Cairo vs Havana - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: June 21, 2026

	Cairo	Havana
🚶 Cost of living one person	$483	$1073
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1185	$2571
🏠 One person rent	$190	$472
🏘️ Family rent	$332	$777
🍽️ Food expenses	$191	$378
🚐 Transport expenses	$38.7	$110
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$190	$553
😷 Air quality	Bad	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	12 km	17 km
🎓 Higher education	83	46
😀 Quality of life	63	54
🏙️ Population	9.8M	2.49M

The cost of living in Cairo is 55% less expensive than in Havana. Cities ranked 8753rd and 5103rd ($483 vs $1073) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 24th in Egypt and Cuba, respectively. Check Egypt vs Cuba comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.4 months in Cairo compared to 0.5 months in Havana. Cairo ranked 1st best city to live in Egypt vs Havana ranked 4th in Cuba, while ranked 5501st and 6382nd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Cairo vs Havana

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	Cairo	Havana
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$4.87	$4.33
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$24.6	$33.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.58	$5.01
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.54	$1.9
☕ Cappuccino	$1.75	$1.36
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.36	$1.71
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$207	$297
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$152	$385
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$373	$537
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$277	$688
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$16.7	$28.4
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$25.5	$43.2
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$10.6	$76.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	16.04%	9.1%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$855	$332
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$476	$398
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.35	$1.24
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$10.1	$33.1
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$2.36	$8.57
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.38	$1.44
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.92	$3.27
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.66	$1.57
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.61	$2.52
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.35	$3.72
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.2	$5.53
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.66	$7.3
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.14	$8.51
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.7	$6.24
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.77	$1.08
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.6	$3.91
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.45	$2.72
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.41	$2.78
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.41	$3.06
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.15	$0.95
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.73	$5.96
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.42	$6.98
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.43	$1.82
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.87	$4
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$1.86	$10.4
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.01	$5.8
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.03	$2.53
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.91	$3.15
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$22.6	$36.8
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$3.74	$1.29
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$10.1	$63.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$2.53	$35.2
👖 Brand Jeans	$39.9	$45.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$107	$75.1
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$100	$112
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$2716	$7234

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Cities near Cairo

Distance	City	Cost of living
5.9 km or 3.6 mi	Giza	$356
8.1 km or 5 mi	Shubra El Kheima	$414
26 km or 16 mi	Helwan	$374
46 km or 28 mi	Benha	$314
60 km or 37 mi	Shibin El Kom	$332
62 km or 39 mi	Zagazig	$325
84 km or 52 mi	Tanta	$267
93 km or 58 mi	Faiyum	$315
101 km or 63 mi	El Mahalla El Kubra	$313
111 km or 69 mi	Beni Suef	$271
111 km or 69 mi	Mansoura	$307
115 km or 71 mi	Ismailia	$279
125 km or 78 mi	Suez	$288
133 km or 83 mi	Damanhur	$267
161 km or 100 mi	Kafr El Dawwar	$316
161 km or 100 mi	Damietta	$294
166 km or 103 mi	Port Said	$288
179 km or 111 mi	Alexandria	$366
224 km or 139 mi	Minya	$324
319 km or 198 mi	Asyut	$264
347 km or 216 mi	Gaza	$862
351 km or 218 mi	Ofakim	$2038
354 km or 220 mi	Netivot	$2145
360 km or 223 mi	Sderot	$2133
361 km or 224 mi	Dahab	$429
362 km or 225 mi	Eilat	$2054
365 km or 226 mi	Ashkelon	$1845
366 km or 227 mi	Beersheba	$1810
367 km or 228 mi	Rahat	$2060
368 km or 229 mi	Aqaba	$818
379 km or 235 mi	Ashdod	$2305
379 km or 235 mi	Kiryat Gat	$2225
380 km or 236 mi	Dimona	$2014
381 km or 236 mi	El Gouna	$338
383 km or 238 mi	Kiryat Malakhi	$2283
384 km or 239 mi	Sharm El Sheikh	$555
390 km or 242 mi	Yavne	$2354
391 km or 243 mi	Sohag	$375
396 km or 246 mi	Dura	$1149
397 km or 246 mi	Rehovot	$2201

Cities near Havana

Distance	City	Cost of living
47 km or 29 mi	Guines	$1213
55 km or 34 mi	Artemisa	$1168
81 km or 50 mi	Matanzas	$1163
119 km or 74 mi	Cardenas	$1196
156 km or 97 mi	Colon	$1160
157 km or 97 mi	Pinar del Rio	$1212
169 km or 105 mi	Key West	$2957
226 km or 140 mi	Cienfuegos	$886
237 km or 147 mi	Sagua La Grande	$1165
260 km or 161 mi	Santa Clara	$1158
292 km or 181 mi	Placetas	$1090
322 km or 200 mi	Homestead	$3151
328 km or 204 mi	Sancti Spiritus	$1232
337 km or 210 mi	Richmond West	$2843
340 km or 211 mi	Cutler Bay	$2859
345 km or 215 mi	Palmetto Bay	$2805
345 km or 215 mi	Kendall West	$2747
358 km or 222 mi	Sweetwater	$2668
359 km or 223 mi	Coral Gables	$2854
360 km or 224 mi	Doral	$2636
362 km or 225 mi	Bonita Springs	$2483
366 km or 227 mi	Miami	$3216
366 km or 228 mi	Hialeah Gardens	$2556
368 km or 229 mi	Hialeah	$2487
371 km or 230 mi	Estero	$2471
371 km or 230 mi	Miami Lakes	$2602
373 km or 232 mi	Miami Beach	$2840
377 km or 234 mi	Miami Gardens	$2705
377 km or 234 mi	North Miami	$2747
379 km or 236 mi	Miramar	$2808
381 km or 237 mi	Pembroke Pines	$3046
381 km or 237 mi	North Miami Beach	$2762
385 km or 239 mi	Sunny Isles Beach	$2842
385 km or 239 mi	Cooper	$2756
386 km or 240 mi	Weston	$2589
387 km or 240 mi	Aventura	$2802
388 km or 241 mi	Hallandale Beach	$2792
389 km or 242 mi	Davie	$2721
389 km or 242 mi	Hollywood	$2958
391 km or 243 mi	Fort Myers	$2607