Alexandria vs Maseru - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 01, 2024

	Alexandria	Maseru
🚶 Cost of living one person	$495	$535
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1302	$1278
🏠 One person rent	$164	$157
🏘️ Family rent	$351	$242
🍽️ Food expenses	$220	$270
🚐 Transport expenses	$44	$46
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$149	$679
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	36 km	18 km
🎓 Higher education	49	16
😀 Quality of life	51	18
🏙️ Population	4.87M	519K

The cost of living in Alexandria is 7% less expensive than in Maseru. Cities ranked 8536th and 8241st ($495 vs $535) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 6th and 1st in Egypt and Lesotho, respectively. Check Egypt vs Lesotho comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.3 months in Alexandria compared to 1.3 months in Maseru. Alexandria ranked 2nd best city to live in Egypt vs Maseru ranked 1st in Lesotho, while ranked 6224th and 9015th among best cities to live in the world.

Salary adjustment calculator
the estimated difference in money purchasing power

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

Prices in Alexandria vs Maseru

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

	Alexandria	Maseru
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$5.31	$2.98
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$19.4	$20.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$6.46	$10.5
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.95	$0.79
☕ Cappuccino	$1.74	$1.3
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.35	$0.62
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$217	$164
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$117	$82.2
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$486	$249
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$273	$143
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$15.4	$37.1
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$24	$56.9
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$11.8	$20.9
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	16.27%	8.75%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$716	$333
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$371	$447
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.19	$0.65
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$10.5	$25.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$3.74	$5.17
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.39	$1.12
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.12	$0.93
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.71	$0.76
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.03	$1.76
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.9	$1.21
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.78	$3.89
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.17	$6.32
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.6	$5.09
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.7	$1.75
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.79	$2.23
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.58	$2.36
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.49	$2.37
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.51	$1.84
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.95	$2.33
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.16	$0.53
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.6	$1.01
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$9.49	$8.29
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2	$1.04
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.31	$4.45
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$1.22	$3.51
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.1	$2.92
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.45	$1.55
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.79	$1.23
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$19	$19.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$3.84	$4.1
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$10.1	$14
💇 Haircut, simple	$1.57	$4.1
👖 Brand Jeans	$36.8	$39.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$125	$92.7
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$86.5	$28.4
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$3745	$710

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	$449
55 km or 34 mi	Damanhur	$393
113 km or 70 mi	Tanta	$450
122 km or 76 mi	El Mahalla El Kubra	$489
126 km or 78 mi	Shibin El Kom	$490
141 km or 87 mi	Mansoura	$446
146 km or 91 mi	Benha	$490
167 km or 104 mi	Zagazig	$472
174 km or 108 mi	Shubra El Kheima	$511
179 km or 111 mi	Cairo	$549
181 km or 113 mi	Giza	$513
182 km or 113 mi	Damietta	$418
203 km or 126 mi	Helwan	$494
225 km or 140 mi	Port Said	$384
229 km or 142 mi	Faiyum	$478
234 km or 146 mi	Ismailia	$468
262 km or 163 mi	Beni Suef	$470
286 km or 177 mi	Suez	$366
356 km or 221 mi	Minya	$455
432 km or 268 mi	Gaza	$657
444 km or 276 mi	Netivot	$1725
444 km or 276 mi	Ashkelon	$1499
446 km or 277 mi	Sderot	$1703
447 km or 278 mi	Ofakim	$1671
454 km or 282 mi	Ashdod	$1848
460 km or 286 mi	Rahat	$1687
461 km or 287 mi	Paphos	$1400
462 km or 287 mi	Kiryat Malakhi	$1779
463 km or 287 mi	Asyut	$421
463 km or 288 mi	Yavne	$1826
463 km or 288 mi	Kiryat Gat	$1825
464 km or 288 mi	Beersheba	$1523
467 km or 290 mi	Bat Yam	$1871
468 km or 291 mi	Holon	$1776
470 km or 292 mi	Ness Ziona	$1912
470 km or 292 mi	Rehovot	$1701
470 km or 292 mi	Rishon LeZion	$2010
473 km or 294 mi	Tel Aviv	$2259
473 km or 294 mi	Givatayim	$2113
474 km or 295 mi	Ramat Gan	$2212

Cities near Maseru

Distance	City	Cost of living
30 km or 19 mi	Teyateyaneng	$511
61 km or 38 mi	Mafeteng	$511
94 km or 58 mi	Butha-Buthe	$511
125 km or 78 mi	Bloemfontein	$601
165 km or 103 mi	Welkom	$682
187 km or 116 mi	Kroonstad	$701
272 km or 169 mi	Kimberley	$753
280 km or 174 mi	Mthatha	$689
283 km or 176 mi	Klerksdorp	$621
286 km or 178 mi	Pietermaritzburg	$609
291 km or 181 mi	Potchefstroom	$625
292 km or 182 mi	Vanderbijlpark	$698
294 km or 182 mi	Komani	$703
296 km or 184 mi	Vereeniging	$637
341 km or 212 mi	Soweto	$875
348 km or 216 mi	Durban	$780
350 km or 217 mi	Johannesburg	$908
353 km or 219 mi	Springs	$631
357 km or 222 mi	Benoni	$741
361 km or 224 mi	Sandton	$889
361 km or 225 mi	Randburg	$776
366 km or 227 mi	Vryheid	$739
372 km or 231 mi	Bethal	$746
390 km or 242 mi	Centurion	$755
394 km or 245 mi	Bhisho	$710
402 km or 250 mi	Pretoria	$783
406 km or 252 mi	Rustenburg	$845
410 km or 255 mi	East London	$683
412 km or 256 mi	Brits	$751
426 km or 264 mi	Mmabatho	$719
440 km or 274 mi	Middelburg	$866
453 km or 281 mi	Makhanda	$704
489 km or 304 mi	Lobatse	$631
491 km or 305 mi	Mbabane	$558
495 km or 307 mi	Manzini	$447
525 km or 326 mi	Kanye	$633
532 km or 330 mi	Uitenhage	$805
540 km or 336 mi	Gaborone	$656
547 km or 340 mi	Port Elizabeth	$866
580 km or 360 mi	Molepolole	$603