Cairo vs Surrey - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Cairo	Surrey
🚶 Cost of living one person	$417	$2280
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1080	$5399
🏠 One person rent	$154	$1407
🏘️ Family rent	$315	$2721
🍽️ Food expenses	$166	$575
🚐 Transport expenses	$38	$155
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$165	$2766
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	12 km	11 km
🎓 Higher education	83	80
😀 Quality of life	58	91
🏙️ Population	9.61M	568K

The cost of living in Cairo is 82% less expensive than in Surrey. Cities ranked 8923rd and 1194th ($417 vs $2280) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 11th in Egypt and Canada, respectively. Check Egypt vs Canada comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.4 months in Cairo compared to 1.2 months in Surrey. Cairo ranked 1st best city to live in Egypt vs Surrey ranked 6th in Canada, while ranked 5545th and 122nd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Cairo vs Surrey

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	Cairo	Surrey
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$3.9	$17.7
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$18.6	$69.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.73	$10.5
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.26	$5.58
☕ Cappuccino	$1.5	$4.03
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.34	$2
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$185	$1405
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$113	$1196
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$386	$2952
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$253	$2383
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$16.8	$103
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$25.8	$158
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$10.1	$66.4
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	14.49%	6.75%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$690	$9496
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$453	$8417
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.3	$2.95
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$7.68	$122
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$3.17	$14.8
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.29	$1.28
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.89	$2.41
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.6	$2.48
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.65	$5.23
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.51	$3.5
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.48	$12.3
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.36	$10.8
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.58	$20.9
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.49	$3.28
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.55	$1.27
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.42	$2.94
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.39	$3.18
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.48	$1.9
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.41	$1.83
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.13	$1.14
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.72	$2.51
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.33	$14.1
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.13	$3.94
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.84	$14
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$1.46	$8.1
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.31	$4.76
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.87	$2.95
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.69	$2.89
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$17.3	$58
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$2.97	$13
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$11	$84
💇 Haircut, simple	$2.86	$18.5
👖 Brand Jeans	$37	$53
👟 Brand Sneakers	$101	$99.2
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$90.2	$862
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$1985	$12026

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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 Surrey

Distance	City	Cost of living
10 km or 6.4 mi	Burnaby	$2495
12 km or 7.4 mi	Coquitlam	$2490
12 km or 7.7 mi	Delta	$2317
17 km or 10 mi	Langley	$2021
19 km or 12 mi	Maple Ridge	$1969
20 km or 12 mi	Vancouver	$2488
21 km or 13 mi	Richmond	$2093
22 km or 13 mi	North Vancouver	$2388
41 km or 25 mi	Abbotsford	$1883
55 km or 34 mi	Bellingham	$2466
65 km or 41 mi	Chilliwack	$1761
79 km or 49 mi	Nanaimo	$1719
87 km or 54 mi	Saanich	$2121
93 km or 58 mi	Victoria	$2093
93 km or 58 mi	Mount Vernon	$2542
95 km or 59 mi	Langford	$2047
100 km or 62 mi	Oak Harbor	$2751
105 km or 65 mi	Whistler	$2023
124 km or 77 mi	Sequim	$2692
127 km or 79 mi	Port Angeles	$2527
134 km or 84 mi	Marysville	$2598
142 km or 88 mi	Lake Stevens	$2604
144 km or 89 mi	Everett	$2589
147 km or 91 mi	Mukilteo	$2637
154 km or 96 mi	Mill Creek	$2642
157 km or 98 mi	Lynnwood	$2726
157 km or 98 mi	Edmonds	$2785
163 km or 101 mi	Shoreline	$2973
164 km or 102 mi	Bothell	$2625
165 km or 102 mi	Courtenay	$1810
165 km or 103 mi	Kenmore	$2718
171 km or 107 mi	Bainbridge Island	$2810
173 km or 108 mi	Kirkland	$2882
177 km or 110 mi	Redmond	$3239
179 km or 112 mi	Seattle	$3015
180 km or 112 mi	Bremerton	$2462
181 km or 113 mi	Bellevue	$3273
185 km or 115 mi	Sammamish	$2759
185 km or 115 mi	Mercer Island	$2826
193 km or 120 mi	Issaquah	$2606