Antwerp vs Asmara - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Antwerp	Asmara
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1640	$520
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3817	$1283
🏠 One person rent	$832	$224
🏘️ Family rent	$1320	$430
🍽️ Food expenses	$556	$202
🚐 Transport expenses	$128	$45.9
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$2545	$389
😷 Air quality	Good	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	5 km
🎓 Higher education	87	8
😀 Quality of life	89	27
🏙️ Population	529K	963K

The cost of living in Antwerp is 216% more expensive than in Asmara. Cities ranked 2896th and 8486th ($1640 vs $520) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 14th and 1st in Belgium and Eritrea, respectively. Check Belgium vs Eritrea comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.6 months in Antwerp compared to 0.7 months in Asmara. Antwerp ranked 2nd best city to live in Belgium vs Asmara ranked 1st in Eritrea, while ranked 203rd and 8455th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Antwerp vs Asmara

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	Antwerp	Asmara
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$18.3	$3.04
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$88.2	$18.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$11	$4.54
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.91	$1.79
☕ Cappuccino	$3.61	$1.83
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.05	$0.46
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$794	$215
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$636	$145
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1346	$489
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1030	$310
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$117	$38.2
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$178	$57.7
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$47.7	$27.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.38%	12.33%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4167	$1560
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3351	$933
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.6	$0.33
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$43.6	$11.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$24.1	$5.91
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.74	$1.04
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.29	$1.14
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.24	$0.61
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.11	$1.12
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.57	$1.53
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$16.3	$6.81
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.1	$4.28
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$18.9	$6.56
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.6	$2.21
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2	$1.17
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.58	$1.58
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.88	$0.99
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.49	$0.88
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.06	$0.96
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.55	$0.32
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.76	$1.11
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.83	$7.74
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.75	$1.43
🚬 Cigarette pack	$10.1	$2.82
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$12.7	$3.41
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.37	$2.77
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.86	$1.54
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.39	$1.24
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$33.5	$22.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$12.6	$4.07
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$28.8	$12.3
💇 Haircut, simple	$18.3	$3.71
👖 Brand Jeans	$101	$25.6
👟 Brand Sneakers	$98.4	$59.2
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$586	$80.8
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$12170	$2756

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Cities near Antwerp

Distance	City	Cost of living
6.2 km or 3.9 mi	Mortsel	$1530
11 km or 6.6 mi	Beveren	$1613
15 km or 9.3 mi	Lier	$1523
19 km or 12 mi	Sint-Niklaas	$1514
23 km or 14 mi	Mechelen	$1541
26 km or 16 mi	Zemst	$1556
28 km or 17 mi	Heist-op-den-Berg	$1488
30 km or 19 mi	Herentals	$1318
31 km or 19 mi	Dendermonde	$1446
32 km or 20 mi	Lokeren	$1475
32 km or 20 mi	Bergen op Zoom	$1917
32 km or 20 mi	Hoogstraten	$1492
32 km or 20 mi	Vilvoorde	$1539
35 km or 22 mi	Roosendaal	$1890
39 km or 24 mi	Schaerbeek	$1651
39 km or 24 mi	Turnhout	$1421
39 km or 24 mi	Herent	$1599
40 km or 25 mi	Aarschot	$1362
41 km or 25 mi	Aalst	$1663
41 km or 25 mi	Woluwe-Saint-Lambert	$1580
41 km or 26 mi	Brussels	$1816
42 km or 26 mi	Geel	$1542
42 km or 26 mi	Etten-Leur	$1805
43 km or 27 mi	Anderlecht	$1667
43 km or 27 mi	Leuven	$1683
44 km or 27 mi	Dilbeek	$1642
45 km or 28 mi	Saint-Gilles	$1663
45 km or 28 mi	Forest	$1692
45 km or 28 mi	Tervuren	$1685
46 km or 29 mi	Scherpenheuvel-Zichem	$1486
46 km or 29 mi	Watermael-Boitsfort	$1647
48 km or 30 mi	Goes	$2001
49 km or 30 mi	Breda	$1739
49 km or 31 mi	Overijse	$1618
49 km or 31 mi	Sint-Pieters-Leeuw	$1660
50 km or 31 mi	Ninove	$1560
51 km or 32 mi	Ghent	$1559
52 km or 33 mi	Diest	$1515
55 km or 34 mi	Halle	$1626
56 km or 35 mi	Waterloo	$1788

Cities near Asmara

Distance	City	Cost of living
51 km or 32 mi	Mendefera	$487
63 km or 39 mi	Massawa	$486
71 km or 44 mi	Keren	$488
214 km or 133 mi	Mekelle	$662
270 km or 168 mi	Kassala	$1006
342 km or 212 mi	Gondar	$897
407 km or 253 mi	El-Gadarif	$943
437 km or 272 mi	Al Hudaydah	$505
448 km or 279 mi	Bahir Dar	$752
473 km or 294 mi	Dessie	$838
490 km or 304 mi	Zabid	$482
498 km or 310 mi	Abha	$910
509 km or 316 mi	Port Sudan	$1003
513 km or 319 mi	Bareq	$902
548 km or 340 mi	Sa'dah	$482
567 km or 352 mi	Sanaa	$546
580 km or 361 mi	Sayyan	$481
583 km or 362 mi	Taiz	$507
585 km or 363 mi	Ibb	$496
589 km or 366 mi	Atbara	$1131
596 km or 370 mi	Dhamar	$486
600 km or 373 mi	Dikhil	$542
602 km or 374 mi	Obock	$540
606 km or 376 mi	Najran	$937
618 km or 384 mi	Djibouti City	$571
620 km or 385 mi	Ali Sabieh	$542
633 km or 393 mi	Ad-Damazin	$836
649 km or 403 mi	Bisha	$905
674 km or 419 mi	Khartoum North	$877
684 km or 425 mi	Mecca	$979
685 km or 426 mi	Khartoum	$888
691 km or 429 mi	Jeddah	$1146
693 km or 430 mi	Omdurman	$908
701 km or 436 mi	Addis Ababa	$1180
715 km or 444 mi	Dire Dawa	$756
715 km or 444 mi	Kosti	$860
717 km or 446 mi	Aden	$503
755 km or 469 mi	Harar	$718
758 km or 471 mi	Borama	$518
788 km or 489 mi	Jijiga	$764