Cost of Living Comparison

  1. Cost of Living
  2. Chad
  3. N'djamena
  4. Egypt
  5. Cairo
  6. Comparison
XAF
COMPARED TO
EGP

Cairo is 11.3% more expensive than N'djamena.

If you lived in Cairo instead of N'djamena, you would:
local_dining

pay 46.6% less for restaurants

  N'djamena help_outline Cairo help_outline  
Basic meal with drink at inexpensive restaurant $3.69
FCFA2,123
$4.46
E£79.85
+20.8%
Fast food combo meal
McDonalds, or similar
 $14.77
FCFA8,494
$5.42
E£96.96
-63.3%
Bottle of Coca-Cola (11 fl. oz) $1.02
FCFA584
$0.34
E£6.16
-66.1%
Bottle of water (11 fl. oz) $1.00
FCFA575
$0.22
E£3.98
-77.8%
Average -46.6%
N'djamena vs. Cairo - Cost of restaurants
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local_grocery_store

pay 71.5% less for groceries

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Bread
1 loaf
 $8.00
FCFA4,599
$0.67
E£11.93
-91.7%
Local cheese (8 oz) $4.62
FCFA2,654
$1.73
E£31.00
-62.5%
Milk (1 gallon) $7.53
FCFA4,331
$3.62
E£64.72
-52.0%
Eggs
1 dozen
 $2.16
FCFA1,243
$1.16
E£20.73
-46.4%
Boneless chicken breast (1 lb) $11.34
FCFA6,519
$2.07
E£36.98
-81.8%
Apples (1 lb) $2.93
FCFA1,686
$0.73
E£12.98
-75.3%
Bananas (1 lb) $0.83
FCFA479
$0.38
E£6.83
-54.2%
Oranges (1 lb) $1.99
FCFA1,144
$0.25
E£4.50
-87.4%
Tomatoes (1 lb) $0.84
FCFA482
$0.19
E£3.32
-77.9%
Potatoes (1 lb) $0.81
FCFA463
$0.17
E£3.06
-78.7%
Onions (1 lb) $0.82
FCFA471
$0.18
E£3.16
-78.5%
Average -71.5%
N'djamena vs. Cairo - Cost of groceries
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drive_eta

pay 42.7% less for transportation

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Gasoline (1 gallon) $3.81
FCFA2,192
$1.86
E£33.31
-51.2%
Monthly public transit pass $18.47
FCFA10,617
$12.75
E£228.13
-31.0%
New Volkswagen Golf 1.4 (standard edition) ?? $27,402.85
E£490,485.02
Taxi trip in downtown area (5 miles) $4.25
FCFA2,442
$2.29
E£41.06
-46.0%
Average -42.7%
N'djamena vs. Cairo - Cost of transportation
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home

pay 1.9% less for housing

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Internet connection
50 mbps or faster, cable/dsl
 $86.18
FCFA49,548
$18.71
E£334.95
-78.3%
1-Bedroom apartment in downtown area $1,200.00
FCFA689,904
$267.26
E£4,783.75
-77.7%
1-Bedroom apartment outside city center $136.20
FCFA78,304
$158.32
E£2,833.83
+16.2%
Utilities for two (700 sq ft apartment)
including electric, gas, water, heating
 $14.12
FCFA8,119
$32.82
E£587.53
+132.4%
Average -1.9%
N'djamena vs. Cairo - Cost of housing
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child_care

pay 3.3 times more for childcare

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Private preschool for 1 child, monthly $34.17
FCFA19,642
$157.66
E£2,821.95
+361.5%
Middle school for 1 child, two semesters $1,846.77
FCFA1,061,747
$3,497.52
E£62,602.26
+89.4%
Average +225.4%
N'djamena vs. Cairo - Cost of childcare
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gamepad

pay 12.3% less for entertainment and sports

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Domestic/local beer (1 pint) $6.00
FCFA3,451
$1.91
E£34.22
-68.1%
Cappuccino in mid-range area $2.00
FCFA1,150
$2.09
E£37.39
+4.4%
Pack of cigarettes
Marlboro or similar
 $2.22
FCFA1,274
$2.87
E£51.33
+29.4%
Monthly membership at local gym $165.16
FCFA94,954
$28.52
E£510.49
-82.7%
Movie ticket to theater/cinema $3.69
FCFA2,123
$5.74
E£102.66
+55.3%
Average -12.3%
N'djamena vs. Cairo - Cost of entertainment and sports
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store

pay 28.5% more for clothing

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Regular jeans
Levi's brand
 $29.24
FCFA16,811
$49.32
E£882.83
+68.7%
Regular dress
from H&M or similar store
 $101.57
FCFA58,396
$54.29
E£971.80
-46.5%
Running shoes
Nike or Adidas
 $58.48
FCFA33,622
$132.15
E£2,365.37
+126.0%
Men's business shoes (leather) $101.57
FCFA58,396
$66.91
E£1,197.67
-34.1%
Average +28.5%
N'djamena vs. Cairo - Cost of clothing
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