Cairo vs Shiraz - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Cairo	Shiraz
🚶 Cost of living one person	$417	$589
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1080	$1578
🏠 One person rent	$154	$259
🏘️ Family rent	$315	$520
🍽️ Food expenses	$166	$189
🚐 Transport expenses	$38	$21.6
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$165	$205
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	12 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	83	50
😀 Quality of life	58	48
🏙️ Population	9.61M	1.57M

The cost of living in Cairo is 29% less expensive than in Shiraz. Cities ranked 8923rd and 7787th ($417 vs $589) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 34th in Egypt and Iran, respectively. Check Egypt vs Iran comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.4 months in Cairo compared to 0.3 months in Shiraz. Cairo ranked 1st best city to live in Egypt vs Shiraz ranked 4th in Iran, while ranked 5545th and 6352nd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Cairo vs Shiraz

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	Cairo	Shiraz
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$3.9	$3.99
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$18.6	$17.5
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.73	$3.53
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.26	$1.01
☕ Cappuccino	$1.5	$1.05
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.34	$1.51
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$185	$278
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$113	$202
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$386	$611
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$253	$430
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$16.8	$22.4
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$25.8	$34.6
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$10.1	$19.2
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	14.49%	22.33%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$690	$1218
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$453	$1406
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.3	$0.2
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$7.68	$2.37
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$3.17	$1.91
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.29	$0.71
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.89	$0.66
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.6	$0.49
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.65	$1.57
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.51	$1.15
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.48	$2.91
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.36	$3.83
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.58	$9.78
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.49	$0.9
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.55	$1.74
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.42	$0.97
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.39	$0.53
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.48	$0.5
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.41	$0.47
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.13	$0.17
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.72	$5.29
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.33	$0.8
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.13	$0.63
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.84	$2.29
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$1.46	$4.71
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.31	$5.58
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.87	$6.03
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.69	$3.41
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$17.3	$16
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$2.97	$2.02
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$11	$97.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$2.86	$28.9
👖 Brand Jeans	$37	$23.6
👟 Brand Sneakers	$101	$90.4
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$90.2	$155
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$1985	$2161

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Cost of Living in the nearest cities

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 Shiraz

Distance	City	Cost of living
39 km or 24 mi	Marvdasht	$563
86 km or 54 mi	Kazerun	$557
131 km or 81 mi	Fasa	$548
134 km or 83 mi	Borazjan	$546
149 km or 93 mi	Yasuj	$529
158 km or 98 mi	Jahrom	$547
181 km or 112 mi	Bushehr	$551
247 km or 153 mi	Behbahan	$536
274 km or 171 mi	Shahreza	$502
304 km or 189 mi	Sirjan	$514
308 km or 192 mi	Yazd	$573
339 km or 210 mi	Bandar-e Mahshahr	$548
342 km or 212 mi	Shahr-e Kord	$397
344 km or 214 mi	Rafsanjan	$507
348 km or 216 mi	Isfahan	$523
354 km or 220 mi	Najafabad	$502
356 km or 221 mi	Izeh	$525
357 km or 222 mi	Khomeyni Shahr	$510
374 km or 232 mi	Shahin Shahr	$507
387 km or 240 mi	Qatif	$897
395 km or 246 mi	Al-Faw	$736
403 km or 251 mi	Masjed Soleyman	$552
404 km or 251 mi	Jubail	$901
416 km or 259 mi	Abadan	$547
417 km or 259 mi	Ahvaz	$597
424 km or 263 mi	Manama	$1280
427 km or 265 mi	Dammam	$1056
429 km or 267 mi	Isa Town	$1243
430 km or 267 mi	Khorramshahr	$544
433 km or 269 mi	Riffa	$1223
440 km or 273 mi	Dhahran	$1068
442 km or 275 mi	Kerman	$464
442 km or 275 mi	Kuwait City	$1393
444 km or 276 mi	Shushtar	$562
447 km or 278 mi	Umm Qasr	$740
448 km or 279 mi	Al Khor	$1709
451 km or 280 mi	Bandar Abbas	$634
461 km or 286 mi	Al Wafrah	$1210
466 km or 289 mi	Basra	$904
473 km or 294 mi	Az Zubayr	$723