Cairo vs San Antonio - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Cairo	San Antonio
🚶 Cost of living one person	$473	$2023
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1152	$4466
🏠 One person rent	$189	$1202
🏘️ Family rent	$325	$1794
🍽️ Food expenses	$182	$549
🚐 Transport expenses	$36.5	$127
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$185	$4100
😷 Air quality	Bad	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	12 km	10 km
🎓 Higher education	84	81
😀 Quality of life	60	92
🏙️ Population	9.61M	1.43M

The cost of living in Cairo is 77% less expensive than in San Antonio. Cities ranked 8802nd and 1930th ($473 vs $2023) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 3rd and 1571st in Egypt and the United States, respectively. Check Egypt vs the United States comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.4 months in Cairo compared to 2 months in San Antonio. Cairo ranked 1st best city to live in Egypt vs San Antonio ranked 34th in the United States, while ranked 5895th and 124th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Cairo vs San Antonio

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	Cairo	San Antonio
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$4.18	$14.9
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$19.8	$60.2
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.93	$11
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.57	$6.22
☕ Cappuccino	$1.7	$5.16
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.38	$2.3
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$218	$1311
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$145	$900
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$394	$1851
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$259	$1407
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$17.3	$145
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$26.7	$225
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$11.8	$74
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	17.17%	6.26%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$869	$3721
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$517	$1937
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.31	$1.34
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$7.95	$39
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$2.61	$17.4
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.36	$0.76
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.99	$1.04
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.59	$2.82
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.7	$3.81
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.63	$4.89
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.96	$11.1
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.8	$10.2
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.2	$15.8
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.69	$4
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.76	$1.52
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.64	$4.24
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.34	$3.35
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.44	$1.96
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.42	$2.85
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.15	$1.33
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.79	$2.2
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.92	$13.6
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.32	$3.35
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.05	$8.88
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$2.14	$6.71
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.21	$6.98
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.89	$3.87
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.97	$1.97
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$19	$44
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$3.64	$13.2
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$10.9	$96.3
💇 Haircut, simple	$2.77	$17.7
👖 Brand Jeans	$39.1	$44.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$115	$101
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$96.5	$1129
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$2311	$15049

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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 San Antonio

Distance	City	Cost of living
27 km or 17 mi	Schertz	$2164
30 km or 18 mi	Cibolo	$2178
48 km or 30 mi	New Braunfels	$2233
54 km or 33 mi	Seguin	$2210
74 km or 46 mi	San Marcos	$2215
87 km or 54 mi	Kyle	$2222
93 km or 58 mi	Kerrville	$2169
122 km or 76 mi	Austin	$2416
136 km or 85 mi	Cedar Park	$2221
140 km or 87 mi	Leander	$2241
141 km or 88 mi	Pflugerville	$2196
145 km or 90 mi	Round Rock	$2148
157 km or 98 mi	Georgetown	$2188
161 km or 100 mi	Victoria	$2220
197 km or 122 mi	Copperas Cove	$2105
200 km or 124 mi	Harker Heights	$2075
201 km or 125 mi	Killeen	$2022
210 km or 130 mi	Eagle Pass	$2011
213 km or 132 mi	Piedras Negras	$943
215 km or 134 mi	Corpus Christi	$1697
216 km or 134 mi	Temple	$2136
221 km or 137 mi	Kingsville	$1862
233 km or 145 mi	Del Rio	$1981
235 km or 146 mi	Laredo	$1719
236 km or 147 mi	Ciudad Acuna	$944
237 km or 147 mi	Nuevo Laredo	$748
247 km or 153 mi	Bryan	$1993
247 km or 154 mi	College Station	$1900
261 km or 162 mi	Rosenberg	$2209
269 km or 167 mi	Waco	$2279
279 km or 174 mi	Sugar Land	$2229
286 km or 178 mi	Missouri	$2216
293 km or 182 mi	San Angelo	$2770
300 km or 186 mi	Lake Jackson	$2129
300 km or 187 mi	The Woodlands	$2730
303 km or 188 mi	Houston	$2240
308 km or 191 mi	Spring	$2094
309 km or 192 mi	Conroe	$1828
310 km or 193 mi	Pearland	$2177
312 km or 194 mi	Stephenville	$2154