Alexandria vs Tunis - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Alexandria	Tunis
🚶 Cost of living one person	$316	$535
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$842	$1292
🏠 One person rent	$79.5	$217
🏘️ Family rent	$164	$370
🍽️ Food expenses	$152	$225
🚐 Transport expenses	$32.3	$26.7
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$113	$353
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Good
✈️ Airport proximity	36 km	7 km
🎓 Higher education	50	49
😀 Quality of life	48	58
🏙️ Population	4.87M	603K

The cost of living in Alexandria is 41% less expensive than in Tunis. Cities ranked 9165th and 8377th ($316 vs $535) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 16th and 2nd in Egypt and Tunisia, respectively. Check Egypt vs Tunisia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.4 months in Alexandria compared to 0.7 months in Tunis. Alexandria ranked 3rd best city to live in Egypt vs Tunis ranked 1st in Tunisia, while ranked 6367th and 5485th among best cities to live in the world.

Salary adjustment calculator
the estimated difference in money purchasing power

Cost of living in Alexandria vs Tunis infographic

Share this infographic!

Use the link below to embed the infographic from our site and automatically keep the data layer up to date.

If you prefer to download the image, please credit us as a source.

<img src="https://livingcost.org/assets/photo/cost/alexandria/tunis.jpg" alt="Cost of living in Alexandria vs Tunis infographic" style="max-width: 100%; height: auto;"><p>Source: <a href="https://livingcost.org/cost/alexandria/tunis" target="_blank">Alexandria vs Tunis - Cost of Living Comparison</a></p>

Prices in Alexandria vs Tunis

Prices for goods and services in Alexandria and Tunis are partly crowdsourced by our visitors, just like yourself. Please consider telling us about your city.

	Alexandria	Tunis
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$3.49	$4.45
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$11.9	$25.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.39	$4.7
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2	$2.21
☕ Cappuccino	$1.43	$0.96
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.3	$0.66
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$96.2	$226
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$55.7	$149
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$225	$442
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$125	$265
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$7.34	$31.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$11.1	$49
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$8.37	$20.8
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	17.16%	11.49%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$567	$1034
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$364	$686
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.2	$0.32
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$2.36	$11.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$3.91	$2.82
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.29	$0.79
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.83	$0.44
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.67	$0.18
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.7	$1.62
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.39	$1.48
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.87	$9.22
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.53	$5.86
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.91	$13.4
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.36	$1.87
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.5	$3.87
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.35	$1.1
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.34	$0.64
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.42	$0.67
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.51	$0.55
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.12	$0.19
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.68	$1.06
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$5.95	$7.49
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.99	$1.21
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.79	$3.17
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$0.74	$1.92
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$1.29	$2.99
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.76	$1.2
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.56	$1.17
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$16	$30.1
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$2.45	$5.04
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$6.03	$18.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$2.4	$2.77
👖 Brand Jeans	$25.2	$42.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$104	$87.4
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$71.3	$108
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$1522	$3168

Cost of living in other countries

Cost of living

Cost of Living in the nearest cities

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 Tunis

Distance	City	Cost of living
7 km or 4.3 mi	Aryanah	$465
15 km or 9.6 mi	La Marsa	$549
59 km or 37 mi	Bizerte	$348
63 km or 39 mi	Nabeul	$443
115 km or 71 mi	Sousse	$495
124 km or 77 mi	Kairouan	$410
207 km or 129 mi	Souk Ahras	$364
215 km or 134 mi	Annaba	$459
228 km or 142 mi	Marsala	$1019
235 km or 146 mi	Sfax	$448
242 km or 150 mi	Tebessa	$459
247 km or 153 mi	Trapani	$938
282 km or 175 mi	Quartu Sant'Elena	$1377
284 km or 177 mi	Cagliari	$1455
292 km or 181 mi	Skikda	$476
294 km or 182 mi	Gafsa	$386
307 km or 191 mi	Agrigento	$971
317 km or 197 mi	Palermo	$1137
322 km or 200 mi	Constantine	$477
325 km or 202 mi	Gabes	$377
363 km or 226 mi	Gela	$941
375 km or 233 mi	Niscemi	$1077
386 km or 240 mi	Batna	$391
390 km or 242 mi	St. Paul's Bay	$1384
393 km or 244 mi	Jijel	$410
394 km or 245 mi	Mosta	$1346
394 km or 245 mi	Naxxar	$1486
397 km or 247 mi	Birkirkara	$1524
397 km or 247 mi	San Gwann	$1555
398 km or 247 mi	Nuoro	$1307
399 km or 248 mi	Gzira	$1624
400 km or 248 mi	Sliema	$1749
401 km or 249 mi	Valletta	$1583
404 km or 251 mi	Zabbar	$1415
405 km or 252 mi	Ragusa	$1106
407 km or 253 mi	Marsaskala	$1325
408 km or 253 mi	El Eulma	$390
432 km or 268 mi	Setif	$321
442 km or 275 mi	Catania	$1161
448 km or 278 mi	Alghero	$1193