Cairo vs El Paso - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Cairo	El Paso
🚶 Cost of living one person	$417	$1813
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1080	$4267
🏠 One person rent	$154	$980
🏘️ Family rent	$315	$1800
🍽️ Food expenses	$166	$620
🚐 Transport expenses	$38	$92
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$165	$3350
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	12 km	12 km
🎓 Higher education	83	35
😀 Quality of life	58	79
🏙️ Population	9.61M	679K

The cost of living in Cairo is 77% less expensive than in El Paso. Cities ranked 8923rd and 2363rd ($417 vs $1813) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 1931st 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 1.8 months in El Paso. Cairo ranked 1st best city to live in Egypt vs El Paso ranked 179th in the United States, while ranked 5545th and 633rd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Cairo vs El Paso

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	Cairo	El Paso
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$3.9	$18.9
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$18.6	$69.5
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.73	$12
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.26	$4.49
☕ Cappuccino	$1.5	$5.96
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.34	$2.81
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$185	$921
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$113	$759
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$386	$1644
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$253	$1529
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$16.8	$112
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$25.8	$172
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$10.1	$76.2
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	14.49%	6.62%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$690	$1815
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$453	$1759
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.3	$1.51
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$7.68	$47.5
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$3.17	$12.8
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.29	$0.8
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.89	$0.88
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.6	$3.38
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.65	$3.2
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.51	$3.82
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.48	$12.1
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.36	$12.3
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.58	$13.2
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.49	$4.21
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.55	$1.35
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.42	$6.28
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.39	$5.54
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.48	$3.46
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.41	$3.01
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.13	$1.29
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.72	$2.37
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.33	$10.1
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.13	$1.73
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.84	$12
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$1.46	$8.13
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.31	$7.01
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.87	$5.95
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.69	$1.93
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$17.3	$27.1
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$2.97	$12.7
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$11	$63.2
💇 Haircut, simple	$2.86	$18.2
👖 Brand Jeans	$37	$36.7
👟 Brand Sneakers	$101	$99.4
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$90.2	$578
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$1985	$6903

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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 El Paso

Distance	City	Cost of living
2.2 km or 1.4 mi	Ciudad Juarez	$948
24 km or 15 mi	Socorro	$1875
68 km or 42 mi	Las Cruces	$1695
136 km or 85 mi	Alamogordo	$1661
202 km or 125 mi	Nuevo Casas Grandes	$797
224 km or 139 mi	Carlsbad	$1832
258 km or 160 mi	Roswell	$1854
294 km or 183 mi	Agua Prieta	$791
332 km or 206 mi	Hobbs	$1856
349 km or 217 mi	Chihuahua	$814
359 km or 223 mi	Sierra Vista	$1638
374 km or 232 mi	Albuquerque	$1985
375 km or 233 mi	Ciudad Cuauhtemoc	$770
387 km or 240 mi	Rio Rancho	$1942
390 km or 242 mi	Odessa	$2224
408 km or 254 mi	Delicias	$762
415 km or 258 mi	Midland	$1683
422 km or 262 mi	Tucson	$1957
424 km or 264 mi	Nogales	$2077
425 km or 264 mi	Sahuarita	$2037
425 km or 264 mi	Clovis	$1618
425 km or 264 mi	Nogales	$830
429 km or 267 mi	Oro Valley	$2056
431 km or 268 mi	Casas Adobes	$2027
437 km or 272 mi	Santa Fe	$2170
442 km or 275 mi	Marana	$2073
467 km or 290 mi	Gallup	$2262
473 km or 294 mi	Espanola	$2211
476 km or 296 mi	Lubbock	$1717
476 km or 296 mi	Big Spring	$1996
481 km or 299 mi	Florence	$2319
508 km or 316 mi	Apache Junction	$2342
509 km or 317 mi	Casa Grande	$2296
511 km or 317 mi	Queen Creek	$2353
521 km or 323 mi	Plainview	$1896
522 km or 324 mi	Hermosillo	$814
522 km or 324 mi	Taos	$2396
527 km or 328 mi	Gilbert	$2417
530 km or 330 mi	Chandler	$2306
532 km or 330 mi	Fountain Hills	$2353