Cairo vs Raleigh - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Cairo	Raleigh
🚶 Cost of living one person	$473	$2327
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1152	$5471
🏠 One person rent	$189	$1420
🏘️ Family rent	$325	$2324
🍽️ Food expenses	$182	$628
🚐 Transport expenses	$36.5	$88.4
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$185	$4437
😷 Air quality	Bad	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	12 km	14 km
🎓 Higher education	84	82
😀 Quality of life	60	90
🏙️ Population	9.61M	468K

The cost of living in Cairo is 80% less expensive than in Raleigh. Cities ranked 8802nd and 1213th ($473 vs $2327) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 3rd and 1060th 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 1.9 months in Raleigh. Cairo ranked 1st best city to live in Egypt vs Raleigh ranked 60th in the United States, while ranked 5895th and 212th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Cairo vs Raleigh

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	Cairo	Raleigh
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$4.18	$18.1
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$19.8	$72.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.93	$9.99
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.57	$5.91
☕ Cappuccino	$1.7	$5.22
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.38	$2.35
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$218	$1434
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$145	$1158
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$394	$2441
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$259	$1941
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$17.3	$140
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$26.7	$217
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$11.8	$66.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	17.17%	6.34%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$869	$3119
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$517	$2477
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.31	$1.99
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$7.95	$51.8
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$2.61	$14.2
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.36	$0.82
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.99	$0.96
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.59	$3.77
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.7	$3.29
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.63	$4.3
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.96	$13.1
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.8	$11.2
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.2	$16.5
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.69	$5.52
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.76	$1.38
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.64	$5.64
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.34	$6.37
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.44	$3.12
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.42	$3.19
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.15	$1.48
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.79	$2.72
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.92	$15.4
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.32	$3.04
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.05	$7.73
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$2.14	$9.26
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.21	$4.25
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.89	$4.68
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.97	$2.38
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$19	$41.8
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$3.64	$15
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$10.9	$161
💇 Haircut, simple	$2.77	$26.2
👖 Brand Jeans	$39.1	$54.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$115	$101
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$96.5	$1578
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$2311	$24117

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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 Raleigh

Distance	City	Cost of living
12 km or 7.6 mi	Garner	$2289
15 km or 9.1 mi	Cary	$2582
17 km or 10 mi	Morrisville	$1818
21 km or 13 mi	Wake Forest	$2225
21 km or 13 mi	Apex	$2338
25 km or 16 mi	Holly Springs	$2387
28 km or 18 mi	Fuquay-Varina	$2331
30 km or 19 mi	Durham	$2219
38 km or 23 mi	Chapel Hill	$2319
60 km or 37 mi	Henderson	$2171
61 km or 38 mi	Sanford	$2105
65 km or 41 mi	Wilson	$2071
77 km or 48 mi	Rocky Mount	$1926
77 km or 48 mi	Goldsboro	$1812
78 km or 49 mi	Burlington	$2166
87 km or 54 mi	Fayetteville	$2312
106 km or 66 mi	Asheboro	$2124
109 km or 68 mi	Danville	$1757
110 km or 68 mi	Greensboro	$2065
114 km or 71 mi	Roanoke Rapids	$2112
114 km or 71 mi	Kinston	$2176
117 km or 73 mi	Greenville	$2076
123 km or 76 mi	High Point	$1993
129 km or 80 mi	Thomasville	$2070
133 km or 83 mi	Kernersville	$2152
137 km or 85 mi	Lumberton	$2154
141 km or 87 mi	Rockingham	$2156
149 km or 92 mi	Winston-Salem	$2079
163 km or 101 mi	Jacksonville	$2054
165 km or 103 mi	New Bern	$1893
166 km or 103 mi	Salisbury	$2094
182 km or 113 mi	Kannapolis	$2107
182 km or 113 mi	Lynchburg	$1734
183 km or 114 mi	Concord	$2102
189 km or 117 mi	Havelock	$1983
190 km or 118 mi	Wilmington	$2231
191 km or 119 mi	Petersburg	$2395
196 km or 122 mi	Monroe	$2160
196 km or 122 mi	Mint Hill	$2228
198 km or 123 mi	Roanoke	$1766