Asmara vs Brussels - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Asmara	Brussels
🚶 Cost of living one person	$520	$1816
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1283	$4478
🏠 One person rent	$224	$1024
🏘️ Family rent	$430	$1880
🍽️ Food expenses	$202	$567
🚐 Transport expenses	$45.9	$85.5
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$389	$2931
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	11 km
🎓 Higher education	8	96
😀 Quality of life	27	89
🏙️ Population	963K	196K

The cost of living in Asmara is 71% less expensive than in Brussels. Cities ranked 8486th and 2354th ($520 vs $1816) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 1st in Eritrea and Belgium, respectively. Check Eritrea vs Belgium comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.7 months in Asmara compared to 1.6 months in Brussels. Asmara ranked 1st best city to live in Eritrea vs Brussels ranked 1st in Belgium, while ranked 8455th and 190th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Asmara vs Brussels

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	Asmara	Brussels
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$3.04	$18.9
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$18.8	$76.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.54	$12.8
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.79	$5.16
☕ Cappuccino	$1.83	$4.01
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.46	$2.85
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$215	$973
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$145	$770
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$489	$1932
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$310	$1489
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$38.2	$161
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$57.7	$250
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$27.1	$52.7
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	12.33%	3.61%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1560	$4675
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$933	$4207
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.33	$2.62
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$11.9	$53.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$5.91	$23.8
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.04	$1.79
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.14	$1.53
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.61	$2.42
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.12	$2.5
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.53	$4.19
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.81	$14.9
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.28	$12.2
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.56	$17.6
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.21	$2.53
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.17	$2.22
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.58	$2.49
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.99	$3.08
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.88	$2.11
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.96	$2.11
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.32	$0.81
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.11	$3.21
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.74	$8.6
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.43	$2.32
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.82	$10.7
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.41	$9.25
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.77	$4.54
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.54	$1.93
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.24	$2.78
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$22.9	$34.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.07	$13.8
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$12.3	$38.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$3.71	$24.2
👖 Brand Jeans	$25.6	$94.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$59.2	$107
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$80.8	$975
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$2756	$19505

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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 Brussels

Distance	City	Cost of living
3.2 km or 2 mi	Schaerbeek	$1651
3.3 km or 2.1 mi	Saint-Gilles	$1663
4 km or 2.5 mi	Anderlecht	$1667
4.2 km or 2.6 mi	Forest	$1692
4.5 km or 2.8 mi	Woluwe-Saint-Lambert	$1580
6.2 km or 3.8 mi	Watermael-Boitsfort	$1647
7.3 km or 4.6 mi	Dilbeek	$1642
10 km or 6.3 mi	Sint-Pieters-Leeuw	$1660
10 km or 6.4 mi	Vilvoorde	$1539
11 km or 6.8 mi	Tervuren	$1685
15 km or 9 mi	Overijse	$1618
15 km or 9.1 mi	Waterloo	$1788
15 km or 9.1 mi	Halle	$1626
17 km or 11 mi	Zemst	$1556
19 km or 12 mi	Braine-l'Alleud	$1615
19 km or 12 mi	Rixensart	$1594
21 km or 13 mi	Mechelen	$1541
21 km or 13 mi	Tubize	$1607
23 km or 14 mi	Ottignies-Louvain-la-Neuve	$1585
23 km or 14 mi	Wavre	$1536
23 km or 15 mi	Herent	$1599
24 km or 15 mi	Ninove	$1560
24 km or 15 mi	Aalst	$1663
25 km or 15 mi	Leuven	$1683
26 km or 16 mi	Dendermonde	$1446
28 km or 17 mi	Nivelles	$1492
31 km or 20 mi	Braine-le-Comte	$1537
35 km or 22 mi	Lier	$1523
35 km or 22 mi	Geraardsbergen	$1461
36 km or 23 mi	Heist-op-den-Berg	$1488
37 km or 23 mi	Mortsel	$1530
37 km or 23 mi	Aarschot	$1362
37 km or 23 mi	Soignies	$1509
38 km or 23 mi	Zottegem	$1520
38 km or 24 mi	Lokeren	$1475
38 km or 24 mi	Sint-Niklaas	$1514
40 km or 25 mi	Gembloux	$1578
40 km or 25 mi	Beveren	$1613
41 km or 26 mi	Tienen	$1488
41 km or 26 mi	Antwerp	$1640