Alexandria vs Zhengzhou - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Alexandria	Zhengzhou
🚶 Cost of living one person	$316	$512
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$842	$1559
🏠 One person rent	$79.5	$187
🏘️ Family rent	$164	$431
🍽️ Food expenses	$152	$185
🚐 Transport expenses	$32.3	$64.8
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$113	$680
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	36 km	14 km
🎓 Higher education	50	78
😀 Quality of life	48	66
🏙️ Population	4.87M	12.6M

The cost of living in Alexandria is 38% less expensive than in Zhengzhou. Cities ranked 9165th and 8544th ($316 vs $512) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 16th and 499th 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 1.3 months in Zhengzhou. Alexandria ranked 3rd best city to live in Egypt vs Zhengzhou ranked 33rd in China, while ranked 6367th and 3982nd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Alexandria vs Zhengzhou

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	Alexandria	Zhengzhou
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$3.49	$2.08
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$11.9	$16.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.39	$4.13
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2	$0.83
☕ Cappuccino	$1.43	$2.48
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.3	$0.41
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$96.2	$174
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$55.7	$124
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$225	$451
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$125	$330
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$7.34	$42.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$11.1	$66.5
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$8.37	$10.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	17.16%	4.89%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$567	$3147
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$364	$1568
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.2	$0.14
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$2.36	$13.6
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$3.91	$3.61
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.29	$1.15
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.83	$1.59
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.67	$1.75
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.7	$0.86
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.39	$1
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.87	$13.9
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.53	$2.15
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.91	$11.3
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.36	$1.09
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.5	$1
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.35	$0.79
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.34	$1.07
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.42	$0.57
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.51	$0.54
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.12	$0.43
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.68	$1
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$5.95	$13.7
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.99	$0.73
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.79	$2.9
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$0.74	$2.02
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$1.29	$3.24
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.76	$0.92
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.56	$1.02
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$16	$91
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$2.45	$5.17
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$6.03	$13.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$2.4	$4.32
👖 Brand Jeans	$25.2	$45
👟 Brand Sneakers	$104	$75.3
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$71.3	$251
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$1522	$19343

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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 Zhengzhou

Distance	City	Cost of living
25 km or 15 mi	Xingyang	$519
35 km or 22 mi	Xinmi	$528
40 km or 25 mi	Xinzheng	$538
60 km or 37 mi	Changge	$547
62 km or 38 mi	Gongyi	$522
62 km or 39 mi	Kaifeng	$545
64 km or 40 mi	Xinxiang	$575
66 km or 41 mi	Jiaozuo	$479
66 km or 41 mi	Dengfeng	$529
69 km or 43 mi	Yuzhou	$552
77 km or 48 mi	Qinyang	$504
80 km or 50 mi	Huixian	$551
81 km or 50 mi	Yanshi	$509
81 km or 51 mi	Weihui	$571
82 km or 51 mi	Xuchang	$586
82 km or 51 mi	Mengzhou	$505
99 km or 61 mi	Ruzhou	$538
105 km or 65 mi	Jiyuan	$520
111 km or 69 mi	Changyuan	$787
111 km or 69 mi	Jincheng	$547
113 km or 70 mi	Luoyang	$505
118 km or 73 mi	Pingdingshan	$591
125 km or 78 mi	Hebi	$625
134 km or 83 mi	Luohe	$591
134 km or 83 mi	Gaoping	$573
147 km or 91 mi	Linzhou	$588
154 km or 96 mi	Zhoukou	$580
162 km or 101 mi	Anyang	$578
162 km or 101 mi	Wugang	$571
168 km or 104 mi	Puyang	$800
169 km or 105 mi	Changzhi	$726
170 km or 106 mi	Heze	$1385
185 km or 115 mi	Xiangcheng	$577
185 km or 115 mi	Shangqiu	$736
200 km or 124 mi	Zhumadian	$637
220 km or 137 mi	Handan	$610
221 km or 137 mi	Nanyang	$632
221 km or 138 mi	Wu'an	$587
225 km or 140 mi	Sanmenxia	$564
228 km or 142 mi	Jieshou	$591