Cairo vs Leipzig - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Cairo	Leipzig
🚶 Cost of living one person	$417	$1516
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1080	$3783
🏠 One person rent	$154	$764
🏘️ Family rent	$315	$1542
🍽️ Food expenses	$166	$505
🚐 Transport expenses	$38	$128
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$165	$2738
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	12 km	14 km
🎓 Higher education	83	72
😀 Quality of life	58	92
🏙️ Population	9.61M	620K

The cost of living in Cairo is 72% less expensive than in Leipzig. Cities ranked 8923rd and 3353rd ($417 vs $1516) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 271st in Egypt and Germany, respectively. Check Egypt vs Germany comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.4 months in Cairo compared to 1.8 months in Leipzig. Cairo ranked 1st best city to live in Egypt vs Leipzig ranked 14th in Germany, while ranked 5545th and 87th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Cairo vs Leipzig

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	Cairo	Leipzig
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$3.9	$12.5
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$18.6	$63.3
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.73	$10.5
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.26	$4.42
☕ Cappuccino	$1.5	$3.66
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.34	$2.73
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$185	$687
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$113	$504
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$386	$1640
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$253	$1119
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$16.8	$176
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$25.8	$271
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$10.1	$47.6
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	14.49%	3.99%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$690	$3984
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$453	$2535
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.3	$3.65
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$7.68	$52.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$3.17	$17.9
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.29	$1.83
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.89	$1.14
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.6	$2.01
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.65	$3.39
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.51	$3.45
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.48	$13.7
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.36	$14.5
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.58	$17.8
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.49	$2.95
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.55	$1.71
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.42	$2.21
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.39	$4.91
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.48	$1.58
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.41	$1.57
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.13	$0.59
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.72	$1.78
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.33	$6.29
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.13	$0.92
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.84	$8.51
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$1.46	$9.3
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.31	$1.97
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.87	$1.22
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.69	$1.29
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$17.3	$33.7
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$2.97	$12.6
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$11	$33.7
💇 Haircut, simple	$2.86	$18.5
👖 Brand Jeans	$37	$90.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$101	$82.9
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$90.2	$372
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$1985	$9452

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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 Leipzig

Distance	City	Cost of living
6.2 km or 3.8 mi	Markkleeberg	$1452
22 km or 13 mi	Delitzsch	$1419
26 km or 16 mi	Grimma	$1353
27 km or 17 mi	Merseburg	$1269
32 km or 20 mi	Bitterfeld-Wolfen	$1308
33 km or 20 mi	Weienfels	$1284
33 km or 21 mi	Halle	$1229
36 km or 22 mi	Halle-Neustadt	$1261
36 km or 22 mi	Zeitz	$1295
39 km or 24 mi	Altenburg	$1281
45 km or 28 mi	Naumburg	$1287
50 km or 31 mi	Torgau	$1350
54 km or 34 mi	Kothen	$1346
55 km or 34 mi	Gera	$1109
56 km or 35 mi	Dobeln	$1278
57 km or 35 mi	Dessau-Rolau	$1340
58 km or 36 mi	Glauchau	$1147
58 km or 36 mi	Limbach-Oberfrohna	$1222
61 km or 38 mi	Eisleben	$1306
62 km or 39 mi	Wittenberg	$1354
63 km or 39 mi	Riesa	$1309
67 km or 41 mi	Werdau	$1118
67 km or 42 mi	Chemnitz	$1187
69 km or 43 mi	Bernburg	$1388
69 km or 43 mi	Zwickau	$1011
70 km or 43 mi	Apolda	$1221
72 km or 45 mi	Jena	$1123
74 km or 46 mi	Zerbst	$1332
77 km or 48 mi	Greiz	$1215
77 km or 48 mi	Sangerhausen	$1312
78 km or 49 mi	Meissen	$1325
79 km or 49 mi	Aschersleben	$1355
80 km or 50 mi	Reichenbach im Vogtland	$1147
82 km or 51 mi	Freiberg	$1202
82 km or 51 mi	Stafurt	$1356
84 km or 52 mi	Weimar	$1288
86 km or 54 mi	Coswig	$1341
88 km or 54 mi	Schonebeck	$1326
93 km or 58 mi	Radebeul	$1351
94 km or 59 mi	Annaberg-Buchholz	$1307