Cairo vs Crete - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Cairo	Crete
🚶 Cost of living one person	$417	$1150
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1080	$2795
🏠 One person rent	$154	$530
🏘️ Family rent	$315	$978
🍽️ Food expenses	$166	$414
🚐 Transport expenses	$38	$103
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$165	$997
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	12 km	26 km
🎓 Higher education	83	32
😀 Quality of life	58	56
🏙️ Population	9.61M	623K

The cost of living in Cairo is 64% less expensive than in Crete. Cities ranked 8923rd and 4640th ($417 vs $1150) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 11th in Egypt and Greece, respectively. Check Egypt vs Greece comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.4 months in Cairo compared to 0.9 months in Crete. Cairo ranked 1st best city to live in Egypt vs Crete ranked 28th in Greece, while ranked 5545th and 5717th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Cairo vs Crete

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	Cairo	Crete
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$3.9	$12.8
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$18.6	$48.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.73	$9.64
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.26	$5.04
☕ Cappuccino	$1.5	$3.64
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.34	$1.86
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$185	$476
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$113	$361
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$386	$873
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$253	$743
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$16.8	$114
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$25.8	$176
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$10.1	$32.6
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	14.49%	4.44%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$690	$3570
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$453	$2751
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.3	$1.45
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$7.68	$53.7
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$3.17	$11.9
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.29	$1.95
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.89	$1.68
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.6	$1.32
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.65	$2.31
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.51	$4.43
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.48	$14.3
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.36	$9.59
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.58	$13.5
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.49	$2.13
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.55	$1.89
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.42	$1.4
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.39	$2.06
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.48	$1.13
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.41	$1.51
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.13	$0.41
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.72	$2.11
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.33	$7.6
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.13	$1.88
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.84	$4.86
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$1.46	$5.09
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.31	$3.82
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.87	$2.18
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.69	$2.99
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$17.3	$48.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$2.97	$8.32
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$11	$34.7
💇 Haircut, simple	$2.86	$10.4
👖 Brand Jeans	$37	$85.6
👟 Brand Sneakers	$101	$77.5
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$90.2	$386
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$1985	$4629

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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 Crete

Distance	City	Cost of living
22 km or 14 mi	Heraklion	$1093
39 km or 24 mi	Rethymno	$1052
83 km or 51 mi	Chania	$1131
132 km or 82 mi	Santorini	$1659
241 km or 150 mi	Mykonos	$1838
298 km or 185 mi	Bodrum	$1038
300 km or 187 mi	Voula	$1296
303 km or 189 mi	Glyfada	$1437
306 km or 190 mi	Argyroupoli	$1284
310 km or 193 mi	Palaio Faliro	$1258
311 km or 193 mi	Nea Smyrni	$1150
312 km or 194 mi	Kallithea	$1159
313 km or 195 mi	Piraeus	$1045
314 km or 195 mi	Kalamata	$1033
315 km or 196 mi	Athens	$1272
316 km or 196 mi	Nikaia	$1054
317 km or 197 mi	Salamina	$967
320 km or 199 mi	Nea Ionia	$1142
320 km or 199 mi	Peristeri	$1082
320 km or 199 mi	Nea Filadelfeia	$1131
323 km or 201 mi	Kifissia	$1265
324 km or 202 mi	Rhodes	$1070
327 km or 203 mi	Eleusis	$1022
328 km or 204 mi	Aspropyrgos	$957
332 km or 207 mi	Tripoli	$990
340 km or 211 mi	Corinth	$955
349 km or 217 mi	Marmaris	$1049
351 km or 218 mi	Derna	$380
353 km or 220 mi	Kusadasi	$764
358 km or 223 mi	Chios	$1099
369 km or 229 mi	Chalcis	$980
369 km or 229 mi	Tobruk	$381
377 km or 234 mi	Mugla	$773
386 km or 240 mi	Aydin	$655
399 km or 248 mi	Izmir	$909
399 km or 248 mi	Tire	$681
407 km or 253 mi	Fethiye	$843
421 km or 262 mi	Nazilli	$643
431 km or 268 mi	Patras	$1011
432 km or 269 mi	Manisa	$638