Cairo vs Hanover - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Cairo	Hanover
🚶 Cost of living one person	$417	$1726
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1080	$4209
🏠 One person rent	$154	$892
🏘️ Family rent	$315	$1501
🍽️ Food expenses	$166	$517
🚐 Transport expenses	$38	$158
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$165	$2695
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	12 km	10 km
🎓 Higher education	83	82
😀 Quality of life	58	91
🏙️ Population	9.61M	548K

The cost of living in Cairo is 76% less expensive than in Hanover. Cities ranked 8923rd and 2608th ($417 vs $1726) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 35th 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 1.6 months in Hanover. Cairo ranked 1st best city to live in Egypt vs Hanover ranked 16th in Germany, while ranked 5545th and 93rd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Cairo vs Hanover

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	Cairo	Hanover
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$3.9	$15.6
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$18.6	$73.2
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.73	$10.2
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.26	$4.69
☕ Cappuccino	$1.5	$3.73
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.34	$2.9
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$185	$815
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$113	$616
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$386	$1546
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$253	$1063
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$16.8	$188
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$25.8	$293
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$10.1	$48.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	14.49%	3.95%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$690	$4316
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$453	$2823
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.3	$3.38
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$7.68	$52.5
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$3.17	$30
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.29	$1.87
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.89	$1.11
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.6	$2.01
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.65	$2.92
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.51	$3.24
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.48	$13.1
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.36	$13.4
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.58	$16.9
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.49	$2.79
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.55	$1.7
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.42	$2.08
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.39	$4.71
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.48	$1.4
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.41	$1.61
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.13	$0.56
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.72	$1.91
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.33	$5.75
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.13	$0.95
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.84	$8.63
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$1.46	$9.29
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.31	$2.58
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.87	$1.84
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.69	$2.01
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$17.3	$31.8
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$2.97	$12.6
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$11	$101
💇 Haircut, simple	$2.86	$17.4
👖 Brand Jeans	$37	$89.6
👟 Brand Sneakers	$101	$109
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$90.2	$406
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$1985	$26877

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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 Hanover

Distance	City	Cost of living
7.2 km or 4.5 mi	Langenhagen	$1599
8.3 km or 5.2 mi	Ronnenberg	$1595
9 km or 5.6 mi	Laatzen	$1585
9.8 km or 6.1 mi	Seelze	$1590
11 km or 6.7 mi	Garbsen	$1587
16 km or 9.6 mi	Burgwedel	$1552
16 km or 10 mi	Lehrte	$1551
17 km or 10 mi	Sehnde	$1544
20 km or 13 mi	Burgdorf	$1532
20 km or 13 mi	Barsinghausen	$1564
21 km or 13 mi	Wunstorf	$1558
22 km or 14 mi	Springe	$1559
24 km or 15 mi	Neustadt am Rubenberge	$1552
29 km or 18 mi	Hildesheim	$1560
34 km or 21 mi	Peine	$1466
36 km or 23 mi	Celle	$1458
37 km or 23 mi	Stadthagen	$1530
40 km or 25 mi	Hamelin	$1549
47 km or 29 mi	Nienburg	$1498
49 km or 30 mi	Salzgitter	$1460
49 km or 31 mi	Rinteln	$1512
52 km or 33 mi	Petershagen	$1407
54 km or 34 mi	Braunschweig	$1371
56 km or 35 mi	Walsrode	$1482
56 km or 35 mi	Gifhorn	$1411
57 km or 35 mi	Minden	$1371
58 km or 36 mi	Porta Westfalica	$1401
59 km or 37 mi	Wolfenbuttel	$1417
63 km or 39 mi	Einbeck	$1517
64 km or 40 mi	Holzminden	$1515
67 km or 41 mi	Bad Oeynhausen	$1418
68 km or 42 mi	Soltau	$1469
69 km or 43 mi	Lemgo	$1431
70 km or 43 mi	Verden an der Aller	$1468
70 km or 44 mi	Goslar	$1558
71 km or 44 mi	Wolfsburg	$1352
72 km or 45 mi	Hoxter	$1442
73 km or 46 mi	Lohne	$1423
74 km or 46 mi	Bad Salzuflen	$1420
75 km or 47 mi	Espelkamp	$1421