Cairo vs Oklahoma City - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Cairo	Oklahoma City
🚶 Cost of living one person	$417	$1832
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1080	$4509
🏠 One person rent	$154	$1019
🏘️ Family rent	$315	$1671
🍽️ Food expenses	$166	$563
🚐 Transport expenses	$38	$102
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$165	$3756
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	12 km	11 km
🎓 Higher education	83	70
😀 Quality of life	58	88
🏙️ Population	9.61M	681K

The cost of living in Cairo is 77% less expensive than in Oklahoma City. Cities ranked 8923rd and 2302nd ($417 vs $1832) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 1898th 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 2.1 months in Oklahoma City. Cairo ranked 1st best city to live in Egypt vs Oklahoma City ranked 46th in the United States, while ranked 5545th and 208th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Cairo vs Oklahoma City

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	Cairo	Oklahoma City
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$3.9	$14.1
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$18.6	$67.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.73	$10.7
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.26	$5.95
☕ Cappuccino	$1.5	$6.09
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.34	$2.63
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$185	$859
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$113	$773
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$386	$2111
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$253	$1168
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$16.8	$155
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$25.8	$240
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$10.1	$73.8
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	14.49%	6.53%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$690	$2347
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$453	$1675
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.3	$2.52
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$7.68	$47.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$3.17	$14.5
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.29	$0.77
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.89	$1.12
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.6	$2.39
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.65	$3.26
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.51	$4.47
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.48	$11.4
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.36	$11.2
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.58	$11.4
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.49	$4.29
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.55	$1.58
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.42	$4.21
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.39	$4.04
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.48	$3.46
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.41	$2.71
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.13	$1.72
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.72	$2.24
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.33	$13.3
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.13	$2.55
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.84	$10.3
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$1.46	$6.59
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.31	$5.32
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.87	$3.63
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.69	$1.44
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$17.3	$35.1
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$2.97	$13.5
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$11	$94.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$2.86	$17.5
👖 Brand Jeans	$37	$53.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$101	$109
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$90.2	$1575
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$1985	$23318

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Cost of Living in the nearest cities

Cities near Cairo

Distance	City	Cost of living
5.9 km or 3.6 mi	Giza	$318
8.1 km or 5 mi	Shubra El Kheima	$365
26 km or 16 mi	Helwan	$335
46 km or 28 mi	Benha	$300
60 km or 37 mi	Shibin El Kom	$305
62 km or 39 mi	Zagazig	$307
84 km or 52 mi	Tanta	$288
93 km or 58 mi	Faiyum	$325
101 km or 63 mi	El Mahalla El Kubra	$269
111 km or 69 mi	Beni Suef	$319
111 km or 69 mi	Mansoura	$301
115 km or 71 mi	Ismailia	$295
125 km or 78 mi	Suez	$272
133 km or 83 mi	Damanhur	$268
161 km or 100 mi	Kafr El Dawwar	$289
161 km or 100 mi	Damietta	$298
166 km or 103 mi	Port Said	$276
179 km or 111 mi	Alexandria	$316
224 km or 139 mi	Minya	$339
319 km or 198 mi	Asyut	$290
347 km or 216 mi	Gaza	$640
351 km or 218 mi	Ofakim	$1684
354 km or 220 mi	Netivot	$1742
360 km or 223 mi	Sderot	$1732
361 km or 224 mi	Dahab	$381
362 km or 225 mi	Eilat	$1577
365 km or 226 mi	Ashkelon	$1511
366 km or 227 mi	Beersheba	$1471
367 km or 228 mi	Rahat	$1686
368 km or 229 mi	Aqaba	$809
379 km or 235 mi	Ashdod	$1837
379 km or 235 mi	Kiryat Gat	$1757
380 km or 236 mi	Dimona	$1716
381 km or 236 mi	El Gouna	$336
383 km or 238 mi	Kiryat Malakhi	$1809
384 km or 239 mi	Sharm El Sheikh	$464
390 km or 242 mi	Yavne	$1884
391 km or 243 mi	Sohag	$360
396 km or 246 mi	Dura	$813
397 km or 246 mi	Rehovot	$1811

Cities near Oklahoma City

Distance	City	Cost of living
9.6 km or 6 mi	Del	$1878
14 km or 8.6 mi	Midwest	$1861
17 km or 10 mi	Moore	$1946
19 km or 12 mi	Yukon	$1824
20 km or 12 mi	Mustang	$1862
20 km or 13 mi	Edmond	$1621
31 km or 19 mi	Norman	$1989
57 km or 35 mi	Shawnee	$1855
83 km or 51 mi	Stillwater	$1748
107 km or 66 mi	Enid	$1814
114 km or 71 mi	Duncan	$1816
126 km or 78 mi	Lawton	$1638
142 km or 88 mi	Sapulpa	$1889
143 km or 89 mi	Ponca	$1671
149 km or 93 mi	Ardmore	$1865
159 km or 99 mi	Bixby	$1874
161 km or 100 mi	Tulsa	$1851
170 km or 105 mi	Broken Arrow	$1885
178 km or 111 mi	Owasso	$1864
196 km or 122 mi	Claremore	$1855
198 km or 123 mi	Wichita Falls	$1544
198 km or 123 mi	Muskogee	$1629
200 km or 124 mi	Bartlesville	$1856
212 km or 132 mi	Denison	$2205
222 km or 138 mi	Sherman	$2229
231 km or 144 mi	Derby	$1846
246 km or 153 mi	Wichita	$1811
255 km or 158 mi	Denton	$2014
263 km or 164 mi	Corinth	$2219
264 km or 164 mi	Little Elm	$2246
267 km or 166 mi	McKinney	$2239
269 km or 167 mi	Frisco	$2395
272 km or 169 mi	Paris	$2111
273 km or 169 mi	The Colony	$2258
276 km or 171 mi	Flower Mound	$2103
276 km or 172 mi	Lewisville	$2025
277 km or 172 mi	Allen	$2253
280 km or 174 mi	Plano	$2538
281 km or 175 mi	Siloam Springs	$2015
283 km or 176 mi	Carrollton	$2184