Cost of living comparison

compared to

Los Angeles vs. Cairo Cost of Living Summary

Los Angeles is 7.4 times more expensive than Cairo.

Restaurants: pay 7.9 times more in Los Angeles
Groceries: pay 6.0 times more in Los Angeles
Transportation: pay 6.4 times more in Los Angeles
Housing: pay 10.1 times more in Los Angeles
Childcare: pay 15.6 times more in Los Angeles
Entertainment and Sports: pay 4.4 times more in Los Angeles
Clothing: pay 51.6% more in Los Angeles

The cost of childcare, housing, restaurants, transportation, groceries, and entertainment and sports in Los Angeles are more expensive than in Cairo. Notably, childcare, housing, and restaurants are significantly more expensive in Los Angeles.

Los Angeles vs. Cairo Cost Breakdown

If you lived in Los Angeles instead of Cairo, you would:

Display currency: USD

pay 7.9 times more for restaurants

	Cairo	Los Angeles
Basic meal with drink at inexpensive restaurant	$4.16 EGP197.67	$25.00	+501.6%
Fast food combo meal McDonalds, or similar	$5.19 EGP247.09	$13.00	+150.3%
Bottle of Coca-Cola (11 fl. oz)	$0.38 EGP18.12	$2.83	+642.2%
Bottle of water (11 fl. oz)	$0.14 EGP6.83	$2.26	+1475.2%
Average			+692.3%

Cairo vs. Los Angeles - Cost of restaurants

Improve prices · Change currency (USD)

pay 6.0 times more for groceries

	Cairo	Los Angeles
Bread 1 loaf	$0.60 EGP28.50	$4.52	+653.9%
Local cheese (8 oz)	$1.88 EGP89.23	$6.67	+255.6%
Milk (1 gallon)	$3.73 EGP177.34	$4.71	+26.3%
Eggs 1 dozen	$1.45 EGP68.83	$7.43	+413.2%
Boneless chicken breast (1 lb)	$2.06 EGP98.19	$7.55	+266.0%
Apples (1 lb)	$0.74 EGP35.37	$2.60	+249.9%
Bananas (1 lb)	$0.34 EGP15.94	$1.27	+278.2%
Oranges (1 lb)	$0.28 EGP13.53	$2.00	+602.9%
Tomatoes (1 lb)	$0.13 EGP6.00	$2.17	+1617.1%
Potatoes (1 lb)	$0.19 EGP8.95	$1.38	+632.8%
Onions (1 lb)	$0.19 EGP8.86	$1.22	+555.1%
Average			+504.6%

Cairo vs. Los Angeles - Cost of groceries

Improve prices · Change currency (USD)

pay 6.4 times more for transportation

	Cairo	Los Angeles
Gasoline (1 gallon)	$1.36 EGP64.79	$4.78	+250.7%
Monthly public transit pass	$6.44 EGP306.39	$93.48	+1351.3%
New Volkswagen Golf 1.4 (standard edition)	$37,398.47 EGP1,779,045.04	$32,727.50	-12.5%
Taxi trip in downtown area (5 miles)	$2.66 EGP126.51	$18.01	+577.3%
Average			+541.7%

Cairo vs. Los Angeles - Cost of transportation

Improve prices · Change currency (USD)

pay 10.1 times more for housing

	Cairo	Los Angeles
Internet connection 50 mbps or faster, cable/dsl	$12.92 EGP614.39	$74.01	+473.0%
1-Bedroom apartment in downtown area	$213.48 EGP10,155.21	$2,536.54	+1088.2%
1-Bedroom apartment outside city center	$137.13 EGP6,523.17	$1,984.71	+1347.3%
Utilities for two (700 sq ft apartment) including electric, gas, water, heating	$19.12 EGP909.77	$155.53	+713.2%
Average			+905.4%

Cairo vs. Los Angeles - Cost of housing

Improve prices · Change currency (USD)

pay 15.6 times more for childcare

	Cairo	Los Angeles
Private preschool for 1 child, monthly	$92.85 EGP4,416.73	$1,762.50	+1798.3%
Middle school for 1 child, two semesters	$2,210.79 EGP105,167.51	$27,000.00	+1121.3%
Average			+1459.8%

Cairo vs. Los Angeles - Cost of childcare

Improve prices · Change currency (USD)

pay 4.4 times more for entertainment and sports

	Cairo	Los Angeles
Domestic/local beer (1 pint)	$1.45 EGP69.19	$8.00	+450.1%
Cappuccino in mid-range area	$1.62 EGP76.86	$5.76	+256.4%
Pack of cigarettes Marlboro or similar	$2.08 EGP98.84	$11.50	+453.5%
Monthly membership at local gym	$17.31 EGP823.61	$47.45	+174.1%
Movie ticket to theater/cinema	$3.74 EGP177.90	$18.00	+381.3%
Average			+343.1%

Cairo vs. Los Angeles - Cost of entertainment and sports

Improve prices · Change currency (USD)

pay 51.6% more for clothing

	Cairo	Los Angeles
Regular jeans Levi's brand	$33.96 EGP1,615.35	$61.25	+80.4%
Regular dress from H&M or similar store	$45.38 EGP2,158.95	$44.15	-2.7%
Running shoes Nike or Adidas	$117.30 EGP5,579.73	$100.09	-14.7%
Men's business shoes (leather)	$61.59 EGP2,929.78	$149.85	+143.3%
Average			+51.6%

Cairo vs. Los Angeles - Cost of clothing

Improve prices · Change currency (USD)

The statistics used to build this comparison are calculated using data from users just like you. We average the price of thousands of data points entered by users across the world. Learn more about our data sources. Page last updated: December 2025

More cost comparisons

Cairo vs.

Mexico City

Cairo vs.

Vienna

Cairo vs.

Prague

Cairo vs.

Bangkok

Cairo vs.

Algiers

Cairo vs.

Delhi

Cairo vs.

Lima

Cairo vs.

London

Share this

Compare countries by overall cost of living

See the cost of living in Egypt vs. United States. This provides a comparison of the average cost of living from cities within Egypt and United States.

Help us improve these prices

MyLifeElsewhere is a collaborative project. Please enter price information for your location to help assist us in making these comparisons more accurate. Learn more

Add prices for Cairo

Add prices for Los Angeles

ASK THE ELSEWHERE COMMUNITY

Join the Elsewhere community and ask a question about Los Angeles or Cairo. It's a free, question-and-answer based forum to discuss what life is like in countries and cities around the world.