Cairo vs Kabul - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Cairo	Kabul
🚶 Cost of living one person	$424	$599
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1086	$1271
🏠 One person rent	$162	$285
🏘️ Family rent	$325	$403
🍽️ Food expenses	$168	$182
🚐 Transport expenses	$34.4	$96.7
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$152	$188
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Unhealthy
✈️ Airport proximity	12 km	6 km
🎓 Higher education	83	29
😀 Quality of life	57	13
🏙️ Population	9.61M	4.27M

The cost of living in Cairo is 29% less expensive than in Kabul. Cities ranked 8926th and 7801st ($424 vs $599) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 1st 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 0.3 months in Kabul. Cairo ranked 1st best city to live in Egypt vs Kabul ranked 1st in Afghanistan, while ranked 5583rd and 9123rd 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	$3.97	$2.69
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$19.3	$8.83
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.24	$6.92
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.41	$3.75
☕ Cappuccino	$1.56	$1.82
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.34	$0.38
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$197	$168
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$121	$123
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$389	$381
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$266	$182
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$16.3	$53.5
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$24.9	$82.3
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$9.49	$99.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	13.85%	21.36%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$626	$451
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$388	$274
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.21	$0.36
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$7.83	$19.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$2.73	$9.29
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.27	$0.99
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.92	$0.88
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.63	$0.32
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.7	$1.31
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.5	$1.5
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.41	$4.73
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.58	$4.07
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.04	$6.69
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.5	$0.74
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.48	$0.83
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.33	$0.89
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.34	$0.59
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.44	$0.36
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.47	$0.32
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.13	$0.24
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.71	$0.98
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$6.78	$10
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.2	$1.62
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.84	$2.56
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$1.51	$3.24
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.23	$3.81
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.09	$1.09
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.61	$1.47
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$17.8	$13.3
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$3.21	$2.34
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$12	$13.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$2.75	$2.99
👖 Brand Jeans	$37.9	$13.6
👟 Brand Sneakers	$98.3	$46.1
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$92.9	$23.8
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$1916	$1452

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Cities near Cairo

Distance	City	Cost of living
5.9 km or 3.6 mi	Giza	$323
8.1 km or 5 mi	Shubra El Kheima	$374
26 km or 16 mi	Helwan	$345
46 km or 28 mi	Benha	$335
60 km or 37 mi	Shibin El Kom	$323
62 km or 39 mi	Zagazig	$327
84 km or 52 mi	Tanta	$315
93 km or 58 mi	Faiyum	$339
101 km or 63 mi	El Mahalla El Kubra	$331
111 km or 69 mi	Beni Suef	$334
111 km or 69 mi	Mansoura	$306
115 km or 71 mi	Ismailia	$310
125 km or 78 mi	Suez	$303
133 km or 83 mi	Damanhur	$308
161 km or 100 mi	Kafr El Dawwar	$299
161 km or 100 mi	Damietta	$291
166 km or 103 mi	Port Said	$282
179 km or 111 mi	Alexandria	$310
224 km or 139 mi	Minya	$357
319 km or 198 mi	Asyut	$306
347 km or 216 mi	Gaza	$609
351 km or 218 mi	Ofakim	$1607
354 km or 220 mi	Netivot	$1713
360 km or 223 mi	Sderot	$1727
361 km or 224 mi	Dahab	$393
362 km or 225 mi	Eilat	$1536
365 km or 226 mi	Ashkelon	$1671
366 km or 227 mi	Beersheba	$1372
367 km or 228 mi	Rahat	$1632
368 km or 229 mi	Aqaba	$694
379 km or 235 mi	Ashdod	$1775
379 km or 235 mi	Kiryat Gat	$1754
380 km or 236 mi	Dimona	$1657
381 km or 236 mi	El Gouna	$294
383 km or 238 mi	Kiryat Malakhi	$1771
384 km or 239 mi	Sharm El Sheikh	$499
390 km or 242 mi	Yavne	$1815
391 km or 243 mi	Sohag	$350
396 km or 246 mi	Dura	$847
397 km or 246 mi	Rehovot	$1741

Cities near Kabul

Distance	City	Cost of living
105 km or 65 mi	Gardez	$469
119 km or 74 mi	Jalalabad	$358
129 km or 80 mi	Ghazni	$476
150 km or 93 mi	Khost	$441
163 km or 101 mi	Puli Khumri	$457
223 km or 138 mi	Peshawar	$338
235 km or 146 mi	Kohat	$374
246 km or 153 mi	Kunduz	$467
266 km or 166 mi	Mardan	$372
293 km or 182 mi	Mingora	$354
304 km or 189 mi	Mazar-i-Sharif	$470
336 km or 209 mi	Wah	$323
368 km or 229 mi	Islamabad	$439
369 km or 229 mi	Qurghonteppa	$659
374 km or 232 mi	Rawalpindi	$376
389 km or 242 mi	Sheberghan	$450
425 km or 264 mi	Sargodha	$456
450 km or 280 mi	Tursunzoda	$655
451 km or 280 mi	Dushanbe	$672
451 km or 280 mi	Mirpur	$328
456 km or 284 mi	Mandi Bahauddin	$341
458 km or 285 mi	Kandahar	$521
467 km or 290 mi	Jhang	$292
474 km or 294 mi	Chiniot	$373
476 km or 296 mi	Baramulla	$277
499 km or 310 mi	Gojra	$344
501 km or 312 mi	Hafizabad	$380
503 km or 313 mi	Faisalabad	$319
505 km or 314 mi	Gujrat	$330
517 km or 321 mi	Dera Ghazi Khan	$273
520 km or 323 mi	Srinagar	$388
523 km or 325 mi	Quetta	$285
526 km or 327 mi	Multan	$371
534 km or 332 mi	Sahiwal	$312
536 km or 333 mi	Gujranwala	$280
538 km or 334 mi	Khanewal	$358
546 km or 340 mi	Sialkot	$335
549 km or 341 mi	Sheikhupura	$376
550 km or 342 mi	Kamoke	$308
553 km or 344 mi	Lashkargah	$487