Alexandria vs Kyiv - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Alexandria	Kyiv
🚶 Cost of living one person	$316	$850
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$842	$2107
🏠 One person rent	$79.5	$445
🏘️ Family rent	$164	$817
🍽️ Food expenses	$152	$252
🚐 Transport expenses	$32.3	$66.5
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$113	$571
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	36 km	7 km
🎓 Higher education	50	71
😀 Quality of life	48	64
🏙️ Population	4.87M	2.95M

The cost of living in Alexandria is 63% less expensive than in Kyiv. Cities ranked 9165th and 6262nd ($316 vs $850) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 16th and 1st in Egypt and Ukraine, respectively. Check Egypt vs Ukraine comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.4 months in Alexandria compared to 0.7 months in Kyiv. Alexandria ranked 3rd best city to live in Egypt vs Kyiv ranked 1st in Ukraine, while ranked 6367th and 4484th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Alexandria vs Kyiv

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	Alexandria	Kyiv
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$3.49	$7.61
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$11.9	$32.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.39	$6.26
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2	$1.43
☕ Cappuccino	$1.43	$1.51
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.3	$0.65
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$96.2	$515
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$55.7	$336
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$225	$1066
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$125	$617
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$7.34	$67.3
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$11.1	$103
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$8.37	$6.37
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	17.16%	18.89%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$567	$2228
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$364	$1274
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.2	$0.19
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$2.36	$14.3
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$3.91	$5.23
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.29	$1.31
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.83	$1.19
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.67	$0.67
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.7	$1.28
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.39	$1.81
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.87	$9.3
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.53	$4.21
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.91	$7.44
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.36	$0.82
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.5	$1.56
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.35	$1.7
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.34	$2.36
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.42	$0.77
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.51	$0.54
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.12	$0.37
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.68	$1.11
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$5.95	$5.1
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.99	$0.84
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.79	$2.49
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$0.74	$4.21
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$1.29	$4.4
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.76	$1.52
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.56	$1.56
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$16	$34.5
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$2.45	$5.57
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$6.03	$16.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$2.4	$9.55
👖 Brand Jeans	$25.2	$73.6
👟 Brand Sneakers	$104	$95.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$71.3	$392
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$1522	$7184

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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 Kyiv

Distance	City	Cost of living
78 km or 49 mi	Bila Tserkva	$454
129 km or 80 mi	Chernihiv	$433
134 km or 83 mi	Zhytomyr	$549
157 km or 97 mi	Cherkasy	$455
200 km or 124 mi	Vinnytsia	$562
224 km or 139 mi	Gomel	$440
250 km or 155 mi	Kropyvnytskyi	$513
258 km or 160 mi	Kremenchuk	$444
277 km or 172 mi	Khmelnytskyi	$483
302 km or 188 mi	Soroca	$863
302 km or 188 mi	Rivne	$394
305 km or 189 mi	Poltava	$490
305 km or 190 mi	Sumy	$486
313 km or 195 mi	Babruysk	$438
349 km or 217 mi	Kryvyi Rih	$486
354 km or 220 mi	Balti	$876
360 km or 224 mi	Pinsk	$435
363 km or 226 mi	Orhei	$829
365 km or 227 mi	Ternopil	$462
366 km or 227 mi	Kamianske	$605
368 km or 228 mi	Dubasari	$780
368 km or 229 mi	Lutsk	$510
385 km or 239 mi	Mogilev	$474
392 km or 243 mi	Dnipro	$718
402 km or 250 mi	Chisinau	$892
402 km or 250 mi	Mykolaiv	$400
406 km or 252 mi	Tiraspol	$517
408 km or 254 mi	Bryansk	$513
409 km or 254 mi	Kharkiv	$506
409 km or 254 mi	Bender	$502
410 km or 255 mi	Chernivtsi	$533
411 km or 255 mi	Botosani	$727
412 km or 256 mi	Ungheni	$1062
420 km or 261 mi	Kursk	$490
424 km or 263 mi	Iasi	$840
430 km or 267 mi	Belgorod	$552
431 km or 268 mi	Baranavichy	$517
434 km or 269 mi	Minsk	$727
440 km or 273 mi	Suceava	$709
441 km or 274 mi	Barysaw	$570