Cairo vs Vancouver - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Cairo	Vancouver
🚶 Cost of living one person	$473	$2457
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1152	$5641
🏠 One person rent	$189	$1547
🏘️ Family rent	$325	$2678
🍽️ Food expenses	$182	$613
🚐 Transport expenses	$36.5	$139
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$185	$3278
😷 Air quality	Bad	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	12 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	84	78
😀 Quality of life	60	93
🏙️ Population	9.61M	662K

The cost of living in Cairo is 81% less expensive than in Vancouver. Cities ranked 8802nd and 931st ($473 vs $2457) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 3rd 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 Vancouver. Cairo ranked 1st best city to live in Egypt vs Vancouver ranked 10th in Canada, while ranked 5895th and 87th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Cairo vs Vancouver

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	Cairo	Vancouver
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$4.18	$18.5
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$19.8	$64.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.93	$10.5
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.57	$5.74
☕ Cappuccino	$1.7	$4
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.38	$2.15
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$218	$1697
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$145	$1379
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$394	$3105
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$259	$2409
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$17.3	$48.4
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$26.7	$74
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$11.8	$56.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	17.17%	5.17%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$869	$9732
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$517	$7029
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.31	$2.49
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$7.95	$87.1
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$2.61	$15.8
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.36	$1.23
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.99	$2.03
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.59	$2.94
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.7	$3.43
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.63	$4.01
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.96	$12.9
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.8	$14.6
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.2	$15.2
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.69	$4.19
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.76	$1.44
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.64	$4.13
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.34	$4.57
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.44	$3.21
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.42	$3.06
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.15	$1.15
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.79	$2.76
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.92	$15.7
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.32	$3.21
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.05	$15
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$2.14	$8.1
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.21	$4.89
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.89	$3.33
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.97	$2.65
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$19	$42.5
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$3.64	$11.8
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$10.9	$101
💇 Haircut, simple	$2.77	$27.4
👖 Brand Jeans	$39.1	$63
👟 Brand Sneakers	$115	$93
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$96.5	$1240
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$2311	$19787

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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 Vancouver

Distance	City	Cost of living
7.8 km or 4.8 mi	North Vancouver	$2379
9.6 km or 6 mi	Richmond	$2172
11 km or 6.8 mi	Burnaby	$2412
17 km or 10 mi	Delta	$2325
20 km or 12 mi	Surrey	$2297
23 km or 14 mi	Coquitlam	$2488
36 km or 22 mi	Langley	$1952
36 km or 23 mi	Maple Ridge	$2361
60 km or 37 mi	Abbotsford	$1987
62 km or 38 mi	Nanaimo	$1791
72 km or 45 mi	Bellingham	$2443
84 km or 52 mi	Chilliwack	$1842
88 km or 54 mi	Saanich	$2144
94 km or 58 mi	Langford	$2079
94 km or 58 mi	Victoria	$2114
97 km or 61 mi	Whistler	$2414
108 km or 67 mi	Mount Vernon	$2419
111 km or 69 mi	Oak Harbor	$2762
129 km or 80 mi	Port Angeles	$2480
130 km or 81 mi	Sequim	$2644
145 km or 90 mi	Courtenay	$1812
149 km or 92 mi	Marysville	$2603
156 km or 97 mi	Lake Stevens	$2623
158 km or 98 mi	Everett	$2649
159 km or 99 mi	Mukilteo	$2632
168 km or 104 mi	Mill Creek	$2655
170 km or 105 mi	Lynnwood	$2678
170 km or 105 mi	Edmonds	$2669
175 km or 109 mi	Shoreline	$2723
177 km or 110 mi	Campbell River	$2203
177 km or 110 mi	Bothell	$2730
178 km or 111 mi	Kenmore	$2674
182 km or 113 mi	Bainbridge Island	$2814
186 km or 116 mi	Kirkland	$2907
190 km or 118 mi	Bremerton	$2525
190 km or 118 mi	Redmond	$3269
191 km or 119 mi	Seattle	$3162
194 km or 120 mi	Bellevue	$3313
198 km or 123 mi	Mercer Island	$2851
198 km or 123 mi	Sammamish	$2812