Alexandria vs Quanzhou - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Alexandria	Quanzhou
🚶 Cost of living one person	$316	$644
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$842	$1639
🏠 One person rent	$79.5	$260
🏘️ Family rent	$164	$370
🍽️ Food expenses	$152	$218
🚐 Transport expenses	$32.3	$90.9
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$113	$893
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	36 km	13 km
🎓 Higher education	50	54
😀 Quality of life	48	66
🏙️ Population	4.87M	8.78M

The cost of living in Alexandria is 51% less expensive than in Quanzhou. Cities ranked 9165th and 7256th ($316 vs $644) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 16th and 118th in Egypt and China, respectively. Check Egypt vs China comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.4 months in Alexandria compared to 1.4 months in Quanzhou. Alexandria ranked 3rd best city to live in Egypt vs Quanzhou ranked 34th in China, while ranked 6367th and 4015th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Alexandria vs Quanzhou

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	Alexandria	Quanzhou
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$3.49	$2.07
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$11.9	$24.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.39	$5.46
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2	$1.37
☕ Cappuccino	$1.43	$2.84
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.3	$0.44
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$96.2	$217
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$55.7	$227
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$225	$412
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$125	$298
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$7.34	$25.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$11.1	$39.7
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$8.37	$9.68
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	17.16%	3.59%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$567	$2767
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$364	$1714
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.2	$0.28
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$2.36	$33.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$3.91	$3.31
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.29	$1.12
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.83	$1.39
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.67	$0.69
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.7	$0.85
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.39	$1.15
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.87	$11
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.53	$2.32
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.91	$15.5
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.36	$1.98
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.5	$1.11
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.35	$1.47
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.34	$1.68
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.42	$0.85
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.51	$1.25
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.12	$0.35
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.68	$1.02
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$5.95	$12.5
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.99	$0.69
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.79	$2.76
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$0.74	$3.27
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$1.29	$5.34
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.76	$1.67
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.56	$1.31
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$16	$55
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$2.45	$5.51
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$6.03	$23.3
💇 Haircut, simple	$2.4	$7.72
👖 Brand Jeans	$25.2	$27.6
👟 Brand Sneakers	$104	$86
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$71.3	$114
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$1522	$20567

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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 Quanzhou

Distance	City	Cost of living
11 km or 6.9 mi	Jinjiang	$627
59 km or 36 mi	Kinmen	$823
70 km or 44 mi	Xiamen	$688
72 km or 45 mi	Putian	$625
104 km or 64 mi	Zhangzhou	$664
147 km or 92 mi	Fuzhou	$669
159 km or 99 mi	Longyan	$649
177 km or 110 mi	Sanming	$603
197 km or 122 mi	Nanping	$630
216 km or 134 mi	Ningde	$648
218 km or 136 mi	Changhua	$813
227 km or 141 mi	Taichung	$894
229 km or 142 mi	Miaoli	$728
240 km or 149 mi	Douliu	$770
240 km or 149 mi	Nantou	$796
241 km or 150 mi	Hsinchu	$897
242 km or 150 mi	Chaozhou	$451
245 km or 152 mi	Zhubei	$821
247 km or 154 mi	Chiayi	$747
257 km or 160 mi	Shantou	$581
259 km or 161 mi	Meizhou	$655
265 km or 165 mi	Taoyuan	$875
269 km or 167 mi	Tainan	$814
271 km or 169 mi	Jieyang	$443
289 km or 179 mi	New Taipei	$1073
297 km or 185 mi	Taipei	$1181
303 km or 188 mi	Puning	$569
309 km or 192 mi	Kaohsiung	$956
319 km or 198 mi	Keelung	$967
320 km or 199 mi	Yilan	$731
321 km or 199 mi	Wuyishan	$601
354 km or 220 mi	Taitung	$788
379 km or 236 mi	Rui'an	$681
381 km or 237 mi	Ganzhou	$761
397 km or 247 mi	Shangrao	$671
399 km or 248 mi	Guixi	$598
400 km or 249 mi	Wenzhou	$726
401 km or 249 mi	Yingtan	$603
407 km or 253 mi	Fuzhou	$585
408 km or 254 mi	Shanwei	$936