Cairo vs Toronto - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Cairo	Toronto
🚶 Cost of living one person	$417	$2453
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1080	$5408
🏠 One person rent	$154	$1480
🏘️ Family rent	$315	$2344
🍽️ Food expenses	$166	$602
🚐 Transport expenses	$38	$240
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$165	$3141
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Good
✈️ Airport proximity	12 km	5 km
🎓 Higher education	83	86
😀 Quality of life	58	93
🏙️ Population	9.61M	2.79M

The cost of living in Cairo is 83% less expensive than in Toronto. Cities ranked 8923rd and 861st ($417 vs $2453) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 4th 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 1.3 months in Toronto. Cairo ranked 1st best city to live in Egypt vs Toronto ranked 2nd in Canada, while ranked 5545th and 59th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Cairo vs Toronto

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	Cairo	Toronto
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$3.9	$17.3
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$18.6	$74.9
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.73	$10.6
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.26	$6.08
☕ Cappuccino	$1.5	$4.07
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.34	$2.14
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$185	$1577
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$113	$1302
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$386	$2556
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$253	$2087
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$16.8	$74.4
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$25.8	$114
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$10.1	$48.6
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	14.49%	5.83%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$690	$9200
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$453	$7455
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.3	$2.34
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$7.68	$112
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$3.17	$15.4
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.29	$1.09
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.89	$2.76
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.6	$2.44
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.65	$2.81
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.51	$3.73
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.48	$13.9
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.36	$12.9
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.58	$15
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.49	$3.82
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.55	$1.16
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.42	$3.25
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.39	$3.95
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.48	$2.64
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.41	$2.89
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.13	$1.18
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.72	$2.34
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.33	$13.5
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.13	$2.5
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.84	$13.2
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$1.46	$12.7
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.31	$5.96
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.87	$3.23
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.69	$3.62
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$17.3	$47.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$2.97	$12.2
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$11	$65.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$2.86	$22.2
👖 Brand Jeans	$37	$53.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$101	$88.8
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$90.2	$1130
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$1985	$17118

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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 Toronto

Distance	City	Cost of living
20 km or 13 mi	Vaughan	$2267
23 km or 14 mi	Mississauga	$2370
24 km or 15 mi	Richmond Hill	$2447
26 km or 16 mi	Markham	$2291
31 km or 19 mi	Brampton	$1946
34 km or 21 mi	Oakville	$2142
35 km or 22 mi	Ajax	$2432
46 km or 28 mi	Halton Hills	$1966
50 km or 31 mi	Oshawa	$1554
51 km or 32 mi	Burlington	$2185
54 km or 34 mi	New Tecumseth	$2019
56 km or 35 mi	St. Catharines	$1846
60 km or 37 mi	Hamilton	$2017
65 km or 40 mi	Orangeville	$1861
67 km or 41 mi	Niagara Falls	$1771
71 km or 44 mi	Niagara Falls	$1888
71 km or 44 mi	Guelph	$1899
77 km or 48 mi	Welland	$1554
81 km or 50 mi	Grand Island	$2009
81 km or 51 mi	Lockport	$2021
82 km or 51 mi	North Tonawanda	$1992
82 km or 51 mi	Cambridge	$2089
84 km or 52 mi	Barrie	$1849
89 km or 56 mi	Brantford	$1783
90 km or 56 mi	Amherst	$2013
92 km or 57 mi	Kitchener	$2056
94 km or 58 mi	Waterloo	$1977
96 km or 59 mi	Buffalo	$2183
100 km or 62 mi	Cheektowaga	$2107
100 km or 62 mi	Clarence	$2056
103 km or 64 mi	West Seneca	$2145
103 km or 64 mi	Orillia	$1910
105 km or 65 mi	Lancaster	$2082
111 km or 69 mi	Peterborough	$1990
112 km or 70 mi	Hamburg	$2101
114 km or 71 mi	Orchard Park	$2100
132 km or 82 mi	Stratford	$1680
146 km or 91 mi	Greece	$2097
146 km or 91 mi	Chili	$2081
148 km or 92 mi	Gates	$2095