Cairo vs Nur-Sultan - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Cairo	Nur-Sultan
🚶 Cost of living one person	$424	$780
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1086	$1921
🏠 One person rent	$162	$378
🏘️ Family rent	$325	$719
🍽️ Food expenses	$168	$276
🚐 Transport expenses	$34.4	$39
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$152	$591
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	12 km	12 km
🎓 Higher education	83	43
😀 Quality of life	57	64
🏙️ Population	9.61M	1.08M

The cost of living in Cairo is 46% less expensive than in Nur-Sultan. Cities ranked 8926th and 6525th ($424 vs $780) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 5th in Egypt and Kazakhstan, respectively. Check Egypt vs Kazakhstan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.4 months in Cairo compared to 0.8 months in Nur-Sultan. Cairo ranked 1st best city to live in Egypt vs Nur-Sultan ranked 2nd in Kazakhstan, while ranked 5583rd and 4508th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Cairo vs Nur-Sultan

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	Cairo	Nur-Sultan
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$3.97	$10.4
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$19.3	$33.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.24	$6.21
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.41	$1.69
☕ Cappuccino	$1.56	$2.17
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.34	$0.94
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$197	$436
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$121	$306
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$389	$859
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$266	$604
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$16.3	$33.1
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$24.9	$50.5
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$9.49	$13.2
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	13.85%	16.23%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$626	$1129
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$388	$755
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.21	$0.19
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$7.83	$14.5
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$2.73	$5.01
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.27	$0.5
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.92	$1.16
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.63	$0.49
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.7	$1.53
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.5	$1.69
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.41	$9.94
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.58	$5.07
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.04	$7.44
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.5	$1.36
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.48	$1.96
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.33	$2.22
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.34	$2.12
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.44	$0.51
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.47	$0.47
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.13	$0.48
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.71	$1.2
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$6.78	$7.27
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.2	$1
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.84	$1.66
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$1.51	$2.95
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.23	$2.57
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.09	$1.19
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.61	$1.1
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$17.8	$57.1
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$3.21	$5.25
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$12	$11
💇 Haircut, simple	$2.75	$5.56
👖 Brand Jeans	$37.9	$75.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$98.3	$102
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$92.9	$209
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$1916	$6243

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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 Nur-Sultan

Distance	City	Cost of living
161 km or 100 mi	Temirtau	$615
190 km or 118 mi	Karaganda	$534
276 km or 172 mi	Kokshetau	$630
278 km or 173 mi	Ekibastuz	$520
392 km or 243 mi	Aksu	$556
402 km or 250 mi	Pavlodar	$556
442 km or 275 mi	Petropavl	$575
446 km or 277 mi	Omsk	$406
457 km or 284 mi	Satbayev	$524
460 km or 286 mi	Jezkazgan	$508
543 km or 337 mi	Balkhash	$628
580 km or 361 mi	Kostanay	$782
623 km or 387 mi	Semey	$605
627 km or 389 mi	Kurgan	$490
771 km or 479 mi	Tyumen	$698
800 km or 497 mi	Oskemen	$550
803 km or 499 mi	Chelyabinsk	$523
826 km or 513 mi	Kyzylorda	$533
852 km or 530 mi	Taldiqorgan	$570
855 km or 531 mi	Kamensk-Uralsky	$585
856 km or 532 mi	Municipal Formation of the Kamensk-Uralsky	$586
872 km or 542 mi	Miass	$531
875 km or 544 mi	Kentau	$519
875 km or 544 mi	Barnaul	$619
879 km or 546 mi	Magnitogorsk	$473
880 km or 547 mi	Novosibirsk	$649
893 km or 555 mi	Orsk	$451
902 km or 561 mi	Zlatoust	$539
903 km or 561 mi	Turkistan	$532
910 km or 566 mi	Kapchagay	$791
917 km or 570 mi	Taraz	$461
949 km or 590 mi	Bishkek	$710
949 km or 590 mi	Yekaterinburg	$701
953 km or 592 mi	Kant	$681
955 km or 593 mi	Biysk	$357
960 km or 597 mi	Talas	$653
965 km or 599 mi	Kaskelen	$838
967 km or 601 mi	Tokmok	$673
968 km or 602 mi	Almaty	$941
977 km or 607 mi	Tacheng	$595