Cairo vs Louisville - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Cairo	Louisville
🚶 Cost of living one person	$417	$1821
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1080	$4500
🏠 One person rent	$154	$1051
🏘️ Family rent	$315	$1950
🍽️ Food expenses	$166	$556
🚐 Transport expenses	$38	$69.6
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$165	$3986
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Good
✈️ Airport proximity	12 km	8 km
🎓 Higher education	83	60
😀 Quality of life	58	87
🏙️ Population	9.61M	246K

The cost of living in Cairo is 77% less expensive than in Louisville. Cities ranked 8923rd and 2336th ($417 vs $1821) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 1917th 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 2.2 months in Louisville. Cairo ranked 1st best city to live in Egypt vs Louisville ranked 78th in the United States, while ranked 5545th and 299th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Cairo vs Louisville

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	Cairo	Louisville
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$3.9	$14.7
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$18.6	$65.5
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.73	$10.1
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.26	$5.63
☕ Cappuccino	$1.5	$4.62
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.34	$2.28
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$185	$1023
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$113	$833
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$386	$1823
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$253	$1673
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$16.8	$121
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$25.8	$188
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$10.1	$58.5
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	14.49%	6.65%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$690	$3405
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$453	$3066
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.3	$1.74
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$7.68	$48.3
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$3.17	$16.8
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.29	$0.84
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.89	$0.57
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.6	$2.52
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.65	$3.22
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.51	$3.13
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.48	$13.5
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.36	$12
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.58	$13.7
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.49	$4.45
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.55	$1.56
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.42	$4.14
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.39	$5.34
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.48	$2.36
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.41	$2.59
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.13	$1.35
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.72	$1.95
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.33	$14.8
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.13	$3.22
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.84	$8.52
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$1.46	$6.37
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.31	$5.06
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.87	$3.47
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.69	$1.49
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$17.3	$23.8
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$2.97	$13.3
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$11	$113
💇 Haircut, simple	$2.86	$15.9
👖 Brand Jeans	$37	$48.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$101	$88.1
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$90.2	$1240
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$1985	$13378

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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 Louisville

Distance	City	Cost of living
4.7 km or 2.9 mi	Jeffersonville	$1731
6.4 km or 3.9 mi	Clarksville	$1863
8 km or 4.9 mi	New Albany	$1903
16 km or 10 mi	Jeffersontown	$1874
46 km or 29 mi	Shelbyville	$1851
50 km or 31 mi	Radcliff	$1865
63 km or 39 mi	Elizabethtown	$1777
78 km or 48 mi	Frankfort	$1664
104 km or 65 mi	Georgetown	$1874
107 km or 67 mi	Columbus	$1875
111 km or 69 mi	Nicholasville	$1862
113 km or 70 mi	Lexington	$1845
121 km or 75 mi	Bloomington	$2147
126 km or 79 mi	Florence	$1940
130 km or 81 mi	Independence	$2145
132 km or 82 mi	Owensboro	$1779
140 km or 87 mi	Franklin	$2001
140 km or 87 mi	Richmond	$1636
140 km or 87 mi	Winchester	$1848
140 km or 87 mi	Covington	$2490
146 km or 91 mi	Cincinnati	$1925
154 km or 96 mi	Greenwood	$2010
154 km or 96 mi	Bowling Green	$1751
159 km or 99 mi	Fairfield	$1914
161 km or 100 mi	Evansville	$2100
163 km or 101 mi	Hamilton	$1895
164 km or 102 mi	Oxford	$1839
165 km or 102 mi	Somerset	$1432
167 km or 104 mi	Henderson	$1847
170 km or 106 mi	Plainfield	$1953
171 km or 106 mi	Greenfield	$1880
172 km or 107 mi	Indianapolis	$2189
173 km or 108 mi	Tompkinsville	$1824
175 km or 109 mi	Mason	$1853
180 km or 112 mi	Lawrence	$2023
183 km or 114 mi	Middletown	$1427
185 km or 115 mi	Brownsburg	$1751
186 km or 116 mi	Lebanon	$1834
190 km or 118 mi	Richmond	$1872
190 km or 118 mi	Fishers	$1974