Cairo vs Maseru - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Cairo	Maseru
🚶 Cost of living one person	$417	$621
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1080	$1508
🏠 One person rent	$154	$219
🏘️ Family rent	$315	$409
🍽️ Food expenses	$166	$305
🚐 Transport expenses	$38	$39.7
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$165	$611
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	12 km	18 km
🎓 Higher education	83	16
😀 Quality of life	58	13
🏙️ Population	9.61M	344K

The cost of living in Cairo is 33% less expensive than in Maseru. Cities ranked 8923rd and 7441st ($417 vs $621) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 1st in Egypt and Lesotho, respectively. Check Egypt vs Lesotho comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.4 months in Cairo compared to 1 months in Maseru. Cairo ranked 1st best city to live in Egypt vs Maseru ranked 1st in Lesotho, while ranked 5545th and 9104th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Cairo vs Maseru

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	Cairo	Maseru
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$3.9	$10.9
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$18.6	$24.5
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.73	$10.9
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.26	$1.59
☕ Cappuccino	$1.5	$1.73
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.34	$1.25
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$185	$125
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$113	$63.3
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$386	$412
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$253	$150
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$16.8	$117
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$25.8	$180
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$10.1	$26.5
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	14.49%	8.53%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$690	$344
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$453	$472
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.3	$0.71
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$7.68	$27.8
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$3.17	$5.42
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.29	$1.01
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.89	$0.91
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.6	$0.71
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.65	$1.35
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.51	$1.48
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.48	$6.93
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.36	$5.54
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.58	$5.55
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.49	$1.38
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.55	$2.04
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.42	$2.47
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.39	$2.2
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.48	$1.42
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.41	$1.66
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.13	$0.53
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.72	$1.07
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.33	$5.77
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.13	$0.98
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.84	$4.62
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$1.46	$3.5
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.31	$2.8
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.87	$1.66
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.69	$1.23
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$17.3	$20.8
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$2.97	$4.08
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$11	$12.5
💇 Haircut, simple	$2.86	$2.3
👖 Brand Jeans	$37	$41
👟 Brand Sneakers	$101	$79.5
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$90.2	$46.9
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$1985	$1063

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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 Maseru

Distance	City	Cost of living
30 km or 19 mi	Teyateyaneng	$500
61 km or 38 mi	Mafeteng	$567
94 km or 58 mi	Butha-Buthe	$535
125 km or 78 mi	Bloemfontein	$657
165 km or 103 mi	Welkom	$748
187 km or 116 mi	Kroonstad	$768
272 km or 169 mi	Kimberley	$814
280 km or 174 mi	Mthatha	$852
283 km or 176 mi	Klerksdorp	$722
286 km or 178 mi	Pietermaritzburg	$640
291 km or 181 mi	Potchefstroom	$695
292 km or 182 mi	Vanderbijlpark	$773
294 km or 182 mi	Komani	$915
296 km or 184 mi	Vereeniging	$672
341 km or 212 mi	Soweto	$923
348 km or 216 mi	Durban	$809
350 km or 217 mi	Johannesburg	$993
353 km or 219 mi	Springs	$678
357 km or 222 mi	Benoni	$785
361 km or 224 mi	Sandton	$953
361 km or 225 mi	Randburg	$837
366 km or 227 mi	Vryheid	$763
372 km or 231 mi	Bethal	$784
390 km or 242 mi	Centurion	$807
394 km or 245 mi	Bhisho	$1332
402 km or 250 mi	Pretoria	$906
406 km or 252 mi	Rustenburg	$889
410 km or 255 mi	East London	$766
412 km or 256 mi	Brits	$820
426 km or 264 mi	Mmabatho	$780
440 km or 274 mi	Middelburg	$795
453 km or 281 mi	Makhanda	$763
489 km or 304 mi	Lobatse	$665
491 km or 305 mi	Mbabane	$562
495 km or 307 mi	Manzini	$442
525 km or 326 mi	Kanye	$664
532 km or 330 mi	Uitenhage	$840
540 km or 336 mi	Gaborone	$691
547 km or 340 mi	Port Elizabeth	$901
580 km or 360 mi	Molepolole	$628