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General Santos vs. Cairo Cost of Living Summary

General Santos is 92.5% more expensive than Cairo.

Restaurants: pay 5.6% more in General Santos
Groceries: pay 2.9 times more in General Santos
Transportation: pay 48.6% more in General Santos
Housing: pay 3.4 times more in General Santos
Childcare: pay 2.4 times more in General Santos
Entertainment and Sports: pay 15.2% more in General Santos
Clothing: pay 6.7% more in General Santos

The cost of housing, groceries, childcare, transportation, entertainment and sports, and clothing in General Santos are more expensive than in Cairo. Notably, housing, groceries, and childcare are significantly more expensive in General Santos.

General Santos vs. Cairo Cost Breakdown

If you lived in General Santos instead of Cairo, you would:

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pay 5.6% more for restaurants

	Cairo	General Santos
Basic meal with drink at inexpensive restaurant	$4.16 EGP198.00	$4.30 ₱252.18	+3.5%
Fast food combo meal McDonalds, or similar	$5.19 EGP247.51	$3.01 ₱176.52	-42.0%
Bottle of Coca-Cola (11 fl. oz)	$0.38 EGP18.15	$0.31 ₱18.16	-18.7%
Bottle of water (11 fl. oz)	$0.14 EGP6.85	$0.26 ₱15.13	+79.6%
Average			+5.6%

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pay 2.9 times more for groceries

	Cairo	General Santos
Bread 1 loaf	$0.60 EGP28.55	$1.25 ₱73.13	+108.2%
Local cheese (8 oz)	$1.88 EGP89.38	$2.92 ₱171.48	+55.9%
Milk (1 gallon)	$3.73 EGP177.64	$6.76 ₱396.47	+81.4%
Eggs 1 dozen	$1.45 EGP68.95	$2.02 ₱118.69	+39.9%
Boneless chicken breast (1 lb)	$2.06 EGP98.36	$1.99 ₱116.67	-3.6%
Apples (1 lb)	$0.74 EGP35.43	$1.29 ₱75.49	+73.2%
Bananas (1 lb)	$0.34 EGP15.97	$0.51 ₱29.92	+52.3%
Oranges (1 lb)	$0.28 EGP13.55	$1.03 ₱60.58	+263.3%
Tomatoes (1 lb)	$0.13 EGP6.01	$0.61 ₱35.57	+380.9%
Potatoes (1 lb)	$0.19 EGP8.97	$0.95 ₱55.90	+406.4%
Onions (1 lb)	$0.19 EGP8.88	$1.42 ₱83.50	+664.3%
Average			+192.9%

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pay 48.6% more for transportation

	Cairo	General Santos
Gasoline (1 gallon)	$1.36 EGP64.90	$4.09 ₱239.60	+200.0%
Monthly public transit pass	$6.44 EGP306.91	$8.60 ₱504.35	+33.5%
New Volkswagen Golf 1.4 (standard edition)	$37,398.47 EGP1,782,036.92	$21,503.90 ₱1,260,880.84	-42.5%
Taxi trip in downtown area (5 miles)	$2.66 EGP126.72	$2.75 ₱161.39	+3.5%
Average			+48.6%

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pay 3.4 times more for housing

	Cairo	General Santos
Internet connection 50 mbps or faster, cable/dsl	$12.92 EGP615.43	$33.83 ₱1,983.79	+162.0%
1-Bedroom apartment in downtown area	$213.48 EGP10,172.29	??
1-Bedroom apartment outside city center	$137.13 EGP6,534.14	??
Utilities for two (700 sq ft apartment) including electric, gas, water, heating	$19.12 EGP911.30	$80.46 ₱4,717.71	+320.7%
Average			+241.3%

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pay 2.4 times more for childcare

	Cairo	General Santos
Private preschool for 1 child, monthly	$92.85 EGP4,424.15	$115.64 ₱6,780.74	+24.6%
Middle school for 1 child, two semesters	$2,210.79 EGP105,344.37	$7,741.40 ₱453,917.10	+250.2%
Average			+137.4%

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pay 15.2% more for entertainment and sports

	Cairo	General Santos
Domestic/local beer (1 pint)	$1.45 EGP69.30	$1.29 ₱75.65	-11.3%
Cappuccino in mid-range area	$1.62 EGP76.99	$2.15 ₱126.09	+33.1%
Pack of cigarettes Marlboro or similar	$2.08 EGP99.00	$2.58 ₱151.31	+24.2%
Monthly membership at local gym	$17.31 EGP825.00	??
Movie ticket to theater/cinema	$3.74 EGP178.20	$4.30 ₱252.18	+15.0%
Average			+15.2%

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pay 6.7% more for clothing

	Cairo	General Santos
Regular jeans Levi's brand	$33.96 EGP1,618.06	$64.51 ₱3,782.64	+90.0%
Regular dress from H&M or similar store	$45.38 EGP2,162.58	$29.25 ₱1,714.80	-35.6%
Running shoes Nike or Adidas	$117.30 EGP5,589.12	$75.26 ₱4,413.08	-35.8%
Men's business shoes (leather)	$61.59 EGP2,934.70	$66.66 ₱3,908.73	+8.2%
Average			+6.7%

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The statistics used to build this comparison are calculated using data from users just like you. We average the price of thousands of data points entered by users across the world. Learn more about our data sources. Page last updated: December 2025

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