Cairo vs Munich - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 01, 2024

	Cairo	Munich
🚶 Cost of living one person	$549	$2188
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1399	$5197
🏠 One person rent	$193	$1327
🏘️ Family rent	$359	$2400
🍽️ Food expenses	$234	$507
🚐 Transport expenses	$41.8	$203
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$189	$3867
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Good
✈️ Airport proximity	12 km	23 km
🎓 Higher education	83	91
😀 Quality of life	59	94
🏙️ Population	9.61M	1.49M

The cost of living in Cairo is 75% less expensive than in Munich. Cities ranked 8130th and 1315th ($549 vs $2188) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 3rd and 1st in Egypt and Germany, respectively. Check Egypt vs Germany comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.3 months in Cairo compared to 1.8 months in Munich. Cairo ranked 1st best city to live in Egypt vs Munich ranked 9th in Germany, while ranked 5556th and 48th 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	$5.45	$14.6
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$25.7	$68
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$6.4	$11
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.54	$4.78
☕ Cappuccino	$2.1	$4.32
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.37	$3.28
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$215	$1411
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$151	$1028
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$406	$2472
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$299	$1982
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$18.4	$177
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$28.2	$276
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$10.5	$45.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	12.57%	3.53%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$805	$11808
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$524	$8614
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.32	$4.02
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$9.59	$53
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$3.07	$24.2
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.37	$2
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.23	$1.37
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.85	$2.29
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.1	$2.49
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.02	$3.72
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.11	$14.4
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.42	$13.1
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.3	$17.5
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.82	$2.65
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.68	$1.75
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.58	$2.58
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.53	$2.83
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.56	$2
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.96	$2.08
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.16	$0.57
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.84	$1.72
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$8.08	$6.31
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.43	$1.1
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.39	$8.57
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$2.65	$8.17
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.42	$3.43
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.6	$1.27
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.98	$1.42
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$21.1	$45.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.9	$14.3
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$15	$74.8
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.19	$18.8
👖 Brand Jeans	$52	$95.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$131	$97.3
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$142	$922
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$2554	$18334

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Cities near Cairo

Distance	City	Cost of living
5.9 km or 3.6 mi	Giza	$513
8.1 km or 5 mi	Shubra El Kheima	$511
26 km or 16 mi	Helwan	$494
46 km or 28 mi	Benha	$490
60 km or 37 mi	Shibin El Kom	$490
62 km or 39 mi	Zagazig	$472
84 km or 52 mi	Tanta	$450
93 km or 58 mi	Faiyum	$478
101 km or 63 mi	El Mahalla El Kubra	$489
111 km or 69 mi	Beni Suef	$470
111 km or 69 mi	Mansoura	$446
115 km or 71 mi	Ismailia	$468
125 km or 78 mi	Suez	$366
133 km or 83 mi	Damanhur	$393
161 km or 100 mi	Kafr El Dawwar	$449
161 km or 100 mi	Damietta	$418
166 km or 103 mi	Port Said	$384
179 km or 111 mi	Alexandria	$495
224 km or 139 mi	Minya	$455
319 km or 198 mi	Asyut	$421
347 km or 216 mi	Gaza	$657
351 km or 218 mi	Ofakim	$1671
354 km or 220 mi	Netivot	$1725
360 km or 223 mi	Sderot	$1703
361 km or 224 mi	Dahab	$625
362 km or 225 mi	Eilat	$1583
365 km or 226 mi	Ashkelon	$1499
366 km or 227 mi	Beersheba	$1523
367 km or 228 mi	Rahat	$1687
368 km or 229 mi	Aqaba	$692
379 km or 235 mi	Ashdod	$1848
379 km or 235 mi	Kiryat Gat	$1825
380 km or 236 mi	Dimona	$1703
381 km or 236 mi	El Gouna	$440
383 km or 238 mi	Kiryat Malakhi	$1779
384 km or 239 mi	Sharm El Sheikh	$603
390 km or 242 mi	Yavne	$1826
391 km or 243 mi	Sohag	$449
396 km or 246 mi	Dura	$802
397 km or 246 mi	Rehovot	$1701

Cities near Munich

Distance	City	Cost of living
16 km or 9.6 mi	Germering	$1803
16 km or 10 mi	Unterschleiheim	$1758
17 km or 10 mi	Puchheim	$1794
17 km or 11 mi	Dachau	$1763
20 km or 13 mi	Olching	$1755
23 km or 15 mi	Starnberg	$1748
24 km or 15 mi	Furstenfeldbruck	$1728
31 km or 19 mi	Erding	$1603
31 km or 19 mi	Geretsried	$1698
32 km or 20 mi	Freising	$1608
44 km or 28 mi	Pfaffenhofen an der Ilm	$1576
47 km or 29 mi	Weilheim in Oberbayern	$1733
48 km or 30 mi	Aichach	$1634
50 km or 31 mi	Friedberg	$1668
52 km or 32 mi	Rosenheim	$1206
53 km or 33 mi	Konigsbrunn	$1660
53 km or 33 mi	Landsberg am Lech	$1646
57 km or 35 mi	Augsburg	$1751
61 km or 38 mi	Gersthofen	$1663
62 km or 38 mi	Landshut	$1560
62 km or 38 mi	Waldkraiburg	$1537
62 km or 39 mi	Neusa	$1663
71 km or 44 mi	Ingolstadt	$1481
71 km or 44 mi	Muhldorf	$1533
72 km or 45 mi	Neuburg an der Donau	$1517
76 km or 48 mi	Kaufbeuren	$1575
77 km or 48 mi	Traunreut	$1505
80 km or 50 mi	Garmisch-Partenkirchen	$1937
85 km or 53 mi	Traunstein	$1516
87 km or 54 mi	Donauworth	$1568
98 km or 61 mi	Innsbruck	$1720
103 km or 64 mi	Gunzburg	$1587
104 km or 65 mi	Kempten	$1585
105 km or 65 mi	Regensburg	$1438
105 km or 65 mi	Memmingen	$1582
110 km or 69 mi	Straubing	$1487
112 km or 70 mi	Nordlingen	$1546
114 km or 71 mi	Senden	$1585
116 km or 72 mi	Salzburg	$1691
119 km or 74 mi	Sonthofen	$1599