Cairo vs Jacksonville - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	Cairo	Jacksonville
🚶 Cost of living one person	$506	$2224
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1241	$5181
🏠 One person rent	$201	$1313
🏘️ Family rent	$352	$2236
🍽️ Food expenses	$196	$641
🚐 Transport expenses	$39.7	$114
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$199	$3821
😷 Air quality	Bad	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	12 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	83	56
😀 Quality of life	63	87
🏙️ Population	9.8M	950K

The cost of living in Cairo is 77% less expensive than in Jacksonville. Cities ranked 8680th and 1439th ($506 vs $2224) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 1197th 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 1.7 months in Jacksonville. Cairo ranked 1st best city to live in Egypt vs Jacksonville ranked 106th in the United States, while ranked 5610th and 343rd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Cairo vs Jacksonville

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	Cairo	Jacksonville
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$4.85	$20.1
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$22.7	$84.5
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.71	$11.9
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.81	$5.97
☕ Cappuccino	$1.87	$5.75
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.39	$3.25
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$221	$1441
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$159	$1035
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$401	$2481
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$292	$1839
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$18.2	$132
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$27.8	$205
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$11.1	$64.4
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	16.83%	6.35%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$918	$2629
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$518	$2143
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.36	$2.01
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$9.22	$65.6
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$2.65	$10.8
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.4	$0.85
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.04	$1.04
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.64	$3.43
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.67	$3.63
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.53	$4.62
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.31	$13.3
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.81	$10.1
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.6	$15.3
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.79	$4.6
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.85	$1.53
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.7	$3.48
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.39	$4.53
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.44	$2.8
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.43	$3
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.15	$1.55
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.81	$3.65
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$8.35	$14.8
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.41	$2.21
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.08	$9.5
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$2.08	$11.7
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.25	$8.08
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.9	$4.39
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.03	$2.11
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$21.8	$38.3
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.03	$15
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$11	$110
💇 Haircut, simple	$2.83	$14.4
👖 Brand Jeans	$39.3	$57.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$121	$105
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$111	$1311
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$2645	$11934

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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 Jacksonville

Distance	City	Cost of living
25 km or 15 mi	Jacksonville Beach	$2214
26 km or 16 mi	Fleming Island	$2204
49 km or 31 mi	St. Marys	$2130
74 km or 46 mi	Palatka	$2152
96 km or 60 mi	Palm Coast	$2133
98 km or 61 mi	Gainesville	$2365
120 km or 75 mi	Waycross	$2160
127 km or 79 mi	Ormond Beach	$2234
134 km or 83 mi	Ocala	$1979
137 km or 85 mi	Daytona Beach	$2237
147 km or 91 mi	DeLand	$2292
147 km or 91 mi	Port Orange	$2290
159 km or 99 mi	New Smyrna Beach	$2362
163 km or 101 mi	Deltona	$2285
163 km or 101 mi	Eustis	$2296
167 km or 104 mi	Edgewater	$2330
167 km or 104 mi	Valdosta	$1503
169 km or 105 mi	Hinesville	$2130
169 km or 105 mi	Leesburg	$2288
174 km or 108 mi	Sanford	$2320
183 km or 114 mi	Apopka	$2356
184 km or 114 mi	Winter Springs	$2333
186 km or 115 mi	Altamonte Springs	$2364
187 km or 116 mi	Casselberry	$2352
189 km or 118 mi	Oviedo	$2325
194 km or 120 mi	Winter Park	$2381
194 km or 121 mi	Ocoee	$2359
195 km or 121 mi	Winter Garden	$2352
197 km or 122 mi	Clermont	$2313
200 km or 124 mi	Savannah	$2450
200 km or 124 mi	Orlando	$2491
202 km or 126 mi	Pooler	$2234
208 km or 129 mi	Titusville	$2095
209 km or 130 mi	Brooksville	$2293
223 km or 138 mi	Bluffton	$2610
224 km or 139 mi	Hilton Head Island	$2613
225 km or 140 mi	Kissimmee	$2232
233 km or 145 mi	St. Cloud	$2278
237 km or 147 mi	Zephyrhills	$2146
237 km or 148 mi	Statesboro	$1860