Cairo vs Luxembourg City - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Cairo	Luxembourg City
🚶 Cost of living one person	$417	$2446
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1080	$5564
🏠 One person rent	$154	$1630
🏘️ Family rent	$315	$2795
🍽️ Food expenses	$166	$594
🚐 Transport expenses	$38	$77.2
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$165	$5865
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	12 km	5 km
🎓 Higher education	83	29
😀 Quality of life	58	89
🏙️ Population	9.61M	136K

The cost of living in Cairo is 83% less expensive than in Luxembourg City. Cities ranked 8923rd and 870th ($417 vs $2446) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 1st in Egypt and Luxembourg, respectively. Check Egypt vs Luxembourg comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.4 months in Cairo compared to 2.4 months in Luxembourg City. Cairo ranked 1st best city to live in Egypt vs Luxembourg City ranked 1st in Luxembourg, while ranked 5545th and 199th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Cairo vs Luxembourg City

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	Cairo	Luxembourg City
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$3.9	$18.8
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$18.6	$81.9
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.73	$13
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.26	$6.19
☕ Cappuccino	$1.5	$4.08
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.34	$3.85
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$185	$1637
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$113	$1371
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$386	$2984
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$253	$2384
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$16.8	$157
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$25.8	$242
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$10.1	$48.4
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	14.49%	3.42%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$690	$10994
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$453	$7751
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.3	$3.48
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$7.68	$38
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$3.17	$31.2
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.29	$1.59
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.89	$1.55
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.6	$2.68
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.65	$2.54
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.51	$4.2
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.48	$18.5
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.36	$13.2
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.58	$22.2
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.49	$2.7
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.55	$2.14
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.42	$2.89
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.39	$4.01
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.48	$2.65
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.41	$2.26
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.13	$0.58
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.72	$2.06
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.33	$9.69
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.13	$1.56
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.84	$6.86
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$1.46	$9.32
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.31	$4.05
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.87	$2.4
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.69	$3.15
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$17.3	$43.3
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$2.97	$14.8
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$11	$53
💇 Haircut, simple	$2.86	$29.6
👖 Brand Jeans	$37	$76
👟 Brand Sneakers	$101	$94.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$90.2	$1477
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$1985	$16923

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Cost of Living in the nearest cities

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 Luxembourg City

Distance	City	Cost of living
15 km or 9.1 mi	Dudelange	$2266
17 km or 10 mi	Esch-sur-Alzette	$2330
19 km or 12 mi	Petange	$2205
20 km or 12 mi	Differdange	$2160
24 km or 15 mi	Arlon	$1584
28 km or 18 mi	Thionville	$1363
40 km or 25 mi	Trier	$1681
40 km or 25 mi	Merzig	$1351
52 km or 32 mi	Dillingen	$1348
55 km or 34 mi	Metz	$1359
55 km or 34 mi	Saarlouis	$1339
65 km or 40 mi	Volklingen	$1351
75 km or 47 mi	Saarbrucken	$1352
76 km or 47 mi	Sankt Wendel	$1359
79 km or 49 mi	Sankt Ingbert	$1364
81 km or 50 mi	Neunkirchen	$1368
86 km or 54 mi	Idar-Oberstein	$1528
88 km or 54 mi	Sarreguemines	$1333
91 km or 56 mi	Blieskastel	$1371
93 km or 58 mi	Homburg	$1368
97 km or 61 mi	Zweibrucken	$1498
102 km or 63 mi	Nancy	$1194
103 km or 64 mi	Charleville-Mezieres	$1356
110 km or 68 mi	Verviers	$1182
116 km or 72 mi	Pirmasens	$1486
116 km or 72 mi	Mechernich	$1486
118 km or 74 mi	Seraing	$1393
119 km or 74 mi	Liege	$1399
119 km or 74 mi	Huy	$1478
120 km or 74 mi	Kaiserslautern	$1400
122 km or 76 mi	Andenne	$1479
125 km or 78 mi	Bad Neuenahr-Ahrweiler	$1502
126 km or 78 mi	Euskirchen	$1503
127 km or 79 mi	Zulpich	$1490
127 km or 79 mi	Rheinbach	$1507
127 km or 79 mi	Bad Kreuznach	$1553
129 km or 80 mi	Stolberg	$1413
129 km or 80 mi	Andernach	$1476
130 km or 81 mi	Aachen	$1477
130 km or 81 mi	Meckenheim	$1500