Alexandria vs Shanghai - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 01, 2024

	Alexandria	Shanghai
🚶 Cost of living one person	$495	$1190
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1302	$3757
🏠 One person rent	$164	$635
🏘️ Family rent	$351	$1613
🍽️ Food expenses	$220	$308
🚐 Transport expenses	$44	$117
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$149	$1455
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	36 km	13 km
🎓 Higher education	49	100
😀 Quality of life	51	78
🏙️ Population	4.87M	24.9M

The cost of living in Alexandria is 58% less expensive than in Shanghai. Cities ranked 8536th and 4461st ($495 vs $1190) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 6th and 6th in Egypt and China, respectively. Check Egypt vs China comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.3 months in Alexandria compared to 1.2 months in Shanghai. Alexandria ranked 2nd best city to live in Egypt vs Shanghai ranked 4th in China, while ranked 6224th and 558th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Alexandria vs Shanghai

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	Alexandria	Shanghai
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$5.31	$4.9
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$19.4	$40.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$6.46	$5.69
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.95	$1.7
☕ Cappuccino	$1.74	$3.83
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.35	$0.55
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$217	$901
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$117	$497
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$486	$2595
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$273	$1269
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$15.4	$39.1
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$24	$60.5
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$11.8	$17.9
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	16.27%	4.77%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$716	$17366
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$371	$9346
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.19	$0.56
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$10.5	$37.3
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$3.74	$6
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.39	$1.19
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.12	$2.55
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.71	$2.02
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.03	$1.47
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.9	$2.21
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.78	$18.3
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.17	$4.12
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.6	$12.8
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.7	$2.27
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.79	$1.65
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.58	$1.97
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.49	$1.52
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.51	$0.96
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.95	$1.04
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.16	$0.39
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.6	$1.25
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$9.49	$14.7
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2	$0.9
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.31	$3.45
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$1.22	$6.43
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.1	$7.06
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.45	$1.68
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.79	$2
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$19	$69.1
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$3.84	$8.16
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$10.1	$89.7
💇 Haircut, simple	$1.57	$12
👖 Brand Jeans	$36.8	$66.7
👟 Brand Sneakers	$125	$78.5
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$86.5	$1283
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$3745	$28143

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Cities near Alexandria

Distance	City	Cost of living
21 km or 13 mi	Kafr El Dawwar	$449
55 km or 34 mi	Damanhur	$393
113 km or 70 mi	Tanta	$450
122 km or 76 mi	El Mahalla El Kubra	$489
126 km or 78 mi	Shibin El Kom	$490
141 km or 87 mi	Mansoura	$446
146 km or 91 mi	Benha	$490
167 km or 104 mi	Zagazig	$472
174 km or 108 mi	Shubra El Kheima	$511
179 km or 111 mi	Cairo	$549
181 km or 113 mi	Giza	$513
182 km or 113 mi	Damietta	$418
203 km or 126 mi	Helwan	$494
225 km or 140 mi	Port Said	$384
229 km or 142 mi	Faiyum	$478
234 km or 146 mi	Ismailia	$468
262 km or 163 mi	Beni Suef	$470
286 km or 177 mi	Suez	$366
356 km or 221 mi	Minya	$455
432 km or 268 mi	Gaza	$657
444 km or 276 mi	Netivot	$1725
444 km or 276 mi	Ashkelon	$1499
446 km or 277 mi	Sderot	$1703
447 km or 278 mi	Ofakim	$1671
454 km or 282 mi	Ashdod	$1848
460 km or 286 mi	Rahat	$1687
461 km or 287 mi	Paphos	$1400
462 km or 287 mi	Kiryat Malakhi	$1779
463 km or 287 mi	Asyut	$421
463 km or 288 mi	Yavne	$1826
463 km or 288 mi	Kiryat Gat	$1825
464 km or 288 mi	Beersheba	$1523
467 km or 290 mi	Bat Yam	$1871
468 km or 291 mi	Holon	$1776
470 km or 292 mi	Ness Ziona	$1912
470 km or 292 mi	Rehovot	$1701
470 km or 292 mi	Rishon LeZion	$2010
473 km or 294 mi	Tel Aviv	$2259
473 km or 294 mi	Givatayim	$2113
474 km or 295 mi	Ramat Gan	$2212

Cities near Shanghai

Distance	City	Cost of living
9.4 km or 5.8 mi	Pudong	$1074
47 km or 29 mi	Taicang	$731
53 km or 33 mi	Kunshan	$771
74 km or 46 mi	Qidong	$763
82 km or 51 mi	Suzhou	$1020
82 km or 51 mi	Jiaxing	$596
85 km or 53 mi	Haimen	$682
88 km or 55 mi	Changshu	$731
106 km or 66 mi	Nantong	$651
117 km or 73 mi	Zhangjiagang	$678
121 km or 75 mi	Wuxi	$687
135 km or 84 mi	Huzhou	$699
141 km or 87 mi	Jiangyin	$688
142 km or 88 mi	Zhoushan	$690
144 km or 89 mi	Ningbo	$677
148 km or 92 mi	Jingjiang	$675
155 km or 96 mi	Shaoxing	$755
158 km or 98 mi	Yixing	$707
159 km or 99 mi	Changzhou	$713
160 km or 100 mi	Rugao	$682
161 km or 100 mi	Hangzhou	$831
177 km or 110 mi	Taixing	$665
179 km or 111 mi	Hai'an	$679
191 km or 119 mi	Liyang	$694
197 km or 122 mi	Yangzhong	$625
198 km or 123 mi	Guangde	$707
201 km or 125 mi	Danyang	$625
208 km or 129 mi	Taizhou	$651
217 km or 135 mi	Dongtai	$703
223 km or 139 mi	Zhenjiang	$524
235 km or 146 mi	Yangzhou	$631
236 km or 146 mi	Jurong	$645
244 km or 152 mi	Ningguo	$720
246 km or 153 mi	Yiwu	$725
250 km or 155 mi	Xinghua	$696
250 km or 156 mi	Yizheng	$617
259 km or 161 mi	Linhai	$719
260 km or 161 mi	Xuancheng	$789
262 km or 163 mi	Gaoyou	$652
274 km or 170 mi	Nanjing	$740