Cairo vs Sacramento - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Cairo	Sacramento
🚶 Cost of living one person	$473	$2825
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1152	$6608
🏠 One person rent	$189	$1770
🏘️ Family rent	$325	$3115
🍽️ Food expenses	$182	$731
🚐 Transport expenses	$36.5	$146
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$185	$4380
😷 Air quality	Bad	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	12 km	7 km
🎓 Higher education	84	54
😀 Quality of life	60	88
🏙️ Population	9.61M	525K

The cost of living in Cairo is 83% less expensive than in Sacramento. Cities ranked 8802nd and 362nd ($473 vs $2825) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 3rd and 307th 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 1.6 months in Sacramento. Cairo ranked 1st best city to live in Egypt vs Sacramento ranked 98th in the United States, while ranked 5895th and 309th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Cairo vs Sacramento

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	Cairo	Sacramento
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$4.18	$20
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$19.8	$79.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.93	$11
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.57	$8.03
☕ Cappuccino	$1.7	$5.7
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.38	$2.53
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$218	$1816
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$145	$1449
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$394	$3293
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$259	$2644
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$17.3	$173
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$26.7	$266
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$11.8	$74.6
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	17.17%	6.52%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$869	$5035
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$517	$4072
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.31	$2.49
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$7.95	$101
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$2.61	$18.8
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.36	$1.26
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.99	$1.17
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.59	$4.31
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.7	$5.23
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.63	$5.15
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.96	$16
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.8	$17.4
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.2	$18.9
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.69	$5.15
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.76	$2.17
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.64	$4.06
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.34	$6.51
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.44	$3.79
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.42	$3.15
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.15	$1.89
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.79	$3.21
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.92	$17.1
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.32	$2.65
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.05	$12.2
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$2.14	$9.34
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.21	$8.02
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.89	$4.17
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.97	$3.25
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$19	$48.3
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$3.64	$15.1
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$10.9	$135
💇 Haircut, simple	$2.77	$24.7
👖 Brand Jeans	$39.1	$59.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$115	$95
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$96.5	$1441
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$2311	$27489

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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 Sacramento

Distance	City	Cost of living
4.6 km or 2.9 mi	West Sacramento	$2691
7.7 km or 4.8 mi	Parkway-South Sacramento	$2703
9.8 km or 6.1 mi	Arden-Arcade	$2624
16 km or 9.9 mi	Rancho Cordova	$2692
18 km or 11 mi	Elk Grove	$2767
21 km or 13 mi	Citrus Heights	$2811
22 km or 14 mi	Davis	$2875
26 km or 16 mi	Roseville	$2892
27 km or 17 mi	Woodland	$2839
30 km or 19 mi	Folsom	$2727
33 km or 20 mi	Rocklin	$2630
33 km or 20 mi	Dixon	$2875
38 km or 24 mi	Lincoln	$2665
38 km or 24 mi	Galt	$2782
49 km or 30 mi	Vacaville	$3181
53 km or 33 mi	Lodi	$2672
59 km or 37 mi	Suisun	$3098
61 km or 38 mi	Fairfield	$3344
62 km or 39 mi	Placerville	$2770
63 km or 39 mi	Yuba	$2212
67 km or 42 mi	Oakley	$2943
69 km or 43 mi	Stockton	$2270
69 km or 43 mi	Antioch	$3116
70 km or 44 mi	Pittsburg	$2936
74 km or 46 mi	Brentwood	$2991
77 km or 48 mi	Napa	$3504
82 km or 51 mi	Benicia	$2823
82 km or 51 mi	Concord	$2764
84 km or 52 mi	Martinez	$2910
85 km or 53 mi	Vallejo	$2381
85 km or 53 mi	Pleasant Hill	$2838
86 km or 53 mi	Lathrop	$2721
89 km or 55 mi	Manteca	$2679
90 km or 56 mi	Walnut Creek	$3033
91 km or 56 mi	Sonoma	$3058
93 km or 58 mi	Tracy	$2114
94 km or 58 mi	Hercules	$2858
94 km or 59 mi	Lafayette	$2950
95 km or 59 mi	Danville	$3818
98 km or 61 mi	San Ramon	$2850