Cairo vs Kuwait City - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Cairo	Kuwait City
🚶 Cost of living one person	$417	$1393
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1080	$3599
🏠 One person rent	$154	$698
🏘️ Family rent	$315	$1494
🍽️ Food expenses	$166	$357
🚐 Transport expenses	$38	$207
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$165	$2507
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	12 km	17 km
🎓 Higher education	83	43
😀 Quality of life	58	75
🏙️ Population	9.61M	2.99M

The cost of living in Cairo is 70% less expensive than in Kuwait City. Cities ranked 8923rd and 3893rd ($417 vs $1393) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 1st in Egypt and Kuwait, respectively. Check Egypt vs Kuwait comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.4 months in Cairo compared to 1.8 months in Kuwait City. Cairo ranked 1st best city to live in Egypt vs Kuwait City ranked 1st in Kuwait, while ranked 5545th and 1114th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Cairo vs Kuwait City

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	Cairo	Kuwait City
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$3.9	$9.69
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$18.6	$64.2
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.73	$8.17
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.26	$3.26
☕ Cappuccino	$1.5	$5.73
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.34	$0.67
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$185	$786
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$113	$597
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$386	$1716
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$253	$1333
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$16.8	$39.7
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$25.8	$61.1
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$10.1	$24
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	14.49%	7.12%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$690	$6776
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$453	$2989
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.3	$0.96
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$7.68	$39.3
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$3.17	$29.3
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.29	$0.34
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.89	$1.55
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.6	$1.18
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.65	$1.84
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.51	$2.2
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.48	$4.79
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.36	$5.99
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.58	$10.7
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.49	$2.31
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.55	$1.87
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.42	$1.74
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.39	$1.52
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.48	$1.22
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.41	$0.98
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.13	$0.3
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.72	$1.36
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.33	$3.63
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.13	$1.11
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.84	$2.93
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$1.46	$6.28
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.31	$5.57
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.87	$3.33
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.69	$3.93
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$17.3	$119
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$2.97	$11.5
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$11	$78.7
💇 Haircut, simple	$2.86	$8.02
👖 Brand Jeans	$37	$37.7
👟 Brand Sneakers	$101	$86.1
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$90.2	$398
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$1985	$6378

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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 Kuwait City

Distance	City	Cost of living
73 km or 46 mi	Umm Qasr	$740
82 km or 51 mi	Al Wafrah	$1210
82 km or 51 mi	Al-Faw	$736
112 km or 69 mi	Abadan	$547
116 km or 72 mi	Az Zubayr	$723
119 km or 74 mi	Khorramshahr	$544
125 km or 78 mi	Basra	$904
176 km or 110 mi	Bandar-e Mahshahr	$548
226 km or 141 mi	Ahvaz	$597
250 km or 155 mi	Nasiriyah	$672
257 km or 159 mi	Behbahan	$536
281 km or 174 mi	Bushehr	$551
285 km or 177 mi	Amarah	$683
308 km or 192 mi	Shushtar	$562
311 km or 193 mi	Masjed Soleyman	$552
312 km or 194 mi	Jubail	$901
314 km or 195 mi	Borazjan	$546
328 km or 204 mi	Izeh	$525
337 km or 209 mi	Samawah	$582
337 km or 209 mi	Qatif	$897
337 km or 210 mi	Dezful	$583
344 km or 214 mi	Andimeshk	$577
356 km or 221 mi	Kazerun	$557
375 km or 233 mi	Yasuj	$529
388 km or 241 mi	Dammam	$1056
405 km or 252 mi	Kut	$626
406 km or 252 mi	Dhahran	$1068
412 km or 256 mi	Al Diwaniyah	$467
428 km or 266 mi	Shahr-e Kord	$397
435 km or 270 mi	Manama	$1280
436 km or 271 mi	Isa Town	$1243
441 km or 274 mi	Riffa	$1223
442 km or 275 mi	Shiraz	$589
452 km or 281 mi	Kufa	$570
456 km or 284 mi	Najaf	$587
456 km or 284 mi	Khorramabad	$554
468 km or 291 mi	Al-Mubarraz	$804
469 km or 292 mi	Marvdasht	$563
470 km or 292 mi	Dorud	$513
473 km or 294 mi	Shahreza	$502