Cairo vs Sydney - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: June 21, 2026

	Cairo	Sydney
🚶 Cost of living one person	$483	$2844
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1185	$6812
🏠 One person rent	$190	$1756
🏘️ Family rent	$332	$3107
🍽️ Food expenses	$191	$592
🚐 Transport expenses	$38.7	$335
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$190	$4188
😷 Air quality	Bad	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	12 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	83	99
😀 Quality of life	63	100
🏙️ Population	9.8M	5.45M

The cost of living in Cairo is 83% less expensive than in Sydney. Cities ranked 8753rd and 370th ($483 vs $2844) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 1st in Egypt and Australia, respectively. Check Egypt vs Australia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.4 months in Cairo compared to 1.5 months in Sydney. Cairo ranked 1st best city to live in Egypt vs Sydney ranked 2nd in Australia, while ranked 5501st and 2nd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Cairo vs Sydney

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	Cairo	Sydney
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$4.87	$15.4
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$24.6	$81.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.58	$11.6
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.54	$7.3
☕ Cappuccino	$1.75	$3.97
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.36	$2.71
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$207	$2215
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$152	$1420
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$373	$3992
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$277	$2582
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$16.7	$126
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$25.5	$193
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$10.6	$50.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	16.04%	5.83%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$855	$12962
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$476	$7403
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.35	$3.96
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$10.1	$117
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$2.36	$20.2
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.38	$1.39
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.92	$1.74
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.66	$2.28
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.61	$2.09
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.35	$5.78
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.2	$13.6
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.66	$9.72
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.14	$15.5
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.7	$3.62
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.77	$3.08
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.6	$3.19
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.45	$4.73
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.41	$2.9
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.41	$2.27
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.15	$0.72
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.73	$2.95
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.42	$16.4
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.43	$4.08
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.87	$28.3
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$1.86	$8.18
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.01	$4.65
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.03	$3.58
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.91	$3.34
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$22.6	$66
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$3.74	$17.6
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$10.1	$70
💇 Haircut, simple	$2.53	$21.4
👖 Brand Jeans	$39.9	$77.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$107	$111
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$100	$2275
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$2716	$25164

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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 Sydney

Distance	City	Cost of living
15 km or 9.2 mi	Dee Why	$2354
19 km or 12 mi	Parramatta	$2481
29 km or 18 mi	Kellyville	$2040
29 km or 18 mi	Blacktown	$1709
69 km or 43 mi	Wollongong	$1695
117 km or 73 mi	Newcastle	$1995
158 km or 98 mi	Bathurst	$1701
168 km or 104 mi	Goulburn	$1795
205 km or 127 mi	Orange	$1460
247 km or 154 mi	Canberra	$2258
301 km or 187 mi	Dubbo	$1855
314 km or 195 mi	Port Macquarie	$1786
377 km or 234 mi	Armidale	$1273
378 km or 235 mi	Wagga Wagga	$1608
436 km or 271 mi	Coffs Harbour	$2132
478 km or 297 mi	Griffith	$1825
597 km or 371 mi	Shepparton	$1816
624 km or 388 mi	Byron Bay	$2672
638 km or 396 mi	Traralgon	$2000
683 km or 425 mi	Gold Coast	$2530
689 km or 428 mi	Southport	$2341
695 km or 432 mi	Pakenham	$1936
701 km or 436 mi	Berwick	$1915
706 km or 439 mi	Bendigo	$1493
706 km or 439 mi	Toowoomba	$1720
707 km or 439 mi	Dandenong	$1913
711 km or 442 mi	Ipswich	$1825
711 km or 442 mi	Cranbourne	$1810
713 km or 443 mi	South Yarra	$1834
713 km or 443 mi	Melbourne	$2543
716 km or 445 mi	Sunbury	$1933
724 km or 450 mi	Frankston	$1889
732 km or 455 mi	Melton	$1896
733 km or 455 mi	Brisbane	$2323
735 km or 457 mi	Tarneit	$1813
736 km or 457 mi	Hoppers Crossing	$1847
775 km or 481 mi	Caboolture	$1992
778 km or 484 mi	Geelong	$2179
779 km or 484 mi	Ballarat	$1606
807 km or 502 mi	Caloundra	$1863