Cairo vs Salvador - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Cairo	Salvador
🚶 Cost of living one person	$424	$741
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1086	$1824
🏠 One person rent	$162	$323
🏘️ Family rent	$325	$513
🍽️ Food expenses	$168	$235
🚐 Transport expenses	$34.4	$101
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$152	$437
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	12 km	22 km
🎓 Higher education	83	56
😀 Quality of life	57	58
🏙️ Population	9.61M	2.42M

The cost of living in Cairo is 43% less expensive than in Salvador. Cities ranked 8926th and 6712th ($424 vs $741) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 23rd in Egypt and Brazil, respectively. Check Egypt vs Brazil comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.4 months in Cairo compared to 0.6 months in Salvador. Cairo ranked 1st best city to live in Egypt vs Salvador ranked 8th in Brazil, while ranked 5583rd and 5558th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Cairo vs Salvador

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	Cairo	Salvador
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$3.97	$5.01
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$19.3	$25.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.24	$6.35
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.41	$1.75
☕ Cappuccino	$1.56	$1.89
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.34	$0.78
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$197	$370
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$121	$217
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$389	$566
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$266	$365
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$16.3	$60.3
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$24.9	$92.8
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$9.49	$15.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	13.85%	10.34%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$626	$1184
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$388	$657
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.21	$0.95
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$7.83	$45.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$2.73	$5.52
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.27	$1.06
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.92	$1.15
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.63	$1.31
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.7	$0.99
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.5	$1.94
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.41	$9.22
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.58	$4.02
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.04	$6.8
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.5	$1.91
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.48	$1.25
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.33	$0.86
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.34	$1.35
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.44	$1.14
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.47	$1.24
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.13	$0.4
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.71	$1.58
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$6.78	$6.96
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.2	$1.23
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.84	$2.3
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$1.51	$3.91
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.23	$4.03
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.09	$1.12
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.61	$0.76
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$17.8	$22.1
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$3.21	$6.14
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$12	$37.7
💇 Haircut, simple	$2.75	$9.62
👖 Brand Jeans	$37.9	$51.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$98.3	$73.3
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$92.9	$231
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$1916	$10964

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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 Salvador

Distance	City	Cost of living
75 km or 47 mi	Valenca	$599
81 km or 51 mi	Santo Antonio de Jesus	$604
93 km or 58 mi	Feira de Santana	$602
93 km or 58 mi	Alagoinhas	$606
155 km or 96 mi	Serrinha	$591
197 km or 122 mi	Jequie	$545
201 km or 125 mi	Itaberaba	$579
210 km or 131 mi	Ilheus	$471
218 km or 136 mi	Itabuna	$406
222 km or 138 mi	Estancia	$640
278 km or 173 mi	Aracaju	$670
315 km or 196 mi	Itapetinga	$529
328 km or 204 mi	Vitoria da Conquista	$538
334 km or 207 mi	Senhor do Bonfim	$502
364 km or 226 mi	Penedo	$602
367 km or 228 mi	Brumado	$542
391 km or 243 mi	Porto Seguro	$611
397 km or 247 mi	Paulo Afonso	$427
408 km or 254 mi	Irece	$519
412 km or 256 mi	Arapiraca	$597
446 km or 277 mi	Palmeira dos Indios	$583
451 km or 280 mi	Juazeiro	$414
454 km or 282 mi	Petrolina	$412
465 km or 289 mi	Itamaraju	$582
476 km or 296 mi	Maceio	$630
482 km or 300 mi	Guanambi	$553
485 km or 301 mi	Rio Largo	$589
504 km or 313 mi	Garanhuns	$610
524 km or 326 mi	Teixeira de Freitas	$575
531 km or 330 mi	Arcoverde	$557
532 km or 331 mi	Bom Jesus da Lapa	$551
549 km or 341 mi	Salgueiro	$545
590 km or 367 mi	Caruaru	$495
605 km or 376 mi	Janauba	$573
631 km or 392 mi	Teofilo Otoni	$556
645 km or 401 mi	Cabo de Santo Agostinho	$585
645 km or 401 mi	Crato	$573
646 km or 402 mi	Juazeiro do Norte	$583
655 km or 407 mi	Sao Mateus	$608
662 km or 411 mi	Jaboatao dos Guararapes	$610