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Egypt · Israel

Cairo vs Jerusalem: cost, safety and weather compared (2026)

Every figure below comes from the same datasets for both cities, so the two columns are comparable.

Cairo and Jerusalem compared on cost, safety, weather and size
CairoEgyptJerusalemIsrael
Daily cost, per personestimate
Budget$20$90
Mid-range$40$210
Luxury$90$455
Price level0.15× US (2025)1.01× US (2025)
US advisoryLevel 2Level 3
Best monthsMar, Apr, Oct and NovApr, May, Jun and Sep
Annual rain19 mm247 mm
Average high30.3 °C24.2 °C
Population9.6M972K
Time zoneAfrica/CairoAsia/Jerusalem

The short answer

Cairo is about 81 % cheaper per day than Jerusalem, $40 against $210 (mid-range estimate). Cairo has the lower US advisory level (2 vs 3). In September, the daily average is 30 °C in Cairo and 25 °C in Jerusalem.

Keep reading

City overviews

  • Cairo overview
  • Jerusalem overview

Cost and safety in detail

  • Cairo trip cost
  • Is Cairo safe?
  • Jerusalem trip cost
  • Is Jerusalem safe?

Where they rank

  • Cheapest cities in Africa
  • Safest cities in Africa
  • Cheapest cities in Asia
  • Safest cities in Asia

Countries

  • All cities in Egypt
  • All cities in Israel

Sources

  • GeoNames city database — CC BY 4.0, fetched September 14, 2026
  • Open-Meteo climate archive — CC BY 4.0, fetched September 21, 2026
  • World Bank price level and exchange rate — CC BY 4.0, data year 2025
  • US State Department travel advisories — public domain, fetched September 21, 2026

Dates are the most recent fetch across the cities on this page. Every sentence here is generated from the data by rule, with no AI writing; the formulas are public.