Cairo vs Munich - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: June 21, 2026

	Cairo	Munich
🚶 Cost of living one person	$483	$2525
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1185	$5816
🏠 One person rent	$190	$1500
🏘️ Family rent	$332	$2602
🍽️ Food expenses	$191	$604
🚐 Transport expenses	$38.7	$252
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$190	$4312
😷 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 81% less expensive than in Munich. Cities ranked 8753rd and 863rd ($483 vs $2525) 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 1.7 months in Munich. Cairo ranked 1st best city to live in Egypt vs Munich ranked 8th in Germany, while ranked 5501st and 44th 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	$4.87	$19.2
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$24.6	$79
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.58	$14.2
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.54	$5.43
☕ Cappuccino	$1.75	$4.75
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.36	$3.92
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$207	$1520
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$152	$1185
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$373	$2776
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$277	$2116
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$16.7	$206
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$25.5	$313
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$10.6	$41.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	16.04%	3.86%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$855	$13704
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$476	$9217
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.35	$4.76
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$10.1	$73.3
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$2.36	$29.4
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.38	$2.16
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.92	$1.53
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.66	$2.43
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.61	$2.97
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.35	$4.57
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.2	$16.2
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.66	$12.5
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.14	$21.6
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.7	$3.36
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.77	$2.16
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.6	$2.78
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.45	$4.65
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.41	$2.14
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.41	$1.94
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.15	$0.77
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.73	$2.35
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.42	$7.65
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.43	$1.35
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.87	$10.7
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$1.86	$10.6
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.01	$3.91
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.03	$2.11
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.91	$1.83
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$22.6	$56.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$3.74	$16.8
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$10.1	$77.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$2.53	$24.7
👖 Brand Jeans	$39.9	$99.8
👟 Brand Sneakers	$107	$102
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$100	$871
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$2716	$17274

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Cities near Cairo

Distance	City	Cost of living
5.9 km or 3.6 mi	Giza	$356
8.1 km or 5 mi	Shubra El Kheima	$414
26 km or 16 mi	Helwan	$374
46 km or 28 mi	Benha	$314
60 km or 37 mi	Shibin El Kom	$332
62 km or 39 mi	Zagazig	$325
84 km or 52 mi	Tanta	$267
93 km or 58 mi	Faiyum	$315
101 km or 63 mi	El Mahalla El Kubra	$313
111 km or 69 mi	Beni Suef	$271
111 km or 69 mi	Mansoura	$307
115 km or 71 mi	Ismailia	$279
125 km or 78 mi	Suez	$288
133 km or 83 mi	Damanhur	$267
161 km or 100 mi	Kafr El Dawwar	$316
161 km or 100 mi	Damietta	$294
166 km or 103 mi	Port Said	$288
179 km or 111 mi	Alexandria	$366
224 km or 139 mi	Minya	$324
319 km or 198 mi	Asyut	$264
347 km or 216 mi	Gaza	$862
351 km or 218 mi	Ofakim	$2038
354 km or 220 mi	Netivot	$2145
360 km or 223 mi	Sderot	$2133
361 km or 224 mi	Dahab	$429
362 km or 225 mi	Eilat	$2054
365 km or 226 mi	Ashkelon	$1845
366 km or 227 mi	Beersheba	$1810
367 km or 228 mi	Rahat	$2060
368 km or 229 mi	Aqaba	$818
379 km or 235 mi	Ashdod	$2305
379 km or 235 mi	Kiryat Gat	$2225
380 km or 236 mi	Dimona	$2014
381 km or 236 mi	El Gouna	$338
383 km or 238 mi	Kiryat Malakhi	$2283
384 km or 239 mi	Sharm El Sheikh	$555
390 km or 242 mi	Yavne	$2354
391 km or 243 mi	Sohag	$375
396 km or 246 mi	Dura	$1149
397 km or 246 mi	Rehovot	$2201

Cities near Munich

Distance	City	Cost of living
16 km or 9.6 mi	Germering	$2002
16 km or 10 mi	Unterschleiheim	$1940
17 km or 10 mi	Puchheim	$1976
17 km or 11 mi	Dachau	$1960
20 km or 13 mi	Olching	$1925
23 km or 15 mi	Starnberg	$1910
24 km or 15 mi	Furstenfeldbruck	$1890
31 km or 19 mi	Erding	$1748
31 km or 19 mi	Geretsried	$1841
32 km or 20 mi	Freising	$1770
44 km or 28 mi	Pfaffenhofen an der Ilm	$1753
47 km or 29 mi	Weilheim in Oberbayern	$1858
48 km or 30 mi	Aichach	$1790
50 km or 31 mi	Friedberg	$1835
52 km or 32 mi	Rosenheim	$1292
53 km or 33 mi	Konigsbrunn	$1816
53 km or 33 mi	Landsberg am Lech	$1789
57 km or 35 mi	Augsburg	$1938
61 km or 38 mi	Gersthofen	$1828
62 km or 38 mi	Landshut	$1731
62 km or 38 mi	Waldkraiburg	$1668
62 km or 39 mi	Neusa	$1834
71 km or 44 mi	Ingolstadt	$1788
71 km or 44 mi	Muhldorf	$1660
72 km or 45 mi	Neuburg an der Donau	$1726
76 km or 48 mi	Kaufbeuren	$1808
77 km or 48 mi	Traunreut	$1610
80 km or 50 mi	Garmisch-Partenkirchen	$2075
85 km or 53 mi	Traunstein	$1606
87 km or 54 mi	Donauworth	$1704
98 km or 61 mi	Innsbruck	$1887
103 km or 64 mi	Gunzburg	$1669
104 km or 65 mi	Kempten	$1678
105 km or 65 mi	Regensburg	$1667
105 km or 65 mi	Memmingen	$1717
110 km or 69 mi	Straubing	$1647
112 km or 70 mi	Nordlingen	$1647
114 km or 71 mi	Senden	$1636
116 km or 72 mi	Salzburg	$2003
119 km or 74 mi	Sonthofen	$1714