Cairo vs Gaborone - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Cairo	Gaborone
🚶 Cost of living one person	$417	$691
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1080	$1793
🏠 One person rent	$154	$268
🏘️ Family rent	$315	$520
🍽️ Food expenses	$166	$287
🚐 Transport expenses	$38	$66
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$165	$373
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	12 km	11 km
🎓 Higher education	83	39
😀 Quality of life	58	56
🏙️ Population	9.61M	236K

The cost of living in Cairo is 40% less expensive than in Gaborone. Cities ranked 8923rd and 6941st ($417 vs $691) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 1st in Egypt and Botswana, respectively. Check Egypt vs Botswana comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.4 months in Cairo compared to 0.5 months in Gaborone. Cairo ranked 1st best city to live in Egypt vs Gaborone ranked 1st in Botswana, while ranked 5545th and 5825th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Cairo vs Gaborone

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	Cairo	Gaborone
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$3.9	$7.24
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$18.6	$29.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.73	$5.77
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.26	$2.19
☕ Cappuccino	$1.5	$2.19
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.34	$0.79
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$185	$223
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$113	$133
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$386	$537
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$253	$341
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$16.8	$41.7
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$25.8	$64.4
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$10.1	$75.6
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	14.49%	9.07%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$690	$1028
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$453	$949
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.3	$0.51
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$7.68	$25.3
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$3.17	$21.9
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.29	$1.08
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.89	$1.33
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.6	$0.79
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.65	$1.71
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.51	$2.23
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.48	$7.31
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.36	$4.83
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.58	$5.4
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.49	$1.68
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.55	$1.31
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.42	$1.83
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.39	$1.44
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.48	$1.4
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.41	$1.2
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.13	$0.56
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.72	$1.34
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.33	$5.11
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.13	$1.64
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.84	$3.65
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$1.46	$11.7
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.31	$5.46
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.87	$0.52
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.69	$2.95
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$17.3	$34
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$2.97	$6.49
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$11	$19
💇 Haircut, simple	$2.86	$4.58
👖 Brand Jeans	$37	$41.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$101	$76.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$90.2	$171
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$1985	$4190

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Cost of Living in the nearest cities

Cities near Cairo

Distance	City	Cost of living
5.9 km or 3.6 mi	Giza	$318
8.1 km or 5 mi	Shubra El Kheima	$365
26 km or 16 mi	Helwan	$335
46 km or 28 mi	Benha	$300
60 km or 37 mi	Shibin El Kom	$305
62 km or 39 mi	Zagazig	$307
84 km or 52 mi	Tanta	$288
93 km or 58 mi	Faiyum	$325
101 km or 63 mi	El Mahalla El Kubra	$269
111 km or 69 mi	Beni Suef	$319
111 km or 69 mi	Mansoura	$301
115 km or 71 mi	Ismailia	$295
125 km or 78 mi	Suez	$272
133 km or 83 mi	Damanhur	$268
161 km or 100 mi	Kafr El Dawwar	$289
161 km or 100 mi	Damietta	$298
166 km or 103 mi	Port Said	$276
179 km or 111 mi	Alexandria	$316
224 km or 139 mi	Minya	$339
319 km or 198 mi	Asyut	$290
347 km or 216 mi	Gaza	$640
351 km or 218 mi	Ofakim	$1684
354 km or 220 mi	Netivot	$1742
360 km or 223 mi	Sderot	$1732
361 km or 224 mi	Dahab	$381
362 km or 225 mi	Eilat	$1577
365 km or 226 mi	Ashkelon	$1511
366 km or 227 mi	Beersheba	$1471
367 km or 228 mi	Rahat	$1686
368 km or 229 mi	Aqaba	$809
379 km or 235 mi	Ashdod	$1837
379 km or 235 mi	Kiryat Gat	$1757
380 km or 236 mi	Dimona	$1716
381 km or 236 mi	El Gouna	$336
383 km or 238 mi	Kiryat Malakhi	$1809
384 km or 239 mi	Sharm El Sheikh	$464
390 km or 242 mi	Yavne	$1884
391 km or 243 mi	Sohag	$360
396 km or 246 mi	Dura	$813
397 km or 246 mi	Rehovot	$1811

Cities near Gaborone

Distance	City	Cost of living
50 km or 31 mi	Molepolole	$628
67 km or 42 mi	Lobatse	$665
67 km or 42 mi	Kanye	$664
136 km or 84 mi	Mmabatho	$780
174 km or 108 mi	Rustenburg	$889
196 km or 122 mi	Mahalapye	$631
215 km or 134 mi	Brits	$820
257 km or 160 mi	Klerksdorp	$722
258 km or 160 mi	Potchefstroom	$695
259 km or 161 mi	Pretoria	$906
264 km or 164 mi	Randburg	$837
265 km or 165 mi	Palapye	$540
266 km or 165 mi	Centurion	$807
266 km or 165 mi	Soweto	$923
266 km or 165 mi	Serowe	$583
269 km or 167 mi	Sandton	$953
275 km or 171 mi	Johannesburg	$993
296 km or 184 mi	Benoni	$785
298 km or 185 mi	Vanderbijlpark	$773
302 km or 188 mi	Vereeniging	$672
310 km or 193 mi	Springs	$678
358 km or 222 mi	Kroonstad	$768
379 km or 235 mi	Welkom	$748
380 km or 236 mi	Middelburg	$795
407 km or 253 mi	Bethal	$784
421 km or 261 mi	Francistown	$624
468 km or 291 mi	Kimberley	$814
495 km or 308 mi	Bloemfontein	$657
514 km or 319 mi	Butha-Buthe	$535
531 km or 330 mi	Teyateyaneng	$500
540 km or 336 mi	Maseru	$621
559 km or 347 mi	Mbabane	$562
569 km or 354 mi	Bulawayo	$766
584 km or 363 mi	Manzini	$442
589 km or 366 mi	Mafeteng	$567
597 km or 371 mi	Vryheid	$763
628 km or 390 mi	Upington	$699
675 km or 419 mi	Matola	$964
685 km or 425 mi	Maputo	$1068
705 km or 438 mi	Gweru	$597