Cairo vs Salvador - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Cairo	Salvador
🚶 Cost of living one person	$473	$791
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1152	$1943
🏠 One person rent	$189	$338
🏘️ Family rent	$325	$492
🍽️ Food expenses	$182	$260
🚐 Transport expenses	$36.5	$120
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$185	$391
😷 Air quality	Bad	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	12 km	22 km
🎓 Higher education	84	56
😀 Quality of life	60	62
🏙️ Population	9.61M	2.42M

The cost of living in Cairo is 40% less expensive than in Salvador. Cities ranked 8802nd and 6702nd ($473 vs $791) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 3rd and 17th 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 9th in Brazil, while ranked 5895th and 5621st 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	$4.18	$6.39
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$19.8	$25.9
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.93	$6.88
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.57	$2.31
☕ Cappuccino	$1.7	$2.33
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.38	$1.11
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$218	$317
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$145	$235
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$394	$524
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$259	$327
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$17.3	$71
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$26.7	$109
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$11.8	$15.9
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	17.17%	9.6%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$869	$1661
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$517	$901
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.31	$0.93
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$7.95	$48.8
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$2.61	$8.83
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.36	$1.11
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.99	$1.21
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.59	$1.25
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.7	$1.05
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.63	$1.98
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.96	$9.23
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.8	$4.22
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.2	$6.36
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.69	$2
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.76	$1.55
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.64	$1.05
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.34	$1.29
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.44	$1.12
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.42	$1.24
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.15	$0.62
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.79	$1.53
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.92	$6.27
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.32	$1.27
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.05	$2.2
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$2.14	$5.54
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.21	$3.91
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.89	$1.33
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.97	$0.75
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$19	$20.8
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$3.64	$5.4
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$10.9	$30.2
💇 Haircut, simple	$2.77	$7.24
👖 Brand Jeans	$39.1	$48.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$115	$66.9
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$96.5	$332
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$2311	$13462

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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 Salvador

Distance	City	Cost of living
75 km or 47 mi	Valenca	$619
81 km or 51 mi	Santo Antonio de Jesus	$624
93 km or 58 mi	Feira de Santana	$541
93 km or 58 mi	Alagoinhas	$621
155 km or 96 mi	Serrinha	$600
197 km or 122 mi	Jequie	$566
201 km or 125 mi	Itaberaba	$602
210 km or 131 mi	Ilheus	$512
218 km or 136 mi	Itabuna	$462
222 km or 138 mi	Estancia	$611
278 km or 173 mi	Aracaju	$555
315 km or 196 mi	Itapetinga	$537
328 km or 204 mi	Vitoria da Conquista	$533
334 km or 207 mi	Senhor do Bonfim	$544
364 km or 226 mi	Penedo	$588
367 km or 228 mi	Brumado	$552
391 km or 243 mi	Porto Seguro	$574
397 km or 247 mi	Paulo Afonso	$434
408 km or 254 mi	Irece	$557
412 km or 256 mi	Arapiraca	$615
446 km or 277 mi	Palmeira dos Indios	$604
451 km or 280 mi	Juazeiro	$456
454 km or 282 mi	Petrolina	$569
465 km or 289 mi	Itamaraju	$573
476 km or 296 mi	Maceio	$691
482 km or 300 mi	Guanambi	$561
485 km or 301 mi	Rio Largo	$634
504 km or 313 mi	Garanhuns	$631
524 km or 326 mi	Teixeira de Freitas	$575
531 km or 330 mi	Arcoverde	$580
532 km or 331 mi	Bom Jesus da Lapa	$560
549 km or 341 mi	Salgueiro	$562
590 km or 367 mi	Caruaru	$545
605 km or 376 mi	Janauba	$574
631 km or 392 mi	Teofilo Otoni	$558
645 km or 401 mi	Cabo de Santo Agostinho	$618
645 km or 401 mi	Crato	$571
646 km or 402 mi	Juazeiro do Norte	$576
655 km or 407 mi	Sao Mateus	$600
662 km or 411 mi	Jaboatao dos Guararapes	$699