Cairo vs Kharkiv - Cost of Living Comparison

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Cairo Kharkiv
🚶 Cost of living one person
$473
$510
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family
$1152
$1309
🏠 One person rent
$189
$203
🏘️ Family rent
$325
$340
🍽️ Food expenses
$182
$202
🚐 Transport expenses
$36.5
$43.7
💳 Monthly salary after tax
$185
$434
😷 Air quality
Bad
Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity
12 km
9 km
🎓 Higher education
84
61
😀 Quality of life
60
63
🏙️ Population
9.61M
1.42M

The cost of living in Cairo is 7% less expensive than in Kharkiv. Cities ranked 8802nd and 8604th ($473 vs $510) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 3rd and 22nd in Egypt and Ukraine, respectively. Check Egypt vs Ukraine comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.4 months in Cairo compared to 0.9 months in Kharkiv. Cairo ranked 1st best city to live in Egypt vs Kharkiv ranked 3rd in Ukraine, while ranked 5895th and 5547th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Cairo vs Kharkiv

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Cairo Kharkiv
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu
$4.18
$5.68
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2
$19.8
$19.5
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's
$4.93
$4.93
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz
$1.57
$1.03
☕ Cappuccino
$1.7
$1.24
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz
$0.38
$0.63
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2
$218
$206
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2
$145
$125
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2
$394
$358
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2
$259
$223
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.
$17.3
$55.7
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.
$26.7
$85.4
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited
$11.8
$5.43
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years
17.17%
18.62%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2
$869
$1364
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2
$517
$698
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket
$0.31
$0.34
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport
$7.95
$10.1
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi
$2.61
$3.56
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal
$0.36
$1.27
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt
$0.99
$1
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb
$0.59
$0.54
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$0.7
$0.96
🥚 Eggs, x12
$1.63
$1.5
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$3.96
$7.62
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$4.8
$3.82
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$9.2
$6.98
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$1.69
$0.84
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$0.76
$1.66
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$0.64
$1.83
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$0.34
$1.85
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$0.44
$0.58
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$0.42
$0.51
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt
$0.15
$0.37
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz
$0.79
$0.78
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle
$7.92
$4.76
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz
$1.32
$0.78
🚬 Cigarette pack
$2.05
$2.05
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week
$2.14
$4.18
🧴 Hair Shampoo
$2.21
$1.4
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls
$0.89
$0.66
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube
$0.97
$1.31
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month
$19
$21.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person
$3.64
$4.2
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit
$10.9
$8.94
💇 Haircut, simple
$2.77
$3.01
👖 Brand Jeans
$39.1
$54.4
👟 Brand Sneakers
$115
$83.2
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month
$96.5
$351
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year
$2311
$3156

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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

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Distance City Cost of living
72 km or 45 mi Belgorod
$718
128 km or 80 mi Poltava
$479
143 km or 89 mi Sumy
$496
172 km or 107 mi Kramatorsk
$639
183 km or 114 mi Stary Oskol
$485
184 km or 115 mi Starooskolsky
$537
193 km or 120 mi Kursk
$649
195 km or 121 mi Dnipro
$790
200 km or 125 mi Sievierodonetsk
$633
203 km or 126 mi Kamianske
$656
227 km or 141 mi Kremenchuk
$440
230 km or 143 mi Horlivka
$650
249 km or 155 mi Donetsk
$516
250 km or 156 mi Makiivka
$534
253 km or 157 mi Zaporizhia
$501
275 km or 171 mi Luhansk
$732
280 km or 174 mi Voronezh
$707
306 km or 190 mi Cherkasy
$498
314 km or 195 mi Kryvyi Rih
$503
330 km or 205 mi Oryol
$660
332 km or 206 mi Kropyvnytskyi
$616
334 km or 207 mi Mariupol
$539
358 km or 222 mi Melitopol
$545
365 km or 227 mi Taganrog
$665
373 km or 232 mi Lipetsk
$570
384 km or 238 mi Bryansk
$629
385 km or 239 mi Chernihiv
$516
389 km or 242 mi Shakhty
$652
400 km or 249 mi Rostov-on-Don
$851
403 km or 250 mi Novocherkassk
$718
409 km or 254 mi Kyiv
$879
438 km or 272 mi Bila Tserkva
$497
455 km or 283 mi Gomel
$475
459 km or 285 mi Mykolaiv
$516
460 km or 286 mi Kherson
$420
471 km or 293 mi Tambov
$672
477 km or 296 mi Tula
$837
504 km or 313 mi Kaluga
$582
514 km or 319 mi Volgodonsk
$709
540 km or 336 mi Zhytomyr
$586