
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$90.2	$773
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$1985	$15595

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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 Cologne

Distance	City	Cost of living
9.2 km or 5.7 mi	Hurth	$1578
10 km or 6.4 mi	Leverkusen	$1822
10 km or 6.4 mi	Frechen	$1569
13 km or 7.9 mi	Bruhl	$1559
13 km or 7.9 mi	Pulheim	$1572
14 km or 8.4 mi	Wesseling	$1554
14 km or 8.5 mi	Bergisch Gladbach	$1586
15 km or 9.3 mi	Niederkassel	$1551
16 km or 10 mi	Rosrath	$1536
18 km or 11 mi	Monheim am Rhein	$1576
19 km or 12 mi	Dormagen	$1561
19 km or 12 mi	Erftstadt	$1534
19 km or 12 mi	Langenfeld	$1577
20 km or 12 mi	Troisdorf	$1544
20 km or 12 mi	Leichlingen	$1559
20 km or 12 mi	Kerpen	$1529
21 km or 13 mi	Bornheim	$1554
21 km or 13 mi	Lohmar	$1523
22 km or 14 mi	Bergheim	$1518
23 km or 15 mi	Siegburg	$1522
24 km or 15 mi	Overath	$1497
25 km or 16 mi	Sankt Augustin	$1542
25 km or 16 mi	Bonn	$1677
26 km or 16 mi	Hilden	$1522
26 km or 16 mi	Solingen	$1580
27 km or 17 mi	Elsdorf	$1502
28 km or 17 mi	Wermelskirchen	$1497
28 km or 17 mi	Haan	$1517
28 km or 18 mi	Bedburg	$1504
29 km or 18 mi	Hennef	$1494
31 km or 19 mi	Grevenbroich	$1499
31 km or 19 mi	Remscheid	$1494
31 km or 20 mi	Erkrath	$1516
33 km or 20 mi	Konigswinter	$1446
34 km or 21 mi	Euskirchen	$1503
34 km or 21 mi	Neuss	$1495
34 km or 21 mi	Mettmann	$1479
35 km or 21 mi	Zulpich	$1490
35 km or 21 mi	Meckenheim	$1500
35 km or 22 mi	Dusseldorf	$1772