Alexandria vs Kyiv - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Alexandria	Kyiv
🚶 Cost of living one person	$310	$795
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$828	$1960
🏠 One person rent	$76.9	$419
🏘️ Family rent	$168	$753
🍽️ Food expenses	$153	$241
🚐 Transport expenses	$30	$58
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$119	$529
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	36 km	7 km
🎓 Higher education	49	70
😀 Quality of life	48	64
🏙️ Population	4.87M	2.95M

The cost of living in Alexandria is 61% less expensive than in Kyiv. Cities ranked 9207th and 6450th ($310 vs $795) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 20th 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 6328th and 4556th 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	$3.44	$7.27
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$12.4	$36.3
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.16	$6.07
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.07	$1.22
☕ Cappuccino	$1.41	$1.38
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.29	$0.62
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$103	$518
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$49	$313
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$230	$997
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$125	$569
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$8.58	$59.4
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$13.3	$92.6
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$8.59	$5.57
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	14.91%	18.33%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$428	$2412
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$274	$1325
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.21	$0.24
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$2.46	$9.34
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$3.56	$4.47
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.26	$1.36
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.87	$1.02
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.69	$0.73
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.75	$1.42
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.45	$1.59
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.75	$8.69
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.72	$4.15
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.96	$6.1
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.42	$0.71
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.45	$1.49
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.35	$1.54
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.33	$1.91
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.42	$0.62
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.6	$0.77
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.12	$0.35
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.61	$1.18
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$6.19	$4.81
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.94	$0.79
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.87	$2.31
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$0.78	$2.59
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$1.36	$4.41
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.8	$2.15
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.58	$1.59
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$15.4	$24.5
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$2.5	$4.86
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$7.07	$18.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$1.24	$7.13
👖 Brand Jeans	$23	$65.6
👟 Brand Sneakers	$98.7	$89.4
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$54.2	$365
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$1331	$7166

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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 Kyiv

Distance	City	Cost of living
78 km or 49 mi	Bila Tserkva	$420
129 km or 80 mi	Chernihiv	$422
134 km or 83 mi	Zhytomyr	$529
157 km or 97 mi	Cherkasy	$432
200 km or 124 mi	Vinnytsia	$545
224 km or 139 mi	Gomel	$469
250 km or 155 mi	Kropyvnytskyi	$514
258 km or 160 mi	Kremenchuk	$421
277 km or 172 mi	Khmelnytskyi	$490
302 km or 188 mi	Soroca	$909
302 km or 188 mi	Rivne	$418
305 km or 189 mi	Poltava	$473
305 km or 190 mi	Sumy	$449
313 km or 195 mi	Babruysk	$437
349 km or 217 mi	Kryvyi Rih	$516
354 km or 220 mi	Balti	$956
360 km or 224 mi	Pinsk	$437
363 km or 226 mi	Orhei	$860
365 km or 227 mi	Ternopil	$457
366 km or 227 mi	Kamianske	$576
368 km or 228 mi	Dubasari	$806
368 km or 229 mi	Lutsk	$487
385 km or 239 mi	Mogilev	$467
392 km or 243 mi	Dnipro	$679
402 km or 250 mi	Chisinau	$876
402 km or 250 mi	Mykolaiv	$375
406 km or 252 mi	Tiraspol	$491
408 km or 254 mi	Bryansk	$450
409 km or 254 mi	Kharkiv	$503
409 km or 254 mi	Bender	$537
410 km or 255 mi	Chernivtsi	$515
411 km or 255 mi	Botosani	$780
412 km or 256 mi	Ungheni	$1131
420 km or 261 mi	Kursk	$457
424 km or 263 mi	Iasi	$873
430 km or 267 mi	Belgorod	$451
431 km or 268 mi	Baranavichy	$516
434 km or 269 mi	Minsk	$717
440 km or 273 mi	Suceava	$748
441 km or 274 mi	Barysaw	$563