Cairo vs Ottawa - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Cairo	Ottawa
🚶 Cost of living one person	$417	$2055
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1080	$4624
🏠 One person rent	$154	$1212
🏘️ Family rent	$315	$1940
🍽️ Food expenses	$166	$563
🚐 Transport expenses	$38	$162
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$165	$3115
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	12 km	5 km
🎓 Higher education	83	50
😀 Quality of life	58	90
🏙️ Population	9.61M	1.02M

The cost of living in Cairo is 80% less expensive than in Ottawa. Cities ranked 8923rd and 1701st ($417 vs $2055) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 25th in Egypt and Canada, respectively. Check Egypt vs Canada comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.4 months in Cairo compared to 1.5 months in Ottawa. Cairo ranked 1st best city to live in Egypt vs Ottawa ranked 9th in Canada, while ranked 5545th and 162nd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Cairo vs Ottawa

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	Cairo	Ottawa
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$3.9	$16
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$18.6	$65.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.73	$10.6
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.26	$5.54
☕ Cappuccino	$1.5	$3.82
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.34	$1.97
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$185	$1214
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$113	$1014
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$386	$2032
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$253	$1649
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$16.8	$109
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$25.8	$165
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$10.1	$49.7
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	14.49%	6.14%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$690	$4939
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$453	$4597
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.3	$2.82
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$7.68	$92
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$3.17	$15
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.29	$1.07
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.89	$2.38
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.6	$2.62
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.65	$2.98
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.51	$3.53
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.48	$13.9
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.36	$12.7
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.58	$14.8
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.49	$4.03
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.55	$1.31
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.42	$3.49
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.39	$3.8
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.48	$2.55
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.41	$2.95
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.13	$1.03
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.72	$2.38
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.33	$13.3
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.13	$2.47
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.84	$12.3
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$1.46	$9.31
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.31	$4.15
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.87	$1.95
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.69	$1.46
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$17.3	$41.1
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$2.97	$10.5
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$11	$58.8
💇 Haircut, simple	$2.86	$15.9
👖 Brand Jeans	$37	$53.6
👟 Brand Sneakers	$101	$88.5
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$90.2	$942
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$1985	$19030

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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 Ottawa

Distance	City	Cost of living
7.4 km or 4.6 mi	Gatineau	$1768
19 km or 12 mi	Kanata	$2202
87 km or 54 mi	Cornwall	$1633
94 km or 58 mi	Brockville	$1875
124 km or 77 mi	Salaberry-de-Valleyfield	$1894
128 km or 80 mi	Mirabel	$1762
130 km or 81 mi	Vaudreuil-Dorion	$1830
138 km or 86 mi	Saint-Jerome	$1733
141 km or 87 mi	Saint-Eustache	$1768
143 km or 89 mi	Kirkland	$1807
144 km or 89 mi	Blainville	$1761
146 km or 90 mi	Sainte-Therese	$1753
147 km or 91 mi	Pointe-Claire	$1819
147 km or 91 mi	Boisbriand	$1732
147 km or 91 mi	Dollard-des-Ormeaux	$1814
147 km or 91 mi	Kingston	$1704
150 km or 93 mi	Le Ray	$1814
152 km or 94 mi	Dorval	$1810
152 km or 94 mi	Chateauguay	$1841
153 km or 95 mi	Laval	$1900
157 km or 98 mi	Saint-Lin-Laurentides	$1690
158 km or 98 mi	Cote-Saint-Luc	$1803
160 km or 100 mi	Mount Royal	$1792
162 km or 101 mi	Watertown	$1658
163 km or 102 mi	Terrebonne	$1776
163 km or 102 mi	Westmount	$1773
166 km or 103 mi	Saint-Constant	$1824
167 km or 104 mi	Montreal	$1857
167 km or 104 mi	Mascouche	$1735
170 km or 106 mi	Saint-Lambert	$1790
170 km or 106 mi	Candiac	$1852
170 km or 106 mi	Longueuil	$1835
171 km or 106 mi	La Prairie	$1889
175 km or 109 mi	Brossard	$2004
176 km or 109 mi	Boucherville	$1804
177 km or 110 mi	Repentigny	$1743
178 km or 111 mi	Varennes	$1764
183 km or 114 mi	L'Assomption	$1651
183 km or 114 mi	Saint-Bruno-de-Montarville	$1836
185 km or 115 mi	Sainte-Julie	$1800