Alexandria vs New Taipei - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Alexandria	New Taipei
🚶 Cost of living one person	$384	$1135
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$990	$2924
🏠 One person rent	$95.7	$510
🏘️ Family rent	$159	$885
🍽️ Food expenses	$172	$385
🚐 Transport expenses	$50.6	$127
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$125	$1378
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	36 km	13 km
🎓 Higher education	51	94
😀 Quality of life	56	87
🏙️ Population	4.87M	4.04M

The cost of living in Alexandria is 66% less expensive than in New Taipei. Cities ranked 9006th and 4867th ($384 vs $1135) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 9th and 2nd in Egypt and Taiwan, respectively. Check Egypt vs Taiwan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.3 months in Alexandria compared to 1.2 months in New Taipei. Alexandria ranked 3rd best city to live in Egypt vs New Taipei ranked 2nd in Taiwan, while ranked 6233rd and 387th 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	$4.15	$4.87
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$16.8	$32.3
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.29	$5.4
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.48	$1.8
☕ Cappuccino	$1.53	$2.4
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.34	$0.87
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$114	$520
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$66.2	$386
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$207	$947
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$117	$698
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$8.28	$72.7
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$12.7	$112
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$11.6	$25.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	16.98%	2.76%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$715	$14096
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$491	$6224
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.2	$0.65
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$14.8	$39.4
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$4.03	$9.87
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.35	$1.01
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.87	$3.16
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.76	$1.63
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.72	$2.95
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.43	$2.68
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.98	$12.9
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.61	$7.84
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.8	$22.6
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.49	$4.21
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.66	$2.54
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.46	$2.29
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.35	$2.82
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.36	$3.57
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.39	$1.67
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.14	$0.54
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.68	$1.88
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$6.29	$9.46
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.3	$1.55
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.09	$4.87
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$1.42	$10.7
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.01	$7.86
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.88	$1.71
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.76	$2.82
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$14.3	$39.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$3.03	$11.4
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$8.02	$38.7
💇 Haircut, simple	$1.67	$17
👖 Brand Jeans	$32.2	$59.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$139	$91.7
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$87.9	$571
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$1874	$17207

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Cities near Alexandria

Distance	City	Cost of living
21 km or 13 mi	Kafr El Dawwar	$330
55 km or 34 mi	Damanhur	$274
113 km or 70 mi	Tanta	$287
122 km or 76 mi	El Mahalla El Kubra	$356
126 km or 78 mi	Shibin El Kom	$354
141 km or 87 mi	Mansoura	$326
146 km or 91 mi	Benha	$336
167 km or 104 mi	Zagazig	$345
174 km or 108 mi	Shubra El Kheima	$422
179 km or 111 mi	Cairo	$473
181 km or 113 mi	Giza	$410
182 km or 113 mi	Damietta	$331
203 km or 126 mi	Helwan	$395
225 km or 140 mi	Port Said	$306
229 km or 142 mi	Faiyum	$334
234 km or 146 mi	Ismailia	$295
262 km or 163 mi	Beni Suef	$288
286 km or 177 mi	Suez	$276
356 km or 221 mi	Minya	$348
432 km or 268 mi	Gaza	$695
444 km or 276 mi	Netivot	$1951
444 km or 276 mi	Ashkelon	$1850
446 km or 277 mi	Sderot	$1957
447 km or 278 mi	Ofakim	$1867
454 km or 282 mi	Ashdod	$1993
460 km or 286 mi	Rahat	$1879
461 km or 287 mi	Paphos	$1728
462 km or 287 mi	Kiryat Malakhi	$2027
463 km or 287 mi	Asyut	$271
463 km or 288 mi	Yavne	$2064
463 km or 288 mi	Kiryat Gat	$2032
464 km or 288 mi	Beersheba	$1645
467 km or 290 mi	Bat Yam	$2040
468 km or 291 mi	Holon	$1937
470 km or 292 mi	Ness Ziona	$2130
470 km or 292 mi	Rehovot	$1947
470 km or 292 mi	Rishon LeZion	$2233
473 km or 294 mi	Tel Aviv	$2492
473 km or 294 mi	Givatayim	$2303
474 km or 295 mi	Ramat Gan	$2440

Cities near New Taipei

Distance	City	Cost of living
9.6 km or 6 mi	Taipei	$1313
29 km or 18 mi	Taoyuan	$942
33 km or 20 mi	Keelung	$1030
42 km or 26 mi	Yilan	$802
48 km or 30 mi	Zhubei	$868
53 km or 33 mi	Hsinchu	$993
80 km or 50 mi	Miaoli	$695
124 km or 77 mi	Taichung	$1006
140 km or 87 mi	Changhua	$914
144 km or 90 mi	Nantou	$894
171 km or 106 mi	Douliu	$894
198 km or 123 mi	Chiayi	$914
246 km or 153 mi	Fuzhou	$628
250 km or 155 mi	Putian	$634
252 km or 157 mi	Taitung	$854
259 km or 161 mi	Tainan	$894
267 km or 166 mi	Ningde	$628
283 km or 176 mi	Ishigaki	$1078
289 km or 179 mi	Quanzhou	$621
290 km or 180 mi	Jinjiang	$615
291 km or 181 mi	Kaohsiung	$1002
318 km or 197 mi	Rui'an	$700
321 km or 199 mi	Kinmen	$901
341 km or 212 mi	Wenzhou	$753
345 km or 214 mi	Xiamen	$707
375 km or 233 mi	Nanping	$671
375 km or 233 mi	Wenling	$677
386 km or 240 mi	Zhangzhou	$681
387 km or 241 mi	Miyakojima	$1079
408 km or 253 mi	Sanming	$616
411 km or 256 mi	Lishui	$696
428 km or 266 mi	Linhai	$666
445 km or 277 mi	Longyan	$697
457 km or 284 mi	Wuyishan	$600
489 km or 304 mi	Jinhua	$586
497 km or 309 mi	Yiwu	$672
507 km or 315 mi	Quzhou	$604
510 km or 317 mi	Chaozhou	$454
515 km or 320 mi	Shangrao	$650
515 km or 320 mi	Shantou	$589