Cairo vs Salvador - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 01, 2024

	Cairo	Salvador
🚶 Cost of living one person	$549	$922
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1399	$2016
🏠 One person rent	$193	$473
🏘️ Family rent	$359	$604
🍽️ Food expenses	$234	$246
🚐 Transport expenses	$41.8	$123
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$189	$324
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Good
✈️ Airport proximity	12 km	22 km
🎓 Higher education	83	56
😀 Quality of life	59	43
🏙️ Population	9.61M	2.9M

The cost of living in Cairo is 40% less expensive than in Salvador. Cities ranked 8130th and 5826th ($549 vs $922) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 3rd and 6th in Egypt and Brazil, respectively. Check Egypt vs Brazil comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.3 months in Cairo compared to 0.4 months in Salvador. Cairo ranked 1st best city to live in Egypt vs Salvador ranked 44th in Brazil, while ranked 5556th and 6863rd among best cities to live in the world.

Salary adjustment calculator
the estimated difference in money purchasing power

Cost of living in Cairo vs Salvador infographic

Share this infographic!

Use the link below to embed the infographic from our site and automatically keep the data layer up to date.

If you prefer to download the image, please credit us as a source.

<img src="https://livingcost.org/assets/photo/cost/cairo/salvador.jpg" alt="Cost of living in Cairo vs Salvador infographic" style="max-width: 100%; height: auto;"><p>Source: <a href="https://livingcost.org/cost/cairo/salvador" target="_blank">Cairo vs Salvador - Cost of Living Comparison</a></p>

Prices in Cairo vs Salvador

Prices for goods and services in Cairo and Salvador are partly crowdsourced by our visitors, just like yourself. Please consider telling us about your city.

	Cairo	Salvador
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$5.45	$6.27
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$25.7	$18.9
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$6.4	$7.06
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.54	$1.67
☕ Cappuccino	$2.1	$2.71
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.37	$1.14
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$215	$613
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$151	$292
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$406	$541
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$299	$401
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$18.4	$107
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$28.2	$165
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$10.5	$9.96
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	12.57%	12.58%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$805	$960
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$524	$422
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.32	$0.99
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$9.59	$53.4
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$3.07	$6.99
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.37	$1.12
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.23	$1.21
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.85	$0.65
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.1	$0.65
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.02	$2.12
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.11	$10.1
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.42	$4.1
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.3	$7.89
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.82	$2.27
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.68	$1
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.58	$1.06
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.53	$1.46
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.56	$1.43
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.96	$1.12
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.16	$0.37
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.84	$1.68
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$8.08	$10
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.43	$1.15
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.39	$2.7
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$2.65	$4.22
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.42	$3.81
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.6	$1.53
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.98	$0.97
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$21.1	$22.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.9	$7.02
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$15	$37.8
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.19	$8.83
👖 Brand Jeans	$52	$37.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$131	$73.9
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$142	$299
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$2554	$12057

Cost of living in other countries

Cost of living

Cost of Living in the nearest cities

Cities near Cairo

Distance	City	Cost of living
5.9 km or 3.6 mi	Giza	$513
8.1 km or 5 mi	Shubra El Kheima	$511
26 km or 16 mi	Helwan	$494
46 km or 28 mi	Benha	$490
60 km or 37 mi	Shibin El Kom	$490
62 km or 39 mi	Zagazig	$472
84 km or 52 mi	Tanta	$450
93 km or 58 mi	Faiyum	$478
101 km or 63 mi	El Mahalla El Kubra	$489
111 km or 69 mi	Beni Suef	$470
111 km or 69 mi	Mansoura	$446
115 km or 71 mi	Ismailia	$468
125 km or 78 mi	Suez	$366
133 km or 83 mi	Damanhur	$393
161 km or 100 mi	Kafr El Dawwar	$449
161 km or 100 mi	Damietta	$418
166 km or 103 mi	Port Said	$384
179 km or 111 mi	Alexandria	$495
224 km or 139 mi	Minya	$455
319 km or 198 mi	Asyut	$421
347 km or 216 mi	Gaza	$657
351 km or 218 mi	Ofakim	$1671
354 km or 220 mi	Netivot	$1725
360 km or 223 mi	Sderot	$1703
361 km or 224 mi	Dahab	$625
362 km or 225 mi	Eilat	$1583
365 km or 226 mi	Ashkelon	$1499
366 km or 227 mi	Beersheba	$1523
367 km or 228 mi	Rahat	$1687
368 km or 229 mi	Aqaba	$692
379 km or 235 mi	Ashdod	$1848
379 km or 235 mi	Kiryat Gat	$1825
380 km or 236 mi	Dimona	$1703
381 km or 236 mi	El Gouna	$440
383 km or 238 mi	Kiryat Malakhi	$1779
384 km or 239 mi	Sharm El Sheikh	$603
390 km or 242 mi	Yavne	$1826
391 km or 243 mi	Sohag	$449
396 km or 246 mi	Dura	$802
397 km or 246 mi	Rehovot	$1701

Cities near Salvador

Distance	City	Cost of living
75 km or 47 mi	Valenca	$680
81 km or 51 mi	Santo Antonio de Jesus	$674
93 km or 58 mi	Feira de Santana	$701
93 km or 58 mi	Alagoinhas	$666
155 km or 96 mi	Serrinha	$635
197 km or 122 mi	Jequie	$592
201 km or 125 mi	Itaberaba	$620
210 km or 131 mi	Ilheus	$494
218 km or 136 mi	Itabuna	$438
222 km or 138 mi	Estancia	$606
278 km or 173 mi	Aracaju	$634
315 km or 196 mi	Itapetinga	$566
328 km or 204 mi	Vitoria da Conquista	$595
334 km or 207 mi	Senhor do Bonfim	$525
364 km or 226 mi	Penedo	$611
367 km or 228 mi	Brumado	$597
391 km or 243 mi	Porto Seguro	$577
397 km or 247 mi	Paulo Afonso	$462
408 km or 254 mi	Irece	$550
412 km or 256 mi	Arapiraca	$634
446 km or 277 mi	Palmeira dos Indios	$610
451 km or 280 mi	Juazeiro	$444
454 km or 282 mi	Petrolina	$436
465 km or 289 mi	Itamaraju	$583
476 km or 296 mi	Maceio	$651
482 km or 300 mi	Guanambi	$621
485 km or 301 mi	Rio Largo	$615
504 km or 313 mi	Garanhuns	$612
524 km or 326 mi	Teixeira de Freitas	$587
531 km or 330 mi	Arcoverde	$580
532 km or 331 mi	Bom Jesus da Lapa	$606
549 km or 341 mi	Salgueiro	$576
590 km or 367 mi	Caruaru	$504
605 km or 376 mi	Janauba	$645
631 km or 392 mi	Teofilo Otoni	$573
645 km or 401 mi	Cabo de Santo Agostinho	$657
645 km or 401 mi	Crato	$619
646 km or 402 mi	Juazeiro do Norte	$631
655 km or 407 mi	Sao Mateus	$601
662 km or 411 mi	Jaboatao dos Guararapes	$711