Cairo vs Edmonton - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Cairo	Edmonton
🚶 Cost of living one person	$417	$1769
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1080	$4094
🏠 One person rent	$154	$948
🏘️ Family rent	$315	$1630
🍽️ Food expenses	$166	$540
🚐 Transport expenses	$38	$165
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$165	$2961
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	12 km	25 km
🎓 Higher education	83	63
😀 Quality of life	58	89
🏙️ Population	9.61M	1.01M

The cost of living in Cairo is 76% less expensive than in Edmonton. Cities ranked 8923rd and 2475th ($417 vs $1769) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 84th in Egypt and Canada, respectively. Check Egypt vs Canada comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.4 months in Cairo compared to 1.7 months in Edmonton. Cairo ranked 1st best city to live in Egypt vs Edmonton ranked 12th in Canada, while ranked 5545th and 181st among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Cairo vs Edmonton

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	Cairo	Edmonton
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$3.9	$15.4
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$18.6	$56.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.73	$10.6
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.26	$5.07
☕ Cappuccino	$1.5	$3.66
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.34	$1.91
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$185	$961
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$113	$711
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$386	$1601
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$253	$1315
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$16.8	$130
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$25.8	$201
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$10.1	$56.2
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	14.49%	6.25%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$690	$2901
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$453	$2327
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.3	$2.47
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$7.68	$70.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$3.17	$21.6
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.29	$1.03
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.89	$1.84
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.6	$2.34
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.65	$2.67
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.51	$3.6
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.48	$12.6
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.36	$11.6
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.58	$14.5
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.49	$4.28
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.55	$1.23
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.42	$3.68
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.39	$3.6
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.48	$2.33
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.41	$2.2
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.13	$1.26
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.72	$2
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.33	$14.1
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.13	$2.73
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.84	$13.7
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$1.46	$9.29
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.31	$4.31
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.87	$3.1
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.69	$1.81
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$17.3	$44.3
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$2.97	$11.8
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$11	$56.6
💇 Haircut, simple	$2.86	$15.3
👖 Brand Jeans	$37	$48.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$101	$83.7
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$90.2	$689
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$1985	$7826

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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 Edmonton

Distance	City	Cost of living
27 km or 16 mi	Spruce Grove	$1588
31 km or 19 mi	Leduc	$1656
142 km or 88 mi	Red Deer	$1676
279 km or 173 mi	Calgary	$2077
297 km or 185 mi	Banff	$1743
380 km or 236 mi	Fort McMurray	$1871
388 km or 241 mi	Grande Prairie	$1778
429 km or 267 mi	Lethbridge	$1614
435 km or 270 mi	Medicine Hat	$1487
483 km or 300 mi	Saskatoon	$1786
515 km or 320 mi	Prince Albert	$1446
565 km or 351 mi	Kamloops	$1770
576 km or 358 mi	Kelowna	$1886
610 km or 379 mi	Prince George	$1491
616 km or 383 mi	Penticton	$1638
622 km or 387 mi	Sandpoint	$2568
646 km or 402 mi	Moose Jaw	$1360
688 km or 428 mi	Great Falls	$2007
689 km or 428 mi	Coeur d'Alene	$2299
691 km or 430 mi	Post Falls	$2284
698 km or 434 mi	Regina	$1540
703 km or 437 mi	Spokane Valley	$2174
711 km or 442 mi	Spokane	$2163
743 km or 461 mi	Missoula	$2054
752 km or 467 mi	Whistler	$2023
762 km or 473 mi	Chilliwack	$1761
779 km or 484 mi	Helena	$2327
789 km or 491 mi	Abbotsford	$1883
792 km or 492 mi	Maple Ridge	$1969
796 km or 495 mi	Moscow	$1792
798 km or 496 mi	Coquitlam	$2490
800 km or 497 mi	Pullman	$1612
804 km or 499 mi	Langley	$2021
809 km or 502 mi	Surrey	$2280
809 km or 503 mi	Burnaby	$2495
811 km or 504 mi	North Vancouver	$2388
818 km or 508 mi	Vancouver	$2488
820 km or 510 mi	Bellingham	$2466
821 km or 510 mi	Delta	$2317
822 km or 511 mi	Moses Lake	$2009