Alexandria vs Moscow - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Alexandria	Moscow
🚶 Cost of living one person	$316	$1244
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$842	$3114
🏠 One person rent	$79.5	$730
🏘️ Family rent	$164	$1434
🍽️ Food expenses	$152	$312
🚐 Transport expenses	$32.3	$100
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$113	$1546
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Good
✈️ Airport proximity	36 km	27 km
🎓 Higher education	50	96
😀 Quality of life	48	74
🏙️ Population	4.87M	13.1M

The cost of living in Alexandria is 75% less expensive than in Moscow. Cities ranked 9165th and 4359th ($316 vs $1244) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 16th and 1st in Egypt and Russia, respectively. Check Egypt vs Russia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.4 months in Alexandria compared to 1.2 months in Moscow. Alexandria ranked 3rd best city to live in Egypt vs Moscow ranked 1st in Russia, while ranked 6367th and 1187th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Alexandria vs Moscow

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	Alexandria	Moscow
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$3.49	$9.55
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$11.9	$46.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.39	$5.26
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2	$3.79
☕ Cappuccino	$1.43	$2.85
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.3	$1.24
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$96.2	$971
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$55.7	$566
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$225	$2192
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$125	$1092
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$7.34	$73.7
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$11.1	$113
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$8.37	$9.08
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	17.16%	22.71%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$567	$7641
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$364	$3605
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.2	$0.72
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$2.36	$31.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$3.91	$6.31
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.29	$0.65
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.83	$1.07
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.67	$0.67
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.7	$1.16
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.39	$1.75
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.87	$11
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.53	$5.11
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.91	$10.7
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.36	$1.66
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.5	$1.71
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.35	$2.05
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.34	$3.35
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.42	$0.71
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.51	$0.66
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.12	$0.45
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.68	$1.94
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$5.95	$9.06
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.99	$0.99
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.79	$2.72
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$0.74	$5.36
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$1.29	$2.92
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.76	$2.01
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.56	$1.82
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$16	$38.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$2.45	$5.52
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$6.03	$28.7
💇 Haircut, simple	$2.4	$6.41
👖 Brand Jeans	$25.2	$82.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$104	$124
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$71.3	$591
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$1522	$12252

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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 Moscow

Distance	City	Cost of living
18 km or 11 mi	Khimki	$786
19 km or 12 mi	Krasnogorsk	$791
19 km or 12 mi	Lyubertsy	$867
19 km or 12 mi	Mytishchi	$622
21 km or 13 mi	Balashikha	$676
22 km or 14 mi	Korolyov	$743
37 km or 23 mi	Podolsk	$633
52 km or 32 mi	Elektrostal	$719
96 km or 60 mi	Obninsk	$609
161 km or 100 mi	Kaluga	$538
161 km or 100 mi	Tver	$639
173 km or 107 mi	Tula	$552
179 km or 111 mi	Vladimir	$681
184 km or 114 mi	Ryazan	$564
248 km or 154 mi	Yaroslavl	$523
250 km or 155 mi	Ivanovo	$554
266 km or 165 mi	Rybinsk	$675
301 km or 187 mi	Kostroma	$540
326 km or 202 mi	Oryol	$505
349 km or 217 mi	Bryansk	$513
366 km or 228 mi	Dzerzhinsk	$636
369 km or 229 mi	Smolensk	$479
372 km or 231 mi	Lipetsk	$430
376 km or 234 mi	Cherepovets	$584
402 km or 250 mi	Nizhny Novgorod	$717
408 km or 254 mi	Vologda	$528
419 km or 260 mi	Tambov	$561
457 km or 284 mi	Kursk	$490
466 km or 290 mi	Voronezh	$448
474 km or 294 mi	Vitebsk	$300
491 km or 305 mi	Veliky Novgorod	$737
495 km or 308 mi	Starooskolsky	$473
496 km or 308 mi	Stary Oskol	$434
509 km or 316 mi	Mogilev	$474
513 km or 319 mi	Saransk	$438
555 km or 345 mi	Penza	$524
568 km or 353 mi	Gomel	$440
571 km or 355 mi	Sumy	$486
577 km or 359 mi	Belgorod	$552
601 km or 373 mi	Cheboksary	$592