Cost of Living in Cairo

This page summarises typical cost of living in Cairo, Egypt, expressed in EGP. A single person can expect to budget around 27,500 EGP per month before rent-driven variation, with an affordability score of 80/100 (higher means more affordable). On that scale Cairo is relatively affordable relative to other cities in the dataset. These are deterministic planning estimates derived from a country cost baseline adjusted for the city's affordability and size — they are not live market prices, not a ranking, and should be verified against current local sources before relocation or travel decisions.

Currency: EGP. Data year 2025; last updated 2026-05-16.

Cairo has an affordability score of 80/100, which places it in the relatively affordable range relative to other indexed cities. Because every city profile uses the same scale, this score is the most reliable cross-city comparison — local-currency totals above are not directly comparable between countries.

In Cairo a single-person monthly budget is around 27,500 EGP and a one-bedroom rent around 14,600 EGP. Use the affordability score (80/100) to compare across countries, since amounts are shown in each city's local currency.

• Cost of living in Istanbul — affordability 76/100
• Cost of living in Dubai — affordability 62/100
• Cost of living in Casablanca — affordability 78/100