Cairo vs Yekaterinburg - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Cairo	Yekaterinburg
🚶 Cost of living one person	$424	$701
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1086	$1767
🏠 One person rent	$162	$347
🏘️ Family rent	$325	$703
🍽️ Food expenses	$168	$227
🚐 Transport expenses	$34.4	$54.4
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$152	$601
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	12 km	17 km
🎓 Higher education	83	46
😀 Quality of life	57	60
🏙️ Population	9.61M	1.47M

The cost of living in Cairo is 40% less expensive than in Yekaterinburg. Cities ranked 8926th and 6924th ($424 vs $701) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 16th in Egypt and Russia, respectively. Check Egypt vs Russia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.4 months in Cairo compared to 0.9 months in Yekaterinburg. Cairo ranked 1st best city to live in Egypt vs Yekaterinburg ranked 7th in Russia, while ranked 5583rd and 5229th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Cairo vs Yekaterinburg

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	Cairo	Yekaterinburg
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$3.97	$7.57
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$19.3	$32
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.24	$4.28
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.41	$1.62
☕ Cappuccino	$1.56	$1.93
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.34	$0.75
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$197	$377
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$121	$252
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$389	$836
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$266	$538
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$16.3	$62.7
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$24.9	$97.8
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$9.49	$7.01
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	13.85%	12.81%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$626	$1941
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$388	$1299
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.21	$0.35
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$7.83	$26.7
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$2.73	$4.47
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.27	$0.57
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.92	$0.77
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.63	$0.44
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.7	$1.1
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.5	$1.3
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.41	$8.74
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.58	$3.76
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.04	$6.95
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.5	$1.39
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.48	$1.36
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.33	$1.46
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.34	$2.14
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.44	$0.48
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.47	$0.53
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.13	$0.35
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.71	$1.69
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$6.78	$5.42
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.2	$0.73
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.84	$2.38
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$1.51	$3.48
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.23	$3.18
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.09	$0.69
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.61	$1.31
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$17.8	$27.5
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$3.21	$4.31
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$12	$17
💇 Haircut, simple	$2.75	$7.16
👖 Brand Jeans	$37.9	$61.6
👟 Brand Sneakers	$98.3	$83.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$92.9	$180
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$1916	$4718

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Cities near Cairo

Distance	City	Cost of living
5.9 km or 3.6 mi	Giza	$323
8.1 km or 5 mi	Shubra El Kheima	$374
26 km or 16 mi	Helwan	$345
46 km or 28 mi	Benha	$335
60 km or 37 mi	Shibin El Kom	$323
62 km or 39 mi	Zagazig	$327
84 km or 52 mi	Tanta	$315
93 km or 58 mi	Faiyum	$339
101 km or 63 mi	El Mahalla El Kubra	$331
111 km or 69 mi	Beni Suef	$334
111 km or 69 mi	Mansoura	$306
115 km or 71 mi	Ismailia	$310
125 km or 78 mi	Suez	$303
133 km or 83 mi	Damanhur	$308
161 km or 100 mi	Kafr El Dawwar	$299
161 km or 100 mi	Damietta	$291
166 km or 103 mi	Port Said	$282
179 km or 111 mi	Alexandria	$310
224 km or 139 mi	Minya	$357
319 km or 198 mi	Asyut	$306
347 km or 216 mi	Gaza	$609
351 km or 218 mi	Ofakim	$1607
354 km or 220 mi	Netivot	$1713
360 km or 223 mi	Sderot	$1727
361 km or 224 mi	Dahab	$393
362 km or 225 mi	Eilat	$1536
365 km or 226 mi	Ashkelon	$1671
366 km or 227 mi	Beersheba	$1372
367 km or 228 mi	Rahat	$1632
368 km or 229 mi	Aqaba	$694
379 km or 235 mi	Ashdod	$1775
379 km or 235 mi	Kiryat Gat	$1754
380 km or 236 mi	Dimona	$1657
381 km or 236 mi	El Gouna	$294
383 km or 238 mi	Kiryat Malakhi	$1771
384 km or 239 mi	Sharm El Sheikh	$499
390 km or 242 mi	Yavne	$1815
391 km or 243 mi	Sohag	$350
396 km or 246 mi	Dura	$847
397 km or 246 mi	Rehovot	$1741

Cities near Yekaterinburg

Distance	City	Cost of living
95 km or 59 mi	Municipal Formation of the Kamensk-Uralsky	$586
96 km or 59 mi	Kamensk-Uralsky	$585
126 km or 78 mi	Nizhny Tagil	$537
194 km or 120 mi	Zlatoust	$539
194 km or 121 mi	Chelyabinsk	$523
201 km or 125 mi	Miass	$531
291 km or 181 mi	Perm	$559
302 km or 188 mi	Tyumen	$698
333 km or 207 mi	Kurgan	$490
371 km or 231 mi	Ufa	$567
396 km or 246 mi	Magnitogorsk	$473
447 km or 277 mi	Kostanay	$782
448 km or 278 mi	Izhevsk	$620
461 km or 287 mi	Sterlitamak	$422
486 km or 302 mi	Salavat	$484
524 km or 326 mi	Naberezhnye Chelny	$556
558 km or 346 mi	Nizhnekamsk	$536
559 km or 348 mi	Almetyevsk	$540
577 km or 358 mi	Petropavl	$575
639 km or 397 mi	Orsk	$451
666 km or 414 mi	Orenburg	$503
678 km or 421 mi	Kirov	$463
685 km or 426 mi	Kokshetau	$630
716 km or 445 mi	Kazan	$654
760 km or 473 mi	Aktobe	$533
771 km or 479 mi	Syktyvkar	$480
773 km or 480 mi	Yoshkar-Ola	$509
780 km or 485 mi	Samara	$589
798 km or 496 mi	Tolyatti	$513
816 km or 507 mi	Ulyanovsk	$484
821 km or 510 mi	Cheboksary	$541
823 km or 511 mi	Omsk	$406
865 km or 537 mi	Oral	$530
872 km or 542 mi	Syzran	$522
882 km or 548 mi	Surgut	$612
949 km or 590 mi	Nur-Sultan	$780
982 km or 610 mi	Balakovo	$562
1011 km or 628 mi	Saransk	$376
1014 km or 630 mi	Nizhny Novgorod	$639
1023 km or 636 mi	Nizhnevartovsk	$628