Cairo vs Columbus - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Cairo	Columbus
🚶 Cost of living one person	$417	$2145
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1080	$5059
🏠 One person rent	$154	$1248
🏘️ Family rent	$315	$2171
🍽️ Food expenses	$166	$632
🚐 Transport expenses	$38	$125
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$165	$4018
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	12 km	10 km
🎓 Higher education	83	73
😀 Quality of life	58	88
🏙️ Population	9.61M	906K

The cost of living in Cairo is 81% less expensive than in Columbus. Cities ranked 8923rd and 1476th ($417 vs $2145) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 1323rd 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 1.9 months in Columbus. Cairo ranked 1st best city to live in Egypt vs Columbus ranked 59th in the United States, while ranked 5545th and 249th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Cairo vs Columbus

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	Cairo	Columbus
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$3.9	$18.9
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$18.6	$66.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.73	$11.7
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.26	$5.69
☕ Cappuccino	$1.5	$4.78
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.34	$2.44
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$185	$1314
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$113	$972
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$386	$2378
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$253	$1757
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$16.8	$149
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$25.8	$232
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$10.1	$57.9
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	14.49%	6.57%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$690	$3095
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$453	$2954
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.3	$2.01
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$7.68	$60.8
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$3.17	$15.4
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.29	$0.86
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.89	$0.92
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.6	$2.74
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.65	$3.43
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.51	$3.4
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.48	$13.3
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.36	$13.8
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.58	$15.4
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.49	$5.29
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.55	$1.32
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.42	$5.69
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.39	$4.95
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.48	$3.12
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.41	$3.04
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.13	$1.47
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.72	$3.28
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.33	$18.6
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.13	$2.66
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.84	$9.45
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$1.46	$9.35
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.31	$3.76
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.87	$4.07
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.69	$2.2
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$17.3	$42.3
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$2.97	$11.7
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$11	$85.5
💇 Haircut, simple	$2.86	$19.9
👖 Brand Jeans	$37	$61
👟 Brand Sneakers	$101	$89.4
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$90.2	$1236
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$1985	$15423

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Cost of Living in the nearest cities

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 Columbus

Distance	City	Cost of living
8.6 km or 5.3 mi	Upper Arlington	$2084
11 km or 7.1 mi	Grove	$2062
13 km or 8.3 mi	Gahanna	$1986
15 km or 9 mi	Hilliard	$2085
17 km or 11 mi	Reynoldsburg	$1994
18 km or 11 mi	Dublin	$2095
19 km or 12 mi	Westerville	$1798
22 km or 13 mi	Pickerington	$1983
38 km or 24 mi	Delaware	$1851
43 km or 27 mi	Lancaster	$1903
43 km or 27 mi	Marysville	$1968
51 km or 32 mi	Newark	$1881
69 km or 43 mi	Springfield	$1897
70 km or 43 mi	Chillicothe	$1764
70 km or 44 mi	Marion	$1871
84 km or 52 mi	Zanesville	$1825
86 km or 53 mi	Xenia	$1870
89 km or 55 mi	Fairborn	$1798
94 km or 59 mi	Beavercreek	$1862
97 km or 60 mi	Huber Heights	$1852
97 km or 60 mi	Mansfield	$1832
98 km or 61 mi	Riverside	$1865
103 km or 64 mi	Kettering	$1890
103 km or 64 mi	Troy	$1897
104 km or 65 mi	Athens	$1674
104 km or 65 mi	Centerville	$1902
105 km or 65 mi	Dayton	$1783
105 km or 65 mi	Sidney	$1973
108 km or 67 mi	Piqua	$1914
112 km or 69 mi	Trotwood	$1870
116 km or 72 mi	Ashland	$1681
120 km or 74 mi	Lebanon	$1834
128 km or 80 mi	Middletown	$1427
128 km or 80 mi	Lima	$1923
130 km or 81 mi	Wooster	$1481
131 km or 81 mi	Mason	$1853
132 km or 82 mi	Findlay	$1839
136 km or 84 mi	Portsmouth	$1428
144 km or 90 mi	New Philadelphia	$1683
146 km or 91 mi	Norwalk	$1858