Cairo vs Hamburg City - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	Cairo	Hamburg City
🚶 Cost of living one person	$506	$2194
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1241	$5194
🏠 One person rent	$201	$1163
🏘️ Family rent	$352	$2033
🍽️ Food expenses	$196	$593
🚐 Transport expenses	$39.7	$276
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$199	$4099
😷 Air quality	Bad	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	12 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	83	84
😀 Quality of life	63	95
🏙️ Population	9.8M	1.91M

The cost of living in Cairo is 77% less expensive than in Hamburg City. Cities ranked 8680th and 1513th ($506 vs $2194) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 4th in Egypt and Germany, respectively. Check Egypt vs Germany comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.4 months in Cairo compared to 1.9 months in Hamburg City. Cairo ranked 1st best city to live in Egypt vs Hamburg City ranked 4th in Germany, while ranked 5610th and 31st among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Cairo vs Hamburg City

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	Cairo	Hamburg City
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$4.85	$17.8
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$22.7	$77.9
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.71	$14.3
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.81	$5.94
☕ Cappuccino	$1.87	$4.9
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.39	$3.63
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$221	$1250
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$159	$901
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$401	$2225
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$292	$1644
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$18.2	$153
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$27.8	$233
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$11.1	$38.8
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	16.83%	3.78%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$918	$9649
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$518	$5540
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.36	$4.53
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$9.22	$69
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$2.65	$32.5
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.4	$2.06
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.04	$1.32
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.64	$2.33
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.67	$3.29
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.53	$4.51
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.31	$14.6
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.81	$11.9
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.6	$21.1
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.79	$3.42
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.85	$2.24
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.7	$2.52
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.39	$4.74
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.44	$1.78
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.43	$1.69
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.15	$0.75
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.81	$2.38
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$8.35	$7.15
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.41	$1.21
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.08	$10.3
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$2.08	$12.7
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.25	$3.47
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.9	$1.79
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.03	$1.99
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$21.8	$50.1
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.03	$16.7
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$11	$64.5
💇 Haircut, simple	$2.83	$26.4
👖 Brand Jeans	$39.3	$88.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$121	$112
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$111	$296
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$2645	$23203

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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 Hamburg City

Distance	City	Cost of living
17 km or 11 mi	Reinbek	$1650
17 km or 11 mi	Norderstedt	$1635
18 km or 11 mi	Pinneberg	$1623
20 km or 13 mi	Wedel	$1613
21 km or 13 mi	Ahrensburg	$1667
21 km or 13 mi	Buxtehude	$1569
21 km or 13 mi	Quickborn	$1626
25 km or 15 mi	Winsen	$1584
28 km or 17 mi	Geesthacht	$1662
32 km or 20 mi	Elmshorn	$1598
32 km or 20 mi	Kaltenkirchen	$1624
35 km or 22 mi	Stade	$1554
38 km or 24 mi	Bad Oldesloe	$1685
43 km or 27 mi	Luneburg	$1563
52 km or 33 mi	Itzehoe	$1586
57 km or 36 mi	Lubeck	$1767
58 km or 36 mi	Neumunster	$1588
62 km or 38 mi	Bad Schwartau	$1716
63 km or 39 mi	Rotenburg an der Wumme	$1571
64 km or 40 mi	Soltau	$1580
75 km or 47 mi	Uelzen	$1648
81 km or 50 mi	Walsrode	$1586
83 km or 52 mi	Geestland	$1494
86 km or 54 mi	Kiel	$1588
87 km or 54 mi	Verden an der Aller	$1580
87 km or 54 mi	Rendsburg	$1525
88 km or 54 mi	Osterholz-Scharmbeck	$1559
88 km or 55 mi	Achim	$1574
93 km or 57 mi	Cuxhaven	$1498
93 km or 58 mi	Heide	$1566
94 km or 58 mi	Bremerhaven	$1825
94 km or 58 mi	Schwerin	$1337
95 km or 59 mi	Bremen City	$1752
102 km or 63 mi	Nordenham	$1470
103 km or 64 mi	Celle	$1529
103 km or 64 mi	Eckernforde	$1563
104 km or 64 mi	Wismar	$1443
106 km or 66 mi	Syke	$1575
107 km or 66 mi	Delmenhorst	$1583
109 km or 68 mi	Salzwedel	$1492