Cairo vs Munich - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	Cairo	Munich
🚶 Cost of living one person	$506	$2499
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1241	$5815
🏠 One person rent	$201	$1483
🏘️ Family rent	$352	$2594
🍽️ Food expenses	$196	$601
🚐 Transport expenses	$39.7	$248
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$199	$4507
😷 Air quality	Bad	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	12 km	23 km
🎓 Higher education	83	90
😀 Quality of life	63	94
🏙️ Population	9.8M	1.51M

The cost of living in Cairo is 80% less expensive than in Munich. Cities ranked 8680th and 889th ($506 vs $2499) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 1st in Egypt and Germany, respectively. Check Egypt vs Germany comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.4 months in Cairo compared to 1.8 months in Munich. Cairo ranked 1st best city to live in Egypt vs Munich ranked 8th in Germany, while ranked 5610th and 38th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Cairo vs Munich

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	Cairo	Munich
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$4.85	$19.1
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$22.7	$85.3
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.71	$14.4
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.81	$5.63
☕ Cappuccino	$1.87	$5
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.39	$3.86
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$221	$1499
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$159	$1182
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$401	$2689
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$292	$2147
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$18.2	$194
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$27.8	$295
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$11.1	$43.9
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	16.83%	3.76%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$918	$12913
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$518	$8949
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.36	$4.84
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$9.22	$70.4
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$2.65	$29.5
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.4	$2.02
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.04	$1.47
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.64	$2.45
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.67	$2.98
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.53	$4.44
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.31	$16.1
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.81	$11.8
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.6	$18.8
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.79	$3.93
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.85	$2.23
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.7	$2.74
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.39	$4.56
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.44	$2.05
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.43	$1.7
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.15	$0.79
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.81	$2.06
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$8.35	$7.71
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.41	$1.31
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.08	$10.2
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$2.08	$9.22
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.25	$3.78
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.9	$2.16
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.03	$1.6
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$21.8	$55.8
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.03	$16.7
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$11	$81.5
💇 Haircut, simple	$2.83	$21.6
👖 Brand Jeans	$39.3	$94.7
👟 Brand Sneakers	$121	$105
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$111	$1039
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$2645	$16629

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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 Munich

Distance	City	Cost of living
16 km or 9.6 mi	Germering	$2008
16 km or 10 mi	Unterschleiheim	$1954
17 km or 10 mi	Puchheim	$1994
17 km or 11 mi	Dachau	$1967
20 km or 13 mi	Olching	$1943
23 km or 15 mi	Starnberg	$1925
24 km or 15 mi	Furstenfeldbruck	$1918
31 km or 19 mi	Erding	$1771
31 km or 19 mi	Geretsried	$1877
32 km or 20 mi	Freising	$1806
44 km or 28 mi	Pfaffenhofen an der Ilm	$1790
47 km or 29 mi	Weilheim in Oberbayern	$1890
48 km or 30 mi	Aichach	$1827
50 km or 31 mi	Friedberg	$1864
52 km or 32 mi	Rosenheim	$1316
53 km or 33 mi	Konigsbrunn	$1853
53 km or 33 mi	Landsberg am Lech	$1840
57 km or 35 mi	Augsburg	$1983
61 km or 38 mi	Gersthofen	$1881
62 km or 38 mi	Landshut	$1785
62 km or 38 mi	Waldkraiburg	$1707
62 km or 39 mi	Neusa	$1877
71 km or 44 mi	Ingolstadt	$1819
71 km or 44 mi	Muhldorf	$1707
72 km or 45 mi	Neuburg an der Donau	$1766
76 km or 48 mi	Kaufbeuren	$1867
77 km or 48 mi	Traunreut	$1635
80 km or 50 mi	Garmisch-Partenkirchen	$2117
85 km or 53 mi	Traunstein	$1638
87 km or 54 mi	Donauworth	$1735
98 km or 61 mi	Innsbruck	$1904
103 km or 64 mi	Gunzburg	$1726
104 km or 65 mi	Kempten	$1696
105 km or 65 mi	Regensburg	$1724
105 km or 65 mi	Memmingen	$1759
110 km or 69 mi	Straubing	$1698
112 km or 70 mi	Nordlingen	$1693
114 km or 71 mi	Senden	$1699
116 km or 72 mi	Salzburg	$2009
119 km or 74 mi	Sonthofen	$1748