Cairo vs Port Louis - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: June 21, 2026

	Cairo	Port Louis
🚶 Cost of living one person	$483	$802
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1185	$1946
🏠 One person rent	$190	$337
🏘️ Family rent	$332	$552
🍽️ Food expenses	$191	$307
🚐 Transport expenses	$38.7	$63
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$190	$684
😷 Air quality	Bad	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	12 km	35 km
🎓 Higher education	83	28
😀 Quality of life	63	66
🏙️ Population	9.8M	149K

The cost of living in Cairo is 40% less expensive than in Port Louis. Cities ranked 8753rd and 6757th ($483 vs $802) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 5th 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 0.9 months in Port Louis. Cairo ranked 1st best city to live in Egypt vs Port Louis ranked 1st in Mauritius, while ranked 5501st and 4962nd 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	$4.87	$5.91
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$24.6	$35.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.58	$6.57
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.54	$3.34
☕ Cappuccino	$1.75	$2.77
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.36	$1.03
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$207	$451
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$152	$240
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$373	$720
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$277	$422
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$16.7	$29.1
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$25.5	$44.4
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$10.6	$26
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	16.04%	6.66%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$855	$1585
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$476	$1067
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.35	$0.93
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$10.1	$32.6
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$2.36	$25.4
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.38	$1.37
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.92	$1.48
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.66	$0.66
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.61	$0.9
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.35	$2.38
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.2	$6.82
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.66	$6.17
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.14	$11.2
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.7	$2.43
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.77	$2.48
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.6	$1.41
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.45	$2.43
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.41	$0.99
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.41	$0.97
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.15	$0.57
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.73	$1.65
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.42	$9.33
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.43	$1.63
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.87	$6.11
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$1.86	$6.47
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.01	$5.1
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.03	$1.8
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.91	$1.59
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$22.6	$29.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$3.74	$6.12
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$10.1	$25.8
💇 Haircut, simple	$2.53	$9.65
👖 Brand Jeans	$39.9	$77.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$107	$104
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$100	$148
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$2716	$6482

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Cities near Cairo

Distance	City	Cost of living
5.9 km or 3.6 mi	Giza	$356
8.1 km or 5 mi	Shubra El Kheima	$414
26 km or 16 mi	Helwan	$374
46 km or 28 mi	Benha	$314
60 km or 37 mi	Shibin El Kom	$332
62 km or 39 mi	Zagazig	$325
84 km or 52 mi	Tanta	$267
93 km or 58 mi	Faiyum	$315
101 km or 63 mi	El Mahalla El Kubra	$313
111 km or 69 mi	Beni Suef	$271
111 km or 69 mi	Mansoura	$307
115 km or 71 mi	Ismailia	$279
125 km or 78 mi	Suez	$288
133 km or 83 mi	Damanhur	$267
161 km or 100 mi	Kafr El Dawwar	$316
161 km or 100 mi	Damietta	$294
166 km or 103 mi	Port Said	$288
179 km or 111 mi	Alexandria	$366
224 km or 139 mi	Minya	$324
319 km or 198 mi	Asyut	$264
347 km or 216 mi	Gaza	$862
351 km or 218 mi	Ofakim	$2038
354 km or 220 mi	Netivot	$2145
360 km or 223 mi	Sderot	$2133
361 km or 224 mi	Dahab	$429
362 km or 225 mi	Eilat	$2054
365 km or 226 mi	Ashkelon	$1845
366 km or 227 mi	Beersheba	$1810
367 km or 228 mi	Rahat	$2060
368 km or 229 mi	Aqaba	$818
379 km or 235 mi	Ashdod	$2305
379 km or 235 mi	Kiryat Gat	$2225
380 km or 236 mi	Dimona	$2014
381 km or 236 mi	El Gouna	$338
383 km or 238 mi	Kiryat Malakhi	$2283
384 km or 239 mi	Sharm El Sheikh	$555
390 km or 242 mi	Yavne	$2354
391 km or 243 mi	Sohag	$375
396 km or 246 mi	Dura	$1149
397 km or 246 mi	Rehovot	$2201

Cities near Port Louis

Distance	City	Cost of living
9.9 km or 6.2 mi	Quatre Bornes	$688
14 km or 8.5 mi	Bambous	$747
14 km or 8.7 mi	Triolet	$819
17 km or 10 mi	Curepipe	$871
21 km or 13 mi	Goodlands	$810
23 km or 14 mi	Centre de Flacq	$665
33 km or 21 mi	Mahebourg	$820
210 km or 130 mi	Saint-Benoit	$1567
212 km or 132 mi	Saint-Andre	$1563
214 km or 133 mi	Sainte-Suzanne	$1551
228 km or 142 mi	Saint-Denis	$1503
237 km or 148 mi	Saint-Joseph	$1444
241 km or 149 mi	Le Tampon	$1559
241 km or 150 mi	La Possession	$1584
246 km or 153 mi	Le Port	$1615
248 km or 154 mi	Saint-Pierre	$1575
250 km or 156 mi	Saint-Paul	$1663
256 km or 159 mi	Saint-Leu	$1762
880 km or 546 mi	Toamasina	$511
1054 km or 655 mi	Antananarivo	$604
1094 km or 680 mi	Antsirabe	$533
1471 km or 914 mi	Toliara	$493
1543 km or 959 mi	Mamoudzou	$1603
1639 km or 1018 mi	Domoni	$1196
1742 km or 1083 mi	Victoria	$1637
1789 km or 1111 mi	Moroni	$1196
1895 km or 1178 mi	Nacala	$1167
1974 km or 1227 mi	Pemba	$1511
2011 km or 1249 mi	Nampula	$933
2180 km or 1355 mi	Quelimane	$691
2365 km or 1470 mi	Beira	$952
2368 km or 1472 mi	Mulanje	$456
2404 km or 1494 mi	Zomba	$452
2426 km or 1508 mi	Blantyre	$495
2441 km or 1517 mi	Mangochi	$494
2463 km or 1530 mi	Dar es Salaam	$735
2490 km or 1548 mi	Ntcheu	$489
2491 km or 1548 mi	Monkey Bay	$516
2504 km or 1556 mi	Xai-Xai	$965
2515 km or 1563 mi	Zanzibar	$586