Cairo vs Port Louis - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Cairo	Port Louis
🚶 Cost of living one person	$473	$831
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1152	$2032
🏠 One person rent	$189	$357
🏘️ Family rent	$325	$625
🍽️ Food expenses	$182	$315
🚐 Transport expenses	$36.5	$64.4
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$185	$645
😷 Air quality	Bad	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	12 km	35 km
🎓 Higher education	84	27
😀 Quality of life	60	66
🏙️ Population	9.61M	149K

The cost of living in Cairo is 43% less expensive than in Port Louis. Cities ranked 8802nd and 6542nd ($473 vs $831) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 3rd and 3rd 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 0.8 months in Port Louis. Cairo ranked 1st best city to live in Egypt vs Port Louis ranked 2nd in Mauritius, while ranked 5895th and 4910th 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	$4.18	$6.07
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$19.8	$41.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.93	$6.29
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.57	$3.07
☕ Cappuccino	$1.7	$2.84
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.38	$0.99
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$218	$392
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$145	$273
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$394	$721
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$259	$504
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$17.3	$31.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$26.7	$49.2
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$11.8	$28.2
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	17.17%	6.64%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$869	$1178
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$517	$1153
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.31	$0.97
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$7.95	$28.5
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$2.61	$26.8
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.36	$1.47
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.99	$1.5
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.59	$0.63
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.7	$1.01
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.63	$2.26
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.96	$8.67
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.8	$6.53
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.2	$12.7
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.69	$1.95
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.76	$1.97
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.64	$1.49
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.34	$2.33
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.44	$1.05
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.42	$1.02
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.15	$0.52
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.79	$1.55
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.92	$10.2
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.32	$1.75
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.05	$6.16
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$2.14	$6.83
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.21	$5.32
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.89	$1.92
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.97	$1.65
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$19	$29.8
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$3.64	$6.03
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$10.9	$26.8
💇 Haircut, simple	$2.77	$10.3
👖 Brand Jeans	$39.1	$76.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$115	$99.4
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$96.5	$160
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$2311	$4881

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Cities near Cairo

Distance	City	Cost of living
5.9 km or 3.6 mi	Giza	$410
8.1 km or 5 mi	Shubra El Kheima	$422
26 km or 16 mi	Helwan	$395
46 km or 28 mi	Benha	$336
60 km or 37 mi	Shibin El Kom	$354
62 km or 39 mi	Zagazig	$345
84 km or 52 mi	Tanta	$287
93 km or 58 mi	Faiyum	$334
101 km or 63 mi	El Mahalla El Kubra	$356
111 km or 69 mi	Beni Suef	$288
111 km or 69 mi	Mansoura	$326
115 km or 71 mi	Ismailia	$295
125 km or 78 mi	Suez	$276
133 km or 83 mi	Damanhur	$274
161 km or 100 mi	Kafr El Dawwar	$330
161 km or 100 mi	Damietta	$331
166 km or 103 mi	Port Said	$306
179 km or 111 mi	Alexandria	$384
224 km or 139 mi	Minya	$348
319 km or 198 mi	Asyut	$271
347 km or 216 mi	Gaza	$695
351 km or 218 mi	Ofakim	$1867
354 km or 220 mi	Netivot	$1951
360 km or 223 mi	Sderot	$1957
361 km or 224 mi	Dahab	$517
362 km or 225 mi	Eilat	$1734
365 km or 226 mi	Ashkelon	$1850
366 km or 227 mi	Beersheba	$1645
367 km or 228 mi	Rahat	$1879
368 km or 229 mi	Aqaba	$782
379 km or 235 mi	Ashdod	$1993
379 km or 235 mi	Kiryat Gat	$2032
380 km or 236 mi	Dimona	$1910
381 km or 236 mi	El Gouna	$354
383 km or 238 mi	Kiryat Malakhi	$2027
384 km or 239 mi	Sharm El Sheikh	$589
390 km or 242 mi	Yavne	$2064
391 km or 243 mi	Sohag	$398
396 km or 246 mi	Dura	$1021
397 km or 246 mi	Rehovot	$1947

Cities near Port Louis

Distance	City	Cost of living
9.9 km or 6.2 mi	Quatre Bornes	$727
14 km or 8.5 mi	Bambous	$774
14 km or 8.7 mi	Triolet	$834
17 km or 10 mi	Curepipe	$842
21 km or 13 mi	Goodlands	$822
23 km or 14 mi	Centre de Flacq	$692
33 km or 21 mi	Mahebourg	$812
210 km or 130 mi	Saint-Benoit	$1561
212 km or 132 mi	Saint-Andre	$1560
214 km or 133 mi	Sainte-Suzanne	$1546
228 km or 142 mi	Saint-Denis	$1535
237 km or 148 mi	Saint-Joseph	$1445
241 km or 149 mi	Le Tampon	$1576
241 km or 150 mi	La Possession	$1561
246 km or 153 mi	Le Port	$1590
248 km or 154 mi	Saint-Pierre	$1595
250 km or 156 mi	Saint-Paul	$1641
256 km or 159 mi	Saint-Leu	$1751
880 km or 546 mi	Toamasina	$476
1054 km or 655 mi	Antananarivo	$564
1094 km or 680 mi	Antsirabe	$493
1471 km or 914 mi	Toliara	$453
1543 km or 959 mi	Mamoudzou	$1624
1639 km or 1018 mi	Domoni	$1207
1742 km or 1083 mi	Victoria	$1585
1789 km or 1111 mi	Moroni	$1207
1895 km or 1178 mi	Nacala	$1168
1974 km or 1227 mi	Pemba	$1511
2011 km or 1249 mi	Nampula	$935
2180 km or 1355 mi	Quelimane	$692
2365 km or 1470 mi	Beira	$996
2368 km or 1472 mi	Mulanje	$461
2404 km or 1494 mi	Zomba	$458
2426 km or 1508 mi	Blantyre	$506
2441 km or 1517 mi	Mangochi	$496
2463 km or 1530 mi	Dar es Salaam	$799
2490 km or 1548 mi	Ntcheu	$493
2491 km or 1548 mi	Monkey Bay	$519
2504 km or 1556 mi	Xai-Xai	$915
2515 km or 1563 mi	Zanzibar	$609