Cairo vs Kharkiv - Cost of Living Comparison

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Cairo Kharkiv
🚶 Cost of living one person
$506
$499
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family
$1241
$1275
🏠 One person rent
$201
$200
🏘️ Family rent
$352
$342
🍽️ Food expenses
$196
$198
🚐 Transport expenses
$39.7
$43
💳 Monthly salary after tax
$199
$459
😷 Air quality
Bad
Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity
12 km
9 km
🎓 Higher education
83
61
😀 Quality of life
63
63
🏙️ Population
9.8M
1.42M

The cost of living in Cairo is 1% more expensive than in Kharkiv. Cities ranked 8680th and 8722nd ($506 vs $499) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 24th 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 4th in Ukraine, while ranked 5610th and 5605th 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
$4.85
$5.46
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2
$22.7
$21
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's
$5.71
$4.39
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz
$1.81
$1.02
☕ Cappuccino
$1.87
$1.23
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz
$0.39
$0.72
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2
$221
$218
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2
$159
$122
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2
$401
$392
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2
$292
$222
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.
$18.2
$52.4
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.
$27.8
$80.7
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited
$11.1
$5.94
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years
16.83%
17.61%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2
$918
$1150
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2
$518
$595
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket
$0.36
$0.34
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport
$9.22
$8.47
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi
$2.65
$3.84
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal
$0.4
$1.25
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt
$1.04
$0.97
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb
$0.64
$0.53
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$0.67
$0.97
🥚 Eggs, x12
$1.53
$1.46
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$4.31
$7.2
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$4.81
$3.72
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$9.6
$7.05
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$1.79
$0.87
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$0.85
$1.62
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$0.7
$1.73
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$0.39
$1.85
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$0.44
$0.57
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$0.43
$0.5
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt
$0.15
$0.36
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz
$0.81
$0.74
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle
$8.35
$4.6
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz
$1.41
$0.74
🚬 Cigarette pack
$2.08
$2.2
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week
$2.08
$4.09
🧴 Hair Shampoo
$2.25
$1.33
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls
$0.9
$0.65
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube
$1.03
$1.27
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month
$21.8
$20.1
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person
$4.03
$4.06
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit
$11
$7.93
💇 Haircut, simple
$2.83
$2.88
👖 Brand Jeans
$39.3
$55.1
👟 Brand Sneakers
$121
$77.1
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month
$111
$299
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year
$2645
$2953

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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

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Distance City Cost of living
72 km or 45 mi Belgorod
$757
128 km or 80 mi Poltava
$490
143 km or 89 mi Sumy
$516
172 km or 107 mi Kramatorsk
$630
183 km or 114 mi Stary Oskol
$505
184 km or 115 mi Starooskolsky
$567
193 km or 120 mi Kursk
$682
195 km or 121 mi Dnipro
$748
200 km or 125 mi Sievierodonetsk
$644
203 km or 126 mi Kamianske
$637
227 km or 141 mi Kremenchuk
$465
230 km or 143 mi Horlivka
$639
249 km or 155 mi Donetsk
$528
250 km or 156 mi Makiivka
$549
253 km or 157 mi Zaporizhia
$485
275 km or 171 mi Luhansk
$761
280 km or 174 mi Voronezh
$724
306 km or 190 mi Cherkasy
$476
314 km or 195 mi Kryvyi Rih
$492
330 km or 205 mi Oryol
$696
332 km or 206 mi Kropyvnytskyi
$599
334 km or 207 mi Mariupol
$529
358 km or 222 mi Melitopol
$557
365 km or 227 mi Taganrog
$705
373 km or 232 mi Lipetsk
$597
384 km or 238 mi Bryansk
$686
385 km or 239 mi Chernihiv
$500
389 km or 242 mi Shakhty
$697
400 km or 249 mi Rostov-on-Don
$893
403 km or 250 mi Novocherkassk
$759
409 km or 254 mi Kyiv
$882
438 km or 272 mi Bila Tserkva
$487
455 km or 283 mi Gomel
$545
459 km or 285 mi Mykolaiv
$534
460 km or 286 mi Kherson
$414
471 km or 293 mi Tambov
$680
477 km or 296 mi Tula
$905
504 km or 313 mi Kaluga
$637
514 km or 319 mi Volgodonsk
$759
540 km or 336 mi Zhytomyr
$562