Cairo vs Detroit - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	Cairo	Detroit
🚶 Cost of living one person	$506	$2032
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1241	$4925
🏠 One person rent	$201	$1105
🏘️ Family rent	$352	$1878
🍽️ Food expenses	$196	$664
🚐 Transport expenses	$39.7	$121
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$199	$3072
😷 Air quality	Bad	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	12 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	83	77
😀 Quality of life	63	88
🏙️ Population	9.8M	639K

The cost of living in Cairo is 75% less expensive than in Detroit. Cities ranked 8680th and 1947th ($506 vs $2032) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 1526th 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 1.5 months in Detroit. Cairo ranked 1st best city to live in Egypt vs Detroit ranked 95th in the United States, while ranked 5610th and 318th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Cairo vs Detroit

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	Cairo	Detroit
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$4.85	$18.1
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$22.7	$66.5
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.71	$11.5
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.81	$6.88
☕ Cappuccino	$1.87	$5.48
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.39	$2.95
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$221	$1299
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$159	$820
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$401	$2296
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$292	$1448
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$18.2	$130
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$27.8	$201
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$11.1	$59.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	16.83%	6.34%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$918	$1602
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$518	$1188
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.36	$2
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$9.22	$75.1
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$2.65	$15.4
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.4	$0.88
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.04	$0.95
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.64	$3.34
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.67	$6.68
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.53	$3.71
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.31	$13.8
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.81	$12.1
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.6	$16.1
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.79	$5.04
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.85	$1.4
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.7	$5.46
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.39	$5.71
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.44	$2.49
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.43	$2.83
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.15	$1.6
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.81	$3.05
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$8.35	$15.8
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.41	$3.04
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.08	$10.3
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$2.08	$13.9
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.25	$7.05
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.9	$3.46
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.03	$1.75
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$21.8	$40.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.03	$11.8
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$11	$88.2
💇 Haircut, simple	$2.83	$18.2
👖 Brand Jeans	$39.3	$58.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$121	$100
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$111	$1360
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$2645	$19339

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Cities near Cairo

Distance	City	Cost of living
5.9 km or 3.6 mi	Giza	$394
8.1 km or 5 mi	Shubra El Kheima	$443
26 km or 16 mi	Helwan	$402
46 km or 28 mi	Benha	$343
60 km or 37 mi	Shibin El Kom	$361
62 km or 39 mi	Zagazig	$351
84 km or 52 mi	Tanta	$294
93 km or 58 mi	Faiyum	$340
101 km or 63 mi	El Mahalla El Kubra	$343
111 km or 69 mi	Beni Suef	$297
111 km or 69 mi	Mansoura	$335
115 km or 71 mi	Ismailia	$300
125 km or 78 mi	Suez	$288
133 km or 83 mi	Damanhur	$282
161 km or 100 mi	Kafr El Dawwar	$341
161 km or 100 mi	Damietta	$323
166 km or 103 mi	Port Said	$319
179 km or 111 mi	Alexandria	$400
224 km or 139 mi	Minya	$356
319 km or 198 mi	Asyut	$283
347 km or 216 mi	Gaza	$776
351 km or 218 mi	Ofakim	$1936
354 km or 220 mi	Netivot	$2022
360 km or 223 mi	Sderot	$1993
361 km or 224 mi	Dahab	$479
362 km or 225 mi	Eilat	$1853
365 km or 226 mi	Ashkelon	$1761
366 km or 227 mi	Beersheba	$1700
367 km or 228 mi	Rahat	$1962
368 km or 229 mi	Aqaba	$800
379 km or 235 mi	Ashdod	$2145
379 km or 235 mi	Kiryat Gat	$2079
380 km or 236 mi	Dimona	$2002
381 km or 236 mi	El Gouna	$360
383 km or 238 mi	Kiryat Malakhi	$2105
384 km or 239 mi	Sharm El Sheikh	$598
390 km or 242 mi	Yavne	$2172
391 km or 243 mi	Sohag	$415
396 km or 246 mi	Dura	$1062
397 km or 246 mi	Rehovot	$2066

Cities near Detroit

Distance	City	Cost of living
1.9 km or 1.2 mi	Windsor	$1980
7.4 km or 4.6 mi	Hamtramck	$1947
14 km or 8.6 mi	Dearborn	$1975
15 km or 9.1 mi	Lincoln Park	$1926
16 km or 9.8 mi	Allen Park	$1993
16 km or 10 mi	Ferndale	$1939
17 km or 10 mi	Wyandotte	$1758
17 km or 11 mi	Eastpointe	$1909
18 km or 11 mi	Madison Heights	$1969
18 km or 11 mi	Warren	$1820
19 km or 12 mi	Oak Park	$1943
19 km or 12 mi	Southgate	$1907
19 km or 12 mi	Royal Oak	$1946
20 km or 12 mi	Dearborn Heights	$1926
21 km or 13 mi	Roseville	$1905
21 km or 13 mi	Taylor	$2030
21 km or 13 mi	Southfield	$1915
22 km or 14 mi	St. Clair Shores	$1905
22 km or 14 mi	Inkster	$1941
24 km or 15 mi	Garden	$1876
26 km or 16 mi	Amherstburg	$1926
27 km or 17 mi	Birmingham	$1968
28 km or 17 mi	Sterling Heights	$1837
28 km or 17 mi	Livonia	$1920
29 km or 18 mi	Troy	$1972
29 km or 18 mi	Westland	$1945
30 km or 19 mi	Clinton Township	$1944
31 km or 19 mi	Romulus	$2004
32 km or 20 mi	Farmington Hills	$2181
37 km or 23 mi	Rochester Hills	$1940
39 km or 24 mi	Novi	$2307
40 km or 25 mi	Pontiac	$1796
42 km or 26 mi	Auburn Hills	$1913
54 km or 34 mi	Monroe	$1701
58 km or 36 mi	Ann Arbor	$2285
71 km or 44 mi	Chatham-Kent	$1843
86 km or 54 mi	Toledo	$1624
88 km or 54 mi	Burton	$1635
88 km or 54 mi	Port Huron	$1957
89 km or 55 mi	Sarnia	$1619