Cairo vs Medan - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: July 09, 2025

	Cairo	Medan
🚶 Cost of living one person	$430	$479
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1055	$1240
🏠 One person rent	$163	$191
🏘️ Family rent	$278	$303
🍽️ Food expenses	$171	$175
🚐 Transport expenses	$34.6	$36.2
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$175	$228
😷 Air quality	Bad	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	12 km	12 km
🎓 Higher education	83	53
😀 Quality of life	57	61
🏙️ Population	9.61M	2.11M

The cost of living in Cairo is 10% less expensive than in Medan. Cities ranked 8922nd and 8796th ($430 vs $479) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 4th and 46th in Egypt and Indonesia, respectively. Check Egypt vs Indonesia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.4 months in Cairo compared to 0.5 months in Medan. Cairo ranked 1st best city to live in Egypt vs Medan ranked 5th in Indonesia, while ranked 5902nd and 5424th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Cairo vs Medan

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	Cairo	Medan
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$3.83	$1.86
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$18.9	$10.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.7	$3.21
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.41	$1.55
☕ Cappuccino	$1.53	$1.78
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.37	$0.42
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$190	$175
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$120	$89.1
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$336	$316
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$215	$161
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$17.8	$51
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$27.3	$78.1
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$11.2	$33.7
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	16.96%	9.17%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$823	$1371
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$480	$618
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.3	$0.31
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$8.46	$9.86
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$2.33	$2.33
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.32	$0.84
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.92	$1.21
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.58	$1.17
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.66	$0.85
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.53	$1.54
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.6	$9.56
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.44	$3.85
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.64	$7.01
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.54	$2.28
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.62	$1.03
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.51	$1.5
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.39	$0.93
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.47	$0.72
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.43	$1.3
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.14	$0.32
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.76	$1.13
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.76	$6.8
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.23	$1.37
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.96	$2.46
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$2.03	$2
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.11	$2.42
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.85	$0.82
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.92	$0.77
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$18.4	$23.8
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$3.4	$3.57
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$11	$15.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$2.65	$2.75
👖 Brand Jeans	$37.2	$65.7
👟 Brand Sneakers	$106	$118
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$92.4	$126
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$2060	$10829

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Cities near Cairo

Distance	City	Cost of living
5.9 km or 3.6 mi	Giza	$398
8.1 km or 5 mi	Shubra El Kheima	$397
26 km or 16 mi	Helwan	$380
46 km or 28 mi	Benha	$316
60 km or 37 mi	Shibin El Kom	$345
62 km or 39 mi	Zagazig	$330
84 km or 52 mi	Tanta	$302
93 km or 58 mi	Faiyum	$364
101 km or 63 mi	El Mahalla El Kubra	$318
111 km or 69 mi	Beni Suef	$364
111 km or 69 mi	Mansoura	$307
115 km or 71 mi	Ismailia	$280
125 km or 78 mi	Suez	$281
133 km or 83 mi	Damanhur	$259
161 km or 100 mi	Kafr El Dawwar	$312
161 km or 100 mi	Damietta	$299
166 km or 103 mi	Port Said	$291
179 km or 111 mi	Alexandria	$358
224 km or 139 mi	Minya	$355
319 km or 198 mi	Asyut	$277
347 km or 216 mi	Gaza	$676
351 km or 218 mi	Ofakim	$1822
354 km or 220 mi	Netivot	$1893
360 km or 223 mi	Sderot	$1902
361 km or 224 mi	Dahab	$497
362 km or 225 mi	Eilat	$1644
365 km or 226 mi	Ashkelon	$1775
366 km or 227 mi	Beersheba	$1586
367 km or 228 mi	Rahat	$1827
368 km or 229 mi	Aqaba	$775
379 km or 235 mi	Ashdod	$1944
379 km or 235 mi	Kiryat Gat	$1979
380 km or 236 mi	Dimona	$1851
381 km or 236 mi	El Gouna	$365
383 km or 238 mi	Kiryat Malakhi	$1963
384 km or 239 mi	Sharm El Sheikh	$581
390 km or 242 mi	Yavne	$1995
391 km or 243 mi	Sohag	$404
396 km or 246 mi	Dura	$1010
397 km or 246 mi	Rehovot	$1898

Cities near Medan

Distance	City	Cost of living
21 km or 13 mi	Binjai	$469
67 km or 41 mi	Tebing Tinggi	$472
90 km or 56 mi	Pematangsiantar	$483
119 km or 74 mi	Langsa	$459
148 km or 92 mi	Tanjungbalai	$500
238 km or 148 mi	Lhokseumawe	$432
264 km or 164 mi	Teluk Intan	$651
264 km or 164 mi	Taiping	$552
264 km or 164 mi	Padangsidempuan	$582
268 km or 166 mi	George Town	$680
269 km or 167 mi	Butterworth	$646
286 km or 178 mi	Ipoh	$656
298 km or 185 mi	Sungai Petani	$626
307 km or 191 mi	Gunungsitoli	$573
317 km or 197 mi	Klang	$708
322 km or 200 mi	Ko Lipe	$754
324 km or 201 mi	Langkawi	$568
325 km or 202 mi	Shah Alam	$685
331 km or 206 mi	Alor Setar	$517
332 km or 206 mi	Subang Jaya	$792
332 km or 206 mi	Petaling Jaya	$731
341 km or 212 mi	Kuala Lumpur	$874
342 km or 212 mi	Cyberjaya	$611
345 km or 215 mi	Putrajaya	$589
352 km or 219 mi	Kangar	$563
378 km or 235 mi	Seremban	$631
381 km or 237 mi	Dumai	$544
422 km or 262 mi	Hat Yai	$594
426 km or 265 mi	Banda Aceh	$394
431 km or 268 mi	Malacca	$694
445 km or 277 mi	Ko Lanta	$803
466 km or 289 mi	Pekanbaru	$540
468 km or 291 mi	Muar	$761
470 km or 292 mi	Phuket	$1005
483 km or 300 mi	Kota Bharu	$528
487 km or 303 mi	Ao Nang	$813
489 km or 304 mi	Krabi	$806
515 km or 320 mi	Batu Pahat	$784
518 km or 322 mi	Kuantan	$554
529 km or 329 mi	Kuala Terengganu	$538