Cairo vs Sheffield - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Cairo	Sheffield
🚶 Cost of living one person	$417	$1764
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1080	$4219
🏠 One person rent	$154	$1001
🏘️ Family rent	$315	$1774
🍽️ Food expenses	$166	$497
🚐 Transport expenses	$38	$135
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$165	$2831
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	12 km	54 km
🎓 Higher education	83	87
😀 Quality of life	58	90
🏙️ Population	9.61M	518K

The cost of living in Cairo is 76% less expensive than in Sheffield. Cities ranked 8923rd and 2490th ($417 vs $1764) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 147th in Egypt and the United Kingdom, respectively. Check Egypt vs the United Kingdom comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.4 months in Cairo compared to 1.6 months in Sheffield. Cairo ranked 1st best city to live in Egypt vs Sheffield ranked 26th in the United Kingdom, while ranked 5545th and 141st among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Cairo vs Sheffield

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	Cairo	Sheffield
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$3.9	$18.3
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$18.6	$76.5
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.73	$9.51
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.26	$5.31
☕ Cappuccino	$1.5	$4.42
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.34	$2.39
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$185	$937
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$113	$818
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$386	$1922
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$253	$1459
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$16.8	$120
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$25.8	$183
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$10.1	$39.7
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	14.49%	5.27%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$690	$3631
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$453	$2541
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.3	$3
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$7.68	$95
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$3.17	$14.4
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.29	$1.8
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.89	$1.62
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.6	$1.45
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.65	$1.83
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.51	$3.67
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.48	$9.32
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.36	$8.69
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.58	$11.5
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.49	$2.99
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.55	$1.35
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.42	$2.46
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.39	$2.84
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.48	$1.91
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.41	$1.25
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.13	$0.92
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.72	$2.46
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.33	$10
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.13	$2.56
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.84	$17.2
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$1.46	$4.92
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.31	$5.05
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.87	$2.41
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.69	$2.51
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$17.3	$35.5
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$2.97	$10.5
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$11	$80.2
💇 Haircut, simple	$2.86	$12
👖 Brand Jeans	$37	$78.8
👟 Brand Sneakers	$101	$87.5
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$90.2	$1155
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$1985	$9487

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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 Sheffield

Distance	City	Cost of living
9.3 km or 5.8 mi	Rotherham	$1511
19 km or 12 mi	Barnsley	$1401
27 km or 17 mi	Doncaster	$1463
32 km or 20 mi	Mansfield	$1724
33 km or 21 mi	Wakefield	$1619
35 km or 22 mi	Dewsbury	$1693
36 km or 22 mi	Huddersfield	$1680
38 km or 24 mi	Batley	$1707
42 km or 26 mi	Brighouse	$1737
44 km or 27 mi	Ashton-under-Lyne	$1720
46 km or 28 mi	Macclesfield	$1720
46 km or 29 mi	Halifax	$1793
46 km or 29 mi	Oldham	$1602
47 km or 29 mi	Leeds	$1943
47 km or 29 mi	Droylsden	$1800
48 km or 30 mi	Leek	$1686
49 km or 31 mi	Bradford	$1598
51 km or 32 mi	Manchester	$2071
52 km or 32 mi	Derby	$1727
52 km or 32 mi	Nottingham	$1820
52 km or 33 mi	Rochdale	$1672
56 km or 35 mi	Salford	$1948
56 km or 35 mi	Stretford	$1874
57 km or 35 mi	Sale	$1845
59 km or 36 mi	Altrincham	$1788
59 km or 36 mi	Scunthorpe	$1324
59 km or 37 mi	Bury	$1806
61 km or 38 mi	Keighley	$1680
63 km or 39 mi	Lincoln	$1698
64 km or 40 mi	Stoke-on-Trent	$1552
65 km or 40 mi	Newcastle-under-Lyme	$1465
65 km or 41 mi	Burton upon Trent	$1633
67 km or 42 mi	Bolton	$1806
68 km or 42 mi	Harrogate	$1867
68 km or 42 mi	York	$1727
68 km or 42 mi	Burnley	$1376
70 km or 44 mi	Loughborough	$1759
72 km or 45 mi	Crewe	$1486
75 km or 47 mi	Warrington	$1962
77 km or 48 mi	Stafford	$1750