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Urmia vs. Cairo Cost of Living Summary

Urmia is 31.5% more expensive than Cairo.

Restaurants: pay 2.5 times more in Urmia
Groceries: pay 19.7% more in Urmia
Transportation: pay 50.3% more in Urmia
Housing: pay 15.0% less in Urmia
Entertainment and Sports: pay 14.5% less in Urmia
Clothing: pay 1.1% less in Urmia

The cost of restaurants, transportation, and groceries in Urmia are more expensive than in Cairo. Expenses including housing, entertainment and sports, and clothing are lower in Urmia. Notably, restaurants is significantly more expensive in Urmia.

Urmia vs. Cairo Cost Breakdown

If you lived in Urmia instead of Cairo, you would:

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pay 2.5 times more for restaurants

	Cairo	Urmia
Basic meal with drink at inexpensive restaurant	$4.16 EGP197.67	$3.75 IRR157,922	-9.8%
Fast food combo meal McDonalds, or similar	$5.19 EGP247.09	$2.50 IRR105,281	-51.9%
Bottle of Coca-Cola (11 fl. oz)	$0.38 EGP18.12	$1.25 IRR52,525	+227.4%
Bottle of water (11 fl. oz)	$0.14 EGP6.83	$0.77 IRR32,229	+432.7%
Average			+149.6%

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pay 19.7% more for groceries

	Cairo	Urmia
Bread 1 loaf	$0.60 EGP28.50	$0.69 IRR29,207	+15.8%
Local cheese (8 oz)	$1.88 EGP89.23	$2.50 IRR105,281	+33.3%
Milk (1 gallon)	$3.73 EGP177.34	$2.27 IRR95,648	-39.1%
Eggs 1 dozen	$1.45 EGP68.83	$1.44 IRR60,642	-0.5%
Boneless chicken breast (1 lb)	$2.06 EGP98.19	$1.13 IRR47,755	-45.1%
Apples (1 lb)	$0.74 EGP35.37	$0.41 IRR17,192	-45.1%
Bananas (1 lb)	$0.34 EGP15.94	$0.66 IRR27,698	+96.2%
Oranges (1 lb)	$0.28 EGP13.53	$0.34 IRR14,326	+19.6%
Tomatoes (1 lb)	$0.13 EGP6.00	$0.29 IRR12,416	+133.7%
Potatoes (1 lb)	$0.19 EGP8.95	$0.23 IRR9,551	+20.5%
Onions (1 lb)	$0.19 EGP8.86	$0.24 IRR10,029	+27.8%
Average			+19.7%

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pay 50.3% more for transportation

	Cairo	Urmia
Gasoline (1 gallon)	$1.36 EGP64.79	??
Monthly public transit pass	$6.44 EGP306.39	$11.00 IRR463,238	+70.8%
New Volkswagen Golf 1.4 (standard edition)	$37,398.47 EGP1,779,045.04	$72,368.00 IRR3,047,597,400	+93.5%
Taxi trip in downtown area (5 miles)	$2.66 EGP126.51	$2.30 IRR96,859	-13.5%
Average			+50.3%

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pay 15.0% less for housing

	Cairo	Urmia
Internet connection 50 mbps or faster, cable/dsl	$12.92 EGP614.39	$15.00 IRR631,688	+16.1%
1-Bedroom apartment in downtown area	$213.48 EGP10,155.21	$173.33 IRR7,299,500	-18.8%
1-Bedroom apartment outside city center	$137.13 EGP6,523.17	$130.00 IRR5,474,625	-5.2%
Utilities for two (700 sq ft apartment) including electric, gas, water, heating	$19.12 EGP909.77	$9.18 IRR386,444	-52.0%
Average			-15.0%

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pay (unknown) more for childcare

	Cairo	Urmia
Private preschool for 1 child, monthly	$92.85 EGP4,416.73	??
Middle school for 1 child, two semesters	$2,210.79 EGP105,167.51	??

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pay 14.5% less for entertainment and sports

	Cairo	Urmia
Domestic/local beer (1 pint)	$1.45 EGP69.19	$1.30 IRR54,746	-10.6%
Cappuccino in mid-range area	$1.62 EGP76.86	$1.07 IRR44,920	-34.0%
Pack of cigarettes Marlboro or similar	$2.08 EGP98.84	$1.15 IRR48,429	-44.7%
Monthly membership at local gym	$17.31 EGP823.61	$22.41 IRR943,678	+29.4%
Movie ticket to theater/cinema	$3.74 EGP177.90	$3.27 IRR137,748	-12.5%
Average			-14.5%

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pay 1.1% less for clothing

	Cairo	Urmia
Regular jeans Levi's brand	$33.96 EGP1,615.35	$71.53 IRR3,012,386	+110.7%
Regular dress from H&M or similar store	$45.38 EGP2,158.95	$15.00 IRR631,688	-66.9%
Running shoes Nike or Adidas	$117.30 EGP5,579.73	??
Men's business shoes (leather)	$61.59 EGP2,929.78	$32.50 IRR1,368,656	-47.2%
Average			-1.1%

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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

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