Cairo vs Saint Petersburg - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Cairo	Saint Petersburg
🚶 Cost of living one person	$473	$971
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1152	$2348
🏠 One person rent	$189	$502
🏘️ Family rent	$325	$876
🍽️ Food expenses	$182	$258
🚐 Transport expenses	$36.5	$127
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$185	$1116
😷 Air quality	Bad	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	12 km	17 km
🎓 Higher education	84	82
😀 Quality of life	60	71
🏙️ Population	9.61M	5.65M

The cost of living in Cairo is 51% less expensive than in Saint Petersburg. Cities ranked 8802nd and 5813th ($473 vs $971) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 3rd and 4th in Egypt and Russia, respectively. Check Egypt vs Russia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.4 months in Cairo compared to 1.1 months in Saint Petersburg. Cairo ranked 1st best city to live in Egypt vs Saint Petersburg ranked 2nd in Russia, while ranked 5895th and 3397th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Cairo vs Saint Petersburg

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	Cairo	Saint Petersburg
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$4.18	$7.62
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$19.8	$34.2
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.93	$5.3
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.57	$2.77
☕ Cappuccino	$1.7	$2.26
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.38	$1.02
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$218	$654
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$145	$370
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$394	$1172
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$259	$665
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$17.3	$68
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$26.7	$103
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$11.8	$7.03
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	17.17%	24.54%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$869	$3928
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$517	$2610
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.31	$0.91
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$7.95	$38.4
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$2.61	$9.04
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.36	$0.72
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.99	$1.07
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.59	$0.7
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.7	$1.14
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.63	$1.62
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.96	$9.78
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.8	$4.39
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.2	$10.4
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.69	$1.63
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.76	$1.75
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.64	$1.83
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.34	$2.78
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.44	$0.8
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.42	$0.64
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.15	$0.48
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.79	$1.3
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.92	$8.16
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.32	$0.95
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.05	$2.52
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$2.14	$1.46
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.21	$1.09
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.89	$1.04
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.97	$1.06
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$19	$32.7
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$3.64	$5.1
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$10.9	$14
💇 Haircut, simple	$2.77	$3.52
👖 Brand Jeans	$39.1	$86.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$115	$105
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$96.5	$402
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$2311	$10534

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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 Saint Petersburg

Distance	City	Cost of living
135 km or 84 mi	Narva	$1083
156 km or 97 mi	Sillamae	$1064
162 km or 101 mi	Imatra	$1477
168 km or 104 mi	Veliky Novgorod	$734
170 km or 105 mi	Lappeenranta	$1454
181 km or 112 mi	Kohtla-Jarve	$1089
185 km or 115 mi	Hamina	$1516
195 km or 121 mi	Kotka	$1516
223 km or 139 mi	Kouvola	$1561
227 km or 141 mi	Savonlinna	$1265
232 km or 144 mi	Rakvere	$999
254 km or 158 mi	Mikkeli	$1386
262 km or 163 mi	Porvoo	$1561
263 km or 164 mi	Pskov	$680
269 km or 167 mi	Tartu	$1174
280 km or 174 mi	Lahti	$1618
293 km or 182 mi	Kerava	$1611
294 km or 183 mi	Varkaus	$1145
294 km or 183 mi	Jarvenpaa	$1783
295 km or 183 mi	Vantaa	$1881
296 km or 184 mi	Joensuu	$1580
297 km or 184 mi	Tuusula	$1655
299 km or 186 mi	Petrozavodsk	$745
300 km or 186 mi	Helsinki	$1947
302 km or 188 mi	Maardu	$1372
310 km or 192 mi	Nurmijarvi	$1642
310 km or 193 mi	Hyvinkaa	$1546
315 km or 196 mi	Espoo	$1937
317 km or 197 mi	Riihimaki	$1394
318 km or 197 mi	Tallinn	$1601
322 km or 200 mi	Viljandi	$1041
328 km or 204 mi	Kirkkonummi	$1737
342 km or 213 mi	Hameenlinna	$1444
348 km or 216 mi	Lohja	$1383
349 km or 217 mi	Jamsa	$1503
354 km or 220 mi	Jyvaskyla	$1500
356 km or 221 mi	Kuopio	$1524
373 km or 232 mi	Valkeakoski	$1570
374 km or 233 mi	Parnu	$1184
383 km or 238 mi	Raseborg	$1566