Overall score
Read Cairo as a vast, heritage-rich capital where service density and infrastructure scale balance significant air-quality and water-resilience pressures.
Overall66/100
Affordability80/100
Air quality50/100
Energy68/100
Egypt / Africa
Cairo City Intelligence
Cairo anchors Egypt's political, economic, and cultural life along the Nile with deep heritage, vast metro networks, and active solar and water-resilience programs. Cairo is a africa city of about 22M metro in Egypt. On the composite city-intelligence score, Cairo sits below the indexed median, with practical gaps to close (66/100).
- Last updated
- 2026-05-10
- Data year
- 2025
- Population
- 22M metro
Overall city intelligence
Mixed66/100
Composite directional score across affordability, air quality, clean energy, and resilience.
Cultural heritage
Globally leading
Heritage and creative ecosystems shape urban identity.
Solar resource
Exceptional
Among the strongest solar irradiance levels globally.
Cairo data table
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| Metric | Value | Context |
|---|---|---|
| Overall score | 66/100 | Composite score across major city intelligence modules. |
| Cost of Living | 80/100 | Cairo is comparatively affordable for housing and services across most districts. |
| Air Quality | 50/100 | Cairo carries significant air-quality pressure, with sustained particulate exposure a central public-health focus. |
| Energy | 68/100 | Cairo benefits from exceptional solar resource and active national grid modernization. |
| Safety | 78/100 | Cairo scores moderately on safety, with tourist-area opportunistic risks the main practical pain point. |
| Internet Speed | 68/100 | Cairo offers reliable fiber and mobile networks supporting digital services and remote work. |
| Climate Risk | 54/100 | Cairo carries elevated climate risk centered on extreme heat, water resilience, and dust events. |
| Resilience | 58/100 | Climate adaptation and infrastructure continuity context. |
Emergency and public safety in Cairo
Local public safety guidance for Cairo, with the country-level emergency contacts that apply when calling for police, fire, or ambulance.
For the universal emergency contacts that apply in Cairo, including police, fire, and ambulance, see the Egypt emergency profile, which currently lists no verified national contacts.
Methodology and the wider source registry are documented on the scoring methodology and data sources pages.
Healthcare and hospitals in Cairo
Healthcare context for Cairo, with national-level information from Egypt where city-specific data is not yet verified. This is informational only and does not provide medical advice.
For the national healthcare and public-health context that applies in Cairo, see the Egypt healthcare profile, which currently lists no verified national healthcare information.
Related sections: emergency and public safety, scoring methodology, and data sources.
Transport and mobility in Cairo
Local mobility context for Cairo, with national-level context from Egypt where city-specific data is not yet verified. This is informational only.
For national transport authorities and operators that apply in Cairo, see the Egypt transport profile, which currently lists no verified national transport information.
Related sections: emergency and public safety, healthcare and hospitals, cities directory, countries directory, scoring methodology, data sources.
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Cost of Living in Cairo
Cairo is comparatively affordable for housing and services across most districts.
Air Quality in Cairo
Cairo carries significant air-quality pressure, with sustained particulate exposure a central public-health focus.
Energy in Cairo
Cairo benefits from exceptional solar resource and active national grid modernization.
Safety in Cairo
Cairo scores moderately on safety, with tourist-area opportunistic risks the main practical pain point.
Internet Speed in Cairo
Cairo offers reliable fiber and mobile networks supporting digital services and remote work.
Climate Risk in Cairo
Cairo carries elevated climate risk centered on extreme heat, water resilience, and dust events.
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Interpretation
Read Cairo as a vast, heritage-rich capital where service density and infrastructure scale balance significant air-quality and water-resilience pressures. Its standout dimensions are cost of living (80/100) and safety (78/100). The area most worth watching is air quality (50/100), where the model registers practical gaps. Data year 2025; last updated 2026-05-10. Drawn from 5 institutional references.
Country context is available on the Egypt country page. Related rankings include Overall Intelligence, Quality of Life, Remote Work. See where Cairo appears in global rankings or read the scoring methodology.
Structured indicators on this page are directional and intended for orientation. Verified datasets are being integrated; official sources should be used for critical decisions.
Sources
5 institutional references inform this view, listed below with reliability notes. Structured indicators on this page are directional and intended for orientation; verified datasets are being integrated and official sources should be used for critical decisions.
- UN-Habitat: World Cities Report 2024
Used as a policy and methodology reference for urban exposure and resilience signals.
- NASA: NASA POWER
Used as an energy-resource and weather-normalization reference.
- World Health Organization: WHO Global Air Quality Guidelines
Used to normalize air-quality indicators toward health-protective benchmarks.
- IPCC: AR6 WGII Chapter 6: Cities, settlements and key infrastructure
Used to explain urban climate vulnerability and adaptation scoring logic.
- International Energy Agency: Empowering Urban Energy Transitions
Used to ground energy-readiness scoring in international transition guidance.