Cairo vs Kabul - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Cairo	Kabul
🚶 Cost of living one person	$417	$474
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1080	$1052
🏠 One person rent	$154	$203
🏘️ Family rent	$315	$302
🍽️ Food expenses	$166	$158
🚐 Transport expenses	$38	$81.8
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$165	$218
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Unhealthy
✈️ Airport proximity	12 km	6 km
🎓 Higher education	83	30
😀 Quality of life	58	14
🏙️ Population	9.61M	4.27M

The cost of living in Cairo is 12% less expensive than in Kabul. Cities ranked 8923rd and 8769th ($417 vs $474) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 3rd in Egypt and Afghanistan, respectively. Check Egypt vs Afghanistan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.4 months in Cairo compared to 0.5 months in Kabul. Cairo ranked 1st best city to live in Egypt vs Kabul ranked 1st in Afghanistan, while ranked 5545th and 9071st among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Cairo vs Kabul

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	Cairo	Kabul
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$3.9	$2.38
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$18.6	$9.34
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.73	$4.64
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.26	$3.11
☕ Cappuccino	$1.5	$1.53
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.34	$0.32
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$185	$140
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$113	$90
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$386	$312
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$253	$141
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$16.8	$43.2
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$25.8	$66.8
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$10.1	$59.8
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	14.49%	18.54%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$690	$404
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$453	$202
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.3	$0.2
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$7.68	$18.8
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$3.17	$7.27
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.29	$0.88
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.89	$0.8
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.6	$0.27
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.65	$1.18
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.51	$1.39
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.48	$4.36
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.36	$3.8
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.58	$5.88
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.49	$0.71
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.55	$0.77
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.42	$0.77
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.39	$0.55
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.48	$0.39
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.41	$0.41
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.13	$0.2
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.72	$0.88
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.33	$8.12
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.13	$1.49
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.84	$2.38
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$1.46	$2.97
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.31	$3.48
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.87	$1.01
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.69	$1.37
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$17.3	$12.8
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$2.97	$2.15
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$11	$13.2
💇 Haircut, simple	$2.86	$2.79
👖 Brand Jeans	$37	$16.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$101	$34.4
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$90.2	$17.2
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$1985	$1356

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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 Kabul

Distance	City	Cost of living
105 km or 65 mi	Gardez	$386
119 km or 74 mi	Jalalabad	$303
129 km or 80 mi	Ghazni	$389
150 km or 93 mi	Khost	$366
163 km or 101 mi	Puli Khumri	$381
223 km or 138 mi	Peshawar	$346
235 km or 146 mi	Kohat	$379
246 km or 153 mi	Kunduz	$394
266 km or 166 mi	Mardan	$366
293 km or 182 mi	Mingora	$364
304 km or 189 mi	Mazar-i-Sharif	$408
336 km or 209 mi	Wah	$382
368 km or 229 mi	Islamabad	$442
369 km or 229 mi	Qurghonteppa	$596
374 km or 232 mi	Rawalpindi	$401
389 km or 242 mi	Sheberghan	$414
425 km or 264 mi	Sargodha	$458
450 km or 280 mi	Tursunzoda	$593
451 km or 280 mi	Dushanbe	$605
451 km or 280 mi	Mirpur	$354
456 km or 284 mi	Mandi Bahauddin	$355
458 km or 285 mi	Kandahar	$468
467 km or 290 mi	Jhang	$292
474 km or 294 mi	Chiniot	$389
476 km or 296 mi	Baramulla	$273
499 km or 310 mi	Gojra	$342
501 km or 312 mi	Hafizabad	$380
503 km or 313 mi	Faisalabad	$306
505 km or 314 mi	Gujrat	$373
517 km or 321 mi	Dera Ghazi Khan	$297
520 km or 323 mi	Srinagar	$354
523 km or 325 mi	Quetta	$266
526 km or 327 mi	Multan	$392
534 km or 332 mi	Sahiwal	$305
536 km or 333 mi	Gujranwala	$308
538 km or 334 mi	Khanewal	$361
546 km or 340 mi	Sialkot	$281
549 km or 341 mi	Sheikhupura	$374
550 km or 342 mi	Kamoke	$321
553 km or 344 mi	Lashkargah	$476