Alexandria vs Copenhagen - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Alexandria	Copenhagen
🚶 Cost of living one person	$310	$2483
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$828	$5751
🏠 One person rent	$76.9	$1424
🏘️ Family rent	$168	$2573
🍽️ Food expenses	$153	$670
🚐 Transport expenses	$30	$204
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$119	$4295
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	36 km	8 km
🎓 Higher education	49	93
😀 Quality of life	48	97
🏙️ Population	4.87M	644K

The cost of living in Alexandria is 88% less expensive than in Copenhagen. Cities ranked 9207th and 795th ($310 vs $2483) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 20th and 1st in Egypt and Denmark, respectively. Check Egypt vs Denmark comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.4 months in Alexandria compared to 1.7 months in Copenhagen. Alexandria ranked 3rd best city to live in Egypt vs Copenhagen ranked 1st in Denmark, while ranked 6328th and 9th among best cities to live in the world.

Salary adjustment calculator
the estimated difference in money purchasing power

Cost of living in Alexandria vs Copenhagen infographic

Share this infographic!

Use the link below to embed the infographic from our site and automatically keep the data layer up to date.

If you prefer to download the image, please credit us as a source.

<img src="https://livingcost.org/assets/photo/cost/alexandria/copenhagen.jpg" alt="Cost of living in Alexandria vs Copenhagen infographic" style="max-width: 100%; height: auto;"><p>Source: <a href="https://livingcost.org/cost/alexandria/copenhagen" target="_blank">Alexandria vs Copenhagen - Cost of Living Comparison</a></p>

Prices in Alexandria vs Copenhagen

Prices for goods and services in Alexandria and Copenhagen are partly crowdsourced by our visitors, just like yourself. Please consider telling us about your city.

	Alexandria	Copenhagen
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$3.44	$20.2
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$12.4	$107
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.16	$14.9
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.07	$8.66
☕ Cappuccino	$1.41	$6.74
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.29	$3.88
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$103	$1540
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$49	$1168
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$230	$3033
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$125	$2129
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$8.58	$144
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$13.3	$224
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$8.59	$38.4
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	14.91%	4.19%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$428	$8402
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$274	$5773
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.21	$3.61
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$2.46	$105
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$3.56	$28.1
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.26	$2.14
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.87	$2.09
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.69	$3.42
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.75	$2.75
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.45	$5.16
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.75	$13.5
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.72	$12.4
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.96	$16.9
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.42	$3.1
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.45	$3.29
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.35	$3.47
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.33	$4.87
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.42	$2.11
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.6	$2.09
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.12	$1.1
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.61	$3.01
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$6.19	$10.7
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.94	$1.93
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.87	$9.52
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$0.78	$9.24
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$1.36	$4.34
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.8	$2.61
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.58	$2.03
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$15.4	$42.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$2.5	$19.6
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$7.07	$69.8
💇 Haircut, simple	$1.24	$28.8
👖 Brand Jeans	$23	$121
👟 Brand Sneakers	$98.7	$125
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$54.2	$591
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$1331	$13230

Cost of living in other countries

Cost of living

Cost of Living in the nearest cities

Cities near Alexandria

Distance	City	Cost of living
21 km or 13 mi	Kafr El Dawwar	$299
55 km or 34 mi	Damanhur	$308
113 km or 70 mi	Tanta	$315
122 km or 76 mi	El Mahalla El Kubra	$331
126 km or 78 mi	Shibin El Kom	$323
141 km or 87 mi	Mansoura	$306
146 km or 91 mi	Benha	$335
167 km or 104 mi	Zagazig	$327
174 km or 108 mi	Shubra El Kheima	$374
179 km or 111 mi	Cairo	$424
181 km or 113 mi	Giza	$323
182 km or 113 mi	Damietta	$291
203 km or 126 mi	Helwan	$345
225 km or 140 mi	Port Said	$282
229 km or 142 mi	Faiyum	$339
234 km or 146 mi	Ismailia	$310
262 km or 163 mi	Beni Suef	$334
286 km or 177 mi	Suez	$303
356 km or 221 mi	Minya	$357
432 km or 268 mi	Gaza	$609
444 km or 276 mi	Netivot	$1713
444 km or 276 mi	Ashkelon	$1671
446 km or 277 mi	Sderot	$1727
447 km or 278 mi	Ofakim	$1607
454 km or 282 mi	Ashdod	$1775
460 km or 286 mi	Rahat	$1632
461 km or 287 mi	Paphos	$1528
462 km or 287 mi	Kiryat Malakhi	$1771
463 km or 287 mi	Asyut	$306
463 km or 288 mi	Yavne	$1815
463 km or 288 mi	Kiryat Gat	$1754
464 km or 288 mi	Beersheba	$1372
467 km or 290 mi	Bat Yam	$1795
468 km or 291 mi	Holon	$1751
470 km or 292 mi	Ness Ziona	$1825
470 km or 292 mi	Rehovot	$1741
470 km or 292 mi	Rishon LeZion	$1881
473 km or 294 mi	Tel Aviv	$2254
473 km or 294 mi	Givatayim	$2020
474 km or 295 mi	Ramat Gan	$2154

Cities near Copenhagen

Distance	City	Cost of living
2 km or 1.3 mi	Frederiksberg	$2378
8.5 km or 5.3 mi	Gentofte	$2203
23 km or 14 mi	Horsholm	$2006
28 km or 17 mi	Landskrona	$1294
30 km or 19 mi	Malmo	$1570
31 km or 19 mi	Roskilde	$1867
33 km or 21 mi	Hillerod	$2088
40 km or 25 mi	Lund	$1459
40 km or 25 mi	Staffanstorp	$1439
40 km or 25 mi	Helsingor	$1713
42 km or 26 mi	Helsingborg	$1306
51 km or 32 mi	Trelleborg	$1436
66 km or 41 mi	Angelholm	$1347
71 km or 44 mi	Naestved	$1864
92 km or 57 mi	Hassleholm	$1333
104 km or 65 mi	Kristianstad	$1218
111 km or 69 mi	Halmstad	$1341
141 km or 88 mi	Odense	$2046
141 km or 88 mi	Svendborg	$1688
154 km or 96 mi	Ljungby	$1442
156 km or 97 mi	Aarhus	$1966
156 km or 97 mi	Stralsund	$1548
159 km or 99 mi	Varberg	$1299
171 km or 106 mi	Horsens	$1499
177 km or 110 mi	Fredericia	$1608
179 km or 111 mi	Rostock	$1532
179 km or 111 mi	Randers	$1618
185 km or 115 mi	Greifswald	$1578
190 km or 118 mi	Varnamo	$1434
190 km or 118 mi	Vejle	$1636
193 km or 120 mi	Vaxjo	$1328
196 km or 122 mi	Sonderborg	$1502
196 km or 122 mi	Kolding	$1476
196 km or 122 mi	Silkeborg	$1654
199 km or 124 mi	Karlskrona	$1324
199 km or 124 mi	Haderslev	$1536
211 km or 131 mi	Wismar	$1364
211 km or 131 mi	Gustrow	$1476
215 km or 133 mi	Viborg	$1565
216 km or 134 mi	Kiel	$1546