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Egypt / North Africa

Alexandria City Intelligence

Alexandria is Egypt's main Mediterranean coastal metro, with port economy, historic university and cultural anchors, and active coastal-erosion and sea-level adaptation work. Alexandria is a north africa city of about ~5.5M metro in Egypt. On the composite city-intelligence score, Alexandria sits below the indexed median, with practical gaps to close (68/100).

Last updated
2026-05-16
Data year
2025
Population
~5.5M metro
View of Alexandria, Egypt

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Overall score

Use the Alexandria profile to compare cost framing, mobility, and coastal-resilience signals alongside Cairo and other Mediterranean metros.

Overall68/100
Affordability74/100
Air quality60/100
Energy64/100

Overall city intelligence

Mixed

68/100

Composite directional score across affordability, air quality, clean energy, and resilience.

Data confidence

Directional

Directional indicators pending integration of verified city-level data.

Verified utility layers

See country hub

Emergency, healthcare, and transport verification status appears on the country hub.

Alexandria data table

The table is part of the initial server-rendered HTML and mirrors the key city score cards.

Alexandria city intelligence data table
MetricValueContext
Overall score68/100Composite score across major city intelligence modules.
Cost of Living74/100Alexandria's cost-of-living profile is a directional indicator pending integration of verified city-level data; structured benchmark context applies.
Air Quality60/100Alexandria's air-quality profile is a directional indicator framed against WHO and regional benchmarks; verified city-level measurements appear in the dedicated air-quality dataset section once integrated.
Energy64/100Alexandria's energy-readiness profile is a directional indicator that combines national policy framing with city-level adaptation context.
Safety64/100Alexandria's safety profile is a directional indicator; verified country-level emergency profiles attach via the country hub where available.
Internet Speed66/100Alexandria's connectivity profile is a directional indicator combining national digital-readiness context with widely cited speed-test references.
Climate Risk60/100Alexandria's climate-risk profile is a directional indicator combining regional hazard categories with national adaptation capacity.
Resilience60/100Climate adaptation and infrastructure continuity context.

Safety

Deterministic safety estimates from our index — planning signals derived from country priors and city data, not official crime statistics.

Safety

Overall safety54/100
Low crime55/100
Personal safety56/100
Night safety47/100
Road safety57/100

Alexandria has a moderate safety estimate (54/100); standard urban precautions are advised, particularly after dark.

Quality of Life

A composite quality-of-life estimate and its component indicators.

Quality of Life

Quality of life59/100
Healthcare63/100
Education69/100
Green space41/100
Cleanliness58/100
Infrastructure69/100
Mobility64/100

Alexandria has a moderate quality-of-life estimate (59/100) across our combined indicators.

Family Friendliness

How the city scores for raising a family, with the indicators that drive it.

Family Friendliness

Family friendliness58/100
Education69/100
Green space41/100
Overall safety54/100

Alexandria scores moderate for family living (58/100).

Digital Nomad Suitability

Suitability for remote workers, based on connectivity, mobility, and livability.

Digital Nomad Suitability

Digital nomad suitability67/100
Walkability82/100
Cycling60/100
Infrastructure69/100

Alexandria is moderate for remote workers (67/100), based on connectivity, affordability and walkability and day-to-day amenities.

Retirement Suitability

Suitability for retirement, weighing healthcare, affordability, climate, and environment.

Retirement Suitability

Retirement suitability60/100
Healthcare63/100
Cleanliness58/100
Outdoor lifestyle20/100

Alexandria is moderate for retirement (60/100), appealing for affordability.

Emergency and public safety in Alexandria

Local public safety guidance for Alexandria, with the country-level emergency contacts that apply when calling for police, fire, or ambulance.

Unverified

For the universal emergency contacts that apply in Alexandria, including police, fire, and ambulance, see the Egypt emergency profile, which currently lists no verified national contacts.

Methodology and the wider source registry are documented on the scoring methodology and data sources pages.

Healthcare and hospitals in Alexandria

Healthcare context for Alexandria, with national-level information from Egypt where city-specific data is not yet verified. This is informational only and does not provide medical advice.

Unverified

For the national healthcare and public-health context that applies in Alexandria, see the Egypt healthcare profile, which currently lists no verified national healthcare information.

Related sections: emergency and public safety, scoring methodology, and data sources.

Transport and mobility in Alexandria

Local mobility context for Alexandria, with national-level context from Egypt where city-specific data is not yet verified. This is informational only.

Unverified

For national transport authorities and operators that apply in Alexandria, see the Egypt transport profile, which currently lists no verified national transport information.

Related sections: emergency and public safety, healthcare and hospitals, cities directory, countries directory, scoring methodology, data sources.

Air quality dataset

Source-attributed air-quality dataset for Alexandria. Verified measurements are surfaced when published from accepted official datasets; transparent fallback is shown otherwise.

Air quality dataset for Alexandria

Verified data unavailableLast updated 2026-05-16 / data year 2025

Verified air-quality measurements are not yet published for this location

Source-attributed values for Alexandria will appear here after the platform integrates verified measurements from accepted official publishers. Until then, structured air-quality module context remains available on the dedicated module page.

Alexandria air-quality dataset coverage
MetricValueData yearStatus
Air qualityVerified air-quality measurements are not yet published for this location.

Data provenance

Source attribution

  • Global City Intelligence — air-quality dataset

    Verified data unavailable
    Publisher
    Global City Intelligence
    Last verified
    2026-05-16

    The air-quality dataset begins empty by design. Verified city-level measurements appear here only after they are sourced from accepted publishers (WHO, EEA, US EPA, OpenAQ, OECD, or official national/city environmental agencies).

Explore Alexandria modules

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Cost of Living in Alexandria

Alexandria's cost-of-living profile is a directional indicator pending integration of verified city-level data; structured benchmark context applies.

Air Quality in Alexandria

Alexandria's air-quality profile is a directional indicator framed against WHO and regional benchmarks; verified city-level measurements appear in the dedicated air-quality dataset section once integrated.

Energy in Alexandria

Alexandria's energy-readiness profile is a directional indicator that combines national policy framing with city-level adaptation context.

Safety in Alexandria

Alexandria's safety profile is a directional indicator; verified country-level emergency profiles attach via the country hub where available.

Internet Speed in Alexandria

Alexandria's connectivity profile is a directional indicator combining national digital-readiness context with widely cited speed-test references.

Climate Risk in Alexandria

Alexandria's climate-risk profile is a directional indicator combining regional hazard categories with national adaptation capacity.

City rankings

Compare this city against other indexed cities in crawlable ranking tables.

Cost of living in Alexandria

Cost of living estimates for Alexandria — monthly budgets, rent, food, and transport in the local currency, plus an affordability score for comparison. Planning estimates derived from country baselines, not live prices.

Climate in Alexandria

Climate profile for Alexandria — Desert climate, annual average 23.5°C, comfort score 56/100. Month-by-month temperatures, rainfall, sunshine, and the best months to visit. Deterministic planning estimates, not a forecast.

Economy and jobs in Alexandria

Economy and jobs profile for Alexandria — tourism economy, economy score 58/100, key industries including tourism, hospitality, energy. Employment, salary, startup, remote-work, and career indicators. Deterministic planning estimates.

Universities and education in Alexandria

Education profile for Alexandria — regional education center, education score 59/100, 6 representative universities, plus research, student life, and international-student indicators. Deterministic dataset, not institutional rankings.

Healthcare and retirement in Alexandria

Healthcare and retirement profile for Alexandria — mixed healthcare profile, healthcare score 56/100, retirement score 59/100. Medical access, specialist and emergency care, affordability, and retirement suitability. Deterministic planning estimates.

Estimate a monthly budget for Alexandria

Estimate a monthly budget for Alexandria using your own housing, food, transport, healthcare, and lifestyle inputs. Planning estimator only — not an official cost-of-living measurement.

Plan a trip budget for Alexandria

Plan a trip budget for Alexandria using your own accommodation, food, local transport, activities, travel, healthcare buffer, and emergency buffer inputs. Planning estimator only — not an official travel cost estimate.

Nearby cities from Alexandria

Where else nearby you could spend a day or a weekend from Alexandria. Links are derived from geographic proximity, shared region, shared natural-recreation areas, transport corridors, and country borders — not popularity or tourism rankings.

Cairo, Egypt

Same corridor · about 182 km from Alexandria. Explore Cairo's city intelligence profile.

Tel Aviv, Israel

Cross-border · about 473 km from Alexandria. Explore Tel Aviv's city intelligence profile.

Amman, Jordan

Cross-border · about 578 km from Alexandria. Explore Amman's city intelligence profile.

Rhodes, Greece

Cross-border · about 582 km from Alexandria. Explore Rhodes's city intelligence profile.

Beirut, Lebanon

Cross-border · about 606 km from Alexandria. Explore Beirut's city intelligence profile.

Heraklion, Greece

Cross-border · about 638 km from Alexandria. Explore Heraklion's city intelligence profile.

Interpretation

Use the Alexandria profile to compare cost framing, mobility, and coastal-resilience signals alongside Cairo and other Mediterranean metros. Its standout dimensions are cost of living (74/100) and internet speed (66/100). The area most worth watching is climate risk (60/100), where the model registers practical gaps. Data year 2025; last updated 2026-05-16. Drawn from 4 institutional references.

Country context is available on the Egypt country page. Related rankings include Overall Intelligence, Quality of Life, Remote Work. See where Alexandria appears in global rankings or read the scoring methodology.

Structured indicators on this page are directional and intended for orientation. Verified datasets are being integrated; official sources should be used for critical decisions.

Sources

4 institutional references inform this view, listed below with reliability notes. Structured indicators on this page are directional and intended for orientation; verified datasets are being integrated and official sources should be used for critical decisions.