Asmara vs Barcelona - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Asmara	Barcelona
🚶 Cost of living one person	$520	$1841
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1283	$4103
🏠 One person rent	$224	$1100
🏘️ Family rent	$430	$1762
🍽️ Food expenses	$202	$452
🚐 Transport expenses	$45.9	$152
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$389	$2025
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Good
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	13 km
🎓 Higher education	8	98
😀 Quality of life	27	87
🏙️ Population	963K	1.7M

The cost of living in Asmara is 72% less expensive than in Barcelona. Cities ranked 8486th and 2276th ($520 vs $1841) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 4th in Eritrea and Spain, respectively. Check Eritrea vs Spain comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.7 months in Asmara compared to 1.1 months in Barcelona. Asmara ranked 1st best city to live in Eritrea vs Barcelona ranked 2nd in Spain, while ranked 8455th and 270th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Asmara vs Barcelona

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	Asmara	Barcelona
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$3.04	$15
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$18.8	$56.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.54	$12.3
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.79	$4.49
☕ Cappuccino	$1.83	$2.87
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.46	$2.44
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$215	$1176
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$145	$912
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$489	$2073
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$310	$1446
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$38.2	$101
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$57.7	$157
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$27.1	$33.9
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	12.33%	3.43%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1560	$5914
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$933	$4127
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.33	$2.65
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$11.9	$26.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$5.91	$19.7
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.04	$1.71
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.14	$1.12
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.61	$1.67
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.12	$1.55
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.53	$3.17
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.81	$15.7
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.28	$8.93
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.56	$17.5
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.21	$2.28
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.17	$2.06
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.58	$1.99
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.99	$2.42
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.88	$1.72
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.96	$1.71
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.32	$0.53
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.11	$2.29
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.74	$7.88
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.43	$1.31
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.82	$6.26
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.41	$6.71
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.77	$2.86
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.54	$2.16
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.24	$2.38
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$22.9	$54.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.07	$9.64
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$12.3	$58.5
💇 Haircut, simple	$3.71	$24
👖 Brand Jeans	$25.6	$80
👟 Brand Sneakers	$59.2	$97.1
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$80.8	$635
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$2756	$13290

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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

Cities near Barcelona

Distance	City	Cost of living
7 km or 4.4 mi	L'Hospitalet de Llobregat	$1567
7.4 km or 4.6 mi	Badalona	$1747
9.3 km or 5.8 mi	Cornella de Llobregat	$1434
12 km or 7.5 mi	Sant Boi de Llobregat	$1389
13 km or 8 mi	Ripollet	$1454
17 km or 11 mi	Rubi	$1393
19 km or 12 mi	Sabadell	$1431
24 km or 15 mi	Terrassa	$1361
27 km or 17 mi	Granollers	$1415
28 km or 18 mi	Mataro	$1428
42 km or 26 mi	Vilanova i la Geltru	$1269
48 km or 30 mi	Manresa	$1089
61 km or 38 mi	Vic	$1076
65 km or 40 mi	Lloret de Mar	$1237
83 km or 52 mi	Tarragona	$1217
85 km or 53 mi	Girona	$1539
117 km or 73 mi	Figueres	$1338
131 km or 81 mi	Lleida	$1235
136 km or 85 mi	Andorra la Vella	$1601
141 km or 88 mi	Ordino	$1592
158 km or 98 mi	Perpignan	$1197
176 km or 109 mi	Vinaros	$1275
206 km or 128 mi	Palma de Mallorca	$1696
208 km or 129 mi	Ciutadella de Menorca	$1435
212 km or 131 mi	Narbonne	$1093
230 km or 143 mi	Huesca	$1071
234 km or 145 mi	Beziers	$1233
242 km or 150 mi	Mahon	$1470
245 km or 152 mi	Castellon de la Plana	$1100
247 km or 154 mi	Castres	$1391
250 km or 156 mi	Villarreal	$1131
253 km or 157 mi	Borriana	$1150
254 km or 158 mi	Toulouse	$1499
257 km or 159 mi	Zaragoza	$1101
269 km or 167 mi	Tarbes	$1369
281 km or 174 mi	Sagunto	$1220
282 km or 175 mi	Ibiza	$2528
284 km or 177 mi	Montpellier	$1472
299 km or 186 mi	Pau	$1296
303 km or 189 mi	Valencia	$1522