Cairo vs Los Angeles - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Cairo	Los Angeles
🚶 Cost of living one person	$417	$3196
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1080	$7594
🏠 One person rent	$154	$2049
🏘️ Family rent	$315	$3732
🍽️ Food expenses	$166	$709
🚐 Transport expenses	$38	$220
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$165	$4771
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	12 km	17 km
🎓 Higher education	83	99
😀 Quality of life	58	93
🏙️ Population	9.61M	3.9M

The cost of living in Cairo is 87% less expensive than in Los Angeles. Cities ranked 8923rd and 80th ($417 vs $3196) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 71st in Egypt and the United States, respectively. Check Egypt vs the United States comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.4 months in Cairo compared to 1.5 months in Los Angeles. Cairo ranked 1st best city to live in Egypt vs Los Angeles ranked 7th in the United States, while ranked 5545th and 58th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Cairo vs Los Angeles

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	Cairo	Los Angeles
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$3.9	$21.7
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$18.6	$87.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.73	$12.9
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.26	$8.51
☕ Cappuccino	$1.5	$5.77
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.34	$2.7
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$185	$2168
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$113	$1758
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$386	$4056
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$253	$3293
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$16.8	$142
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$25.8	$220
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$10.1	$66.8
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	14.49%	6.74%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$690	$8056
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$453	$7115
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.3	$2.01
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$7.68	$73.5
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$3.17	$16.8
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.29	$1.26
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.89	$1.29
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.6	$4.1
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.65	$4.56
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.51	$6.05
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.48	$12.2
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.36	$14.5
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.58	$17.5
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.49	$5.12
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.55	$2.43
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.42	$4.03
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.39	$4.31
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.48	$2.63
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.41	$2.62
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.13	$1.56
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.72	$3.26
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.33	$15.4
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.13	$2.92
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.84	$11.7
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$1.46	$10.4
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.31	$7
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.87	$5.25
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.69	$2.63
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$17.3	$49.3
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$2.97	$18.1
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$11	$190
💇 Haircut, simple	$2.86	$27.8
👖 Brand Jeans	$37	$60.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$101	$105
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$90.2	$1650
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$1985	$28838

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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 Los Angeles

Distance	City	Cost of living
8.1 km or 5 mi	Huntington Park	$2887
8.9 km or 5.5 mi	Maywood	$2803
9.2 km or 5.7 mi	Florence-Graham	$2873
10 km or 6.2 mi	Bell	$2798
10 km or 6.2 mi	Monterey Park	$2735
11 km or 6.6 mi	Alhambra	$2936
11 km or 6.6 mi	South Pasadena	$2902
11 km or 7 mi	Cudahy	$2768
12 km or 7.6 mi	San Gabriel	$3061
12 km or 7.7 mi	Bell Gardens	$2727
12 km or 7.8 mi	West Hollywood	$3105
13 km or 7.8 mi	Montebello	$2739
13 km or 8 mi	South Gate	$2786
13 km or 8.2 mi	Glendale	$3659
14 km or 8.8 mi	Inglewood	$3014
15 km or 9 mi	Beverly Hills	$2903
15 km or 9.1 mi	Lynwood	$2788
15 km or 9.3 mi	Rosemead	$2780
15 km or 9.5 mi	Culver	$3033
15 km or 9.6 mi	Pasadena	$3416
16 km or 9.9 mi	Pico Rivera	$2750
16 km or 10 mi	Burbank	$3370
16 km or 10 mi	Downey	$2735
17 km or 11 mi	Compton	$2851
18 km or 11 mi	La Canada Flintridge	$3086
18 km or 11 mi	Hawthorne	$3104
18 km or 11 mi	Temple	$2824
18 km or 11 mi	South El Monte	$2787
18 km or 11 mi	West Whittier-Los Nietos	$2750
18 km or 11 mi	Paramount	$2720
19 km or 12 mi	Gardena	$3022
20 km or 12 mi	El Monte	$2775
21 km or 13 mi	Lawndale	$3162
21 km or 13 mi	Arcadia	$2758
21 km or 13 mi	Bellflower	$2669
22 km or 14 mi	Norwalk	$2662
22 km or 14 mi	Santa Monica	$3573
22 km or 14 mi	Whittier	$2789
23 km or 15 mi	Manhattan Beach	$3256
24 km or 15 mi	Carson	$2919