Alexandria vs Moscow - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Alexandria	Moscow
🚶 Cost of living one person	$310	$1075
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$828	$2731
🏠 One person rent	$76.9	$612
🏘️ Family rent	$168	$1215
🍽️ Food expenses	$153	$272
🚐 Transport expenses	$30	$92.9
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$119	$1262
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Good
✈️ Airport proximity	36 km	27 km
🎓 Higher education	49	96
😀 Quality of life	48	74
🏙️ Population	4.87M	13M

The cost of living in Alexandria is 71% less expensive than in Moscow. Cities ranked 9207th and 5091st ($310 vs $1075) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 20th 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 6328th and 1280th 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	$3.44	$8.34
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$12.4	$37.3
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.16	$4.89
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.07	$3.22
☕ Cappuccino	$1.41	$2.62
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.29	$1.17
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$103	$842
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$49	$456
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$230	$1827
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$125	$918
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$8.58	$70
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$13.3	$107
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$8.59	$8.71
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	14.91%	17.17%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$428	$6312
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$274	$3303
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.21	$0.65
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$2.46	$28
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$3.56	$6.13
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.26	$0.59
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.87	$0.98
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.69	$0.59
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.75	$1.06
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.45	$1.62
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.75	$9.55
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.72	$4.57
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.96	$9.48
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.42	$1.51
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.45	$1.52
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.35	$1.63
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.33	$3.2
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.42	$0.52
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.6	$0.48
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.12	$0.4
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.61	$1.76
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$6.19	$7.75
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.94	$0.9
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.87	$2.41
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$0.78	$4.18
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$1.36	$2.93
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.8	$1.73
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.58	$1.74
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$15.4	$30.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$2.5	$5.07
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$7.07	$32.3
💇 Haircut, simple	$1.24	$5.63
👖 Brand Jeans	$23	$85.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$98.7	$114
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$54.2	$495
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$1331	$11652

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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 Moscow

Distance	City	Cost of living
18 km or 11 mi	Khimki	$736
19 km or 12 mi	Krasnogorsk	$743
19 km or 12 mi	Lyubertsy	$797
19 km or 12 mi	Mytishchi	$583
21 km or 13 mi	Balashikha	$633
22 km or 14 mi	Korolyov	$672
37 km or 23 mi	Podolsk	$566
52 km or 32 mi	Elektrostal	$660
96 km or 60 mi	Obninsk	$606
161 km or 100 mi	Kaluga	$490
161 km or 100 mi	Tver	$590
173 km or 107 mi	Tula	$507
179 km or 111 mi	Vladimir	$616
184 km or 114 mi	Ryazan	$515
248 km or 154 mi	Yaroslavl	$533
250 km or 155 mi	Ivanovo	$498
266 km or 165 mi	Rybinsk	$623
301 km or 187 mi	Kostroma	$507
326 km or 202 mi	Oryol	$471
349 km or 217 mi	Bryansk	$450
366 km or 228 mi	Dzerzhinsk	$541
369 km or 229 mi	Smolensk	$461
372 km or 231 mi	Lipetsk	$401
376 km or 234 mi	Cherepovets	$551
402 km or 250 mi	Nizhny Novgorod	$639
408 km or 254 mi	Vologda	$480
419 km or 260 mi	Tambov	$508
457 km or 284 mi	Kursk	$457
466 km or 290 mi	Voronezh	$419
474 km or 294 mi	Vitebsk	$298
491 km or 305 mi	Veliky Novgorod	$682
495 km or 308 mi	Starooskolsky	$447
496 km or 308 mi	Stary Oskol	$415
509 km or 316 mi	Mogilev	$467
513 km or 319 mi	Saransk	$376
555 km or 345 mi	Penza	$514
568 km or 353 mi	Gomel	$469
571 km or 355 mi	Sumy	$449
577 km or 359 mi	Belgorod	$451
601 km or 373 mi	Cheboksary	$541