Alexandria vs Brookhaven - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Alexandria	Brookhaven
🚶 Cost of living one person	$316	$2863
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$842	$5521
🏠 One person rent	$79.5	$1851
🏘️ Family rent	$164	$1913
🍽️ Food expenses	$152	$676
🚐 Transport expenses	$32.3	$148
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$113	$4325
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	36 km	16 km
🎓 Higher education	50	65
😀 Quality of life	48	69
🏙️ Population	4.87M	486K

The cost of living in Alexandria is 89% less expensive than in Brookhaven. Cities ranked 9165th and 271st ($316 vs $2863) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 16th and 238th in Egypt and the United States, respectively. Check Egypt vs the United States comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.4 months in Alexandria compared to 1.5 months in Brookhaven. Alexandria ranked 3rd best city to live in Egypt vs Brookhaven ranked 885th in the United States, while ranked 6367th and 2684th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Alexandria vs Brookhaven

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	Alexandria	Brookhaven
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$3.49	$20.1
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$11.9	$79.9
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.39	$10.5
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2	$6.54
☕ Cappuccino	$1.43	$5.2
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.3	$2.28
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$96.2	$2335
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$55.7	$1529
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$225	$5083
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$125	$858
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$7.34	$91.6
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$11.1	$141
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$8.37	$69.5
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	17.16%	6.67%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$567	$5521
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$364	$4121
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.2	$3.27
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$2.36	$110
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$3.91	$19.4
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.29	$0.88
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.83	$1.3
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.67	$4.23
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.7	$4.04
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.39	$5.17
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.87	$22
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.53	$12.9
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.91	$17.2
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.36	$5.25
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.5	$1.65
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.35	$4.79
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.34	$4.08
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.42	$2.81
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.51	$2.56
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.12	$1.9
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.68	$2.67
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$5.95	$23.8
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.99	$1.74
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.79	$12
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$0.74	$9.91
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$1.29	$5.05
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.76	$4.92
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.56	$2.05
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$16	$53.8
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$2.45	$17
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$6.03	$157
💇 Haircut, simple	$2.4	$17.9
👖 Brand Jeans	$25.2	$76.8
👟 Brand Sneakers	$104	$79
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$71.3	$2514
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$1522	$22670

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Cities near Alexandria

Distance	City	Cost of living
21 km or 13 mi	Kafr El Dawwar	$289
55 km or 34 mi	Damanhur	$268
113 km or 70 mi	Tanta	$288
122 km or 76 mi	El Mahalla El Kubra	$269
126 km or 78 mi	Shibin El Kom	$305
141 km or 87 mi	Mansoura	$301
146 km or 91 mi	Benha	$300
167 km or 104 mi	Zagazig	$307
174 km or 108 mi	Shubra El Kheima	$365
179 km or 111 mi	Cairo	$417
181 km or 113 mi	Giza	$318
182 km or 113 mi	Damietta	$298
203 km or 126 mi	Helwan	$335
225 km or 140 mi	Port Said	$276
229 km or 142 mi	Faiyum	$325
234 km or 146 mi	Ismailia	$295
262 km or 163 mi	Beni Suef	$319
286 km or 177 mi	Suez	$272
356 km or 221 mi	Minya	$339
432 km or 268 mi	Gaza	$640
444 km or 276 mi	Netivot	$1742
444 km or 276 mi	Ashkelon	$1511
446 km or 277 mi	Sderot	$1732
447 km or 278 mi	Ofakim	$1684
454 km or 282 mi	Ashdod	$1837
460 km or 286 mi	Rahat	$1686
461 km or 287 mi	Paphos	$1551
462 km or 287 mi	Kiryat Malakhi	$1809
463 km or 287 mi	Asyut	$290
463 km or 288 mi	Yavne	$1884
463 km or 288 mi	Kiryat Gat	$1757
464 km or 288 mi	Beersheba	$1471
467 km or 290 mi	Bat Yam	$1890
468 km or 291 mi	Holon	$1834
470 km or 292 mi	Ness Ziona	$1943
470 km or 292 mi	Rehovot	$1811
470 km or 292 mi	Rishon LeZion	$2028
473 km or 294 mi	Tel Aviv	$2306
473 km or 294 mi	Givatayim	$2156
474 km or 295 mi	Ramat Gan	$2232

Cities near Brookhaven

Distance	City	Cost of living
7.3 km or 4.6 mi	Medford	$2730
24 km or 15 mi	Islip	$2477
27 km or 17 mi	Smithtown	$2338
27 km or 17 mi	Riverhead	$2677
36 km or 22 mi	Babylon	$2123
36 km or 22 mi	East Northport	$3639
40 km or 25 mi	Lindenhurst	$2221
44 km or 27 mi	Huntington	$2974
45 km or 28 mi	Southampton	$2669
48 km or 30 mi	Massapequa	$2586
50 km or 31 mi	Oyster Bay	$2644
51 km or 31 mi	Levittown	$2556
51 km or 31 mi	Stratford	$2528
51 km or 32 mi	Bridgeport	$2234
51 km or 32 mi	Milford	$2546
52 km or 32 mi	Southold	$2645
53 km or 33 mi	Fairfield	$3455
55 km or 34 mi	Westport	$3558
55 km or 34 mi	Norwalk	$2875
55 km or 34 mi	West Haven	$2316
55 km or 34 mi	Merrick	$2593
56 km or 35 mi	Branford	$2365
57 km or 35 mi	Trumbull	$2654
57 km or 35 mi	North Hempstead	$2635
57 km or 36 mi	Darien	$2885
58 km or 36 mi	Uniondale	$2610
58 km or 36 mi	East Haven	$2284
58 km or 36 mi	Freeport	$2588
59 km or 37 mi	New Haven	$2236
59 km or 37 mi	Guilford	$2433
60 km or 37 mi	Hempstead	$2664
61 km or 38 mi	Glen Cove	$2737
61 km or 38 mi	Shelton	$2599
62 km or 39 mi	Rockville Centre	$2614
64 km or 39 mi	New Canaan	$2987
64 km or 40 mi	Stamford	$3284
66 km or 41 mi	Greenwich	$3494
67 km or 42 mi	Long Beach	$2732
67 km or 42 mi	North Haven	$2330
68 km or 42 mi	Valley Stream	$2730