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Las Pinas vs. Cairo Cost of Living Summary

Las Pinas is 85.3% more expensive than Cairo.

Restaurants: pay 91.3% more in Las Pinas
Groceries: pay 3.3 times more in Las Pinas
Transportation: pay 60.1% more in Las Pinas
Housing: pay 2.4 times more in Las Pinas
Childcare: pay 15.4% more in Las Pinas
Entertainment and Sports: pay 77.6% more in Las Pinas
Clothing: pay 20.7% less in Las Pinas

The cost of groceries, housing, restaurants, entertainment and sports, transportation, and childcare in Las Pinas are more expensive than in Cairo. Notably, groceries, housing, and restaurants are significantly more expensive in Las Pinas.

Las Pinas vs. Cairo Cost Breakdown

If you lived in Las Pinas instead of Cairo, you would:

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pay 91.3% more for restaurants

	Cairo	Las Pinas
Basic meal with drink at inexpensive restaurant	$4.16 EGP197.75	$4.13 ₱241.87	-0.6%
Fast food combo meal McDonalds, or similar	$5.19 EGP247.19	$3.14 ₱183.92	-39.6%
Bottle of Coca-Cola (11 fl. oz)	$0.38 EGP18.13	$0.97 ₱56.90	+155.0%
Bottle of water (11 fl. oz)	$0.14 EGP6.84	$0.50 ₱29.50	+250.5%
Average			+91.3%

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pay 3.3 times more for groceries

	Cairo	Las Pinas
Bread 1 loaf	$0.60 EGP28.51	$1.26 ₱73.57	+109.6%
Local cheese (8 oz)	$1.88 EGP89.27	$3.66 ₱214.15	+94.9%
Milk (1 gallon)	$3.73 EGP177.41	$7.81 ₱457.79	+109.6%
Eggs 1 dozen	$1.45 EGP68.86	$2.21 ₱129.66	+53.0%
Boneless chicken breast (1 lb)	$2.06 EGP98.23	$1.95 ₱114.28	-5.5%
Apples (1 lb)	$0.74 EGP35.38	$1.52 ₱88.79	+103.9%
Bananas (1 lb)	$0.34 EGP15.95	$0.70 ₱41.14	+109.5%
Oranges (1 lb)	$0.28 EGP13.53	$1.30 ₱75.88	+355.5%
Tomatoes (1 lb)	$0.13 EGP6.00	$0.73 ₱42.97	+481.4%
Potatoes (1 lb)	$0.19 EGP8.96	$1.17 ₱68.53	+521.5%
Onions (1 lb)	$0.19 EGP8.87	$1.37 ₱80.51	+637.6%
Average			+233.7%

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pay 60.1% more for transportation

	Cairo	Las Pinas
Gasoline (1 gallon)	$1.36 EGP64.82	$4.18 ₱244.86	+206.9%
Monthly public transit pass	$6.44 EGP306.52	??
New Volkswagen Golf 1.4 (standard edition)	$37,398.47 EGP1,779,793.01	$24,944.52 ₱1,461,287.22	-33.3%
Taxi trip in downtown area (5 miles)	$2.66 EGP126.56	$2.84 ₱166.28	+6.7%
Average			+60.1%

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pay 2.4 times more for housing

	Cairo	Las Pinas
Internet connection 50 mbps or faster, cable/dsl	$12.92 EGP614.65	$28.12 ₱1,647.26	+117.7%
1-Bedroom apartment in downtown area	$213.48 EGP10,159.48	$206.44 ₱12,093.41	-3.3%
1-Bedroom apartment outside city center	$137.13 EGP6,525.91	$163.43 ₱9,573.95	+19.2%
Utilities for two (700 sq ft apartment) including electric, gas, water, heating	$19.12 EGP910.15	$100.49 ₱5,886.90	+425.4%
Average			+139.8%

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pay 15.4% more for childcare

	Cairo	Las Pinas
Private preschool for 1 child, monthly	$92.85 EGP4,418.58	$100.35 ₱5,878.74	+8.1%
Middle school for 1 child, two semesters	$2,210.79 EGP105,211.72	$2,709.49 ₱158,726.03	+22.6%
Average			+15.4%

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pay 77.6% more for entertainment and sports

	Cairo	Las Pinas
Domestic/local beer (1 pint)	$1.45 EGP69.21	$1.29 ₱75.58	-11.3%
Cappuccino in mid-range area	$1.62 EGP76.89	$2.59 ₱151.57	+60.1%
Pack of cigarettes Marlboro or similar	$2.08 EGP98.88	$3.27 ₱191.48	+57.3%
Monthly membership at local gym	$17.31 EGP823.96	$51.61 ₱3,023.35	+198.1%
Movie ticket to theater/cinema	$3.74 EGP177.98	$6.88 ₱403.11	+84.0%
Average			+77.6%

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pay 20.7% less for clothing

	Cairo	Las Pinas
Regular jeans Levi's brand	$33.96 EGP1,616.03	$35.44 ₱2,076.04	+4.4%
Regular dress from H&M or similar store	$45.38 EGP2,159.85	$28.77 ₱1,685.52	-36.6%
Running shoes Nike or Adidas	$117.30 EGP5,582.08	$80.85 ₱4,736.51	-31.1%
Men's business shoes (leather)	$61.59 EGP2,931.01	$49.70 ₱2,911.26	-19.3%
Average			-20.7%

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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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