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Egypt vs. Equatorial Guinea Cost of Living Summary

Egypt is 9.0% more expensive than Equatorial Guinea overall.

Restaurants: pay 61.8% less in Egypt
Groceries: pay 56.1% less in Egypt
Transportation: pay 43.5% less in Egypt
Housing: pay 34.2% less in Egypt
Childcare: pay 4.5 times more in Egypt
Entertainment and Sports: pay 52.0% less in Egypt
Clothing: pay 40.9% less in Egypt

Expenses including restaurants, groceries, entertainment and sports, transportation, clothing, and housing are lower in Egypt. Notably, childcare is significantly more expensive in Egypt.

Egypt vs. Equatorial Guinea Cost Breakdown

If you lived in Egypt instead of Equatorial Guinea, you would:

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pay 61.8% less for restaurants

	Equatorial Guinea	Egypt
Basic meal with drink at inexpensive restaurant	??	$4.04 EGP192.56
Fast food combo meal McDonalds, or similar	$8.90 FCFA5,036	$5.01 EGP238.65	-43.7%
Bottle of Coca-Cola (11 fl. oz)	$0.89 FCFA504	$0.36 EGP17.26	-59.3%
Bottle of water (11 fl. oz)	$0.89 FCFA504	$0.16 EGP7.49	-82.3%
Average			-61.8%

Equatorial Guinea vs. Egypt - Cost of restaurants

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pay 56.1% less for groceries

	Equatorial Guinea	Egypt
Bread 1 loaf	??	$0.56 EGP26.52
Local cheese (8 oz)	$3.36 FCFA1,900	$1.51 EGP71.98	-55.0%
Milk (1 gallon)	$10.78 FCFA6,100	$3.31 EGP157.57	-69.3%
Eggs 1 dozen	$4.27 FCFA2,417	$1.43 EGP68.30	-66.5%
Boneless chicken breast (1 lb)	$3.09 FCFA1,750	$2.05 EGP97.62	-33.8%
Apples (1 lb)	??	$0.65 EGP30.88
Bananas (1 lb)	??	$0.29 EGP13.65
Oranges (1 lb)	??	$0.21 EGP10.14
Tomatoes (1 lb)	??	$0.16 EGP7.44
Potatoes (1 lb)	??	$0.18 EGP8.53
Onions (1 lb)	??	$0.17 EGP8.07
Average			-56.1%

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pay 43.5% less for transportation

	Equatorial Guinea	Egypt
Gasoline (1 gallon)	??	$1.30 EGP61.93
Monthly public transit pass	$26.33 FCFA14,893	$7.45 EGP355.17	-71.7%
New Volkswagen Golf 1.4 (standard edition)	$32,972.23 FCFA18,650,720	$33,747.60 EGP1,608,073.05	+2.4%
Taxi trip in downtown area (5 miles)	$8.01 FCFA4,532	$3.10 EGP147.87	-61.3%
Average			-43.5%

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pay 34.2% less for housing

	Equatorial Guinea	Egypt
Internet connection 50 mbps or faster, cable/dsl	$17.81 FCFA10,072	$12.49 EGP595.23	-29.8%
1-Bedroom apartment in downtown area	$267.09 FCFA151,078	$157.03 EGP7,482.70	-41.2%
1-Bedroom apartment outside city center	$124.64 FCFA70,503	$85.28 EGP4,063.40	-31.6%
Utilities for two (700 sq ft apartment) including electric, gas, water, heating	??	$13.26 EGP631.77
Average			-34.2%

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pay 4.5 times more for childcare

	Equatorial Guinea	Egypt
Private preschool for 1 child, monthly	??	$71.39 EGP3,401.96
Middle school for 1 child, two semesters	$356.12 FCFA201,438	$1,608.71 EGP76,654.96	+351.7%
Average			+351.7%

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pay 52.0% less for entertainment and sports

	Equatorial Guinea	Egypt
Domestic/local beer (1 pint)	??	$1.67 EGP79.76
Cappuccino in mid-range area	$5.34 FCFA3,022	$1.40 EGP66.95	-73.7%
Pack of cigarettes Marlboro or similar	$4.51 FCFA2,551	$1.99 EGP94.87	-55.8%
Monthly membership at local gym	$35.61 FCFA20,144	$21.74 EGP1,035.94	-39.0%
Movie ticket to theater/cinema	$5.38 FCFA3,041	$3.25 EGP154.72	-39.6%
Average			-52.0%

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pay 40.9% less for clothing

	Equatorial Guinea	Egypt
Regular jeans Levi's brand	$26.71 FCFA15,108	$24.55 EGP1,169.61	-8.1%
Regular dress from H&M or similar store	$133.54 FCFA75,539	$44.67 EGP2,128.38	-66.6%
Running shoes Nike or Adidas	??	$115.64 EGP5,510.34
Men's business shoes (leather)	$89.03 FCFA50,359	$46.41 EGP2,211.24	-47.9%
Average			-40.9%

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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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