Cairo vs Los Angeles - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	Cairo	Los Angeles
🚶 Cost of living one person	$506	$3378
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1241	$7707
🏠 One person rent	$201	$2168
🏘️ Family rent	$352	$3725
🍽️ Food expenses	$196	$743
🚐 Transport expenses	$39.7	$257
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$199	$4258
😷 Air quality	Bad	Good
✈️ Airport proximity	12 km	17 km
🎓 Higher education	83	99
😀 Quality of life	63	93
🏙️ Population	9.8M	3.9M

The cost of living in Cairo is 85% less expensive than in Los Angeles. Cities ranked 8680th and 72nd ($506 vs $3378) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 52nd 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 1.3 months in Los Angeles. Cairo ranked 1st best city to live in Egypt vs Los Angeles ranked 8th in the United States, while ranked 5610th and 55th 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	$4.85	$21.9
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$22.7	$91
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.71	$13.3
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.81	$8.85
☕ Cappuccino	$1.87	$6.48
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.39	$3.25
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$221	$2352
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$159	$1867
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$401	$4129
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$292	$3274
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$18.2	$139
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$27.8	$214
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$11.1	$65.8
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	16.83%	6.86%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$918	$7811
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$518	$7110
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.36	$1.99
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$9.22	$94
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$2.65	$18.9
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.4	$1.24
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.04	$1.31
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.64	$4.27
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.67	$4.35
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.53	$7.67
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.31	$15.2
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.81	$15.6
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.6	$20.3
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.79	$5.26
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.85	$2.66
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.7	$4.75
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.39	$4.63
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.44	$2.81
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.43	$2.78
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.15	$1.53
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.81	$3.45
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$8.35	$15.8
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.41	$3.39
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.08	$12.2
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$2.08	$9.27
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.25	$7.78
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.9	$5.45
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.03	$2.81
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$21.8	$77.1
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.03	$18.2
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$11	$144
💇 Haircut, simple	$2.83	$32.3
👖 Brand Jeans	$39.3	$70.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$121	$107
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$111	$1715
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$2645	$28004

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Cities near Cairo

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

Cities near Los Angeles

Distance	City	Cost of living
8.1 km or 5 mi	Huntington Park	$2879
8.9 km or 5.5 mi	Maywood	$2850
9.2 km or 5.7 mi	Florence-Graham	$2917
10 km or 6.2 mi	Bell	$2847
10 km or 6.2 mi	Monterey Park	$2749
11 km or 6.6 mi	Alhambra	$2976
11 km or 6.6 mi	South Pasadena	$2993
11 km or 7 mi	Cudahy	$2810
12 km or 7.6 mi	San Gabriel	$3159
12 km or 7.7 mi	Bell Gardens	$2775
12 km or 7.8 mi	West Hollywood	$3086
13 km or 7.8 mi	Montebello	$2769
13 km or 8 mi	South Gate	$2820
13 km or 8.2 mi	Glendale	$3695
14 km or 8.8 mi	Inglewood	$3020
15 km or 9 mi	Beverly Hills	$2912
15 km or 9.1 mi	Lynwood	$2835
15 km or 9.3 mi	Rosemead	$2850
15 km or 9.5 mi	Culver	$3020
15 km or 9.6 mi	Pasadena	$3768
16 km or 9.9 mi	Pico Rivera	$2796
16 km or 10 mi	Burbank	$3328
16 km or 10 mi	Downey	$2698
17 km or 11 mi	Compton	$2880
18 km or 11 mi	La Canada Flintridge	$3157
18 km or 11 mi	Hawthorne	$3057
18 km or 11 mi	Temple	$2894
18 km or 11 mi	South El Monte	$2842
18 km or 11 mi	West Whittier-Los Nietos	$2789
18 km or 11 mi	Paramount	$2770
19 km or 12 mi	Gardena	$3051
20 km or 12 mi	El Monte	$2847
21 km or 13 mi	Lawndale	$3193
21 km or 13 mi	Arcadia	$3019
21 km or 13 mi	Bellflower	$2702
22 km or 14 mi	Norwalk	$2688
22 km or 14 mi	Santa Monica	$3588
22 km or 14 mi	Whittier	$2815
23 km or 15 mi	Manhattan Beach	$3262
24 km or 15 mi	Carson	$2974