Alexandria vs Victoria - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Alexandria	Victoria
🚶 Cost of living one person	$384	$1585
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$990	$3464
🏠 One person rent	$95.7	$924
🏘️ Family rent	$159	$1552
🍽️ Food expenses	$172	$493
🚐 Transport expenses	$50.6	$51.3
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$125	$832
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	36 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	51	8
😀 Quality of life	56	63
🏙️ Population	4.87M	24.7K

The cost of living in Alexandria is 76% less expensive than in Victoria. Cities ranked 9006th and 3601st ($384 vs $1585) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 9th and 1st in Egypt and the Seychelles, respectively. Check Egypt vs the Seychelles comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.3 months in Alexandria compared to 0.5 months in Victoria. Alexandria ranked 3rd best city to live in Egypt vs Victoria ranked 1st in the Seychelles, while ranked 6233rd and 5581st among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Alexandria vs Victoria

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	Alexandria	Victoria
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$4.15	$15.3
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$16.8	$43.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.29	$11.8
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.48	$3.9
☕ Cappuccino	$1.53	$4.62
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.34	$2.28
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$114	$818
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$66.2	$676
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$207	$1449
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$117	$1250
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$8.28	$82.7
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$12.7	$126
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$11.6	$137
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	16.98%	14.86%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$715	$447
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$491	$1146
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.2	$0.74
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$14.8	$24.5
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$4.03	$22.9
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.35	$1.39
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.87	$1.8
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.76	$1.63
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.72	$2.45
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.43	$3.81
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.98	$11.9
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.61	$5.86
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.8	$11.6
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.49	$2.09
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.66	$2.87
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.46	$2.25
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.35	$5.9
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.36	$1.82
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.39	$1.71
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.14	$0.83
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.68	$3.54
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$6.29	$9.37
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.3	$3.62
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.09	$22.3
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$1.42	$9.3
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.01	$6.94
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.88	$2.04
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.76	$1.75
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$14.3	$92.8
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$3.03	$6.71
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$8.02	$64.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$1.67	$9.62
👖 Brand Jeans	$32.2	$59.7
👟 Brand Sneakers	$139	$84.1
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$87.9	$153
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$1874	$8213

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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 Victoria

Distance	City	Cost of living
1346 km or 836 mi	Mogadishu	$715
1443 km or 897 mi	Mamoudzou	$1624
1470 km or 914 mi	Domoni	$1207
1556 km or 967 mi	Moroni	$1207
1569 km or 975 mi	Baidoa	$724
1642 km or 1020 mi	Toamasina	$476
1709 km or 1062 mi	Malindi	$548
1730 km or 1075 mi	Goodlands	$822
1730 km or 1075 mi	Triolet	$834
1742 km or 1083 mi	Port Louis	$831
1749 km or 1087 mi	Centre de Flacq	$692
1751 km or 1088 mi	Quatre Bornes	$727
1752 km or 1088 mi	Bambous	$774
1752 km or 1088 mi	Mombasa	$596
1759 km or 1093 mi	Curepipe	$842
1771 km or 1100 mi	Mahebourg	$812
1805 km or 1122 mi	Dar es Salaam	$799
1807 km or 1123 mi	Zanzibar	$609
1808 km or 1123 mi	Saint-Denis	$1535
1808 km or 1123 mi	Stone Town	$567
1810 km or 1124 mi	Antananarivo	$564
1811 km or 1125 mi	Sainte-Suzanne	$1546
1813 km or 1126 mi	Tanga	$552
1813 km or 1126 mi	La Possession	$1561
1814 km or 1127 mi	Le Port	$1590
1817 km or 1129 mi	Saint-Andre	$1560
1822 km or 1132 mi	Saint-Paul	$1641
1825 km or 1134 mi	Saint-Benoit	$1561
1840 km or 1143 mi	Saint-Leu	$1751
1852 km or 1151 mi	Le Tampon	$1576
1859 km or 1155 mi	Saint-Pierre	$1595
1863 km or 1158 mi	Saint-Joseph	$1445
1881 km or 1169 mi	Pemba	$1511
1925 km or 1196 mi	Antsirabe	$493
1953 km or 1214 mi	Nacala	$1168
1983 km or 1232 mi	Morogoro	$421
2014 km or 1252 mi	Moshi	$533
2021 km or 1256 mi	Hargeisa	$694
2045 km or 1271 mi	Meru	$549
2049 km or 1273 mi	Machakos	$420