Cairo vs Ottawa - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	Cairo	Ottawa
🚶 Cost of living one person	$506	$2133
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1241	$4730
🏠 One person rent	$201	$1249
🏘️ Family rent	$352	$1952
🍽️ Food expenses	$196	$587
🚐 Transport expenses	$39.7	$172
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$199	$3871
😷 Air quality	Bad	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	12 km	6 km
🎓 Higher education	83	49
😀 Quality of life	63	92
🏙️ Population	9.8M	1.02M

The cost of living in Cairo is 76% less expensive than in Ottawa. Cities ranked 8680th and 1668th ($506 vs $2133) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 27th 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 1.8 months in Ottawa. Cairo ranked 1st best city to live in Egypt vs Ottawa ranked 10th in Canada, while ranked 5610th and 123rd 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	$4.85	$16.4
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$22.7	$62.9
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.71	$11
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.81	$5.87
☕ Cappuccino	$1.87	$4.25
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.39	$2.1
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$221	$1328
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$159	$1047
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$401	$2126
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$292	$1662
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$18.2	$96.9
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$27.8	$148
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$11.1	$48.9
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	16.83%	4.48%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$918	$4318
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$518	$3670
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.36	$2.99
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$9.22	$99.5
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$2.65	$15.9
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.4	$1
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.04	$2.18
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.64	$2.68
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.67	$2.89
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.53	$3.59
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.31	$13
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.81	$13.2
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.6	$16.8
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.79	$4.13
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.85	$1.37
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.7	$3.85
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.39	$4
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.44	$2.57
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.43	$3.08
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.15	$1.05
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.81	$2.84
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$8.35	$11.9
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.41	$2.74
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.08	$13.8
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$2.08	$12.8
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.25	$4.26
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.9	$1.99
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.03	$2.04
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$21.8	$44.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.03	$11
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$11	$68.3
💇 Haircut, simple	$2.83	$16.7
👖 Brand Jeans	$39.3	$56.4
👟 Brand Sneakers	$121	$89.3
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$111	$882
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$2645	$17337

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Cities near Cairo

Distance	City	Cost of living
5.9 km or 3.6 mi	Giza	$394
8.1 km or 5 mi	Shubra El Kheima	$443
26 km or 16 mi	Helwan	$402
46 km or 28 mi	Benha	$343
60 km or 37 mi	Shibin El Kom	$361
62 km or 39 mi	Zagazig	$351
84 km or 52 mi	Tanta	$294
93 km or 58 mi	Faiyum	$340
101 km or 63 mi	El Mahalla El Kubra	$343
111 km or 69 mi	Beni Suef	$297
111 km or 69 mi	Mansoura	$335
115 km or 71 mi	Ismailia	$300
125 km or 78 mi	Suez	$288
133 km or 83 mi	Damanhur	$282
161 km or 100 mi	Kafr El Dawwar	$341
161 km or 100 mi	Damietta	$323
166 km or 103 mi	Port Said	$319
179 km or 111 mi	Alexandria	$400
224 km or 139 mi	Minya	$356
319 km or 198 mi	Asyut	$283
347 km or 216 mi	Gaza	$776
351 km or 218 mi	Ofakim	$1936
354 km or 220 mi	Netivot	$2022
360 km or 223 mi	Sderot	$1993
361 km or 224 mi	Dahab	$479
362 km or 225 mi	Eilat	$1853
365 km or 226 mi	Ashkelon	$1761
366 km or 227 mi	Beersheba	$1700
367 km or 228 mi	Rahat	$1962
368 km or 229 mi	Aqaba	$800
379 km or 235 mi	Ashdod	$2145
379 km or 235 mi	Kiryat Gat	$2079
380 km or 236 mi	Dimona	$2002
381 km or 236 mi	El Gouna	$360
383 km or 238 mi	Kiryat Malakhi	$2105
384 km or 239 mi	Sharm El Sheikh	$598
390 km or 242 mi	Yavne	$2172
391 km or 243 mi	Sohag	$415
396 km or 246 mi	Dura	$1062
397 km or 246 mi	Rehovot	$2066

Cities near Ottawa

Distance	City	Cost of living
7.4 km or 4.6 mi	Gatineau	$1866
19 km or 12 mi	Kanata	$2229
87 km or 54 mi	Cornwall	$1703
94 km or 58 mi	Brockville	$1868
124 km or 77 mi	Salaberry-de-Valleyfield	$1971
128 km or 80 mi	Mirabel	$1896
130 km or 81 mi	Vaudreuil-Dorion	$1924
138 km or 86 mi	Saint-Jerome	$1864
141 km or 87 mi	Saint-Eustache	$1948
143 km or 89 mi	Kirkland	$1930
144 km or 89 mi	Blainville	$1935
146 km or 90 mi	Sainte-Therese	$1950
147 km or 91 mi	Pointe-Claire	$1920
147 km or 91 mi	Boisbriand	$1934
147 km or 91 mi	Dollard-des-Ormeaux	$1944
147 km or 91 mi	Kingston	$1476
150 km or 93 mi	Le Ray	$1927
152 km or 94 mi	Dorval	$1923
152 km or 94 mi	Chateauguay	$1914
153 km or 95 mi	Laval	$2047
157 km or 98 mi	Saint-Lin-Laurentides	$1800
158 km or 98 mi	Cote-Saint-Luc	$1893
160 km or 100 mi	Mount Royal	$1876
162 km or 101 mi	Watertown	$1733
163 km or 102 mi	Terrebonne	$1907
163 km or 102 mi	Westmount	$1862
166 km or 103 mi	Saint-Constant	$1910
167 km or 104 mi	Montreal	$1928
167 km or 104 mi	Mascouche	$1852
170 km or 106 mi	Saint-Lambert	$1875
170 km or 106 mi	Candiac	$1940
170 km or 106 mi	Longueuil	$1923
171 km or 106 mi	La Prairie	$1960
175 km or 109 mi	Brossard	$2080
176 km or 109 mi	Boucherville	$1897
177 km or 110 mi	Repentigny	$1846
178 km or 111 mi	Varennes	$1861
183 km or 114 mi	L'Assomption	$1723
183 km or 114 mi	Saint-Bruno-de-Montarville	$1918
185 km or 115 mi	Sainte-Julie	$1891