Cairo vs Victoria - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Cairo	Victoria
🚶 Cost of living one person	$473	$1585
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1152	$3464
🏠 One person rent	$189	$924
🏘️ Family rent	$325	$1552
🍽️ Food expenses	$182	$493
🚐 Transport expenses	$36.5	$51.3
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$185	$832
😷 Air quality	Bad	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	12 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	84	8
😀 Quality of life	60	63
🏙️ Population	9.61M	24.7K

The cost of living in Cairo is 70% less expensive than in Victoria. Cities ranked 8802nd and 3601st ($473 vs $1585) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 3rd 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 5895th and 5581st 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	$4.18	$15.3
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$19.8	$43.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.93	$11.8
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.57	$3.9
☕ Cappuccino	$1.7	$4.62
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.38	$2.28
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$218	$818
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$145	$676
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$394	$1449
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$259	$1250
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$17.3	$82.7
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$26.7	$126
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$11.8	$137
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	17.17%	14.86%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$869	$447
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$517	$1146
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.31	$0.74
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$7.95	$24.5
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$2.61	$22.9
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.36	$1.39
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.99	$1.8
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.59	$1.63
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.7	$2.45
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.63	$3.81
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.96	$11.9
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.8	$5.86
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.2	$11.6
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.69	$2.09
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.76	$2.87
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.64	$2.25
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.34	$5.9
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.44	$1.82
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.42	$1.71
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.15	$0.83
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.79	$3.54
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.92	$9.37
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.32	$3.62
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.05	$22.3
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$2.14	$9.3
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.21	$6.94
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.89	$2.04
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.97	$1.75
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$19	$92.8
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$3.64	$6.71
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$10.9	$64.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$2.77	$9.62
👖 Brand Jeans	$39.1	$59.7
👟 Brand Sneakers	$115	$84.1
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$96.5	$153
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$2311	$8213

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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 Victoria

Distance	City	Cost of living
1346 km or 836 mi	Mogadishu	$715
1443 km or 897 mi	Mamoudzou	$1624
1470 km or 914 mi	Domoni	$1207
1556 km or 967 mi	Moroni	$1207
1569 km or 975 mi	Baidoa	$724
1642 km or 1020 mi	Toamasina	$476
1709 km or 1062 mi	Malindi	$548
1730 km or 1075 mi	Goodlands	$822
1730 km or 1075 mi	Triolet	$834
1742 km or 1083 mi	Port Louis	$831
1749 km or 1087 mi	Centre de Flacq	$692
1751 km or 1088 mi	Quatre Bornes	$727
1752 km or 1088 mi	Bambous	$774
1752 km or 1088 mi	Mombasa	$596
1759 km or 1093 mi	Curepipe	$842
1771 km or 1100 mi	Mahebourg	$812
1805 km or 1122 mi	Dar es Salaam	$799
1807 km or 1123 mi	Zanzibar	$609
1808 km or 1123 mi	Saint-Denis	$1535
1808 km or 1123 mi	Stone Town	$567
1810 km or 1124 mi	Antananarivo	$564
1811 km or 1125 mi	Sainte-Suzanne	$1546
1813 km or 1126 mi	Tanga	$552
1813 km or 1126 mi	La Possession	$1561
1814 km or 1127 mi	Le Port	$1590
1817 km or 1129 mi	Saint-Andre	$1560
1822 km or 1132 mi	Saint-Paul	$1641
1825 km or 1134 mi	Saint-Benoit	$1561
1840 km or 1143 mi	Saint-Leu	$1751
1852 km or 1151 mi	Le Tampon	$1576
1859 km or 1155 mi	Saint-Pierre	$1595
1863 km or 1158 mi	Saint-Joseph	$1445
1881 km or 1169 mi	Pemba	$1511
1925 km or 1196 mi	Antsirabe	$493
1953 km or 1214 mi	Nacala	$1168
1983 km or 1232 mi	Morogoro	$421
2014 km or 1252 mi	Moshi	$533
2021 km or 1256 mi	Hargeisa	$694
2045 km or 1271 mi	Meru	$549
2049 km or 1273 mi	Machakos	$420