Cairo vs Indianapolis - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Cairo	Indianapolis
🚶 Cost of living one person	$473	$2382
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1152	$5728
🏠 One person rent	$189	$1450
🏘️ Family rent	$325	$2501
🍽️ Food expenses	$182	$655
🚐 Transport expenses	$36.5	$124
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$185	$4546
😷 Air quality	Bad	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	12 km	13 km
🎓 Higher education	84	70
😀 Quality of life	60	91
🏙️ Population	9.61M	888K

The cost of living in Cairo is 80% less expensive than in Indianapolis. Cities ranked 8802nd and 1089th ($473 vs $2382) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 3rd and 957th 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 Indianapolis. Cairo ranked 1st best city to live in Egypt vs Indianapolis ranked 54th in the United States, while ranked 5895th and 186th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Cairo vs Indianapolis

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	Cairo	Indianapolis
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$4.18	$25.1
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$19.8	$74.9
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.93	$11
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.57	$6
☕ Cappuccino	$1.7	$5.78
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.38	$2.9
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$218	$1547
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$145	$1154
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$394	$2724
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$259	$2077
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$17.3	$143
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$26.7	$221
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$11.8	$74.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	17.17%	6.5%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$869	$1963
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$517	$1551
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.31	$1.76
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$7.95	$60.1
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$2.61	$15.7
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.36	$0.84
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.99	$0.82
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.59	$3.18
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.7	$5.42
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.63	$3.7
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.96	$10.7
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.8	$11.9
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.2	$14.9
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.69	$4.84
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.76	$1.4
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.64	$6.14
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.34	$3.31
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.44	$2.12
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.42	$2.56
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.15	$1.51
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.79	$2.79
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.92	$14.9
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.32	$1.74
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.05	$9.94
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$2.14	$9.33
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.21	$6.02
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.89	$5.29
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.97	$1.93
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$19	$41.3
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$3.64	$15
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$10.9	$101
💇 Haircut, simple	$2.77	$16.8
👖 Brand Jeans	$39.1	$51.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$115	$109
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$96.5	$1686
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$2311	$27445

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Cities near Cairo

Distance	City	Cost of living
5.9 km or 3.6 mi	Giza	$410
8.1 km or 5 mi	Shubra El Kheima	$422
26 km or 16 mi	Helwan	$395
46 km or 28 mi	Benha	$336
60 km or 37 mi	Shibin El Kom	$354
62 km or 39 mi	Zagazig	$345
84 km or 52 mi	Tanta	$287
93 km or 58 mi	Faiyum	$334
101 km or 63 mi	El Mahalla El Kubra	$356
111 km or 69 mi	Beni Suef	$288
111 km or 69 mi	Mansoura	$326
115 km or 71 mi	Ismailia	$295
125 km or 78 mi	Suez	$276
133 km or 83 mi	Damanhur	$274
161 km or 100 mi	Kafr El Dawwar	$330
161 km or 100 mi	Damietta	$331
166 km or 103 mi	Port Said	$306
179 km or 111 mi	Alexandria	$384
224 km or 139 mi	Minya	$348
319 km or 198 mi	Asyut	$271
347 km or 216 mi	Gaza	$695
351 km or 218 mi	Ofakim	$1867
354 km or 220 mi	Netivot	$1951
360 km or 223 mi	Sderot	$1957
361 km or 224 mi	Dahab	$517
362 km or 225 mi	Eilat	$1734
365 km or 226 mi	Ashkelon	$1850
366 km or 227 mi	Beersheba	$1645
367 km or 228 mi	Rahat	$1879
368 km or 229 mi	Aqaba	$782
379 km or 235 mi	Ashdod	$1993
379 km or 235 mi	Kiryat Gat	$2032
380 km or 236 mi	Dimona	$1910
381 km or 236 mi	El Gouna	$354
383 km or 238 mi	Kiryat Malakhi	$2027
384 km or 239 mi	Sharm El Sheikh	$589
390 km or 242 mi	Yavne	$2064
391 km or 243 mi	Sohag	$398
396 km or 246 mi	Dura	$1021
397 km or 246 mi	Rehovot	$1947

Cities near Indianapolis

Distance	City	Cost of living
17 km or 11 mi	Lawrence	$2070
18 km or 11 mi	Greenwood	$1941
22 km or 14 mi	Plainfield	$1978
22 km or 14 mi	Brownsburg	$1753
23 km or 14 mi	Carmel	$2035
24 km or 15 mi	Fishers	$2017
29 km or 18 mi	Westfield	$1984
32 km or 20 mi	Franklin	$1969
33 km or 21 mi	Greenfield	$1847
33 km or 21 mi	Noblesville	$1971
55 km or 34 mi	Anderson	$1848
65 km or 41 mi	Columbus	$1769
75 km or 46 mi	Bloomington	$2097
79 km or 49 mi	Kokomo	$1731
81 km or 50 mi	Muncie	$1484
95 km or 59 mi	Lafayette	$2031
96 km or 60 mi	Marion	$1851
99 km or 61 mi	West Lafayette	$1919
108 km or 67 mi	Richmond	$1857
111 km or 69 mi	Terre Haute	$1559
124 km or 77 mi	Oxford	$1915
132 km or 82 mi	Danville	$1905
143 km or 89 mi	Hamilton	$1993
147 km or 91 mi	Fairfield	$1990
155 km or 97 mi	Middletown	$1495
156 km or 97 mi	Florence	$1922
159 km or 99 mi	Cincinnati	$2025
160 km or 99 mi	Trotwood	$1957
162 km or 101 mi	Covington	$2480
165 km or 102 mi	Mason	$1899
165 km or 103 mi	Clarksville	$1845
166 km or 103 mi	Independence	$2140
166 km or 103 mi	New Albany	$1925
167 km or 104 mi	Dayton	$1917
168 km or 104 mi	Jeffersonville	$1738
168 km or 104 mi	Piqua	$1980
169 km or 105 mi	Troy	$1965
169 km or 105 mi	Fort Wayne	$1862
171 km or 106 mi	Lebanon	$1850
172 km or 107 mi	Kettering	$1961