Cairo vs Ramallah - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Cairo	Ramallah
🚶 Cost of living one person	$473	$1072
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1152	$2566
🏠 One person rent	$189	$411
🏘️ Family rent	$325	$690
🍽️ Food expenses	$182	$464
🚐 Transport expenses	$36.5	$82.3
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$185	$190
😷 Air quality	Bad	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	12 km	32 km
🎓 Higher education	84	56
😀 Quality of life	60	44
🏙️ Population	9.61M	43.9K

The cost of living in Cairo is 56% less expensive than in Ramallah. Cities ranked 8802nd and 5084th ($473 vs $1072) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 3rd and 2nd in Egypt and the Palestine, respectively. Check Egypt vs the Palestine comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.4 months in Cairo compared to 0.2 months in Ramallah. Cairo ranked 1st best city to live in Egypt vs Ramallah ranked 5th in the Palestine, while ranked 5895th and 7218th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Cairo vs Ramallah

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	Cairo	Ramallah
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$4.18	$13.8
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$19.8	$52.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.93	$10.4
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.57	$6.05
☕ Cappuccino	$1.7	$4.09
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.38	$0.83
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$218	$418
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$145	$281
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$394	$744
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$259	$506
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$17.3	$59.7
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$26.7	$93.5
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$11.8	$43.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	17.17%	5.23%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$869	$1229
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$517	$1006
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.31	$2.29
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$7.95	$83.1
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$2.61	$25.4
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.36	$2.12
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.99	$2.21
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.59	$1.22
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.7	$2.25
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.63	$4.61
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.96	$9.46
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.8	$10.2
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.2	$20
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.69	$2.56
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.76	$2.31
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.64	$2.2
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.34	$1.91
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.44	$1.27
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.42	$1.11
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.15	$0.63
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.79	$1.8
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.92	$12.4
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.32	$3.55
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.05	$8.84
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$2.14	$5.86
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.21	$5.22
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.89	$2.29
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.97	$4.42
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$19	$79.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$3.64	$9.28
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$10.9	$31.2
💇 Haircut, simple	$2.77	$7.19
👖 Brand Jeans	$39.1	$81.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$115	$109
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$96.5	$259
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$2311	$4130

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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 Ramallah

Distance	City	Cost of living
13 km or 7.9 mi	Jerusalem	$2447
21 km or 13 mi	Modi'in-Maccabim-Re'ut	$2100
21 km or 13 mi	Bethlehem	$987
23 km or 14 mi	Ariel	$1732
26 km or 16 mi	Beit Shemesh	$1747
29 km or 18 mi	Lod	$1998
31 km or 19 mi	Ramla	$2347
32 km or 20 mi	Rosh HaAyin	$2153
32 km or 20 mi	Kafr Qasim	$2150
34 km or 21 mi	Yehud	$2142
36 km or 22 mi	Nablus	$915
36 km or 23 mi	Petah Tikva	$2124
37 km or 23 mi	Rehovot	$1947
38 km or 23 mi	Kiryat Ono	$2135
38 km or 24 mi	Ness Ziona	$2130
38 km or 24 mi	Rishon LeZion	$2233
39 km or 24 mi	Qalqilya	$807
40 km or 25 mi	Bnei Brak	$2286
41 km or 26 mi	Hod HaSharon	$2191
41 km or 26 mi	Hebron	$837
41 km or 26 mi	Givatayim	$2303
42 km or 26 mi	Ramat Gan	$2440
42 km or 26 mi	Kfar Saba	$2214
43 km or 27 mi	Holon	$1937
43 km or 27 mi	Tel Aviv	$2492
44 km or 27 mi	Ramat HaSharon	$1974
44 km or 27 mi	Tira	$2153
44 km or 27 mi	Yavne	$2064
44 km or 28 mi	Herzliya	$2937
45 km or 28 mi	Bat Yam	$2040
45 km or 28 mi	Ra'anana	$2290
45 km or 28 mi	Tayibe	$2108
46 km or 29 mi	Kiryat Malakhi	$2027
46 km or 29 mi	Dura	$1021
52 km or 32 mi	Kiryat Gat	$2032
52 km or 33 mi	Al-Salt	$548
53 km or 33 mi	Ashdod	$1993
58 km or 36 mi	Netanya	$2247
60 km or 37 mi	Baqa-Jatt	$2001
65 km or 41 mi	Ashkelon	$1850