Cairo vs Wichita - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Cairo	Wichita
🚶 Cost of living one person	$473	$1811
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1152	$4316
🏠 One person rent	$189	$997
🏘️ Family rent	$325	$1698
🍽️ Food expenses	$182	$577
🚐 Transport expenses	$36.5	$84.7
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$185	$3587
😷 Air quality	Bad	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	12 km	10 km
🎓 Higher education	84	46
😀 Quality of life	60	83
🏙️ Population	9.61M	398K

The cost of living in Cairo is 74% less expensive than in Wichita. Cities ranked 8802nd and 2697th ($473 vs $1811) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 3rd and 1945th 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 2 months in Wichita. Cairo ranked 1st best city to live in Egypt vs Wichita ranked 176th in the United States, while ranked 5895th and 560th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Cairo vs Wichita

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	Cairo	Wichita
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$4.18	$18
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$19.8	$59.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.93	$10
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.57	$5
☕ Cappuccino	$1.7	$4.67
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.38	$2.23
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$218	$886
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$145	$729
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$394	$1639
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$259	$1304
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$17.3	$168
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$26.7	$258
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$11.8	$68.4
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	17.17%	6.38%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$869	$1542
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$517	$1487
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.31	$1.75
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$7.95	$54.6
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$2.61	$14.8
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.36	$0.78
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.99	$0.89
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.59	$3.61
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.7	$4.5
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.63	$4.01
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.96	$9.33
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.8	$9.45
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.2	$16.3
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.69	$5.63
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.76	$1.68
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.64	$5.08
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.34	$4.67
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.44	$2.62
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.42	$2.64
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.15	$1.21
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.79	$2.42
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.92	$14.3
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.32	$2.22
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.05	$9.34
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$2.14	$9.32
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.21	$3.54
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.89	$4.51
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.97	$1.8
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$19	$46.5
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$3.64	$13.8
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$10.9	$109
💇 Haircut, simple	$2.77	$16.9
👖 Brand Jeans	$39.1	$46.7
👟 Brand Sneakers	$115	$98.7
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$96.5	$919
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$2311	$16150

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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 Wichita

Distance	City	Cost of living
17 km or 10 mi	Derby	$1855
40 km or 25 mi	Newton	$1729
66 km or 41 mi	Hutchinson	$1242
111 km or 69 mi	Ponca	$1659
128 km or 80 mi	Salina	$1535
129 km or 80 mi	Emporia	$1368
151 km or 94 mi	Enid	$1821
155 km or 96 mi	Junction	$1875
161 km or 100 mi	Bartlesville	$1852
176 km or 109 mi	Stillwater	$1755
179 km or 111 mi	Manhattan	$1761
205 km or 128 mi	Owasso	$1810
209 km or 130 mi	Topeka	$1574
213 km or 132 mi	Tulsa	$1893
216 km or 134 mi	Claremore	$1838
217 km or 135 mi	Sapulpa	$1898
218 km or 136 mi	Hays	$1456
227 km or 141 mi	Edmond	$1620
230 km or 143 mi	Broken Arrow	$1896
232 km or 144 mi	Bixby	$1886
232 km or 144 mi	Lawrence	$1912
234 km or 146 mi	Pittsburg	$1909
236 km or 147 mi	Dodge	$1753
245 km or 152 mi	Gardner	$2160
246 km or 153 mi	Yukon	$1831
246 km or 153 mi	Oklahoma City	$1872
248 km or 154 mi	Midwest	$1879
250 km or 155 mi	Del	$1896
258 km or 160 mi	Mustang	$1883
258 km or 160 mi	Olathe	$2261
258 km or 161 mi	Joplin	$1848
262 km or 163 mi	Moore	$1959
263 km or 164 mi	Shawnee	$1854
266 km or 165 mi	Lenexa	$2311
268 km or 167 mi	Shawnee	$2271
270 km or 168 mi	Overland Park	$2390
274 km or 170 mi	Leawood	$2266
274 km or 171 mi	Norman	$1985
275 km or 171 mi	Belton	$1841
276 km or 172 mi	Prairie Village	$2293