Cairo vs Tampa - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Cairo	Tampa
🚶 Cost of living one person	$473	$2634
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1152	$5902
🏠 One person rent	$189	$1726
🏘️ Family rent	$325	$2981
🍽️ Food expenses	$182	$666
🚐 Transport expenses	$36.5	$99.4
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$185	$4360
😷 Air quality	Bad	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	12 km	7 km
🎓 Higher education	84	68
😀 Quality of life	60	90
🏙️ Population	9.61M	385K

The cost of living in Cairo is 82% less expensive than in Tampa. Cities ranked 8802nd and 658th ($473 vs $2634) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 3rd and 582nd 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 1.7 months in Tampa. Cairo ranked 1st best city to live in Egypt vs Tampa ranked 56th in the United States, while ranked 5895th and 202nd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Cairo vs Tampa

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	Cairo	Tampa
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$4.18	$20
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$19.8	$80.5
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.93	$12.5
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.57	$6.95
☕ Cappuccino	$1.7	$5.75
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.38	$2.99
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$218	$1909
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$145	$1437
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$394	$3364
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$259	$2556
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$17.3	$128
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$26.7	$196
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$11.8	$66.6
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	17.17%	6.36%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$869	$3204
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$517	$2587
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.31	$1.99
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$7.95	$80.1
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$2.61	$14.4
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.36	$0.88
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.99	$1.17
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.59	$4.05
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.7	$4.65
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.63	$4.69
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.96	$15.5
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.8	$12
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.2	$16.6
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.69	$5.93
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.76	$1.82
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.64	$3.84
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.34	$4.52
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.44	$2.85
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.42	$2.89
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.15	$1.54
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.79	$2.93
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.92	$15
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.32	$3.21
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.05	$6.72
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$2.14	$10.5
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.21	$5.56
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.89	$2.99
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.97	$1.72
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$19	$37.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$3.64	$15.1
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$10.9	$83.4
💇 Haircut, simple	$2.77	$18.2
👖 Brand Jeans	$39.1	$57.8
👟 Brand Sneakers	$115	$91.1
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$96.5	$1294
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$2311	$14367

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Cities near Cairo

Distance	City	Cost of living
5.9 km or 3.6 mi	Giza	$410
8.1 km or 5 mi	Shubra El Kheima	$422
26 km or 16 mi	Helwan	$395
46 km or 28 mi	Benha	$336
60 km or 37 mi	Shibin El Kom	$354
62 km or 39 mi	Zagazig	$345
84 km or 52 mi	Tanta	$287
93 km or 58 mi	Faiyum	$334
101 km or 63 mi	El Mahalla El Kubra	$356
111 km or 69 mi	Beni Suef	$288
111 km or 69 mi	Mansoura	$326
115 km or 71 mi	Ismailia	$295
125 km or 78 mi	Suez	$276
133 km or 83 mi	Damanhur	$274
161 km or 100 mi	Kafr El Dawwar	$330
161 km or 100 mi	Damietta	$331
166 km or 103 mi	Port Said	$306
179 km or 111 mi	Alexandria	$384
224 km or 139 mi	Minya	$348
319 km or 198 mi	Asyut	$271
347 km or 216 mi	Gaza	$695
351 km or 218 mi	Ofakim	$1867
354 km or 220 mi	Netivot	$1951
360 km or 223 mi	Sderot	$1957
361 km or 224 mi	Dahab	$517
362 km or 225 mi	Eilat	$1734
365 km or 226 mi	Ashkelon	$1850
366 km or 227 mi	Beersheba	$1645
367 km or 228 mi	Rahat	$1879
368 km or 229 mi	Aqaba	$782
379 km or 235 mi	Ashdod	$1993
379 km or 235 mi	Kiryat Gat	$2032
380 km or 236 mi	Dimona	$1910
381 km or 236 mi	El Gouna	$354
383 km or 238 mi	Kiryat Malakhi	$2027
384 km or 239 mi	Sharm El Sheikh	$589
390 km or 242 mi	Yavne	$2064
391 km or 243 mi	Sohag	$398
396 km or 246 mi	Dura	$1021
397 km or 246 mi	Rehovot	$1947

Cities near Tampa

Distance	City	Cost of living
6.5 km or 4 mi	Egypt Lake-Leto	$2478
9 km or 5.6 mi	East Lake-Orient Park	$2453
9.7 km or 6 mi	Palm River-Clair Mel	$2454
10 km or 6.4 mi	Temple Terrace	$2443
11 km or 7 mi	University	$2437
27 km or 17 mi	Pinellas Park	$2103
28 km or 17 mi	St. Petersburg	$2579
29 km or 18 mi	Clearwater	$2577
31 km or 19 mi	Dunedin	$2433
32 km or 20 mi	Largo	$2106
33 km or 20 mi	Plant	$2334
34 km or 21 mi	Tarpon Springs	$2354
41 km or 25 mi	Zephyrhills	$2128
50 km or 31 mi	Lakeland	$2410
55 km or 34 mi	Bradenton	$2347
65 km or 41 mi	Brooksville	$2290
71 km or 44 mi	Sarasota	$2749
74 km or 46 mi	Winter Haven	$2155
84 km or 52 mi	Haines	$2227
95 km or 59 mi	Clermont	$2317
97 km or 60 mi	Venice	$2698
105 km or 65 mi	North Port	$2491
108 km or 67 mi	Winter Garden	$2344
109 km or 68 mi	Leesburg	$2255
110 km or 68 mi	Kissimmee	$2254
113 km or 70 mi	Ocoee	$2357
113 km or 71 mi	Sebring	$1726
119 km or 74 mi	St. Cloud	$2265
122 km or 76 mi	Apopka	$2336
123 km or 76 mi	Orlando	$2473
124 km or 77 mi	Eustis	$2296
130 km or 81 mi	Winter Park	$2378
130 km or 81 mi	Altamonte Springs	$2358
136 km or 84 mi	Casselberry	$2351
139 km or 86 mi	Ocala	$1919
141 km or 88 mi	Winter Springs	$2321
146 km or 91 mi	Oviedo	$2320
148 km or 92 mi	Sanford	$2304
156 km or 97 mi	Cape Coral	$2230
161 km or 100 mi	Deltona	$2294