Egypt / Africa
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).
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Composite profile
66/100
Read Cairo as a vast, heritage-rich capital where service density and infrastructure scale balance significant air-quality and water-resilience pressures.
66/100
Composite directional score across affordability, air quality, clean energy, and resilience.
Globally leading
Heritage and creative ecosystems shape urban identity.
Exceptional
Among the strongest solar irradiance levels globally.
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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. |
Deterministic safety estimates from our index — planning signals derived from country priors and city data, not official crime statistics.
Cairo has a moderate safety estimate (51/100); standard urban precautions are advised, particularly after dark.
A composite quality-of-life estimate and its component indicators.
Cairo has a moderate quality-of-life estimate (58/100) across our combined indicators.
How the city scores for raising a family, with the indicators that drive it.
Cairo scores moderate for family living (57/100).
Suitability for remote workers, based on connectivity, mobility, and livability.
Cairo is high for remote workers (68/100), based on connectivity, affordability and walkability and day-to-day amenities.
Suitability for retirement, weighing healthcare, affordability, climate, and environment.
Cairo is moderate for retirement (59/100), appealing for affordability.
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 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.
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.
Source-attributed air-quality dataset for Cairo. Verified measurements are surfaced when published from accepted official datasets; transparent fallback is shown otherwise.
Source-attributed values for Cairo will appear here after the platform integrates verified measurements from accepted official publishers. Until then, structured air-quality module context remains available on the dedicated module page.
| Metric | Value | Data year | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Air quality | Verified air-quality measurements are not yet published for this location. | ||
Global City Intelligence — air-quality dataset
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Quick, evidence-based answers about Cairo drawn from this profile's indexed cost, climate, safety, economy, education, healthcare and nearby-nature data. Figures are deterministic estimates for orientation — verify specifics with official sources.
Yes — good quality of life (58/100) and a tourism economy economy.
Good (57/100) on safety, schools and green space.
More affordable than average; about 27,500 EGP/month for one person (estimate).
Late spring to early autumn; warmest in Jul, coldest in Jan.
Mainly tourism, hospitality, government.
A desert climate, averaging about 24.0°C.
Higher education is strong (66/100).
Healthcare access is good (60/100).
Retirement suitability is good (61/100).
No major nature destinations are indexed within day-trip range.
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Cairo is comparatively affordable for housing and services across most districts.
Cairo carries significant air-quality pressure, with sustained particulate exposure a central public-health focus.
Cairo benefits from exceptional solar resource and active national grid modernization.
Cairo scores moderately on safety, with tourist-area opportunistic risks the main practical pain point.
Cairo offers reliable fiber and mobile networks supporting digital services and remote work.
Cairo carries elevated climate risk centered on extreme heat, water resilience, and dust events.
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Cost of living estimates for Cairo — monthly budgets, rent, food, and transport in the local currency, plus an affordability score for comparison. Planning estimates derived from country baselines, not live prices.
Climate profile for Cairo — Desert climate, annual average 24°C, comfort score 56/100. Month-by-month temperatures, rainfall, sunshine, and the best months to visit. Deterministic planning estimates, not a forecast.
Economy and jobs profile for Cairo — tourism economy, economy score 62/100, key industries including tourism, hospitality, government. Employment, salary, startup, remote-work, and career indicators. Deterministic planning estimates.
Education profile for Cairo — regional education center, education score 65/100, 7 representative universities, plus research, student life, and international-student indicators. Deterministic dataset, not institutional rankings.
Healthcare and retirement profile for Cairo — regional healthcare center, healthcare score 60/100, retirement score 61/100. Medical access, specialist and emergency care, affordability, and retirement suitability. Deterministic planning estimates.
Estimate a monthly budget for Cairo using your own housing, food, transport, healthcare, and lifestyle inputs. Planning estimator only — not an official cost-of-living measurement.
Plan a trip budget for Cairo using your own accommodation, food, local transport, activities, travel, healthcare buffer, and emergency buffer inputs. Planning estimator only — not an official travel cost estimate.
Where else nearby you could spend a day or a weekend from Cairo. Links are derived from geographic proximity, shared region, shared natural-recreation areas, transport corridors, and country borders — not popularity or tourism rankings.
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Common questions about living in, visiting, working in, studying in and retiring to Cairo, answered from the indexed cost-of-living, climate, safety, economy, education, healthcare and nearby-nature data on this profile.
Cairo has a moderate quality-of-life estimate (58/100) across our combined indicators. Visitors can also reach nature such as nearby parks and countryside within weekend range.
Cairo has a moderate quality-of-life estimate (58/100) across our combined indicators. It indexes 58/100 for overall quality of life.
A single resident of Cairo spends roughly 27,500 EGP per month, with a one-bedroom rent near 14,600 EGP. Overall the city is more affordable than average for Egypt. These are modelled estimates, not live quotes — verify locally.
Plan for below-average living costs and check current rents before relocating. Cairo is high for remote workers (68/100), based on connectivity, affordability and walkability and day-to-day amenities.
Cairo's labour market is moderate, with opportunities concentrated in tourism and hospitality, finance and professional services and technology. Cairo has a tourism-driven economy with strengths in tourism, hospitality and government.
Cairo offers solid infrastructure and amenities for remote professionals, with a remote-work score of 60/100.
Cairo is a regional education center with a mix of universities and research activity in our dataset, spanning fields such as Social Sciences, Computer Science and Business.
Cairo offers a strong student environment, supported by walkable neighborhoods and relatively affordable living.
Cairo has a regional healthcare center, supported by hospitals, specialist services, and public-health infrastructure, with a healthcare score of 60/100. Residents have solid access to healthcare across primary, specialist, and emergency care.
Cairo offers a combination of healthcare access, safety, and amenities that may appeal to retirees, with a retirement score of 61/100. Residents benefit from walkable streets and day-to-day services.
Cairo has a desert climate, averaging about 24.0°C annually with roughly 59 mm of rain. The hottest month is Jul and the coldest Jan. The driest is typically Jul.
Cairo has a moderate safety estimate (51/100); standard urban precautions are advised, particularly after dark.
Cairo indexes a walkability score of 83 and a cycling score of 57 out of 100. Check the local operator for live transit routes and fares.
Cairo has limited indexed nature destinations within day-trip range.
Cairo scores moderate for family living (57/100).
Cairo rates 19/100 for outdoor lifestyle and 39/100 for green space.
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 2026-05-16. 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.
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.
Used as a policy and methodology reference for urban exposure and resilience signals.
Used as an energy-resource and weather-normalization reference.
Used to normalize air-quality indicators toward health-protective benchmarks.
Used to explain urban climate vulnerability and adaptation scoring logic.
Used to ground energy-readiness scoring in international transition guidance.