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Cairo

(Egypt)

GHSL urban centre

Data completeness: Low

womiin Score · to live

50

Position 149 of 171 · 90% interval 149–149 · tie group 36

The order with the next city is sustained.

Within the city (P10–P90) · dashed: median of the capitals (65)

24 – 71

Per resident 50 · by area 37

womiin Score · to visit

32

Position 146 of 171 · 90% interval 144–148 · tie group 24

The order with the next city is not resolved.

Order not resolved with Honiara

Within the city (P10–P90) · dashed: median of the capitals (46)

11 – 53

Per resident 32 · by area 21

The two shapes

To live

Education20

Transport59

Health46

Services47

Environment75

Food & drink45

Culture72

Safety37

To visit

Culture & attractions39

Food22

Mobility34

Convenience31

Nature & beach32

Entertainment16

Safety58

Family38

Among the capitals

6546

→ to live · ↑ to visit · lines: medians

Cairomedian of the capitals, dimension by dimension (not the shape of any city)

To live

Education
20
Transport
59
Health
46
Services
47
Environment
75
Food & drink
45
Culture
72
Safety
37

The vertical mark is the median of the capitals in each dimension.

To visit

Culture & attractions
39
Food
22
Mobility
34
Convenience
31
Nature & beach
32
Entertainment
16
Safety
58
Family
38

The vertical mark is the median of the capitals in each dimension.

About the data

How complete OpenStreetMap is in this city (buildings, contributors, opening hours, essentials per resident). Lower completeness means wider uncertainty; the city stays in the ranking.

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How to cite

womiin (2026). womiin City Index, edition 2026 — Cairo. womiin.com/city-index/2026/cairo. CC BY 4.0.

Data, licences and sources

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Contains information from OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors), which is made available here under the Open Database License (ODbL): https://www.openstreetmap.org/copyright

Zone files (one per city): ODbL 1.0, with their own checksums.

The licensing framework of this data is under legal review (ACAG/WashU SatPM2.5 V6.GL.03, Global Solar Atlas 2.0, WRI Aqueduct Floods, OpenStreetMap, OurAirports).

The womiin City Index is informational. It is not advice.

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The 14 sources of this edition

  • ACAG/WashU SatPM2.5 V6.GL.03 — annual PM2.5, 0.1°, 2024 · V6.GL.03, 2024CC BY 4.0 · legal review pending
  • CAMS global reanalysis EAC4 (cams-global-reanalysis-eac4), 2024, 3-hourly · EAC4, 2024CC BY 4.0
  • CAMS European air quality reanalysis (interim), ensemble, 2024, hourly, 0.1° · interim ensemble reanalysis, 2024CC BY 4.0
  • Global Solar Atlas 2.0 — GHI (World Bank, Solargis) · Global Solar Atlas 2.0CC BY 4.0 · legal review pending
  • WRI Aqueduct Floods — riverine (WATCH 1980, RP25) and coastal (historical, RP25)CC BY 4.0 · legal review pending
  • ERA5-Land hourly (C3S), 2015–2024 · reanalysis-era5-land, reference period 2015-01-01 to 2024-12-31CC BY 4.0
  • ERA5 single levels — FDIR, 0.25° (C3S) · reanalysis-era5-single-levels, total_sky_direct_solar_radiation_at_surface, 2015-01 to 2024-12CC BY 4.0
  • M-Lab NDT (ndt7_union), 2025-Q4 · ndt7_union, 2025-Q4CC0 1.0
  • OpenStreetMap (private Overpass mirror; water polygons; base versions recorded in the manifest as osm_base_version_*) · planet date per edition (manifest osm_base_version_*)ODbL 1.0 · legal review pending
  • GHSL Urban Centre Database R2024A (GHS-UCDB) · R2024A V1-2CC BY 4.0
  • GHS-POP and GHS-BUILT-S E2025 R2023A, 3 arc-seconds · E2025 R2023A, 3 arc-secondsCC BY 4.0
  • Natural Earth (10m lakes; 10m populated places; 50m land / admin-0 where the climate grid and the F1 list use them) · 10m lakes 5.0.0; 10m populated places 5.1.2Public domain
  • Wikidata (UN members; airport patronage P3872)CC0 1.0
  • OurAirports (airports.csv)Public domain · legal review pending

Attributions

  • PM2.5 outside Europe: Atmospheric Composition Analysis Group, Washington University in St. Louis (SatPM2.5 V6.GL.03).
  • Contains modified Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service information 2024 (CAMS global reanalysis EAC4). Neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use that may be made of the Copernicus information or data it contains.
  • Contains modified Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service information 2024 (CAMS European air quality reanalyses). Neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use that may be made of the Copernicus information or data it contains.
  • © 2021 The World Bank, source: Global Solar Atlas 2.0, Solargis
  • Flood hazard: World Resources Institute, Aqueduct Floods.
  • Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information [2015–2024]. Neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use that may be made of the Copernicus information or data it contains.
  • Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information. Neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use that may be made of the Copernicus information or data it contains.
  • The M-Lab NDT Data Set, 2025-10-01–2025-12-31. https://measurementlab.net/tests/ndt
  • Contains information from OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors), which is made available here under the Open Database License (ODbL).
  • © European Union, 1995–2025. Source: European Commission, Joint Research Centre, Global Human Settlement Layer (GHS-UCDB R2024A).
  • © European Union, 1995–2025. Source: European Commission, Joint Research Centre, Global Human Settlement Layer (GHS-POP R2023A, GHS-BUILT-S R2023A).