Cairo vs Salvador - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: July 09, 2025

	Cairo	Salvador
🚶 Cost of living one person	$430	$769
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1055	$1942
🏠 One person rent	$163	$315
🏘️ Family rent	$278	$493
🍽️ Food expenses	$171	$260
🚐 Transport expenses	$34.6	$118
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$175	$394
😷 Air quality	Bad	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	12 km	22 km
🎓 Higher education	83	56
😀 Quality of life	57	60
🏙️ Population	9.61M	2.42M

The cost of living in Cairo is 44% less expensive than in Salvador. Cities ranked 8922nd and 6806th ($430 vs $769) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 4th and 21st 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 0.5 months in Salvador. Cairo ranked 1st best city to live in Egypt vs Salvador ranked 7th in Brazil, while ranked 5902nd and 5544th 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	$3.83	$6.08
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$18.9	$25.2
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.7	$6.95
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.41	$2.17
☕ Cappuccino	$1.53	$2.22
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.37	$0.8
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$190	$286
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$120	$224
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$336	$527
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$215	$343
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$17.8	$62.5
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$27.3	$97.2
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$11.2	$15.9
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	16.96%	10.38%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$823	$1165
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$480	$646
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.3	$0.94
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$8.46	$45.4
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$2.33	$9.04
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.32	$1.1
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.92	$1.18
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.58	$1.17
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.66	$1.07
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.53	$1.98
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.6	$9.58
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.44	$4.31
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.64	$6.58
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.54	$1.96
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.62	$1.56
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.51	$0.87
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.39	$1.21
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.47	$1.14
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.43	$1.24
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.14	$0.51
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.76	$1.55
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.76	$6.68
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.23	$1.35
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.96	$3.19
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$2.03	$6.84
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.11	$4.62
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.85	$1.42
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.92	$0.81
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$18.4	$20.3
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$3.4	$5.63
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$11	$32.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$2.65	$8.01
👖 Brand Jeans	$37.2	$50.4
👟 Brand Sneakers	$106	$69.4
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$92.4	$229
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$2060	$14304

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Cities near Cairo

Distance	City	Cost of living
5.9 km or 3.6 mi	Giza	$398
8.1 km or 5 mi	Shubra El Kheima	$397
26 km or 16 mi	Helwan	$380
46 km or 28 mi	Benha	$316
60 km or 37 mi	Shibin El Kom	$345
62 km or 39 mi	Zagazig	$330
84 km or 52 mi	Tanta	$302
93 km or 58 mi	Faiyum	$364
101 km or 63 mi	El Mahalla El Kubra	$318
111 km or 69 mi	Beni Suef	$364
111 km or 69 mi	Mansoura	$307
115 km or 71 mi	Ismailia	$280
125 km or 78 mi	Suez	$281
133 km or 83 mi	Damanhur	$259
161 km or 100 mi	Kafr El Dawwar	$312
161 km or 100 mi	Damietta	$299
166 km or 103 mi	Port Said	$291
179 km or 111 mi	Alexandria	$358
224 km or 139 mi	Minya	$355
319 km or 198 mi	Asyut	$277
347 km or 216 mi	Gaza	$676
351 km or 218 mi	Ofakim	$1822
354 km or 220 mi	Netivot	$1893
360 km or 223 mi	Sderot	$1902
361 km or 224 mi	Dahab	$497
362 km or 225 mi	Eilat	$1644
365 km or 226 mi	Ashkelon	$1775
366 km or 227 mi	Beersheba	$1586
367 km or 228 mi	Rahat	$1827
368 km or 229 mi	Aqaba	$775
379 km or 235 mi	Ashdod	$1944
379 km or 235 mi	Kiryat Gat	$1979
380 km or 236 mi	Dimona	$1851
381 km or 236 mi	El Gouna	$365
383 km or 238 mi	Kiryat Malakhi	$1963
384 km or 239 mi	Sharm El Sheikh	$581
390 km or 242 mi	Yavne	$1995
391 km or 243 mi	Sohag	$404
396 km or 246 mi	Dura	$1010
397 km or 246 mi	Rehovot	$1898

Cities near Salvador

Distance	City	Cost of living
75 km or 47 mi	Valenca	$605
81 km or 51 mi	Santo Antonio de Jesus	$600
93 km or 58 mi	Feira de Santana	$547
93 km or 58 mi	Alagoinhas	$593
155 km or 96 mi	Serrinha	$576
197 km or 122 mi	Jequie	$559
201 km or 125 mi	Itaberaba	$579
210 km or 131 mi	Ilheus	$517
218 km or 136 mi	Itabuna	$469
222 km or 138 mi	Estancia	$591
278 km or 173 mi	Aracaju	$565
315 km or 196 mi	Itapetinga	$540
328 km or 204 mi	Vitoria da Conquista	$540
334 km or 207 mi	Senhor do Bonfim	$538
364 km or 226 mi	Penedo	$591
367 km or 228 mi	Brumado	$550
391 km or 243 mi	Porto Seguro	$581
397 km or 247 mi	Paulo Afonso	$437
408 km or 254 mi	Irece	$546
412 km or 256 mi	Arapiraca	$625
446 km or 277 mi	Palmeira dos Indios	$610
451 km or 280 mi	Juazeiro	$454
454 km or 282 mi	Petrolina	$561
465 km or 289 mi	Itamaraju	$574
476 km or 296 mi	Maceio	$693
482 km or 300 mi	Guanambi	$561
485 km or 301 mi	Rio Largo	$639
504 km or 313 mi	Garanhuns	$638
524 km or 326 mi	Teixeira de Freitas	$576
531 km or 330 mi	Arcoverde	$584
532 km or 331 mi	Bom Jesus da Lapa	$557
549 km or 341 mi	Salgueiro	$564
590 km or 367 mi	Caruaru	$552
605 km or 376 mi	Janauba	$581
631 km or 392 mi	Teofilo Otoni	$561
645 km or 401 mi	Cabo de Santo Agostinho	$625
645 km or 401 mi	Crato	$576
646 km or 402 mi	Juazeiro do Norte	$581
655 km or 407 mi	Sao Mateus	$608
662 km or 411 mi	Jaboatao dos Guararapes	$711