Cairo vs Nashville - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	Cairo	Nashville
🚶 Cost of living one person	$506	$2477
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1241	$5858
🏠 One person rent	$201	$1560
🏘️ Family rent	$352	$2701
🍽️ Food expenses	$196	$618
🚐 Transport expenses	$39.7	$137
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$199	$4433
😷 Air quality	Bad	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	12 km	11 km
🎓 Higher education	83	78
😀 Quality of life	63	89
🏙️ Population	9.8M	689K

The cost of living in Cairo is 80% less expensive than in Nashville. Cities ranked 8680th and 924th ($506 vs $2477) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 798th 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 77th in the United States, while ranked 5610th and 281st 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	$4.85	$15.2
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$22.7	$67.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.71	$10.7
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.81	$7.05
☕ Cappuccino	$1.87	$6.59
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.39	$2.93
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$221	$1694
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$159	$1277
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$401	$3027
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$292	$2283
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$18.2	$128
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$27.8	$198
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$11.1	$71.7
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	16.83%	6.24%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$918	$4118
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$518	$2822
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.36	$2
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$9.22	$62.5
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$2.65	$22.4
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.4	$0.8
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.04	$1.09
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.64	$3.51
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.67	$3.77
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.53	$4.23
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.31	$12
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.81	$12.6
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.6	$17.6
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.79	$4.38
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.85	$1.52
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.7	$4.49
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.39	$4.67
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.44	$2.58
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.43	$3.26
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.15	$1.68
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.81	$3.4
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$8.35	$16.2
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.41	$2.77
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.08	$9.4
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$2.08	$10.5
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.25	$6.03
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.9	$4.55
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.03	$1.64
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$21.8	$47.1
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.03	$16.5
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$11	$94.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$2.83	$24.2
👖 Brand Jeans	$39.3	$55.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$121	$101
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$111	$1416
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$2645	$30241

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Cities near Cairo

Distance	City	Cost of living
5.9 km or 3.6 mi	Giza	$394
8.1 km or 5 mi	Shubra El Kheima	$443
26 km or 16 mi	Helwan	$402
46 km or 28 mi	Benha	$343
60 km or 37 mi	Shibin El Kom	$361
62 km or 39 mi	Zagazig	$351
84 km or 52 mi	Tanta	$294
93 km or 58 mi	Faiyum	$340
101 km or 63 mi	El Mahalla El Kubra	$343
111 km or 69 mi	Beni Suef	$297
111 km or 69 mi	Mansoura	$335
115 km or 71 mi	Ismailia	$300
125 km or 78 mi	Suez	$288
133 km or 83 mi	Damanhur	$282
161 km or 100 mi	Kafr El Dawwar	$341
161 km or 100 mi	Damietta	$323
166 km or 103 mi	Port Said	$319
179 km or 111 mi	Alexandria	$400
224 km or 139 mi	Minya	$356
319 km or 198 mi	Asyut	$283
347 km or 216 mi	Gaza	$776
351 km or 218 mi	Ofakim	$1936
354 km or 220 mi	Netivot	$2022
360 km or 223 mi	Sderot	$1993
361 km or 224 mi	Dahab	$479
362 km or 225 mi	Eilat	$1853
365 km or 226 mi	Ashkelon	$1761
366 km or 227 mi	Beersheba	$1700
367 km or 228 mi	Rahat	$1962
368 km or 229 mi	Aqaba	$800
379 km or 235 mi	Ashdod	$2145
379 km or 235 mi	Kiryat Gat	$2079
380 km or 236 mi	Dimona	$2002
381 km or 236 mi	El Gouna	$360
383 km or 238 mi	Kiryat Malakhi	$2105
384 km or 239 mi	Sharm El Sheikh	$598
390 km or 242 mi	Yavne	$2172
391 km or 243 mi	Sohag	$415
396 km or 246 mi	Dura	$1062
397 km or 246 mi	Rehovot	$2066

Cities near Nashville

Distance	City	Cost of living
19 km or 12 mi	Brentwood	$2519
22 km or 14 mi	Hendersonville	$2338
25 km or 15 mi	Mount Juliet	$2319
26 km or 16 mi	La Vergne	$2314
27 km or 17 mi	Franklin	$2822
31 km or 19 mi	Smyrna	$2257
38 km or 24 mi	Gallatin	$2278
41 km or 26 mi	Lebanon	$2229
47 km or 29 mi	Spring Hill	$2366
50 km or 31 mi	Murfreesboro	$2035
66 km or 41 mi	Columbia	$2023
66 km or 41 mi	Clarksville	$2085
81 km or 50 mi	Shelbyville	$2210
96 km or 59 mi	Bowling Green	$1747
99 km or 62 mi	Hopkinsville	$1815
114 km or 71 mi	Tompkinsville	$1790
115 km or 71 mi	Cookeville	$1885
146 km or 91 mi	Murray	$1817
154 km or 95 mi	Athens	$1852
161 km or 100 mi	Madison	$1937
162 km or 101 mi	Huntsville	$1924
169 km or 105 mi	Florence	$1425
177 km or 110 mi	Decatur	$1718
180 km or 112 mi	Owensboro	$1586
185 km or 115 mi	Chattanooga	$2090
189 km or 118 mi	Elizabethtown	$1720
191 km or 119 mi	East Ridge	$2109
193 km or 120 mi	Jackson	$1745
193 km or 120 mi	Paducah	$1703
199 km or 124 mi	Henderson	$1766
200 km or 124 mi	Radcliff	$1895
205 km or 127 mi	Cleveland	$2080
213 km or 132 mi	Evansville	$2073
218 km or 135 mi	Albertville	$1808
219 km or 136 mi	Somerset	$1355
226 km or 140 mi	Dalton	$1593
227 km or 141 mi	Oak Ridge	$1339
234 km or 145 mi	Dyersburg	$2070
237 km or 147 mi	Farragut	$1904
250 km or 155 mi	Gadsden	$1581