Cairo vs Ottawa - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Cairo	Ottawa
🚶 Cost of living one person	$473	$2096
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1152	$4619
🏠 One person rent	$189	$1231
🏘️ Family rent	$325	$1937
🍽️ Food expenses	$182	$576
🚐 Transport expenses	$36.5	$166
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$185	$3333
😷 Air quality	Bad	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	12 km	5 km
🎓 Higher education	84	50
😀 Quality of life	60	92
🏙️ Population	9.61M	1.02M

The cost of living in Cairo is 77% less expensive than in Ottawa. Cities ranked 8802nd and 1744th ($473 vs $2096) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 3rd and 24th 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 1.6 months in Ottawa. Cairo ranked 1st best city to live in Egypt vs Ottawa ranked 11th in Canada, while ranked 5895th and 129th 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	$4.18	$16.1
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$19.8	$63.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.93	$10.8
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.57	$5.52
☕ Cappuccino	$1.7	$3.81
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.38	$2
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$218	$1295
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$145	$1036
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$394	$2109
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$259	$1647
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$17.3	$95.9
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$26.7	$150
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$11.8	$47.4
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	17.17%	5.23%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$869	$4937
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$517	$3196
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.31	$2.84
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$7.95	$95.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$2.61	$15.2
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.36	$1.04
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.99	$2.35
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.59	$2.55
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.7	$2.89
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.63	$3.53
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.96	$13.6
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.8	$13.7
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.2	$15.1
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.69	$3.9
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.76	$1.31
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.64	$3.6
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.34	$3.88
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.44	$2.59
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.42	$3.16
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.15	$0.99
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.79	$2.77
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.92	$13.5
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.32	$2.61
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.05	$12.9
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$2.14	$11.6
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.21	$4.18
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.89	$1.9
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.97	$1.76
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$19	$42.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$3.64	$10.7
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$10.9	$66
💇 Haircut, simple	$2.77	$16.8
👖 Brand Jeans	$39.1	$56.4
👟 Brand Sneakers	$115	$89
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$96.5	$783
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$2311	$15527

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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 Ottawa

Distance	City	Cost of living
7.4 km or 4.6 mi	Gatineau	$1802
19 km or 12 mi	Kanata	$2166
87 km or 54 mi	Cornwall	$1660
94 km or 58 mi	Brockville	$1836
124 km or 77 mi	Salaberry-de-Valleyfield	$1935
128 km or 80 mi	Mirabel	$1782
130 km or 81 mi	Vaudreuil-Dorion	$1850
138 km or 86 mi	Saint-Jerome	$1753
141 km or 87 mi	Saint-Eustache	$1806
143 km or 89 mi	Kirkland	$1835
144 km or 89 mi	Blainville	$1780
146 km or 90 mi	Sainte-Therese	$1785
147 km or 91 mi	Pointe-Claire	$1838
147 km or 91 mi	Boisbriand	$1763
147 km or 91 mi	Dollard-des-Ormeaux	$1829
147 km or 91 mi	Kingston	$1437
150 km or 93 mi	Le Ray	$1822
152 km or 94 mi	Dorval	$1853
152 km or 94 mi	Chateauguay	$1867
153 km or 95 mi	Laval	$1930
157 km or 98 mi	Saint-Lin-Laurentides	$1719
158 km or 98 mi	Cote-Saint-Luc	$1835
160 km or 100 mi	Mount Royal	$1820
162 km or 101 mi	Watertown	$1649
163 km or 102 mi	Terrebonne	$1805
163 km or 102 mi	Westmount	$1814
166 km or 103 mi	Saint-Constant	$1864
167 km or 104 mi	Montreal	$1903
167 km or 104 mi	Mascouche	$1766
170 km or 106 mi	Saint-Lambert	$1828
170 km or 106 mi	Candiac	$1892
170 km or 106 mi	Longueuil	$1842
171 km or 106 mi	La Prairie	$1911
175 km or 109 mi	Brossard	$2055
176 km or 109 mi	Boucherville	$1820
177 km or 110 mi	Repentigny	$1767
178 km or 111 mi	Varennes	$1786
183 km or 114 mi	L'Assomption	$1671
183 km or 114 mi	Saint-Bruno-de-Montarville	$1869
185 km or 115 mi	Sainte-Julie	$1822