Cairo vs Nashville - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Cairo	Nashville
🚶 Cost of living one person	$424	$2649
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1086	$6134
🏠 One person rent	$162	$1700
🏘️ Family rent	$325	$3035
🍽️ Food expenses	$168	$651
🚐 Transport expenses	$34.4	$128
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$152	$4686
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	12 km	11 km
🎓 Higher education	83	78
😀 Quality of life	57	88
🏙️ Population	9.61M	689K

The cost of living in Cairo is 84% less expensive than in Nashville. Cities ranked 8926th and 514th ($424 vs $2649) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 455th in Egypt and the United States, respectively. Check Egypt vs the United States comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.4 months in Cairo compared to 1.8 months in Nashville. Cairo ranked 1st best city to live in Egypt vs Nashville ranked 56th in the United States, while ranked 5583rd and 226th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Cairo vs Nashville

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	Cairo	Nashville
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$3.97	$17.8
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$19.3	$75.5
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.24	$10.1
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.41	$6.53
☕ Cappuccino	$1.56	$5.14
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.34	$2.62
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$197	$1820
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$121	$1457
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$389	$3716
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$266	$2584
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$16.3	$99.3
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$24.9	$154
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$9.49	$71.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	13.85%	6.52%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$626	$3565
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$388	$3245
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.21	$2.25
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$7.83	$69.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$2.73	$17.3
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.27	$0.85
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.92	$1.09
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.63	$3.81
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.7	$5.09
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.5	$3.19
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.41	$13
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.58	$14.6
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.04	$16
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.5	$5.51
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.48	$1.8
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.33	$5.57
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.34	$4.63
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.44	$3.17
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.47	$3.14
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.13	$1.46
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.71	$3.21
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$6.78	$15.6
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.2	$1.85
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.84	$7.44
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$1.51	$10.4
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.23	$5.77
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.09	$4.7
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.61	$1.9
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$17.8	$49.1
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$3.21	$15.1
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$12	$113
💇 Haircut, simple	$2.75	$27.4
👖 Brand Jeans	$37.9	$58.8
👟 Brand Sneakers	$98.3	$93.8
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$92.9	$1194
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$1916	$20657

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Cities near Cairo

Distance	City	Cost of living
5.9 km or 3.6 mi	Giza	$323
8.1 km or 5 mi	Shubra El Kheima	$374
26 km or 16 mi	Helwan	$345
46 km or 28 mi	Benha	$335
60 km or 37 mi	Shibin El Kom	$323
62 km or 39 mi	Zagazig	$327
84 km or 52 mi	Tanta	$315
93 km or 58 mi	Faiyum	$339
101 km or 63 mi	El Mahalla El Kubra	$331
111 km or 69 mi	Beni Suef	$334
111 km or 69 mi	Mansoura	$306
115 km or 71 mi	Ismailia	$310
125 km or 78 mi	Suez	$303
133 km or 83 mi	Damanhur	$308
161 km or 100 mi	Kafr El Dawwar	$299
161 km or 100 mi	Damietta	$291
166 km or 103 mi	Port Said	$282
179 km or 111 mi	Alexandria	$310
224 km or 139 mi	Minya	$357
319 km or 198 mi	Asyut	$306
347 km or 216 mi	Gaza	$609
351 km or 218 mi	Ofakim	$1607
354 km or 220 mi	Netivot	$1713
360 km or 223 mi	Sderot	$1727
361 km or 224 mi	Dahab	$393
362 km or 225 mi	Eilat	$1536
365 km or 226 mi	Ashkelon	$1671
366 km or 227 mi	Beersheba	$1372
367 km or 228 mi	Rahat	$1632
368 km or 229 mi	Aqaba	$694
379 km or 235 mi	Ashdod	$1775
379 km or 235 mi	Kiryat Gat	$1754
380 km or 236 mi	Dimona	$1657
381 km or 236 mi	El Gouna	$294
383 km or 238 mi	Kiryat Malakhi	$1771
384 km or 239 mi	Sharm El Sheikh	$499
390 km or 242 mi	Yavne	$1815
391 km or 243 mi	Sohag	$350
396 km or 246 mi	Dura	$847
397 km or 246 mi	Rehovot	$1741

Cities near Nashville

Distance	City	Cost of living
19 km or 12 mi	Brentwood	$2466
22 km or 14 mi	Hendersonville	$2384
25 km or 15 mi	Mount Juliet	$2371
26 km or 16 mi	La Vergne	$2339
27 km or 17 mi	Franklin	$2670
31 km or 19 mi	Smyrna	$2270
38 km or 24 mi	Gallatin	$2303
41 km or 26 mi	Lebanon	$2275
47 km or 29 mi	Spring Hill	$2552
50 km or 31 mi	Murfreesboro	$2038
66 km or 41 mi	Columbia	$2028
66 km or 41 mi	Clarksville	$1607
81 km or 50 mi	Shelbyville	$2246
96 km or 59 mi	Bowling Green	$1788
99 km or 62 mi	Hopkinsville	$1805
114 km or 71 mi	Tompkinsville	$1780
115 km or 71 mi	Cookeville	$2081
146 km or 91 mi	Murray	$1802
154 km or 95 mi	Athens	$1926
161 km or 100 mi	Madison	$2098
162 km or 101 mi	Huntsville	$2134
169 km or 105 mi	Florence	$1323
177 km or 110 mi	Decatur	$1854
180 km or 112 mi	Owensboro	$1651
185 km or 115 mi	Chattanooga	$1956
189 km or 118 mi	Elizabethtown	$1703
191 km or 119 mi	East Ridge	$2014
193 km or 120 mi	Jackson	$1687
193 km or 120 mi	Paducah	$1708
199 km or 124 mi	Henderson	$1764
200 km or 124 mi	Radcliff	$1911
205 km or 127 mi	Cleveland	$2035
213 km or 132 mi	Evansville	$1746
218 km or 135 mi	Albertville	$1780
219 km or 136 mi	Somerset	$1317
226 km or 140 mi	Dalton	$1627
227 km or 141 mi	Oak Ridge	$2123
234 km or 145 mi	Dyersburg	$1995
237 km or 147 mi	Farragut	$2119
250 km or 155 mi	Gadsden	$1542