Cairo vs Fort Worth - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	Cairo	Fort Worth
🚶 Cost of living one person	$506	$2219
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1241	$5426
🏠 One person rent	$201	$1306
🏘️ Family rent	$352	$2248
🍽️ Food expenses	$196	$622
🚐 Transport expenses	$39.7	$138
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$199	$4183
😷 Air quality	Bad	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	12 km	7 km
🎓 Higher education	83	81
😀 Quality of life	63	91
🏙️ Population	9.8M	919K

The cost of living in Cairo is 77% less expensive than in Fort Worth. Cities ranked 8680th and 1451st ($506 vs $2219) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 1204th 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 40th in the United States, while ranked 5610th and 163rd 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	$4.85	$18.1
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$22.7	$57.2
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.71	$11.4
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.81	$5.51
☕ Cappuccino	$1.87	$6.48
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.39	$2.8
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$221	$1389
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$159	$1024
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$401	$2352
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$292	$1874
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$18.2	$131
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$27.8	$200
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$11.1	$78.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	16.83%	6.35%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$918	$2560
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$518	$1869
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.36	$2.01
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$9.22	$73.4
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$2.65	$16.1
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.4	$0.76
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.04	$0.94
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.64	$2.91
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.67	$3.56
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.53	$4.21
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.31	$10.2
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.81	$12.6
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.6	$18.7
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.79	$5.81
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.85	$2.11
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.7	$4.58
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.39	$4.58
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.44	$2.06
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.43	$2.76
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.15	$1.59
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.81	$2.7
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$8.35	$18.9
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.41	$3.87
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.08	$8.95
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$2.08	$9.24
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.25	$5.9
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.9	$4.29
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.03	$1.92
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$21.8	$37.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.03	$13.9
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$11	$97.7
💇 Haircut, simple	$2.83	$16.8
👖 Brand Jeans	$39.3	$53.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$121	$122
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$111	$1828
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$2645	$25647

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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 Fort Worth

Distance	City	Cost of living
8.7 km or 5.4 mi	Haltom	$2145
12 km or 7.5 mi	Saginaw	$2152
14 km or 8.8 mi	Benbrook	$2155
15 km or 9.3 mi	Watauga	$2128
15 km or 9.5 mi	North Richland Hills	$2141
17 km or 10 mi	Hurst	$2127
21 km or 13 mi	Arlington	$1907
21 km or 13 mi	Bedford	$2126
21 km or 13 mi	Keller	$2105
22 km or 14 mi	Colleyville	$2124
25 km or 15 mi	Burleson	$2175
25 km or 15 mi	Euless	$2114
27 km or 17 mi	Southlake	$2129
28 km or 17 mi	Mansfield	$2302
30 km or 19 mi	Grand Prairie	$2127
30 km or 19 mi	Grapevine	$2076
36 km or 23 mi	Irving	$2114
37 km or 23 mi	Coppell	$2142
39 km or 24 mi	Flower Mound	$2135
41 km or 25 mi	Cedar Hill	$2195
41 km or 26 mi	Duncanville	$2198
42 km or 26 mi	Weatherford	$2138
44 km or 27 mi	Lewisville	$2076
45 km or 28 mi	Midlothian	$2193
45 km or 28 mi	Cleburne	$2177
47 km or 29 mi	Farmers Branch	$2190
48 km or 30 mi	DeSoto	$2193
49 km or 30 mi	Carrollton	$2188
49 km or 30 mi	Dallas	$2461
49 km or 31 mi	Corinth	$2177
52 km or 32 mi	University Park	$2258
54 km or 34 mi	Denton	$1979
55 km or 34 mi	Lancaster	$2212
56 km or 35 mi	The Colony	$2233
58 km or 36 mi	Little Elm	$2225
60 km or 38 mi	Waxahachie	$2196
62 km or 39 mi	Richardson	$2246
63 km or 39 mi	Plano	$2127
65 km or 40 mi	Frisco	$2393
67 km or 42 mi	Balch Springs	$2208