Cairo vs Muscat - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Cairo	Muscat
🚶 Cost of living one person	$417	$1090
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1080	$2569
🏠 One person rent	$154	$541
🏘️ Family rent	$315	$966
🍽️ Food expenses	$166	$334
🚐 Transport expenses	$38	$114
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$165	$1772
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	12 km	31 km
🎓 Higher education	83	43
😀 Quality of life	58	70
🏙️ Population	9.61M	1.42M

The cost of living in Cairo is 62% less expensive than in Muscat. Cities ranked 8923rd and 4892nd ($417 vs $1090) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 1st in Egypt and Oman, respectively. Check Egypt vs Oman comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.4 months in Cairo compared to 1.6 months in Muscat. Cairo ranked 1st best city to live in Egypt vs Muscat ranked 1st in Oman, while ranked 5545th and 2404th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Cairo vs Muscat

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	Cairo	Muscat
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$3.9	$5.18
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$18.6	$25.9
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.73	$7.86
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.26	$13
☕ Cappuccino	$1.5	$4.83
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.34	$1.03
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$185	$581
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$113	$362
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$386	$1144
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$253	$713
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$16.8	$63.4
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$25.8	$95.9
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$10.1	$71.4
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	14.49%	5.06%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$690	$1690
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$453	$1296
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.3	$1.3
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$7.68	$61.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$3.17	$9.37
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.29	$0.62
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.89	$1.77
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.6	$1.16
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.65	$1.78
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.51	$2.44
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.48	$4.1
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.36	$5.37
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.58	$9.25
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.49	$2.58
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.55	$1.76
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.42	$1.83
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.39	$1.18
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.48	$0.95
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.41	$0.97
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.13	$0.36
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.72	$2.2
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.33	$18.1
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.13	$4.37
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.84	$6.24
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$1.46	$5.32
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.31	$5.33
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.87	$2.14
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.69	$5
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$17.3	$48.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$2.97	$10.5
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$11	$37.8
💇 Haircut, simple	$2.86	$8.76
👖 Brand Jeans	$37	$55.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$101	$85.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$90.2	$198
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$1985	$10296

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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 Muscat

Distance	City	Cost of living
44 km or 27 mi	Seeb	$967
132 km or 82 mi	Nizwa	$780
277 km or 172 mi	Chabahar	$585
284 km or 177 mi	Fujairah	$1239
297 km or 184 mi	Al Ain	$1844
356 km or 221 mi	Ras al-Khaimah	$1540
372 km or 231 mi	Ajman	$2240
375 km or 233 mi	Umm al-Quwain	$1196
377 km or 235 mi	Sharjah	$1494
380 km or 236 mi	Dubai	$2379
439 km or 273 mi	Abu Dhabi	$1828
451 km or 280 mi	Iranshahr	$605
463 km or 288 mi	Bandar Abbas	$634
503 km or 313 mi	Madinat Zayed	$1721
569 km or 354 mi	Jiroft	$518
611 km or 380 mi	Bam	$515
691 km or 429 mi	Zahedan	$829
711 km or 442 mi	Sirjan	$514
739 km or 459 mi	Doha	$1779
740 km or 460 mi	Jahrom	$547
752 km or 467 mi	Al Khor	$1709
757 km or 470 mi	Kerman	$464
770 km or 479 mi	Fasa	$548
797 km or 495 mi	Rafsanjan	$507
858 km or 533 mi	Riffa	$1223
858 km or 533 mi	Manama	$1280
860 km or 534 mi	Isa Town	$1243
865 km or 537 mi	Karachi	$442
870 km or 541 mi	Salalah	$809
873 km or 543 mi	Zabol	$552
898 km or 558 mi	Shiraz	$589
901 km or 560 mi	Dhahran	$1068
902 km or 561 mi	Marvdasht	$563
911 km or 566 mi	Dammam	$1056
926 km or 575 mi	Al-Mubarraz	$804
938 km or 583 mi	Qatif	$897
960 km or 596 mi	Kazerun	$557
966 km or 600 mi	Borazjan	$546
973 km or 604 mi	Jubail	$901
976 km or 606 mi	Bushehr	$551