Cairo vs Victoria - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 01, 2024

	Cairo	Victoria
🚶 Cost of living one person	$549	$1608
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1399	$4004
🏠 One person rent	$193	$923
🏘️ Family rent	$359	$1998
🍽️ Food expenses	$234	$484
🚐 Transport expenses	$41.8	$84.3
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$189	$818
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	12 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	83	8
😀 Quality of life	59	59
🏙️ Population	9.61M	24.7K

The cost of living in Cairo is 66% less expensive than in Victoria. Cities ranked 8130th and 3034th ($549 vs $1608) 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 0.3 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 5556th and 5511th 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	$5.45	$14.1
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$25.7	$50.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$6.4	$9.86
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.54	$3.69
☕ Cappuccino	$2.1	$4.77
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.37	$2.19
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$215	$981
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$151	$663
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$406	$1936
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$299	$1722
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$18.4	$66.6
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$28.2	$103
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$10.5	$130
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	12.57%	16.38%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$805	$424
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$524	$1289
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.32	$0.86
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$9.59	$23.5
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$3.07	$44.6
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.37	$1.49
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.23	$2.15
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.85	$1.69
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.1	$1.96
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.02	$3.82
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.11	$20.5
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.42	$5.38
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.3	$9.94
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.82	$1.92
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.68	$2.53
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.58	$1.72
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.53	$6.87
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.56	$1.64
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.96	$1.19
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.16	$1.23
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.84	$3.9
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$8.08	$10.7
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.43	$3.36
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.39	$11.5
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$2.65	$9.26
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.42	$8
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.6	$2.23
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.98	$1.9
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$21.1	$90.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.9	$5.7
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$15	$71.3
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.19	$10.4
👖 Brand Jeans	$52	$65.4
👟 Brand Sneakers	$131	$70.7
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$142	$158
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$2554	$8062

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Cities near Cairo

Distance	City	Cost of living
5.9 km or 3.6 mi	Giza	$513
8.1 km or 5 mi	Shubra El Kheima	$511
26 km or 16 mi	Helwan	$494
46 km or 28 mi	Benha	$490
60 km or 37 mi	Shibin El Kom	$490
62 km or 39 mi	Zagazig	$472
84 km or 52 mi	Tanta	$450
93 km or 58 mi	Faiyum	$478
101 km or 63 mi	El Mahalla El Kubra	$489
111 km or 69 mi	Beni Suef	$470
111 km or 69 mi	Mansoura	$446
115 km or 71 mi	Ismailia	$468
125 km or 78 mi	Suez	$366
133 km or 83 mi	Damanhur	$393
161 km or 100 mi	Kafr El Dawwar	$449
161 km or 100 mi	Damietta	$418
166 km or 103 mi	Port Said	$384
179 km or 111 mi	Alexandria	$495
224 km or 139 mi	Minya	$455
319 km or 198 mi	Asyut	$421
347 km or 216 mi	Gaza	$657
351 km or 218 mi	Ofakim	$1671
354 km or 220 mi	Netivot	$1725
360 km or 223 mi	Sderot	$1703
361 km or 224 mi	Dahab	$625
362 km or 225 mi	Eilat	$1583
365 km or 226 mi	Ashkelon	$1499
366 km or 227 mi	Beersheba	$1523
367 km or 228 mi	Rahat	$1687
368 km or 229 mi	Aqaba	$692
379 km or 235 mi	Ashdod	$1848
379 km or 235 mi	Kiryat Gat	$1825
380 km or 236 mi	Dimona	$1703
381 km or 236 mi	El Gouna	$440
383 km or 238 mi	Kiryat Malakhi	$1779
384 km or 239 mi	Sharm El Sheikh	$603
390 km or 242 mi	Yavne	$1826
391 km or 243 mi	Sohag	$449
396 km or 246 mi	Dura	$802
397 km or 246 mi	Rehovot	$1701

Cities near Victoria

Distance	City	Cost of living
1346 km or 836 mi	Mogadishu	$819
1443 km or 897 mi	Mamoudzou	$1506
1470 km or 914 mi	Domoni	$585
1556 km or 967 mi	Moroni	$587
1569 km or 975 mi	Baidoa	$805
1642 km or 1020 mi	Toamasina	$461
1709 km or 1062 mi	Malindi	$452
1730 km or 1075 mi	Goodlands	$776
1730 km or 1075 mi	Triolet	$784
1742 km or 1083 mi	Port Louis	$829
1749 km or 1087 mi	Centre de Flacq	$751
1751 km or 1088 mi	Quatre Bornes	$666
1752 km or 1088 mi	Bambous	$718
1752 km or 1088 mi	Mombasa	$493
1759 km or 1093 mi	Curepipe	$770
1771 km or 1100 mi	Mahebourg	$852
1805 km or 1122 mi	Dar es Salaam	$720
1807 km or 1123 mi	Zanzibar	$762
1808 km or 1123 mi	Saint-Denis	$1394
1808 km or 1123 mi	Stone Town	$706
1810 km or 1124 mi	Antananarivo	$600
1811 km or 1125 mi	Sainte-Suzanne	$1406
1813 km or 1126 mi	Tanga	$622
1813 km or 1126 mi	La Possession	$1417
1814 km or 1127 mi	Le Port	$1439
1817 km or 1129 mi	Saint-Andre	$1411
1822 km or 1132 mi	Saint-Paul	$1487
1825 km or 1134 mi	Saint-Benoit	$1404
1840 km or 1143 mi	Saint-Leu	$1618
1852 km or 1151 mi	Le Tampon	$1365
1859 km or 1155 mi	Saint-Pierre	$1324
1863 km or 1158 mi	Saint-Joseph	$1334
1881 km or 1169 mi	Pemba	$1144
1925 km or 1196 mi	Antsirabe	$353
1953 km or 1214 mi	Nacala	$1127
1983 km or 1232 mi	Morogoro	$600
2014 km or 1252 mi	Moshi	$536
2021 km or 1256 mi	Hargeisa	$815
2045 km or 1271 mi	Meru	$486
2049 km or 1273 mi	Machakos	$524