Cairo vs Nizhny Novgorod - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Cairo	Nizhny Novgorod
🚶 Cost of living one person	$473	$882
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1152	$2140
🏠 One person rent	$189	$430
🏘️ Family rent	$325	$758
🍽️ Food expenses	$182	$308
🚐 Transport expenses	$36.5	$50.5
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$185	$721
😷 Air quality	Bad	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	12 km	13 km
🎓 Higher education	84	46
😀 Quality of life	60	60
🏙️ Population	9.61M	1.2M

The cost of living in Cairo is 46% less expensive than in Nizhny Novgorod. Cities ranked 8802nd and 6322nd ($473 vs $882) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 3rd and 14th in Egypt and Russia, respectively. Check Egypt vs Russia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.4 months in Cairo compared to 0.8 months in Nizhny Novgorod. Cairo ranked 1st best city to live in Egypt vs Nizhny Novgorod ranked 14th in Russia, while ranked 5895th and 5937th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Cairo vs Nizhny Novgorod

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	Cairo	Nizhny Novgorod
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$4.18	$11.6
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$19.8	$37
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.93	$5.79
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.57	$0.97
☕ Cappuccino	$1.7	$2.44
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.38	$1.29
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$218	$495
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$145	$320
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$394	$879
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$259	$588
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$17.3	$67.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$26.7	$105
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$11.8	$7.16
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	17.17%	18.87%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$869	$2854
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$517	$1848
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.31	$0.49
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$7.95	$15.5
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$2.61	$6.2
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.36	$0.73
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.99	$1.05
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.59	$0.6
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.7	$1.27
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.63	$1.49
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.96	$10.4
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.8	$5.15
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.2	$9.31
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.69	$1.68
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.76	$1.63
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.64	$1.9
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.34	$2.7
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.44	$0.67
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.42	$0.65
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.15	$0.48
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.79	$1.5
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.92	$8.62
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.32	$1.07
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.05	$2.68
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$2.14	$8.18
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.21	$3.13
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.89	$1.36
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.97	$1.27
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$19	$28.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$3.64	$6.15
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$10.9	$16
💇 Haircut, simple	$2.77	$5.62
👖 Brand Jeans	$39.1	$77.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$115	$129
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$96.5	$327
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$2311	$3800

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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 Nizhny Novgorod

Distance	City	Cost of living
36 km or 22 mi	Dzerzhinsk	$697
198 km or 123 mi	Ivanovo	$615
202 km or 125 mi	Cheboksary	$772
223 km or 139 mi	Vladimir	$650
241 km or 150 mi	Yoshkar-Ola	$693
245 km or 152 mi	Kostroma	$765
250 km or 155 mi	Saransk	$719
290 km or 180 mi	Yaroslavl	$672
323 km or 200 mi	Kazan	$868
331 km or 205 mi	Ryazan	$692
350 km or 217 mi	Elektrostal	$863
353 km or 220 mi	Penza	$537
355 km or 221 mi	Ulyanovsk	$641
366 km or 227 mi	Rybinsk	$678
380 km or 236 mi	Balashikha	$898
386 km or 240 mi	Korolyov	$831
387 km or 240 mi	Lyubertsy	$917
391 km or 243 mi	Mytishchi	$800
402 km or 250 mi	Moscow	$1438
403 km or 250 mi	Vologda	$544
410 km or 255 mi	Khimki	$914
415 km or 258 mi	Podolsk	$876
418 km or 260 mi	Krasnogorsk	$915
421 km or 262 mi	Kirov	$536
434 km or 270 mi	Tambov	$672
453 km or 281 mi	Syzran	$692
466 km or 289 mi	Tolyatti	$686
469 km or 291 mi	Tula	$837
477 km or 297 mi	Cherepovets	$543
482 km or 300 mi	Obninsk	$671
492 km or 305 mi	Nizhnekamsk	$681
498 km or 310 mi	Tver	$727
501 km or 311 mi	Lipetsk	$570
522 km or 324 mi	Naberezhnye Chelny	$755
525 km or 326 mi	Samara	$796
527 km or 328 mi	Kaluga	$582
536 km or 333 mi	Balakovo	$658
544 km or 338 mi	Almetyevsk	$709
549 km or 341 mi	Saratov	$783
558 km or 347 mi	Engels	$758