Cairo vs San Jose, United States - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Cairo	San Jose
🚶 Cost of living one person	$473	$3952
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1152	$8290
🏠 One person rent	$189	$2795
🏘️ Family rent	$325	$4452
🍽️ Food expenses	$182	$775
🚐 Transport expenses	$36.5	$174
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$185	$5915
😷 Air quality	Bad	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	12 km	8 km
🎓 Higher education	84	87
😀 Quality of life	60	93
🏙️ Population	9.61M	1.01M

The cost of living in Cairo is 88% less expensive than in San Jose, United States. Cities ranked 8802nd and 6th ($473 vs $3952) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 3rd and 4th 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 1.5 months in San Jose, United States. Cairo ranked 1st best city to live in Egypt vs San Jose, United States ranked 21st in the United States, while ranked 5895th and 88th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Cairo vs San Jose, United States

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	Cairo	San Jose
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$4.18	$20.4
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$19.8	$99.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.93	$12
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.57	$9.08
☕ Cappuccino	$1.7	$5.87
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.38	$3.45
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$218	$2999
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$145	$2438
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$394	$4520
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$259	$4008
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$17.3	$175
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$26.7	$272
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$11.8	$70
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	17.17%	6.45%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$869	$10416
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$517	$9325
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.31	$2.48
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$7.95	$90.7
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$2.61	$18.3
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.36	$1.27
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.99	$1.5
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.59	$5.04
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.7	$3.21
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.63	$5.39
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.96	$22.6
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.8	$15.5
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.2	$23
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.69	$6.54
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.76	$2.61
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.64	$5.77
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.34	$6.69
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.44	$4.3
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.42	$3.17
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.15	$1.88
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.79	$3.06
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.92	$15.1
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.32	$2.31
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.05	$11.5
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$2.14	$10.5
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.21	$6.98
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.89	$6.98
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.97	$2.51
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$19	$113
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$3.64	$16
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$10.9	$176
💇 Haircut, simple	$2.77	$21
👖 Brand Jeans	$39.1	$56.4
👟 Brand Sneakers	$115	$88.7
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$96.5	$1874
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$2311	$22302

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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 Jose, United States

Distance	City	Cost of living
7.6 km or 4.7 mi	Campbell	$3424
9.7 km or 6.1 mi	Santa Clara	$3476
11 km or 6.8 mi	Los Gatos	$4335
13 km or 8.4 mi	Saratoga	$3356
15 km or 9.1 mi	Milpitas	$3202
15 km or 9.3 mi	Cupertino	$2942
16 km or 10 mi	Sunnyvale	$3426
18 km or 11 mi	Mountain View	$3415
21 km or 13 mi	Los Altos	$3182
27 km or 17 mi	Palo Alto	$3765
27 km or 17 mi	Morgan Hill	$3130
28 km or 18 mi	Fremont	$3328
29 km or 18 mi	Newark	$3133
29 km or 18 mi	East Palo Alto	$3333
32 km or 20 mi	Menlo Park	$3359
36 km or 22 mi	Union	$3045
38 km or 23 mi	Redwood	$3890
39 km or 24 mi	Santa Cruz	$3719
41 km or 25 mi	San Carlos	$3382
41 km or 25 mi	Pleasanton	$3462
42 km or 26 mi	Gilroy	$2955
43 km or 27 mi	Livermore	$3089
44 km or 27 mi	Watsonville	$3748
44 km or 27 mi	Belmont	$3553
44 km or 28 mi	Foster	$3634
45 km or 28 mi	Hayward	$2826
46 km or 28 mi	Dublin	$3070
47 km or 29 mi	San Lorenzo	$2810
48 km or 30 mi	San Mateo	$3756
48 km or 30 mi	Castro Valley	$2957
53 km or 33 mi	San Leandro	$3071
53 km or 33 mi	Burlingame	$3317
54 km or 33 mi	San Ramon	$2850
57 km or 36 mi	Millbrae	$3285
59 km or 36 mi	Danville	$3818
60 km or 38 mi	San Bruno	$3230
61 km or 38 mi	Alameda	$3255
62 km or 38 mi	Tracy	$2114
63 km or 39 mi	South San Francisco	$3227
64 km or 40 mi	Oakland	$3254