Alexandria vs New Taipei - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Alexandria	New Taipei
🚶 Cost of living one person	$310	$1060
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$828	$2992
🏠 One person rent	$76.9	$464
🏘️ Family rent	$168	$1087
🍽️ Food expenses	$153	$370
🚐 Transport expenses	$30	$119
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$119	$1661
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	36 km	13 km
🎓 Higher education	49	95
😀 Quality of life	48	87
🏙️ Population	4.87M	4.04M

The cost of living in Alexandria is 71% less expensive than in New Taipei. Cities ranked 9207th and 5212th ($310 vs $1060) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 20th and 2nd in Egypt and Taiwan, respectively. Check Egypt vs Taiwan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.4 months in Alexandria compared to 1.6 months in New Taipei. Alexandria ranked 3rd best city to live in Egypt vs New Taipei ranked 1st in Taiwan, while ranked 6328th and 279th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Alexandria vs New Taipei

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	Alexandria	New Taipei
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$3.44	$4.67
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$12.4	$31.2
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.16	$5.2
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.07	$2.49
☕ Cappuccino	$1.41	$2.85
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.29	$0.99
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$103	$483
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$49	$361
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$230	$1333
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$125	$890
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$8.58	$54.3
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$13.3	$83.7
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$8.59	$24.4
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	14.91%	1.97%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$428	$9578
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$274	$4941
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.21	$0.71
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$2.46	$37.3
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$3.56	$8.92
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.26	$0.97
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.87	$2.93
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.69	$1.9
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.75	$3
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.45	$2.85
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.75	$16.6
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.72	$8.01
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.96	$17.4
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.42	$4.54
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.45	$1.59
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.35	$1.42
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.33	$2.19
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.42	$2.76
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.6	$1.33
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.12	$0.65
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.61	$1.77
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$6.19	$11.9
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.94	$1.36
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.87	$3.8
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$0.78	$9.54
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$1.36	$7.87
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.8	$1.67
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.58	$2.71
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$15.4	$29.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$2.5	$10.1
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$7.07	$36.5
💇 Haircut, simple	$1.24	$16.1
👖 Brand Jeans	$23	$67.7
👟 Brand Sneakers	$98.7	$86.8
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$54.2	$504
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$1331	$13786

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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 New Taipei

Distance	City	Cost of living
9.6 km or 6 mi	Taipei	$1158
29 km or 18 mi	Taoyuan	$868
33 km or 20 mi	Keelung	$1028
42 km or 26 mi	Yilan	$745
48 km or 30 mi	Zhubei	$828
53 km or 33 mi	Hsinchu	$864
80 km or 50 mi	Miaoli	$698
124 km or 77 mi	Taichung	$931
140 km or 87 mi	Changhua	$841
144 km or 90 mi	Nantou	$818
171 km or 106 mi	Douliu	$761
198 km or 123 mi	Chiayi	$707
246 km or 153 mi	Fuzhou	$706
250 km or 155 mi	Putian	$661
252 km or 157 mi	Taitung	$801
259 km or 161 mi	Tainan	$841
267 km or 166 mi	Ningde	$683
283 km or 176 mi	Ishigaki	$1229
289 km or 179 mi	Quanzhou	$666
290 km or 180 mi	Jinjiang	$654
291 km or 181 mi	Kaohsiung	$932
318 km or 197 mi	Rui'an	$719
321 km or 199 mi	Kinmen	$821
341 km or 212 mi	Wenzhou	$776
345 km or 214 mi	Xiamen	$807
375 km or 233 mi	Nanping	$673
375 km or 233 mi	Wenling	$712
386 km or 240 mi	Zhangzhou	$731
387 km or 241 mi	Miyakojima	$1231
408 km or 253 mi	Sanming	$642
411 km or 256 mi	Lishui	$719
428 km or 266 mi	Linhai	$702
445 km or 277 mi	Longyan	$713
457 km or 284 mi	Wuyishan	$643
489 km or 304 mi	Jinhua	$731
497 km or 309 mi	Yiwu	$708
507 km or 315 mi	Quzhou	$633
510 km or 317 mi	Chaozhou	$592
515 km or 320 mi	Shangrao	$716
515 km or 320 mi	Shantou	$605