Cairo vs Seattle - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Cairo	Seattle
🚶 Cost of living one person	$417	$3015
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1080	$7449
🏠 One person rent	$154	$1896
🏘️ Family rent	$315	$3549
🍽️ Food expenses	$166	$746
🚐 Transport expenses	$38	$160
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$165	$6742
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	12 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	83	80
😀 Quality of life	58	91
🏙️ Population	9.61M	737K

The cost of living in Cairo is 86% less expensive than in Seattle. Cities ranked 8923rd and 158th ($417 vs $3015) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 140th 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 2.2 months in Seattle. Cairo ranked 1st best city to live in Egypt vs Seattle ranked 15th in the United States, while ranked 5545th and 98th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Cairo vs Seattle

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	Cairo	Seattle
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$3.9	$21.9
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$18.6	$90.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.73	$13.6
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.26	$7.98
☕ Cappuccino	$1.5	$5.55
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.34	$2.97
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$185	$2086
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$113	$1567
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$386	$3947
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$253	$3067
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$16.8	$157
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$25.8	$237
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$10.1	$68.8
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	14.49%	6.44%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$690	$6966
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$453	$5351
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.3	$2.73
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$7.68	$96.7
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$3.17	$18
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.29	$1.16
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.89	$1.18
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.6	$4.03
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.65	$4.44
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.51	$4.89
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.48	$20.3
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.36	$14.6
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.58	$20.4
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.49	$5.19
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.55	$2.38
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.42	$5.37
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.39	$5.76
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.48	$2.64
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.41	$3.47
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.13	$1.56
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.72	$2.91
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.33	$17.8
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.13	$3.15
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.84	$12
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$1.46	$10.4
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.31	$5.95
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.87	$6.98
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.69	$2.49
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$17.3	$65.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$2.97	$16
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$11	$183
💇 Haircut, simple	$2.86	$25.9
👖 Brand Jeans	$37	$68.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$101	$101
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$90.2	$2185
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$1985	$29407

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Cities near Cairo

Distance	City	Cost of living
5.9 km or 3.6 mi	Giza	$318
8.1 km or 5 mi	Shubra El Kheima	$365
26 km or 16 mi	Helwan	$335
46 km or 28 mi	Benha	$300
60 km or 37 mi	Shibin El Kom	$305
62 km or 39 mi	Zagazig	$307
84 km or 52 mi	Tanta	$288
93 km or 58 mi	Faiyum	$325
101 km or 63 mi	El Mahalla El Kubra	$269
111 km or 69 mi	Beni Suef	$319
111 km or 69 mi	Mansoura	$301
115 km or 71 mi	Ismailia	$295
125 km or 78 mi	Suez	$272
133 km or 83 mi	Damanhur	$268
161 km or 100 mi	Kafr El Dawwar	$289
161 km or 100 mi	Damietta	$298
166 km or 103 mi	Port Said	$276
179 km or 111 mi	Alexandria	$316
224 km or 139 mi	Minya	$339
319 km or 198 mi	Asyut	$290
347 km or 216 mi	Gaza	$640
351 km or 218 mi	Ofakim	$1684
354 km or 220 mi	Netivot	$1742
360 km or 223 mi	Sderot	$1732
361 km or 224 mi	Dahab	$381
362 km or 225 mi	Eilat	$1577
365 km or 226 mi	Ashkelon	$1511
366 km or 227 mi	Beersheba	$1471
367 km or 228 mi	Rahat	$1686
368 km or 229 mi	Aqaba	$809
379 km or 235 mi	Ashdod	$1837
379 km or 235 mi	Kiryat Gat	$1757
380 km or 236 mi	Dimona	$1716
381 km or 236 mi	El Gouna	$336
383 km or 238 mi	Kiryat Malakhi	$1809
384 km or 239 mi	Sharm El Sheikh	$464
390 km or 242 mi	Yavne	$1884
391 km or 243 mi	Sohag	$360
396 km or 246 mi	Dura	$813
397 km or 246 mi	Rehovot	$1811

Cities near Seattle

Distance	City	Cost of living
9.1 km or 5.7 mi	Mercer Island	$2826
11 km or 6.5 mi	Bellevue	$3273
14 km or 8.5 mi	Kirkland	$2882
15 km or 9.2 mi	Tukwila	$2624
15 km or 9.5 mi	Burien	$2642
16 km or 10 mi	Bainbridge Island	$2810
17 km or 10 mi	Shoreline	$2973
17 km or 10 mi	Renton	$2595
17 km or 11 mi	Redmond	$3239
17 km or 11 mi	Kenmore	$2718
19 km or 12 mi	SeaTac	$2741
21 km or 13 mi	Bothell	$2625
22 km or 14 mi	Sammamish	$2759
22 km or 14 mi	Edmonds	$2785
23 km or 14 mi	Issaquah	$2606
24 km or 15 mi	Des Moines	$2623
24 km or 15 mi	Lynnwood	$2726
24 km or 15 mi	Bremerton	$2462
26 km or 16 mi	Kent	$2784
30 km or 19 mi	Mill Creek	$2642
33 km or 20 mi	Federal Way	$2532
34 km or 21 mi	Maple Valley	$2579
35 km or 21 mi	Mukilteo	$2637
35 km or 22 mi	Auburn	$2338
41 km or 25 mi	Everett	$2589
42 km or 26 mi	Tacoma	$2517
46 km or 28 mi	University Place	$2604
48 km or 30 mi	Puyallup	$2644
50 km or 31 mi	Lake Stevens	$2604
51 km or 32 mi	Lakewood	$2449
52 km or 33 mi	Marysville	$2598
57 km or 35 mi	Spanaway	$2460
74 km or 46 mi	Lacey	$2571
76 km or 47 mi	Olympia	$2406
78 km or 48 mi	Sequim	$2692
80 km or 50 mi	Oak Harbor	$2751
90 km or 56 mi	Mount Vernon	$2542
100 km or 62 mi	Port Angeles	$2527
109 km or 68 mi	Centralia	$2523
119 km or 74 mi	Victoria	$2093