Cairo vs El Paso - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	Cairo	El Paso
🚶 Cost of living one person	$506	$1828
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1241	$4149
🏠 One person rent	$201	$1019
🏘️ Family rent	$352	$1739
🍽️ Food expenses	$196	$595
🚐 Transport expenses	$39.7	$92.2
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$199	$3236
😷 Air quality	Bad	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	12 km	12 km
🎓 Higher education	83	34
😀 Quality of life	63	85
🏙️ Population	9.8M	679K

The cost of living in Cairo is 72% less expensive than in El Paso. Cities ranked 8680th and 2753rd ($506 vs $1828) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 1911th 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 154th in the United States, while ranked 5610th and 472nd 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	$4.85	$22
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$22.7	$70.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.71	$12.1
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.81	$6.03
☕ Cappuccino	$1.87	$6.59
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.39	$2.29
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$221	$1025
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$159	$817
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$401	$1758
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$292	$1466
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$18.2	$97.6
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$27.8	$152
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$11.1	$62.5
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	16.83%	6.36%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$918	$1787
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$518	$1767
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.36	$1.49
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$9.22	$48.1
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$2.65	$12.9
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.4	$0.74
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.04	$0.89
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.64	$2.96
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.67	$2.52
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.53	$3.86
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.31	$11.9
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.81	$10.5
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.6	$12.6
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.79	$3.59
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.85	$1.47
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.7	$3.14
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.39	$4.17
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.44	$2.69
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.43	$3.62
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.15	$1.18
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.81	$2.36
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$8.35	$8.18
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.41	$2.05
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.08	$10.2
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$2.08	$8.06
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.25	$6.95
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.9	$5.95
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.03	$1.97
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$21.8	$21.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.03	$11.9
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$11	$63.3
💇 Haircut, simple	$2.83	$18.3
👖 Brand Jeans	$39.3	$45
👟 Brand Sneakers	$121	$104
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$111	$571
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$2645	$6914

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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 El Paso

Distance	City	Cost of living
2.2 km or 1.4 mi	Ciudad Juarez	$1002
24 km or 15 mi	Socorro	$1876
68 km or 42 mi	Las Cruces	$1641
136 km or 85 mi	Alamogordo	$1734
202 km or 125 mi	Nuevo Casas Grandes	$896
224 km or 139 mi	Carlsbad	$1855
258 km or 160 mi	Roswell	$1928
294 km or 183 mi	Agua Prieta	$863
332 km or 206 mi	Hobbs	$1924
349 km or 217 mi	Chihuahua	$1008
359 km or 223 mi	Sierra Vista	$1638
374 km or 232 mi	Albuquerque	$2026
375 km or 233 mi	Ciudad Cuauhtemoc	$1055
387 km or 240 mi	Rio Rancho	$2040
390 km or 242 mi	Odessa	$2231
408 km or 254 mi	Delicias	$953
415 km or 258 mi	Midland	$2045
422 km or 262 mi	Tucson	$1930
424 km or 264 mi	Nogales	$2110
425 km or 264 mi	Sahuarita	$2059
425 km or 264 mi	Clovis	$1724
425 km or 264 mi	Nogales	$776
429 km or 267 mi	Oro Valley	$2050
431 km or 268 mi	Casas Adobes	$2005
437 km or 272 mi	Santa Fe	$2216
442 km or 275 mi	Marana	$2089
467 km or 290 mi	Gallup	$2190
473 km or 294 mi	Espanola	$2220
476 km or 296 mi	Lubbock	$1934
476 km or 296 mi	Big Spring	$2140
481 km or 299 mi	Florence	$2444
508 km or 316 mi	Apache Junction	$2490
509 km or 317 mi	Casa Grande	$2366
511 km or 317 mi	Queen Creek	$3022
521 km or 323 mi	Plainview	$2023
522 km or 324 mi	Hermosillo	$1087
522 km or 324 mi	Taos	$2418
527 km or 328 mi	Gilbert	$2381
530 km or 330 mi	Chandler	$2396
532 km or 330 mi	Fountain Hills	$2384