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Cameroon vs. Egypt Cost of Living Summary

Cameroon is 3.0 times more expensive than Egypt overall.

Restaurants: pay 2.8 times more in Cameroon
Groceries: pay 3.3 times more in Cameroon
Transportation: pay 2.1 times more in Cameroon
Housing: pay 5.2 times more in Cameroon
Childcare: pay 4.3 times more in Cameroon
Entertainment and Sports: pay 51.6% more in Cameroon
Clothing: pay 43.6% more in Cameroon

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

Cameroon vs. Egypt Cost Breakdown

If you lived in Cameroon instead of Egypt, you would:

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pay 2.8 times more for restaurants

	Egypt	Cameroon
Basic meal with drink at inexpensive restaurant	$4.04 EGP189.36	$5.36 FCFA2,973	+32.5%
Fast food combo meal McDonalds, or similar	$5.01 EGP234.70	$5.65 FCFA3,134	+12.7%
Bottle of Coca-Cola (11 fl. oz)	$0.36 EGP16.97	$1.58 FCFA877	+336.2%
Bottle of water (11 fl. oz)	$0.16 EGP7.37	$0.68 FCFA380	+335.5%
Average			+179.2%

Egypt vs. Cameroon - Cost of restaurants

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pay 3.3 times more for groceries

	Egypt	Cameroon
Bread 1 loaf	$0.56 EGP26.08	$0.65 FCFA360	+16.5%
Local cheese (8 oz)	$1.51 EGP70.79	$7.14 FCFA3,962	+372.5%
Milk (1 gallon)	$3.31 EGP154.96	$11.29 FCFA6,265	+241.3%
Eggs 1 dozen	$1.43 EGP67.17	$2.15 FCFA1,194	+50.1%
Boneless chicken breast (1 lb)	$2.05 EGP96.00	$2.83 FCFA1,573	+38.3%
Apples (1 lb)	$0.65 EGP30.36	$1.91 FCFA1,063	+195.5%
Bananas (1 lb)	$0.29 EGP13.42	$0.84 FCFA469	+195.0%
Oranges (1 lb)	$0.21 EGP9.97	$0.78 FCFA434	+267.7%
Tomatoes (1 lb)	$0.16 EGP7.32	$0.61 FCFA341	+293.5%
Potatoes (1 lb)	$0.18 EGP8.39	$1.03 FCFA574	+477.7%
Onions (1 lb)	$0.17 EGP7.93	$0.78 FCFA432	+360.1%
Average			+228.0%

Egypt vs. Cameroon - Cost of groceries

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pay 2.1 times more for transportation

	Egypt	Cameroon
Gasoline (1 gallon)	$1.30 EGP60.90	$5.09 FCFA2,823	+291.3%
Monthly public transit pass	$7.45 EGP349.28	$17.85 FCFA9,906	+139.4%
New Volkswagen Golf 1.4 (standard edition)	$33,747.60 EGP2M	$28,239.83 FCFA16M	-16.3%
Taxi trip in downtown area (5 miles)	$3.10 EGP145.42	$4.28 FCFA2,375	+37.9%
Average			+113.1%

Egypt vs. Cameroon - Cost of transportation

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pay 5.2 times more for housing

	Egypt	Cameroon
Internet connection 50 mbps or faster, cable/dsl	$12.49 EGP585.36	$116.51 FCFA64,672	+832.7%
1-Bedroom apartment in downtown area	$157.03 EGP7,358.64	$375.37 FCFA208K	+139.0%
1-Bedroom apartment outside city center	$85.28 EGP3,996.03	$259.21 FCFA144K	+204.0%
Utilities for two (700 sq ft apartment) including electric, gas, water, heating	$13.26 EGP621.30	$80.43 FCFA44,645	+506.6%
Average			+420.6%

Egypt vs. Cameroon - Cost of housing

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pay 4.3 times more for childcare

	Egypt	Cameroon
Private preschool for 1 child, monthly	$71.39 EGP3,345.56	$501.98 FCFA279K	+603.1%
Middle school for 1 child, two semesters	$1,608.71 EGP75,384.08	$2,666.59 FCFA1M	+65.8%
Average			+334.4%

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pay 51.6% more for entertainment and sports

	Egypt	Cameroon
Domestic/local beer (1 pint)	$1.67 EGP78.44	$1.16 FCFA643	-30.8%
Cappuccino in mid-range area	$1.40 EGP65.84	$2.31 FCFA1,282	+64.4%
Pack of cigarettes Marlboro or similar	$1.99 EGP93.30	$2.68 FCFA1,487	+34.6%
Monthly membership at local gym	$21.74 EGP1,018.77	$25.01 FCFA13,884	+15.1%
Movie ticket to theater/cinema	$3.25 EGP152.15	$8.92 FCFA4,953	+174.8%
Average			+51.6%

Egypt vs. Cameroon - Cost of entertainment and sports

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pay 43.6% more for clothing

	Egypt	Cameroon
Regular jeans Levi's brand	$24.55 EGP1,150.22	$46.05 FCFA25,559	+87.6%
Regular dress from H&M or similar store	$44.67 EGP2,093.09	$50.16 FCFA27,845	+12.3%
Running shoes Nike or Adidas	$115.64 EGP5,418.98	$82.49 FCFA45,785	-28.7%
Men's business shoes (leather)	$46.41 EGP2,174.57	$94.26 FCFA52,320	+103.1%
Average			+43.6%

Egypt vs. Cameroon - Cost of clothing

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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: February 2026

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