Cairo vs New York City - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Cairo	New York City
🚶 Cost of living one person	$473	$4203
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1152	$9136
🏠 One person rent	$189	$2713
🏘️ Family rent	$325	$4396
🍽️ Food expenses	$182	$874
🚐 Transport expenses	$36.5	$379
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$185	$5599
😷 Air quality	Bad	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	12 km	13 km
🎓 Higher education	84	100
😀 Quality of life	60	98
🏙️ Population	9.61M	8.8M

The cost of living in Cairo is 89% less expensive than in New York City. Cities ranked 8802nd and 4th ($473 vs $4203) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 3rd and 2nd 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 1.3 months in New York City. Cairo ranked 1st best city to live in Egypt vs New York City ranked 1st in the United States, while ranked 5895th and 11th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Cairo vs New York City

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	Cairo	New York City
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$4.18	$23.2
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$19.8	$92.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.93	$14
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.57	$8.67
☕ Cappuccino	$1.7	$6.18
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.38	$3.07
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$218	$3669
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$145	$2221
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$394	$5076
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$259	$3880
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$17.3	$137
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$26.7	$211
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$11.8	$66.2
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	17.17%	6.42%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$869	$15299
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$517	$11127
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.31	$2.93
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$7.95	$134
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$2.61	$25
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.36	$0.9
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.99	$1.58
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.59	$4.49
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.7	$6.71
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.63	$7.75
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.96	$19.9
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.8	$15.9
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.2	$19.5
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.69	$7.19
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.76	$2.5
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.64	$5.91
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.34	$6.35
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.44	$3.38
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.42	$3.71
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.15	$1.66
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.79	$3.76
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.92	$18.1
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.32	$4.3
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.05	$18.8
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$2.14	$23.2
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.21	$13.9
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.89	$8.03
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.97	$2.87
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$19	$128
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$3.64	$20.7
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$10.9	$157
💇 Haircut, simple	$2.77	$37.3
👖 Brand Jeans	$39.1	$63.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$115	$119
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$96.5	$1884
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$2311	$22663

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Cities near Cairo

Distance	City	Cost of living
5.9 km or 3.6 mi	Giza	$410
8.1 km or 5 mi	Shubra El Kheima	$422
26 km or 16 mi	Helwan	$395
46 km or 28 mi	Benha	$336
60 km or 37 mi	Shibin El Kom	$354
62 km or 39 mi	Zagazig	$345
84 km or 52 mi	Tanta	$287
93 km or 58 mi	Faiyum	$334
101 km or 63 mi	El Mahalla El Kubra	$356
111 km or 69 mi	Beni Suef	$288
111 km or 69 mi	Mansoura	$326
115 km or 71 mi	Ismailia	$295
125 km or 78 mi	Suez	$276
133 km or 83 mi	Damanhur	$274
161 km or 100 mi	Kafr El Dawwar	$330
161 km or 100 mi	Damietta	$331
166 km or 103 mi	Port Said	$306
179 km or 111 mi	Alexandria	$384
224 km or 139 mi	Minya	$348
319 km or 198 mi	Asyut	$271
347 km or 216 mi	Gaza	$695
351 km or 218 mi	Ofakim	$1867
354 km or 220 mi	Netivot	$1951
360 km or 223 mi	Sderot	$1957
361 km or 224 mi	Dahab	$517
362 km or 225 mi	Eilat	$1734
365 km or 226 mi	Ashkelon	$1850
366 km or 227 mi	Beersheba	$1645
367 km or 228 mi	Rahat	$1879
368 km or 229 mi	Aqaba	$782
379 km or 235 mi	Ashdod	$1993
379 km or 235 mi	Kiryat Gat	$2032
380 km or 236 mi	Dimona	$1910
381 km or 236 mi	El Gouna	$354
383 km or 238 mi	Kiryat Malakhi	$2027
384 km or 239 mi	Sharm El Sheikh	$589
390 km or 242 mi	Yavne	$2064
391 km or 243 mi	Sohag	$398
396 km or 246 mi	Dura	$1021
397 km or 246 mi	Rehovot	$1947

Cities near New York City

Distance	City	Cost of living
11 km or 6.6 mi	Astoria	$2569
11 km or 6.8 mi	Hoboken	$3364
11 km or 7.1 mi	Jersey	$3066
13 km or 8.3 mi	Union	$2913
14 km or 8.8 mi	West New York	$2733
14 km or 8.9 mi	Bayonne	$3253
15 km or 9.6 mi	North Bergen	$2717
17 km or 10 mi	Secaucus	$2783
17 km or 11 mi	Cliffside Park	$2727
18 km or 11 mi	Kearny	$2725
20 km or 12 mi	Valley Stream	$2735
20 km or 13 mi	Fort Lee	$2811
20 km or 13 mi	Lyndhurst	$2671
22 km or 14 mi	Newark	$2712
23 km or 14 mi	Elizabeth	$2765
23 km or 14 mi	Belleville	$2538
25 km or 15 mi	Hillside	$2688
25 km or 15 mi	Long Beach	$2756
25 km or 15 mi	Nutley	$2545
25 km or 16 mi	East Orange	$2475
25 km or 16 mi	Irvington	$2614
26 km or 16 mi	Rockville Centre	$2647
26 km or 16 mi	Linden	$2770
26 km or 16 mi	Hackensack	$2705
26 km or 16 mi	Bloomfield	$2513
26 km or 16 mi	Teaneck	$2749
26 km or 16 mi	Carteret	$2774
26 km or 16 mi	Passaic	$2695
27 km or 17 mi	Roselle	$2769
27 km or 17 mi	Hempstead	$2655
28 km or 17 mi	Union Township	$2730
28 km or 18 mi	Clifton	$2718
28 km or 18 mi	Maplewood	$2609
29 km or 18 mi	Montclair	$2506
29 km or 18 mi	Bergenfield	$2723
29 km or 18 mi	Mount Vernon	$2911
30 km or 18 mi	Rahway	$2779
30 km or 18 mi	Uniondale	$2680
30 km or 18 mi	West Orange	$2470
30 km or 18 mi	New Rochelle	$3174