Cairo vs Vienna - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Cairo	Vienna
🚶 Cost of living one person	$417	$1844
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1080	$4559
🏠 One person rent	$154	$949
🏘️ Family rent	$315	$1773
🍽️ Food expenses	$166	$532
🚐 Transport expenses	$38	$184
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$165	$2695
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	12 km	18 km
🎓 Higher education	83	98
😀 Quality of life	58	93
🏙️ Population	9.61M	1.97M

The cost of living in Cairo is 77% less expensive than in Vienna. Cities ranked 8923rd and 2270th ($417 vs $1844) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 1st in Egypt and Austria, respectively. Check Egypt vs Austria comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.4 months in Cairo compared to 1.5 months in Vienna. Cairo ranked 1st best city to live in Egypt vs Vienna ranked 1st in Austria, while ranked 5545th and 52nd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Cairo vs Vienna

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	Cairo	Vienna
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$3.9	$14.1
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$18.6	$63.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.73	$10.7
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.26	$5.22
☕ Cappuccino	$1.5	$4.19
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.34	$2.66
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$185	$966
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$113	$676
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$386	$1899
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$253	$1349
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$16.8	$180
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$25.8	$279
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$10.1	$34.6
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	14.49%	3.65%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$690	$10201
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$453	$6325
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.3	$2.5
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$7.68	$49
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$3.17	$19.9
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.29	$1.74
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.89	$1.5
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.6	$2.49
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.65	$2.29
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.51	$4.42
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.48	$15.5
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.36	$13.6
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.58	$20.9
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.49	$2.83
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.55	$2.16
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.42	$2.98
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.39	$3.73
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.48	$2.14
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.41	$1.83
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.13	$0.54
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.72	$2.7
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.33	$7.56
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.13	$1.27
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.84	$6.54
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$1.46	$12.8
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.31	$3.36
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.87	$1.83
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.69	$2.08
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$17.3	$40.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$2.97	$12.3
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$11	$140
💇 Haircut, simple	$2.86	$18.4
👖 Brand Jeans	$37	$99
👟 Brand Sneakers	$101	$98.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$90.2	$276
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$1985	$18199

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Cost of Living in the nearest cities

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 Vienna

Distance	City	Cost of living
11 km or 7.1 mi	Klosterneuburg	$1582
15 km or 9.4 mi	Modling	$1719
25 km or 15 mi	Baden bei Wien	$1627
45 km or 28 mi	Wiener Neustadt	$1586
55 km or 34 mi	Bratislava	$1275
56 km or 35 mi	Petrzalka	$1202
56 km or 35 mi	Sankt Polten	$1559
60 km or 38 mi	Sopron	$919
61 km or 38 mi	Krems an der Donau	$1553
72 km or 45 mi	Breclav	$943
76 km or 47 mi	Znojmo	$1087
77 km or 48 mi	Mosonmagyarovar	$794
91 km or 56 mi	Hodonin	$1098
92 km or 57 mi	Trnava	$1181
110 km or 68 mi	Szombathely	$701
111 km or 69 mi	Gyor	$784
111 km or 69 mi	Brno	$1329
112 km or 70 mi	Amstetten	$1335
116 km or 72 mi	Piestany	$935
118 km or 73 mi	Trebic	$1120
118 km or 73 mi	Kapfenberg	$1323
125 km or 77 mi	Uherske Hradiste	$1381
127 km or 79 mi	Nitra	$1039
132 km or 82 mi	Leoben	$1263
136 km or 84 mi	Nove Zamky	$1019
140 km or 87 mi	Komarno	$1045
142 km or 88 mi	Kromeriz	$1107
144 km or 90 mi	Jihlava	$974
144 km or 90 mi	Trencin	$1118
145 km or 90 mi	Graz	$1594
146 km or 91 mi	Steyr	$1474
148 km or 92 mi	Zlin	$1169
151 km or 94 mi	Prostejov	$1075
155 km or 96 mi	Linz	$1593
156 km or 97 mi	Zalaegerszeg	$750
157 km or 98 mi	Leonding	$1555
158 km or 98 mi	Traun	$1549
160 km or 99 mi	Prerov	$983
164 km or 102 mi	Ceske Budejovice	$1227
166 km or 103 mi	Levice	$987