Asmara vs Bratislava - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Asmara	Bratislava
🚶 Cost of living one person	$533	$1497
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1268	$3483
🏠 One person rent	$227	$854
🏘️ Family rent	$385	$1426
🍽️ Food expenses	$208	$424
🚐 Transport expenses	$46.8	$96.6
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$112	$1662
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Good
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	8 km
🎓 Higher education	8	66
😀 Quality of life	14	82
🏙️ Population	963K	479K

The cost of living in Asmara is 64% less expensive than in Bratislava. Cities ranked 8435th and 3966th ($533 vs $1497) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 1st in Eritrea and Slovakia, respectively. Check Eritrea vs Slovakia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.2 months in Asmara compared to 1.1 months in Bratislava. Asmara ranked 1st best city to live in Eritrea vs Bratislava ranked 1st in Slovakia, while ranked 9205th and 595th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Asmara vs Bratislava

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	Asmara	Bratislava
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$3.14	$10.5
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$20.2	$49.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.7	$10
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.82	$2.75
☕ Cappuccino	$1.88	$3.3
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.5	$2.22
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$220	$883
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$148	$637
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$400	$1522
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$274	$1089
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$37.7	$149
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$58.7	$232
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$27	$18.7
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	12.74%	4.08%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1543	$6112
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$940	$4219
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.33	$1.4
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$12.7	$41.7
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$6.01	$16.7
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.03	$1.79
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.17	$1.38
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.63	$1.45
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.18	$1.6
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.59	$4.24
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.14	$15.8
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.39	$8.84
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.88	$13.5
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.26	$1.99
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.19	$2
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.63	$2.66
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.01	$4.4
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.98	$1.72
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1	$1.86
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.33	$0.61
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.1	$2.27
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.77	$6.58
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.48	$1.16
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.81	$6.26
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.27	$8.19
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.77	$3.69
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.5	$1.56
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.19	$2.8
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$24.1	$45.3
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.19	$12.1
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$14.7	$36.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$3.2	$16.6
👖 Brand Jeans	$26.7	$84
👟 Brand Sneakers	$62.2	$96.7
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$84.4	$643
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$3125	$12603

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Cities near Asmara

Distance	City	Cost of living
51 km or 32 mi	Mendefera	$498
63 km or 39 mi	Massawa	$499
71 km or 44 mi	Keren	$500
214 km or 133 mi	Mekelle	$826
270 km or 168 mi	Kassala	$971
342 km or 212 mi	Gondar	$1016
407 km or 253 mi	El-Gadarif	$925
437 km or 272 mi	Al Hudaydah	$522
448 km or 279 mi	Bahir Dar	$864
473 km or 294 mi	Dessie	$1039
490 km or 304 mi	Zabid	$499
498 km or 310 mi	Abha	$911
509 km or 316 mi	Port Sudan	$964
513 km or 319 mi	Bareq	$903
548 km or 340 mi	Sa'dah	$498
567 km or 352 mi	Sanaa	$560
580 km or 361 mi	Sayyan	$498
583 km or 362 mi	Taiz	$522
585 km or 363 mi	Ibb	$512
589 km or 366 mi	Atbara	$1116
596 km or 370 mi	Dhamar	$500
600 km or 373 mi	Dikhil	$559
602 km or 374 mi	Obock	$560
606 km or 376 mi	Najran	$860
618 km or 384 mi	Djibouti City	$586
620 km or 385 mi	Ali Sabieh	$557
633 km or 393 mi	Ad-Damazin	$829
649 km or 403 mi	Bisha	$918
674 km or 419 mi	Khartoum North	$879
684 km or 425 mi	Mecca	$1162
685 km or 426 mi	Khartoum	$896
691 km or 429 mi	Jeddah	$1155
693 km or 430 mi	Omdurman	$910
701 km or 436 mi	Addis Ababa	$1289
715 km or 444 mi	Dire Dawa	$1175
715 km or 444 mi	Kosti	$857
717 km or 446 mi	Aden	$517
755 km or 469 mi	Harar	$1175
758 km or 471 mi	Borama	$502
788 km or 489 mi	Jijiga	$1169

Cities near Bratislava

Distance	City	Cost of living
1.3 km or 0.8 mi	Petrzalka	$1388
33 km or 20 mi	Mosonmagyarovar	$917
44 km or 27 mi	Trnava	$1311
55 km or 34 mi	Vienna	$2132
62 km or 38 mi	Klosterneuburg	$1859
62 km or 38 mi	Modling	$1976
64 km or 40 mi	Gyor	$861
65 km or 40 mi	Sopron	$1052
67 km or 42 mi	Baden bei Wien	$1917
70 km or 44 mi	Breclav	$1148
72 km or 45 mi	Piestany	$985
74 km or 46 mi	Wiener Neustadt	$2019
75 km or 46 mi	Nitra	$1176
78 km or 49 mi	Hodonin	$1229
81 km or 50 mi	Nove Zamky	$1134
87 km or 54 mi	Komarno	$1148
106 km or 66 mi	Uherske Hradiste	$1606
108 km or 67 mi	Szombathely	$823
108 km or 67 mi	Trencin	$1257
111 km or 69 mi	Levice	$946
111 km or 69 mi	Sankt Polten	$1774
111 km or 69 mi	Znojmo	$1233
114 km or 71 mi	Tatabanya	$943
115 km or 71 mi	Krems an der Donau	$1759
123 km or 76 mi	Brno	$1570
128 km or 79 mi	Zlin	$1282
130 km or 81 mi	Kromeriz	$1229
131 km or 81 mi	Veszprem	$973
131 km or 82 mi	Prievidza	$992
143 km or 89 mi	Szekesfehervar	$884
146 km or 91 mi	Povazska Bystrica	$1237
146 km or 91 mi	Zalaegerszeg	$845
148 km or 92 mi	Prostejov	$1182
148 km or 92 mi	Vsetin	$1155
148 km or 92 mi	Prerov	$1056
149 km or 93 mi	Trebic	$1097
156 km or 97 mi	Vac	$1070
157 km or 98 mi	Zvolen	$1346
157 km or 98 mi	Kapfenberg	$1574
159 km or 99 mi	Erd	$936