Cairo vs Victoria - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Cairo	Victoria
🚶 Cost of living one person	$424	$1552
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1086	$3818
🏠 One person rent	$162	$876
🏘️ Family rent	$325	$1845
🍽️ Food expenses	$168	$481
🚐 Transport expenses	$34.4	$79.3
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$152	$819
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	12 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	83	8
😀 Quality of life	57	58
🏙️ Population	9.61M	24.7K

The cost of living in Cairo is 73% less expensive than in Victoria. Cities ranked 8926th and 3466th ($424 vs $1552) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 1st in Egypt and the Seychelles, respectively. Check Egypt vs the Seychelles comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.4 months in Cairo compared to 0.5 months in Victoria. Cairo ranked 1st best city to live in Egypt vs Victoria ranked 1st in the Seychelles, while ranked 5583rd and 5469th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Cairo vs Victoria

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	Cairo	Victoria
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$3.97	$16.7
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$19.3	$43.2
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.24	$9.42
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.41	$3.63
☕ Cappuccino	$1.56	$4.51
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.34	$2.3
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$197	$813
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$121	$707
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$389	$1874
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$266	$1618
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$16.3	$49.7
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$24.9	$77.8
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$9.49	$98.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	13.85%	16.61%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$626	$419
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$388	$1184
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.21	$0.8
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$7.83	$23.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$2.73	$41.6
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.27	$1.38
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.92	$1.87
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.63	$1.87
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.7	$1.87
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.5	$3.11
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.41	$11.6
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.58	$5.86
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.04	$11.5
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.5	$1.93
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.48	$2.16
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.33	$1.9
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.34	$6.05
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.44	$1.72
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.47	$1.26
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.13	$0.95
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.71	$3.89
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$6.78	$9.94
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.2	$3.66
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.84	$19
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$1.51	$10.5
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.23	$7.92
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.09	$2.25
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.61	$1.95
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$17.8	$89
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$3.21	$4.96
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$12	$72.4
💇 Haircut, simple	$2.75	$11.3
👖 Brand Jeans	$37.9	$64.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$98.3	$68.5
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$92.9	$149
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$1916	$8081

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Cities near Cairo

Distance	City	Cost of living
5.9 km or 3.6 mi	Giza	$323
8.1 km or 5 mi	Shubra El Kheima	$374
26 km or 16 mi	Helwan	$345
46 km or 28 mi	Benha	$335
60 km or 37 mi	Shibin El Kom	$323
62 km or 39 mi	Zagazig	$327
84 km or 52 mi	Tanta	$315
93 km or 58 mi	Faiyum	$339
101 km or 63 mi	El Mahalla El Kubra	$331
111 km or 69 mi	Beni Suef	$334
111 km or 69 mi	Mansoura	$306
115 km or 71 mi	Ismailia	$310
125 km or 78 mi	Suez	$303
133 km or 83 mi	Damanhur	$308
161 km or 100 mi	Kafr El Dawwar	$299
161 km or 100 mi	Damietta	$291
166 km or 103 mi	Port Said	$282
179 km or 111 mi	Alexandria	$310
224 km or 139 mi	Minya	$357
319 km or 198 mi	Asyut	$306
347 km or 216 mi	Gaza	$609
351 km or 218 mi	Ofakim	$1607
354 km or 220 mi	Netivot	$1713
360 km or 223 mi	Sderot	$1727
361 km or 224 mi	Dahab	$393
362 km or 225 mi	Eilat	$1536
365 km or 226 mi	Ashkelon	$1671
366 km or 227 mi	Beersheba	$1372
367 km or 228 mi	Rahat	$1632
368 km or 229 mi	Aqaba	$694
379 km or 235 mi	Ashdod	$1775
379 km or 235 mi	Kiryat Gat	$1754
380 km or 236 mi	Dimona	$1657
381 km or 236 mi	El Gouna	$294
383 km or 238 mi	Kiryat Malakhi	$1771
384 km or 239 mi	Sharm El Sheikh	$499
390 km or 242 mi	Yavne	$1815
391 km or 243 mi	Sohag	$350
396 km or 246 mi	Dura	$847
397 km or 246 mi	Rehovot	$1741

Cities near Victoria

Distance	City	Cost of living
1346 km or 836 mi	Mogadishu	$719
1443 km or 897 mi	Mamoudzou	$1549
1470 km or 914 mi	Domoni	$1093
1556 km or 967 mi	Moroni	$1091
1569 km or 975 mi	Baidoa	$711
1642 km or 1020 mi	Toamasina	$457
1709 km or 1062 mi	Malindi	$502
1730 km or 1075 mi	Goodlands	$796
1730 km or 1075 mi	Triolet	$804
1742 km or 1083 mi	Port Louis	$826
1749 km or 1087 mi	Centre de Flacq	$789
1751 km or 1088 mi	Quatre Bornes	$674
1752 km or 1088 mi	Bambous	$767
1752 km or 1088 mi	Mombasa	$560
1759 km or 1093 mi	Curepipe	$701
1771 km or 1100 mi	Mahebourg	$777
1805 km or 1122 mi	Dar es Salaam	$722
1807 km or 1123 mi	Zanzibar	$736
1808 km or 1123 mi	Saint-Denis	$1397
1808 km or 1123 mi	Stone Town	$675
1810 km or 1124 mi	Antananarivo	$519
1811 km or 1125 mi	Sainte-Suzanne	$1432
1813 km or 1126 mi	Tanga	$601
1813 km or 1126 mi	La Possession	$1441
1814 km or 1127 mi	Le Port	$1481
1817 km or 1129 mi	Saint-Andre	$1444
1822 km or 1132 mi	Saint-Paul	$1538
1825 km or 1134 mi	Saint-Benoit	$1451
1840 km or 1143 mi	Saint-Leu	$1665
1852 km or 1151 mi	Le Tampon	$1457
1859 km or 1155 mi	Saint-Pierre	$1454
1863 km or 1158 mi	Saint-Joseph	$1371
1881 km or 1169 mi	Pemba	$1500
1925 km or 1196 mi	Antsirabe	$348
1953 km or 1214 mi	Nacala	$1394
1983 km or 1232 mi	Morogoro	$639
2014 km or 1252 mi	Moshi	$548
2021 km or 1256 mi	Hargeisa	$684
2045 km or 1271 mi	Meru	$535
2049 km or 1273 mi	Machakos	$482