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

Updated: June 21, 2026

	Cairo	San Jose
🚶 Cost of living one person	$483	$3957
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1185	$8247
🏠 One person rent	$190	$2805
🏘️ Family rent	$332	$4446
🍽️ Food expenses	$191	$765
🚐 Transport expenses	$38.7	$198
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$190	$6139
😷 Air quality	Bad	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	12 km	8 km
🎓 Higher education	83	87
😀 Quality of life	63	91
🏙️ Population	9.8M	1.01M

The cost of living in Cairo is 88% less expensive than in San Jose, United States. Cities ranked 8753rd and 8th ($483 vs $3957) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 5th 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 1.6 months in San Jose, United States. Cairo ranked 1st best city to live in Egypt vs San Jose, United States ranked 25th in the United States, while ranked 5501st and 126th among best cities to live in the world.

Salary adjustment calculator
the estimated difference in money purchasing power

Share this picture

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/san-jose-us.jpg" alt="Cost of living in Cairo vs San Jose, United States infographic" style="max-width: 100%; height: auto;"><p>Source: <a href="https://livingcost.org/cost/cairo/san-jose-us" target="_blank">Cairo vs San Jose, United States - Cost of Living Comparison</a></p>

Prices in Cairo vs San Jose, United States

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

	Cairo	San Jose
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$4.87	$24.9
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$24.6	$95
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.58	$12.1
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.54	$9.09
☕ Cappuccino	$1.75	$5.96
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.36	$3.6
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$207	$3010
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$152	$2448
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$373	$4541
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$277	$4005
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$16.7	$169
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$25.5	$259
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$10.6	$74.9
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	16.04%	6.1%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$855	$8786
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$476	$8977
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.35	$2.48
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$10.1	$90
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$2.36	$24.5
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.38	$1.38
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.92	$1.66
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.66	$4.78
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.61	$4.31
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.35	$5.56
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.2	$21.7
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.66	$13.3
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.14	$21.5
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.7	$5.52
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.77	$2.1
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.6	$5.82
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.45	$5.33
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.41	$3.55
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.41	$3.1
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.15	$1.73
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.73	$3.32
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.42	$15.4
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.43	$2.39
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.87	$11.7
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$1.86	$10.4
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.01	$6.99
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.03	$6.96
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.91	$2.44
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$22.6	$111
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$3.74	$17.1
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$10.1	$128
💇 Haircut, simple	$2.53	$21
👖 Brand Jeans	$39.9	$59.4
👟 Brand Sneakers	$107	$100
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$100	$1815
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$2716	$23151

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	$356
8.1 km or 5 mi	Shubra El Kheima	$414
26 km or 16 mi	Helwan	$374
46 km or 28 mi	Benha	$314
60 km or 37 mi	Shibin El Kom	$332
62 km or 39 mi	Zagazig	$325
84 km or 52 mi	Tanta	$267
93 km or 58 mi	Faiyum	$315
101 km or 63 mi	El Mahalla El Kubra	$313
111 km or 69 mi	Beni Suef	$271
111 km or 69 mi	Mansoura	$307
115 km or 71 mi	Ismailia	$279
125 km or 78 mi	Suez	$288
133 km or 83 mi	Damanhur	$267
161 km or 100 mi	Kafr El Dawwar	$316
161 km or 100 mi	Damietta	$294
166 km or 103 mi	Port Said	$288
179 km or 111 mi	Alexandria	$366
224 km or 139 mi	Minya	$324
319 km or 198 mi	Asyut	$264
347 km or 216 mi	Gaza	$862
351 km or 218 mi	Ofakim	$2038
354 km or 220 mi	Netivot	$2145
360 km or 223 mi	Sderot	$2133
361 km or 224 mi	Dahab	$429
362 km or 225 mi	Eilat	$2054
365 km or 226 mi	Ashkelon	$1845
366 km or 227 mi	Beersheba	$1810
367 km or 228 mi	Rahat	$2060
368 km or 229 mi	Aqaba	$818
379 km or 235 mi	Ashdod	$2305
379 km or 235 mi	Kiryat Gat	$2225
380 km or 236 mi	Dimona	$2014
381 km or 236 mi	El Gouna	$338
383 km or 238 mi	Kiryat Malakhi	$2283
384 km or 239 mi	Sharm El Sheikh	$555
390 km or 242 mi	Yavne	$2354
391 km or 243 mi	Sohag	$375
396 km or 246 mi	Dura	$1149
397 km or 246 mi	Rehovot	$2201

Cities near San Jose, United States

Distance	City	Cost of living
7.6 km or 4.7 mi	Campbell	$3460
9.7 km or 6.1 mi	Santa Clara	$3625
11 km or 6.8 mi	Los Gatos	$4184
13 km or 8.4 mi	Saratoga	$3368
15 km or 9.1 mi	Milpitas	$3217
15 km or 9.3 mi	Cupertino	$2928
16 km or 10 mi	Sunnyvale	$3345
18 km or 11 mi	Mountain View	$3387
21 km or 13 mi	Los Altos	$3194
27 km or 17 mi	Palo Alto	$3808
27 km or 17 mi	Morgan Hill	$3172
28 km or 18 mi	Fremont	$3616
29 km or 18 mi	Newark	$3234
29 km or 18 mi	East Palo Alto	$3356
32 km or 20 mi	Menlo Park	$3357
36 km or 22 mi	Union	$3075
38 km or 23 mi	Redwood	$3728
39 km or 24 mi	Santa Cruz	$3582
41 km or 25 mi	San Carlos	$3357
41 km or 25 mi	Pleasanton	$3486
42 km or 26 mi	Gilroy	$3073
43 km or 27 mi	Livermore	$3029
44 km or 27 mi	Watsonville	$3698
44 km or 27 mi	Belmont	$3577
44 km or 28 mi	Foster	$3588
45 km or 28 mi	Hayward	$2822
46 km or 28 mi	Dublin	$3088
47 km or 29 mi	San Lorenzo	$2822
48 km or 30 mi	San Mateo	$3797
48 km or 30 mi	Castro Valley	$2968
53 km or 33 mi	San Leandro	$3043
53 km or 33 mi	Burlingame	$3310
54 km or 33 mi	San Ramon	$2848
57 km or 36 mi	Millbrae	$3276
59 km or 36 mi	Danville	$3873
60 km or 38 mi	San Bruno	$3261
61 km or 38 mi	Alameda	$3559
62 km or 38 mi	Tracy	$2088
63 km or 39 mi	South San Francisco	$3252
64 km or 40 mi	Oakland	$3273