Cairo vs Paris - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Cairo	Paris
🚶 Cost of living one person	$424	$2357
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1086	$5959
🏠 One person rent	$162	$1338
🏘️ Family rent	$325	$2858
🍽️ Food expenses	$168	$620
🚐 Transport expenses	$34.4	$261
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$152	$3414
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Good
✈️ Airport proximity	12 km	14 km
🎓 Higher education	83	99
😀 Quality of life	57	95
🏙️ Population	9.61M	2.15M

The cost of living in Cairo is 82% less expensive than in Paris. Cities ranked 8926th and 998th ($424 vs $2357) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 1st in Egypt and France, respectively. Check Egypt vs France comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.4 months in Cairo compared to 1.4 months in Paris. Cairo ranked 1st best city to live in Egypt vs Paris ranked 1st in France, while ranked 5583rd and 22nd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Cairo vs Paris

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	Cairo	Paris
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$3.97	$19.2
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$19.3	$69.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.24	$13.1
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.41	$8.18
☕ Cappuccino	$1.56	$4.99
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.34	$4.16
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$197	$1451
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$121	$1077
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$389	$3334
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$266	$2404
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$16.3	$154
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$24.9	$237
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$9.49	$31.4
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	13.85%	3.8%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$626	$13808
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$388	$9821
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.21	$2.38
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$7.83	$94.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$2.73	$23.9
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.27	$2.13
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.92	$1.59
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.63	$1.91
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.7	$2.34
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.5	$5.78
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.41	$21.2
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.58	$16.5
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.04	$23.3
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.5	$3.27
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.48	$2.37
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.33	$3.59
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.34	$3.97
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.44	$2.56
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.47	$2.69
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.13	$0.59
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.71	$2.66
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$6.78	$10.4
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.2	$2.69
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.84	$13.7
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$1.51	$4.41
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.23	$4.18
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.09	$3.02
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.61	$2.87
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$17.8	$36.3
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$3.21	$14.7
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$12	$30.3
💇 Haircut, simple	$2.75	$20
👖 Brand Jeans	$37.9	$109
👟 Brand Sneakers	$98.3	$112
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$92.9	$792
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$1916	$18941

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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 Paris

Distance	City	Cost of living
5.5 km or 3.4 mi	Ivry-sur-Seine	$1414
6.4 km or 4 mi	Aubervilliers	$1755
6.7 km or 4.2 mi	Montreuil	$1743
7 km or 4.3 mi	Neuilly-sur-Seine	$2226
7.7 km or 4.8 mi	Asnieres-sur-Seine	$1943
8.3 km or 5.2 mi	Vitry-sur-Seine	$1558
8.4 km or 5.2 mi	Boulogne-Billancourt	$2158
8.5 km or 5.3 mi	Courbevoie	$1984
8.7 km or 5.4 mi	Bobigny	$1659
8.7 km or 5.4 mi	Saint-Denis	$1799
9.5 km or 5.9 mi	La Garenne-Colombes	$1905
11 km or 7.1 mi	Nanterre	$1725
12 km or 7.2 mi	Creteil	$1630
12 km or 7.5 mi	Rueil-Malmaison	$1701
13 km or 7.9 mi	Argenteuil	$1826
13 km or 8 mi	Champigny-sur-Marne	$1686
13 km or 8.1 mi	Chaville	$1682
14 km or 8.5 mi	Aulnay-sous-Bois	$1691
15 km or 9.4 mi	Massy	$1669
17 km or 11 mi	Versailles	$1894
23 km or 14 mi	Guyancourt	$1699
24 km or 15 mi	Acheres	$1628
32 km or 20 mi	Cergy	$1309
34 km or 21 mi	Savigny-le-Temple	$1532
42 km or 26 mi	Melun	$1423
45 km or 28 mi	Rambouillet	$1643
67 km or 42 mi	Beauvais	$1312
71 km or 44 mi	Compiegne	$1397
73 km or 46 mi	Dreux	$1370
78 km or 49 mi	Chartres	$1320
111 km or 69 mi	Orleans	$1195
112 km or 69 mi	Rouen	$1221
115 km or 72 mi	Amiens	$1244
130 km or 81 mi	Reims	$1448
141 km or 88 mi	Troyes	$1262
148 km or 92 mi	Chalons-en-Champagne	$1607
148 km or 92 mi	Auxerre	$1349
150 km or 93 mi	Dieppe	$1474
158 km or 98 mi	Lisieux	$1286
162 km or 101 mi	Arras	$1395