Cairo vs Fort Worth - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Cairo	Fort Worth
🚶 Cost of living one person	$417	$2289
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1080	$5688
🏠 One person rent	$154	$1368
🏘️ Family rent	$315	$2517
🍽️ Food expenses	$166	$621
🚐 Transport expenses	$38	$152
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$165	$4336
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Good
✈️ Airport proximity	12 km	7 km
🎓 Higher education	83	82
😀 Quality of life	58	88
🏙️ Population	9.61M	919K

The cost of living in Cairo is 82% less expensive than in Fort Worth. Cities ranked 8923rd and 1178th ($417 vs $2289) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 1073rd 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 1.9 months in Fort Worth. Cairo ranked 1st best city to live in Egypt vs Fort Worth ranked 47th in the United States, while ranked 5545th and 210th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Cairo vs Fort Worth

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	Cairo	Fort Worth
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$3.9	$18
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$18.6	$60.3
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.73	$9.92
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.26	$4.99
☕ Cappuccino	$1.5	$5.87
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.34	$2.47
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$185	$1480
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$113	$1079
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$386	$2669
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$253	$2125
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$16.8	$139
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$25.8	$213
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$10.1	$70
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	14.49%	6.68%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$690	$2229
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$453	$2097
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.3	$3.24
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$7.68	$79.5
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$3.17	$17.1
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.29	$0.78
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.89	$0.89
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.6	$3.42
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.65	$3.65
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.51	$3.15
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.48	$10.1
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.36	$15.3
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.58	$21.4
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.49	$6.22
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.55	$2.1
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.42	$5.6
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.39	$4.14
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.48	$2.31
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.41	$2.41
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.13	$1.57
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.72	$2.79
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.33	$13
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.13	$1.85
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.84	$9.02
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$1.46	$9.25
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.31	$5.84
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.87	$4.36
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.69	$1.92
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$17.3	$38.3
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$2.97	$14.9
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$11	$98.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$2.86	$16.8
👖 Brand Jeans	$37	$61.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$101	$84.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$90.2	$1782
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$1985	$23220

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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 Fort Worth

Distance	City	Cost of living
8.7 km or 5.4 mi	Haltom	$2143
12 km or 7.5 mi	Saginaw	$2148
14 km or 8.8 mi	Benbrook	$2165
15 km or 9.3 mi	Watauga	$2126
15 km or 9.5 mi	North Richland Hills	$2119
17 km or 10 mi	Hurst	$2093
21 km or 13 mi	Arlington	$1883
21 km or 13 mi	Bedford	$2086
21 km or 13 mi	Keller	$2079
22 km or 14 mi	Colleyville	$2105
25 km or 15 mi	Burleson	$2159
25 km or 15 mi	Euless	$2081
27 km or 17 mi	Southlake	$2089
28 km or 17 mi	Mansfield	$2305
30 km or 19 mi	Grand Prairie	$2065
30 km or 19 mi	Grapevine	$2012
36 km or 23 mi	Irving	$1808
37 km or 23 mi	Coppell	$2095
39 km or 24 mi	Flower Mound	$2103
41 km or 25 mi	Cedar Hill	$2163
41 km or 26 mi	Duncanville	$2149
42 km or 26 mi	Weatherford	$2111
44 km or 27 mi	Lewisville	$2025
45 km or 28 mi	Midlothian	$2224
45 km or 28 mi	Cleburne	$2155
47 km or 29 mi	Farmers Branch	$2169
48 km or 30 mi	DeSoto	$2164
49 km or 30 mi	Carrollton	$2184
49 km or 30 mi	Dallas	$2471
49 km or 31 mi	Corinth	$2219
52 km or 32 mi	University Park	$2214
54 km or 34 mi	Denton	$2014
55 km or 34 mi	Lancaster	$2176
56 km or 35 mi	The Colony	$2258
58 km or 36 mi	Little Elm	$2246
60 km or 38 mi	Waxahachie	$2190
62 km or 39 mi	Richardson	$2242
63 km or 39 mi	Plano	$2538
65 km or 40 mi	Frisco	$2395
67 km or 42 mi	Balch Springs	$2158