Cairo vs Melbourne - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	Cairo	Melbourne
🚶 Cost of living one person	$506	$2496
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1241	$6197
🏠 One person rent	$201	$1388
🏘️ Family rent	$352	$2468
🍽️ Food expenses	$196	$606
🚐 Transport expenses	$39.7	$346
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$199	$4328
😷 Air quality	Bad	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	12 km	12 km
🎓 Higher education	83	100
😀 Quality of life	63	100
🏙️ Population	9.8M	5.35M

The cost of living in Cairo is 80% less expensive than in Melbourne. Cities ranked 8680th and 893rd ($506 vs $2496) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 4th in Egypt and Australia, respectively. Check Egypt vs Australia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.4 months in Cairo compared to 1.7 months in Melbourne. Cairo ranked 1st best city to live in Egypt vs Melbourne ranked 1st in Australia, while ranked 5610th and 1st among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Cairo vs Melbourne

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	Cairo	Melbourne
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$4.85	$15.4
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$22.7	$71.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.71	$11.3
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.81	$9.06
☕ Cappuccino	$1.87	$4.04
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.39	$2.97
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$221	$1549
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$159	$1138
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$401	$2861
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$292	$2079
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$18.2	$115
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$27.8	$180
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$11.1	$52.7
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	16.83%	5.61%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$918	$7481
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$518	$6465
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.36	$3.9
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$9.22	$132
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$2.65	$19.3
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.4	$1.33
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.04	$1.73
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.64	$2.72
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.67	$2.25
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.53	$5.92
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.31	$13.2
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.81	$9.85
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.6	$15.8
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.79	$3.7
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.85	$3.25
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.7	$3.42
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.39	$4.78
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.44	$3.06
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.43	$2.73
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.15	$1.17
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.81	$2.74
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$8.35	$14.8
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.41	$5.42
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.08	$25.8
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$2.08	$8.05
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.25	$6.9
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.9	$3.3
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.03	$2.88
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$21.8	$48.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.03	$15.5
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$11	$53.7
💇 Haircut, simple	$2.83	$26.2
👖 Brand Jeans	$39.3	$80
👟 Brand Sneakers	$121	$127
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$111	$2232
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$2645	$26129

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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 Melbourne

Distance	City	Cost of living
3.2 km or 2 mi	South Yarra	$1829
24 km or 15 mi	Hoppers Crossing	$1854
25 km or 16 mi	Tarneit	$1822
29 km or 18 mi	Dandenong	$1894
34 km or 21 mi	Sunbury	$1928
37 km or 23 mi	Melton	$1906
40 km or 25 mi	Frankston	$1889
41 km or 25 mi	Berwick	$1860
42 km or 26 mi	Cranbourne	$1798
54 km or 34 mi	Pakenham	$1896
65 km or 40 mi	Geelong	$2217
102 km or 64 mi	Ballarat	$1604
134 km or 83 mi	Bendigo	$1487
144 km or 90 mi	Traralgon	$1979
164 km or 102 mi	Shepparton	$1815
226 km or 140 mi	Warrnambool	$1870
367 km or 228 mi	Mount Gambier	$1901
369 km or 230 mi	Wagga Wagga	$1583
392 km or 244 mi	Devonport	$1898
404 km or 251 mi	Griffith	$1824
444 km or 276 mi	Launceston	$1753
466 km or 290 mi	Canberra	$2223
477 km or 296 mi	Mildura	$1904
546 km or 339 mi	Goulburn	$1821
597 km or 371 mi	Hobart	$2308
628 km or 390 mi	Orange	$1477
643 km or 399 mi	Bathurst	$1699
651 km or 405 mi	Wollongong	$1695
655 km or 407 mi	Adelaide	$2338
700 km or 435 mi	Blacktown	$1710
702 km or 436 mi	Dubbo	$1867
703 km or 437 mi	Parramatta	$2482
707 km or 440 mi	Kellyville	$2050
713 km or 443 mi	Sydney	$2844
728 km or 452 mi	Dee Why	$2379
822 km or 511 mi	Newcastle	$1997
891 km or 554 mi	Whyalla	$2128
1015 km or 631 mi	Port Macquarie	$1796
1021 km or 634 mi	Armidale	$1288
1123 km or 698 mi	Coffs Harbour	$2172