Cairo vs Munich - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Cairo	Munich
🚶 Cost of living one person	$417	$2201
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1080	$5311
🏠 One person rent	$154	$1313
🏘️ Family rent	$315	$2479
🍽️ Food expenses	$166	$524
🚐 Transport expenses	$38	$211
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$165	$3560
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	12 km	23 km
🎓 Higher education	83	90
😀 Quality of life	58	93
🏙️ Population	9.61M	1.51M

The cost of living in Cairo is 81% less expensive than in Munich. Cities ranked 8923rd and 1352nd ($417 vs $2201) 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 1.6 months in Munich. Cairo ranked 1st best city to live in Egypt vs Munich ranked 8th in Germany, while ranked 5545th and 54th 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	$3.9	$16.2
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$18.6	$69.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.73	$12.6
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.26	$4.92
☕ Cappuccino	$1.5	$4.32
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.34	$3.69
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$185	$1323
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$113	$1006
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$386	$2618
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$253	$2005
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$16.8	$205
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$25.8	$313
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$10.1	$38.8
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	14.49%	3.97%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$690	$12224
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$453	$8488
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.3	$4.1
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$7.68	$59.5
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$3.17	$24.8
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.29	$1.85
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.89	$1.36
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.6	$2.12
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.65	$2.7
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.51	$3.7
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.48	$14.8
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.36	$11.7
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.58	$18.9
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.49	$2.88
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.55	$1.86
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.42	$2.53
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.39	$3.62
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.48	$1.85
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.41	$1.56
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.13	$0.57
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.72	$1.83
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.33	$6.83
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.13	$1.1
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.84	$9.08
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$1.46	$8.17
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.31	$3.34
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.87	$1.92
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.69	$1.42
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$17.3	$52.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$2.97	$13.5
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$11	$73.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$2.86	$22.5
👖 Brand Jeans	$37	$92.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$101	$97.9
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$90.2	$953
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$1985	$14702

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Cost of Living in the nearest cities

Cities near Cairo

Distance	City	Cost of living
5.9 km or 3.6 mi	Giza	$318
8.1 km or 5 mi	Shubra El Kheima	$365
26 km or 16 mi	Helwan	$335
46 km or 28 mi	Benha	$300
60 km or 37 mi	Shibin El Kom	$305
62 km or 39 mi	Zagazig	$307
84 km or 52 mi	Tanta	$288
93 km or 58 mi	Faiyum	$325
101 km or 63 mi	El Mahalla El Kubra	$269
111 km or 69 mi	Beni Suef	$319
111 km or 69 mi	Mansoura	$301
115 km or 71 mi	Ismailia	$295
125 km or 78 mi	Suez	$272
133 km or 83 mi	Damanhur	$268
161 km or 100 mi	Kafr El Dawwar	$289
161 km or 100 mi	Damietta	$298
166 km or 103 mi	Port Said	$276
179 km or 111 mi	Alexandria	$316
224 km or 139 mi	Minya	$339
319 km or 198 mi	Asyut	$290
347 km or 216 mi	Gaza	$640
351 km or 218 mi	Ofakim	$1684
354 km or 220 mi	Netivot	$1742
360 km or 223 mi	Sderot	$1732
361 km or 224 mi	Dahab	$381
362 km or 225 mi	Eilat	$1577
365 km or 226 mi	Ashkelon	$1511
366 km or 227 mi	Beersheba	$1471
367 km or 228 mi	Rahat	$1686
368 km or 229 mi	Aqaba	$809
379 km or 235 mi	Ashdod	$1837
379 km or 235 mi	Kiryat Gat	$1757
380 km or 236 mi	Dimona	$1716
381 km or 236 mi	El Gouna	$336
383 km or 238 mi	Kiryat Malakhi	$1809
384 km or 239 mi	Sharm El Sheikh	$464
390 km or 242 mi	Yavne	$1884
391 km or 243 mi	Sohag	$360
396 km or 246 mi	Dura	$813
397 km or 246 mi	Rehovot	$1811

Cities near Munich

Distance	City	Cost of living
16 km or 9.6 mi	Germering	$1789
16 km or 10 mi	Unterschleiheim	$1746
17 km or 10 mi	Puchheim	$1772
17 km or 11 mi	Dachau	$1755
20 km or 13 mi	Olching	$1730
23 km or 15 mi	Starnberg	$1727
24 km or 15 mi	Furstenfeldbruck	$1711
31 km or 19 mi	Erding	$1631
31 km or 19 mi	Geretsried	$1679
32 km or 20 mi	Freising	$1611
44 km or 28 mi	Pfaffenhofen an der Ilm	$1568
47 km or 29 mi	Weilheim in Oberbayern	$1700
48 km or 30 mi	Aichach	$1613
50 km or 31 mi	Friedberg	$1644
52 km or 32 mi	Rosenheim	$1164
53 km or 33 mi	Konigsbrunn	$1638
53 km or 33 mi	Landsberg am Lech	$1637
57 km or 35 mi	Augsburg	$1728
61 km or 38 mi	Gersthofen	$1644
62 km or 38 mi	Landshut	$1569
62 km or 38 mi	Waldkraiburg	$1541
62 km or 39 mi	Neusa	$1645
71 km or 44 mi	Ingolstadt	$1465
71 km or 44 mi	Muhldorf	$1537
72 km or 45 mi	Neuburg an der Donau	$1508
76 km or 48 mi	Kaufbeuren	$1698
77 km or 48 mi	Traunreut	$1517
80 km or 50 mi	Garmisch-Partenkirchen	$1911
85 km or 53 mi	Traunstein	$1540
87 km or 54 mi	Donauworth	$1544
98 km or 61 mi	Innsbruck	$1636
103 km or 64 mi	Gunzburg	$1538
104 km or 65 mi	Kempten	$1502
105 km or 65 mi	Regensburg	$1627
105 km or 65 mi	Memmingen	$1565
110 km or 69 mi	Straubing	$1522
112 km or 70 mi	Nordlingen	$1509
114 km or 71 mi	Senden	$1516
116 km or 72 mi	Salzburg	$1672
119 km or 74 mi	Sonthofen	$1560