HoodEx scores areas of Cairo, القاهرة, Egypt from 0 to 10 on green space and air, comfort and safety, homes and buildings, shops and services, and getting around. Of the areas reported on in depth so far, بولاق scores highest at 4.7/10, against an average of 4.3/10. Open any report below, or find which part of Cairo fits you.
Cairo sits on the Nile just north of the Delta, spreading east and west across an arid plain. The climate is desert-hot in summer and mild in winter, with rain falling only briefly and rarely. Much of the city consists of dense concrete apartment blocks and informal settlements that have expanded vertically, and the housing stock is predominantly solid concrete construction. Public movement depends heavily on a metro rail spine, microbuses, and private vehicles, with street congestion a constant feature of the day. Urban green space is sparse and unevenly spread. Districts range from dense historic cores to newer informal neighborhoods and planned suburbs, creating sharp differences in how connected each area feels. Throughout, the built environment tends to outpace what the natural setting readily provides, and the contrast between solid shelter and scarce greenery shapes daily life.
Across the 2 measured areas HoodEx has mapped in Cairo, the average score is 4.3 out of 10 — weak. That places Cairo 31st of the 33 cities measured so far, 2.3 below the 6.6 average across those cities.
The highest-scoring area is بولاق at 4.7/10; the lowest is 68 شارع سكه حديد المحجر at 3.9/10. A gap of only 0.8 points means Cairo is fairly even: most areas offer a similar standard, and the choice comes down to what kind of place you want rather than how good it is.
Averaged across Cairo: green & air 2.4, comfort & safety 4.6, homes & buildings 5.8, shops & services 4.1 and getting around 5.4, each out of 10.
Cairo's strongest category is homes & buildings — the buildings and housing stock — at 5.8/10, 0.8 below the 6.6 average for that category. The weakest is green & air — greenery and environmental quality — at 2.4/10, 3.3 below the 5.7 average. Those two are the shape of the city: what it gives you everywhere, and what you have to hunt for.
Describe the life you want — budget, commute, how much green you need, how lively the street should be — and HoodEx ranks Cairo's neighbourhoods against your answers instead of you looking up one address at a time.
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These parts of Cairo have been measured in full — each has its own page with the five scores, the readings underneath them and photos of the streets.
Every HoodEx neighbourhood is scored from 0 to 10 in five categories. Scores are generated by AI analysis of satellite imagery, street-level imagery, points of interest and public datasets, then blended into a single overall score.
HoodEx has scored 2 neighbourhoods in Cairo. New areas are added when someone checks a local address.
The average overall score across scored Cairo neighbourhoods is 4.3/10, blended from our five scoring categories — 2.3 below the 6.6 average across the 33 cities HoodEx has measured.
بولاق currently has the highest overall score in Cairo at 4.7/10, 0.8 points ahead of the lowest-scoring measured area, 68 شارع سكه حديد المحجر (3.9/10).
Every neighbourhood is scored 0–10 in five categories — Green & air, Comfort & safety, Homes & buildings, Shops & services, and Getting around — using AI analysis of satellite imagery, street-level imagery, points of interest and public datasets. The five category scores are blended into a single overall score.
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Scores update as new analyses are run and community feedback comes in. Each neighbourhood page shows when it was last updated.