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Egypt / Africa

Cairo City Intelligence

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).

Last updated
2026-05-16
Data year
2025
Population
22M metro
View of Cairo, Egypt

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Overall score

Read Cairo as a vast, heritage-rich capital where service density and infrastructure scale balance significant air-quality and water-resilience pressures.

Overall66/100
Affordability80/100
Air quality50/100
Energy68/100

Overall city intelligence

Mixed

66/100

Composite directional score across affordability, air quality, clean energy, and resilience.

Cultural heritage

Globally leading

Heritage and creative ecosystems shape urban identity.

Solar resource

Exceptional

Among the strongest solar irradiance levels globally.

Cairo data table

The table is part of the initial server-rendered HTML and mirrors the key city score cards.

Cairo city intelligence data table
MetricValueContext
Overall score66/100Composite score across major city intelligence modules.
Cost of Living80/100Cairo is comparatively affordable for housing and services across most districts.
Air Quality50/100Cairo carries significant air-quality pressure, with sustained particulate exposure a central public-health focus.
Energy68/100Cairo benefits from exceptional solar resource and active national grid modernization.
Safety78/100Cairo scores moderately on safety, with tourist-area opportunistic risks the main practical pain point.
Internet Speed68/100Cairo offers reliable fiber and mobile networks supporting digital services and remote work.
Climate Risk54/100Cairo carries elevated climate risk centered on extreme heat, water resilience, and dust events.
Resilience58/100Climate adaptation and infrastructure continuity context.

Safety

Deterministic safety estimates from our index — planning signals derived from country priors and city data, not official crime statistics.

Safety

Overall safety51/100
Low crime51/100
Personal safety54/100
Night safety44/100
Road safety56/100

Cairo has a moderate safety estimate (51/100); standard urban precautions are advised, particularly after dark.

Quality of Life

A composite quality-of-life estimate and its component indicators.

Quality of Life

Quality of life58/100
Healthcare63/100
Education69/100
Green space39/100
Cleanliness53/100
Infrastructure70/100
Mobility66/100

Cairo has a moderate quality-of-life estimate (58/100) across our combined indicators.

Family Friendliness

How the city scores for raising a family, with the indicators that drive it.

Family Friendliness

Family friendliness57/100
Education69/100
Green space39/100
Overall safety51/100

Cairo scores moderate for family living (57/100).

Digital Nomad Suitability

Suitability for remote workers, based on connectivity, mobility, and livability.

Digital Nomad Suitability

Digital nomad suitability68/100
Walkability83/100
Cycling57/100
Infrastructure70/100

Cairo is high for remote workers (68/100), based on connectivity, affordability and walkability and day-to-day amenities.

Retirement Suitability

Suitability for retirement, weighing healthcare, affordability, climate, and environment.

Retirement Suitability

Retirement suitability59/100
Healthcare63/100
Cleanliness53/100
Outdoor lifestyle19/100

Cairo is moderate for retirement (59/100), appealing for affordability.

Emergency and public safety in Cairo

Local public safety guidance for Cairo, with the country-level emergency contacts that apply when calling for police, fire, or ambulance.

Unverified

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 and hospitals in Cairo

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.

Unverified

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.

Transport and mobility in Cairo

Local mobility context for Cairo, with national-level context from Egypt where city-specific data is not yet verified. This is informational only.

Unverified

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.

Air quality dataset

Source-attributed air-quality dataset for Cairo. Verified measurements are surfaced when published from accepted official datasets; transparent fallback is shown otherwise.

Air quality dataset for Cairo

Verified data unavailableLast updated 2026-05-16 / data year 2025

Verified air-quality measurements are not yet published for this location

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.

Cairo air-quality dataset coverage
MetricValueData yearStatus
Air qualityVerified air-quality measurements are not yet published for this location.

Data provenance

Source attribution

  • Global City Intelligence — air-quality dataset

    Verified data unavailable
    Publisher
    Global City Intelligence
    Last verified
    2026-05-16

    The air-quality dataset begins empty by design. Verified city-level measurements appear here only after they are sourced from accepted publishers (WHO, EEA, US EPA, OpenAQ, OECD, or official national/city environmental agencies).

Related comparisons

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Explore Cairo modules

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Air Quality in Cairo

Cairo carries significant air-quality pressure, with sustained particulate exposure a central public-health focus.

Energy in Cairo

Cairo benefits from exceptional solar resource and active national grid modernization.

Safety in Cairo

Cairo scores moderately on safety, with tourist-area opportunistic risks the main practical pain point.

Internet Speed in Cairo

Cairo offers reliable fiber and mobile networks supporting digital services and remote work.

Climate Risk in Cairo

Cairo carries elevated climate risk centered on extreme heat, water resilience, and dust events.

City rankings

Compare this city against other indexed cities in crawlable ranking tables.

Cost of living in Cairo

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 in Cairo

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 in Cairo

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.

Universities and education in Cairo

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 in Cairo

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

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

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.

Nearby cities from Cairo

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.

Alexandria, Egypt

Same corridor · about 182 km from Cairo. Explore Alexandria's city intelligence profile.

Tel Aviv, Israel

Cross-border · about 406 km from Cairo. Explore Tel Aviv's city intelligence profile.

Amman, Jordan

Cross-border · about 495 km from Cairo. Explore Amman's city intelligence profile.

Beirut, Lebanon

Cross-border · about 588 km from Cairo. Explore Beirut's city intelligence profile.

Rhodes, Greece

Cross-border · about 748 km from Cairo. Explore Rhodes's city intelligence profile.

Interpretation

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.

Sources

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.