Cairo vs Memphis - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Cairo	Memphis
🚶 Cost of living one person	$473	$1891
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1152	$4432
🏠 One person rent	$189	$1087
🏘️ Family rent	$325	$1566
🍽️ Food expenses	$182	$571
🚐 Transport expenses	$36.5	$87.8
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$185	$3456
😷 Air quality	Bad	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	12 km	8 km
🎓 Higher education	84	66
😀 Quality of life	60	89
🏙️ Population	9.61M	633K

The cost of living in Cairo is 75% less expensive than in Memphis. Cities ranked 8802nd and 2352nd ($473 vs $1891) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 3rd and 1822nd 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 1.8 months in Memphis. Cairo ranked 1st best city to live in Egypt vs Memphis ranked 93rd in the United States, while ranked 5895th and 293rd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Cairo vs Memphis

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	Cairo	Memphis
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$4.18	$16.4
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$19.8	$65
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.93	$11
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.57	$5.8
☕ Cappuccino	$1.7	$5.05
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.38	$2.51
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$218	$978
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$145	$882
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$394	$1417
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$259	$1286
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$17.3	$124
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$26.7	$192
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$11.8	$61.8
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	17.17%	6.37%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$869	$1517
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$517	$1503
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.31	$1.01
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$7.95	$49.4
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$2.61	$12.5
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.36	$0.76
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.99	$0.94
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.59	$2.47
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.7	$3.7
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.63	$3.09
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.96	$10.7
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.8	$9.38
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.2	$15.4
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.69	$5.28
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.76	$1.62
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.64	$5.35
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.34	$4.57
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.44	$1.75
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.42	$3.47
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.15	$1.7
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.79	$2.15
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.92	$14.9
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.32	$2.09
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.05	$7.68
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$2.14	$8.05
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.21	$4.95
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.89	$3.1
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.97	$1.33
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$19	$25.5
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$3.64	$12.5
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$10.9	$131
💇 Haircut, simple	$2.77	$13.6
👖 Brand Jeans	$39.1	$40.8
👟 Brand Sneakers	$115	$77.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$96.5	$1574
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$2311	$27140

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Cities near Cairo

Distance	City	Cost of living
5.9 km or 3.6 mi	Giza	$410
8.1 km or 5 mi	Shubra El Kheima	$422
26 km or 16 mi	Helwan	$395
46 km or 28 mi	Benha	$336
60 km or 37 mi	Shibin El Kom	$354
62 km or 39 mi	Zagazig	$345
84 km or 52 mi	Tanta	$287
93 km or 58 mi	Faiyum	$334
101 km or 63 mi	El Mahalla El Kubra	$356
111 km or 69 mi	Beni Suef	$288
111 km or 69 mi	Mansoura	$326
115 km or 71 mi	Ismailia	$295
125 km or 78 mi	Suez	$276
133 km or 83 mi	Damanhur	$274
161 km or 100 mi	Kafr El Dawwar	$330
161 km or 100 mi	Damietta	$331
166 km or 103 mi	Port Said	$306
179 km or 111 mi	Alexandria	$384
224 km or 139 mi	Minya	$348
319 km or 198 mi	Asyut	$271
347 km or 216 mi	Gaza	$695
351 km or 218 mi	Ofakim	$1867
354 km or 220 mi	Netivot	$1951
360 km or 223 mi	Sderot	$1957
361 km or 224 mi	Dahab	$517
362 km or 225 mi	Eilat	$1734
365 km or 226 mi	Ashkelon	$1850
366 km or 227 mi	Beersheba	$1645
367 km or 228 mi	Rahat	$1879
368 km or 229 mi	Aqaba	$782
379 km or 235 mi	Ashdod	$1993
379 km or 235 mi	Kiryat Gat	$2032
380 km or 236 mi	Dimona	$1910
381 km or 236 mi	El Gouna	$354
383 km or 238 mi	Kiryat Malakhi	$2027
384 km or 239 mi	Sharm El Sheikh	$589
390 km or 242 mi	Yavne	$2064
391 km or 243 mi	Sohag	$398
396 km or 246 mi	Dura	$1021
397 km or 246 mi	Rehovot	$1947

Cities near Memphis

Distance	City	Cost of living
16 km or 10 mi	Germantown	$2392
17 km or 10 mi	Bartlett	$2182
17 km or 10 mi	Southaven	$1991
19 km or 12 mi	Horn Lake	$2021
19 km or 12 mi	West Memphis	$1854
21 km or 13 mi	Olive Branch	$2087
27 km or 17 mi	Collierville	$2306
38 km or 24 mi	Atoka	$2144
94 km or 58 mi	Oxford	$1994
103 km or 64 mi	Jonesboro	$1749
115 km or 71 mi	Paragould	$1858
116 km or 72 mi	Dyersburg	$2034
119 km or 74 mi	Jackson	$1635
149 km or 92 mi	Tupelo	$1670
161 km or 100 mi	Searcy	$1837
187 km or 116 mi	Poplar Bluff	$1813
187 km or 116 mi	Cabot	$1637
197 km or 123 mi	Jacksonville	$1843
207 km or 128 mi	Sherwood	$1948
212 km or 132 mi	Starkville	$1593
213 km or 132 mi	Pine Bluff	$1878
213 km or 132 mi	North Little Rock	$2033
213 km or 132 mi	Florence	$1404
215 km or 134 mi	Greenville	$1960
219 km or 136 mi	Little Rock	$2007
223 km or 139 mi	Murray	$1818
226 km or 140 mi	Conway	$1763
230 km or 143 mi	Columbus	$1783
245 km or 153 mi	Benton	$1966
247 km or 153 mi	Cape Girardeau	$1685
249 km or 154 mi	Paducah	$1710
271 km or 168 mi	Columbia	$2041
276 km or 172 mi	Athens	$1889
279 km or 173 mi	Decatur	$1828
283 km or 176 mi	Clarksville	$2165
286 km or 178 mi	Spring Hill	$2609
288 km or 179 mi	Russellville	$1397
290 km or 180 mi	Hot Springs	$1354
295 km or 183 mi	Hopkinsville	$1830
296 km or 184 mi	Franklin	$2855