Cairo vs Havana - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	Cairo	Havana
🚶 Cost of living one person	$506	$993
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1241	$2412
🏠 One person rent	$201	$421
🏘️ Family rent	$352	$682
🍽️ Food expenses	$196	$358
🚐 Transport expenses	$39.7	$99.8
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$199	$419
😷 Air quality	Bad	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	12 km	17 km
🎓 Higher education	83	46
😀 Quality of life	63	53
🏙️ Population	9.8M	2.49M

The cost of living in Cairo is 49% less expensive than in Havana. Cities ranked 8680th and 5709th ($506 vs $993) 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 0.4 months in Havana. Cairo ranked 1st best city to live in Egypt vs Havana ranked 1st in Cuba, while ranked 5610th and 6482nd 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	$4.85	$3.77
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$22.7	$30.5
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.71	$5.02
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.81	$2.23
☕ Cappuccino	$1.87	$1.17
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.39	$1.85
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$221	$259
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$159	$335
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$401	$469
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$292	$592
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$18.2	$24.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$27.8	$38
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$11.1	$76.4
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	16.83%	9.15%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$918	$383
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$518	$432
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.36	$1.26
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$9.22	$28.7
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$2.65	$7.52
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.4	$1.44
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.04	$3.21
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.64	$1.38
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.67	$2.59
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.53	$3.9
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.31	$5.49
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.81	$6.32
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.6	$8.43
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.79	$5.39
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.85	$1.11
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.7	$3.42
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.39	$2.38
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.44	$2.43
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.43	$2.68
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.15	$1.01
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.81	$6.02
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$8.35	$8.28
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.41	$1.79
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.08	$4.65
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$2.08	$10.4
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.25	$5.81
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.9	$2.51
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.03	$3.17
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$21.8	$43.7
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.03	$1.13
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$11	$63.3
💇 Haircut, simple	$2.83	$35.5
👖 Brand Jeans	$39.3	$40.4
👟 Brand Sneakers	$121	$79.2
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$111	$112
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$2645	$8521

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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 Havana

Distance	City	Cost of living
47 km or 29 mi	Guines	$1141
55 km or 34 mi	Artemisa	$1091
81 km or 50 mi	Matanzas	$1164
119 km or 74 mi	Cardenas	$1199
156 km or 97 mi	Colon	$1155
157 km or 97 mi	Pinar del Rio	$1138
169 km or 105 mi	Key West	$2932
226 km or 140 mi	Cienfuegos	$872
237 km or 147 mi	Sagua La Grande	$1170
260 km or 161 mi	Santa Clara	$1157
292 km or 181 mi	Placetas	$1097
322 km or 200 mi	Homestead	$3170
328 km or 204 mi	Sancti Spiritus	$1228
337 km or 210 mi	Richmond West	$2831
340 km or 211 mi	Cutler Bay	$2847
345 km or 215 mi	Palmetto Bay	$2801
345 km or 215 mi	Kendall West	$2761
358 km or 222 mi	Sweetwater	$2662
359 km or 223 mi	Coral Gables	$2872
360 km or 224 mi	Doral	$2620
362 km or 225 mi	Bonita Springs	$2502
366 km or 227 mi	Miami	$3297
366 km or 228 mi	Hialeah Gardens	$2532
368 km or 229 mi	Hialeah	$2465
371 km or 230 mi	Estero	$2509
371 km or 230 mi	Miami Lakes	$2589
373 km or 232 mi	Miami Beach	$2870
377 km or 234 mi	Miami Gardens	$2684
377 km or 234 mi	North Miami	$2738
379 km or 236 mi	Miramar	$2775
381 km or 237 mi	Pembroke Pines	$2991
381 km or 237 mi	North Miami Beach	$2739
385 km or 239 mi	Sunny Isles Beach	$2808
385 km or 239 mi	Cooper	$2739
386 km or 240 mi	Weston	$2586
387 km or 240 mi	Aventura	$2767
388 km or 241 mi	Hallandale Beach	$2783
389 km or 242 mi	Davie	$2713
389 km or 242 mi	Hollywood	$2963
391 km or 243 mi	Fort Myers	$2690