Cairo vs Port Louis - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Cairo	Port Louis
🚶 Cost of living one person	$417	$812
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1080	$1973
🏠 One person rent	$154	$360
🏘️ Family rent	$315	$637
🍽️ Food expenses	$166	$305
🚐 Transport expenses	$38	$57
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$165	$508
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	12 km	35 km
🎓 Higher education	83	27
😀 Quality of life	58	62
🏙️ Population	9.61M	149K

The cost of living in Cairo is 49% less expensive than in Port Louis. Cities ranked 8923rd and 6387th ($417 vs $812) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 1st in Egypt and Mauritius, respectively. Check Egypt vs Mauritius comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.4 months in Cairo compared to 0.6 months in Port Louis. Cairo ranked 1st best city to live in Egypt vs Port Louis ranked 1st in Mauritius, while ranked 5545th and 4802nd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Cairo vs Port Louis

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	Cairo	Port Louis
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$3.9	$5.37
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$18.6	$39.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.73	$6.13
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.26	$2.75
☕ Cappuccino	$1.5	$2.61
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.34	$0.99
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$185	$394
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$113	$272
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$386	$609
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$253	$542
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$16.8	$33.4
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$25.8	$51.4
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$10.1	$30.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	14.49%	5.89%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$690	$1157
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$453	$1131
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.3	$1
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$7.68	$27.7
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$3.17	$22.4
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.29	$1.47
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.89	$1.48
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.6	$0.62
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.65	$1.08
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.51	$1.96
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.48	$10.5
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.36	$6.28
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.58	$10.7
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.49	$2.05
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.55	$2.18
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.42	$1.52
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.39	$2.58
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.48	$1.03
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.41	$1.06
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.13	$0.48
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.72	$1.6
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.33	$9.38
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.13	$1.62
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.84	$6.11
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$1.46	$6.75
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.31	$5.13
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.87	$1.87
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.69	$1.51
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$17.3	$27.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$2.97	$5.54
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$11	$22.8
💇 Haircut, simple	$2.86	$8.73
👖 Brand Jeans	$37	$65.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$101	$113
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$90.2	$152
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$1985	$3884

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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 Port Louis

Distance	City	Cost of living
9.9 km or 6.2 mi	Quatre Bornes	$671
14 km or 8.5 mi	Bambous	$745
14 km or 8.7 mi	Triolet	$808
17 km or 10 mi	Curepipe	$712
21 km or 13 mi	Goodlands	$796
23 km or 14 mi	Centre de Flacq	$667
33 km or 21 mi	Mahebourg	$785
210 km or 130 mi	Saint-Benoit	$1379
212 km or 132 mi	Saint-Andre	$1368
214 km or 133 mi	Sainte-Suzanne	$1358
228 km or 142 mi	Saint-Denis	$1322
237 km or 148 mi	Saint-Joseph	$1296
241 km or 149 mi	Le Tampon	$1396
241 km or 150 mi	La Possession	$1371
246 km or 153 mi	Le Port	$1400
248 km or 154 mi	Saint-Pierre	$1397
250 km or 156 mi	Saint-Paul	$1459
256 km or 159 mi	Saint-Leu	$1575
880 km or 546 mi	Toamasina	$447
1054 km or 655 mi	Antananarivo	$507
1094 km or 680 mi	Antsirabe	$352
1471 km or 914 mi	Toliara	$389
1543 km or 959 mi	Mamoudzou	$1465
1639 km or 1018 mi	Domoni	$1100
1742 km or 1083 mi	Victoria	$1495
1789 km or 1111 mi	Moroni	$1105
1895 km or 1178 mi	Nacala	$1150
1974 km or 1227 mi	Pemba	$1506
2011 km or 1249 mi	Nampula	$872
2180 km or 1355 mi	Quelimane	$675
2365 km or 1470 mi	Beira	$1003
2368 km or 1472 mi	Mulanje	$461
2404 km or 1494 mi	Zomba	$457
2426 km or 1508 mi	Blantyre	$507
2441 km or 1517 mi	Mangochi	$493
2463 km or 1530 mi	Dar es Salaam	$811
2490 km or 1548 mi	Ntcheu	$492
2491 km or 1548 mi	Monkey Bay	$518
2504 km or 1556 mi	Xai-Xai	$1003
2515 km or 1563 mi	Zanzibar	$552