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Tirana vs. Alexandria Cost of Living Summary

Tirana is 3.6 times more expensive than Alexandria.

Restaurants: pay 3.0 times more in Tirana
Groceries: pay 2.9 times more in Tirana
Transportation: pay 2.5 times more in Tirana
Housing: pay 6.0 times more in Tirana
Childcare: pay 3.9 times more in Tirana
Entertainment and Sports: pay 2.9 times more in Tirana
Clothing: pay 42.2% more in Tirana

The cost of housing, childcare, restaurants, groceries, entertainment and sports, and transportation in Tirana are more expensive than in Alexandria. Notably, housing, childcare, and restaurants are significantly more expensive in Tirana.

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Tirana vs. Alexandria Cost Breakdown

If you lived in Tirana instead of Alexandria, you would:

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pay 3.0 times more for restaurants

	Alexandria	Tirana
Basic meal with drink at inexpensive restaurant	$4.25 EGP227.13	$9.77 ALL794	+129.9%
Fast food combo meal McDonalds, or similar	$4.77 EGP255.20	$10.99 ALL893	+130.2%
Bottle of Coca-Cola (11 fl. oz)	$0.32 EGP16.93	$2.38 ALL193	+652.0%
Bottle of water (11 fl. oz)	$0.12 EGP6.61	$1.26 ALL103	+922.7%
Average			+200.7%

Alexandria vs. Tirana - Cost of restaurants

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pay 2.9 times more for groceries

	Alexandria	Tirana
Bread 1 loaf	$0.70 EGP37.32	$1.18 ALL96	+68.9%
Local cheese (8 oz)	$1.94 EGP103.61	$6.45 ALL524	+232.9%
Milk (1 gallon)	$3.21 EGP171.31	$8.47 ALL688	+164.1%
Eggs 1 dozen	$1.16 EGP62.20	$3.77 ALL306	+223.7%
Boneless chicken breast (1 lb)	$1.99 EGP106.50	$4.12 ALL335	+106.8%
Apples (1 lb)	$0.70 EGP37.22	$0.89 ALL72	+27.6%
Bananas (1 lb)	$0.35 EGP18.70	$1.12 ALL91	+219.6%
Oranges (1 lb)	$0.25 EGP13.12	$0.98 ALL80	+300.2%
Tomatoes (1 lb)	$0.15 EGP8.18	$0.84 ALL68	+449.4%
Potatoes (1 lb)	$0.12 EGP6.17	$0.47 ALL38	+304.0%
Onions (1 lb)	$0.14 EGP7.61	$0.58 ALL47	+305.6%
Average			+194.8%

Alexandria vs. Tirana - Cost of groceries

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pay 2.5 times more for transportation

	Alexandria	Tirana
Gasoline (1 gallon)	$1.72 EGP91.93	$8.77 ALL712	+410.0%
Monthly public transit pass	$11.46 EGP612.48	$19.54 ALL1,587	+70.5%
New Volkswagen Golf 1.4 (standard edition)	$32,276.12 EGP2M	$33,592.07 ALL3M	+4.1%
Taxi trip in downtown area (5 miles)	$4.77 EGP255.20	$32.98 ALL2,678	+590.7%
Average			+148.2%

Alexandria vs. Tirana - Cost of transportation

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pay 6.0 times more for housing

	Alexandria	Tirana
Internet connection 50 mbps or faster, cable/dsl	$13.37 EGP714.56	$19.91 ALL1,617	+48.9%
1-Bedroom apartment in downtown area	$136.87 EGP7,315.76	$828.78 ALL67,311	+505.5%
1-Bedroom apartment outside city center	$70.66 EGP3,776.97	$479.97 ALL38,982	+579.2%
Utilities for two (700 sq ft apartment) including electric, gas, water, heating	$10.93 EGP584.30	$74.95 ALL6,088	+585.7%
Average			+502.2%

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pay 3.9 times more for childcare

	Alexandria	Tirana
Private preschool for 1 child, monthly	$86.90 EGP4,644.66	$344.43 ALL27,973	+296.4%
Middle school for 1 child, two semesters	$2,129.46 EGP114K	$8,249.97 ALL670K	+287.4%
Average			+291.9%

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pay 2.9 times more for entertainment and sports

	Alexandria	Tirana
Domestic/local beer (1 pint)	$1.34 EGP71.46	$3.54 ALL288	+165.0%
Cappuccino in mid-range area	$1.29 EGP68.90	$2.25 ALL183	+74.4%
Pack of cigarettes Marlboro or similar	$1.91 EGP102.08	$4.76 ALL387	+149.4%
Monthly membership at local gym	$12.99 EGP694.15	$55.71 ALL4,525	+329.0%
Movie ticket to theater/cinema	$2.86 EGP153.12	$9.77 ALL794	+241.1%
Average			+191.1%

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pay 42.2% more for clothing

	Alexandria	Tirana
Regular jeans Levi's brand	$33.74 EGP1,803.42	$69.87 ALL5,675	+107.1%
Regular dress from H&M or similar store	$46.05 EGP2,461.27	$47.44 ALL3,853	+3.0%
Running shoes Nike or Adidas	$129.87 EGP6,941.47	$122.26 ALL9,930	-5.9%
Men's business shoes (leather)	$56.66 EGP3,028.38	$115.33 ALL9,367	+103.6%
Average			+42.2%

Alexandria vs. Tirana - Cost of clothing

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