Cairo vs Karachi - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Cairo	Karachi
🚶 Cost of living one person	$417	$442
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1080	$1064
🏠 One person rent	$154	$188
🏘️ Family rent	$315	$342
🍽️ Food expenses	$166	$147
🚐 Transport expenses	$38	$64.1
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$165	$179
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Unhealthy
✈️ Airport proximity	12 km	8 km
🎓 Higher education	83	63
😀 Quality of life	58	50
🏙️ Population	9.61M	14.9M

The cost of living in Cairo is 6% less expensive than in Karachi. Cities ranked 8923rd and 8872nd ($417 vs $442) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 3rd in Egypt and Pakistan, respectively. Check Egypt vs Pakistan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.4 months in Cairo compared to 0.4 months in Karachi. Cairo ranked 1st best city to live in Egypt vs Karachi ranked 1st in Pakistan, while ranked 5545th and 6253rd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Cairo vs Karachi

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	Cairo	Karachi
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$3.9	$1.99
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$18.6	$12
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.73	$4.2
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.26	$2.17
☕ Cappuccino	$1.5	$2.16
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.34	$0.37
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$185	$142
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$113	$97.4
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$386	$316
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$253	$197
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$16.8	$71.4
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$25.8	$110
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$10.1	$10.6
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	14.49%	19.17%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$690	$545
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$453	$359
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.3	$0.21
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$7.68	$8.21
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$3.17	$5.29
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.29	$0.96
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.89	$0.81
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.6	$0.53
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.65	$0.98
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.51	$1.15
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.48	$5.81
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.36	$3.27
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.58	$4.8
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.49	$1.01
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.55	$0.57
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.42	$0.82
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.39	$0.65
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.48	$0.39
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.41	$0.54
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.13	$0.27
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.72	$0.82
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.33	$3.49
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.13	$1.38
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.84	$2.04
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$1.46	$1.65
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.31	$2.9
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.87	$1.37
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.69	$0.98
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$17.3	$16.7
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$2.97	$4.05
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$11	$12.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$2.86	$1.95
👖 Brand Jeans	$37	$16.8
👟 Brand Sneakers	$101	$57.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$90.2	$50.7
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$1985	$1405

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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 Karachi

Distance	City	Cost of living
148 km or 92 mi	Hyderabad	$334
208 km or 129 mi	Nawabshah	$325
213 km or 132 mi	Mirpur Khas	$394
324 km or 201 mi	Larkana	$338
324 km or 201 mi	Bhuj	$288
366 km or 227 mi	Sukkur	$339
406 km or 252 mi	Jacobabad	$325
445 km or 277 mi	Porbandar	$333
480 km or 298 mi	Rajkot	$311
564 km or 351 mi	Mehsana	$389
593 km or 368 mi	Quetta	$266
601 km or 374 mi	Ahmedabad	$452
604 km or 375 mi	Gandhinagar	$415
626 km or 389 mi	Bhavnagar	$298
629 km or 391 mi	Jodhpur	$366
643 km or 399 mi	Pali	$324
643 km or 399 mi	Nadiad	$382
645 km or 401 mi	Chabahar	$585
675 km or 419 mi	Udaipur	$310
679 km or 422 mi	Dera Ghazi Khan	$297
683 km or 425 mi	Bahawalpur	$342
683 km or 425 mi	Iranshahr	$605
692 km or 430 mi	Vadodara	$376
711 km or 442 mi	Godhra	$371
719 km or 447 mi	Bikaner	$297
723 km or 449 mi	Surat	$771
736 km or 457 mi	Multan	$392
745 km or 463 mi	Navsari	$286
761 km or 473 mi	Kandahar	$468
769 km or 478 mi	Bhilwara	$340
775 km or 482 mi	Khanewal	$361
785 km or 488 mi	Ajmer	$279
792 km or 492 mi	Lashkargah	$476
796 km or 494 mi	Zahedan	$829
812 km or 504 mi	Burewala	$356
836 km or 519 mi	Ratlam	$311
845 km or 525 mi	Vasai	$284
865 km or 537 mi	Muscat	$1090
866 km or 538 mi	Sikar	$350
874 km or 543 mi	Zabol	$552