Cost of Living in Alexandria, Egypt
Cost of living | One person | Family of 4 |
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💰 Total with rent | ||
🛋️ Without rent | ||
🏨 Rent & Utilities | ||
🍽️ Food | ||
🚐 Transport | ||
💳 Monthly salary after tax | ||
😀 Quality of life | ||
🏙️ Population |
The average cost of living in Alexandria is $435, which is in the top 7% of the least expensive cities in the world, ranked 8672nd out of 9294 in our global list and 6th out of 29 in Egypt.
The median after-tax salary is $208, which is enough to cover living expenses for 0.5 months. Ranked 5826th (TOP 63%) in the list of best places to live in the world and 3rd best city to live in Egypt. With an estimated population of 4.87M, Alexandria is the 3rd largest city in Egypt.
✈️ Closest airport | 4 km | El Nuzha Airport |
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😷 Air quality | Moderate | 17 µg/m³ |
🎓 Best university rank | 1240 | Alexandria University |

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Prices in Alexandria
🍱 Lunch Menu | |
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🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2 | |
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's | |
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz | |
☕ Cappuccino | |
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz |
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in city Center, 40 m2 or 430 ft2 | |
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🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2 | |
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in city Center, 80 m2 or 860 ft2 | |
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2 | |
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc. | |
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc. | |
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited | |
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years | |
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2 | |
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2 |
🚌 Local transport ticket | |
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🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport | |
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi | |
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal |
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt | |
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🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb | |
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb | |
🥚 Eggs, x12 | |
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb | |
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb | |
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb | |
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb | |
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb | |
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb | |
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb | |
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb | |
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb | |
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt | |
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz | |
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle | |
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz | |
🚬 Cigarette pack | |
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week | |
🧴 Hair Shampoo | |
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls | |
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube |
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month | |
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🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person | |
👩⚕️ Doctor's visit | |
💇 Haircut, simple | |
👖 Brand Jeans | |
👟 Brand Sneakers | |
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month | |
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year |