Asmara vs Dhaka - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Asmara	Dhaka
🚶 Cost of living one person	$533	$464
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1268	$1123
🏠 One person rent	$227	$141
🏘️ Family rent	$385	$240
🍽️ Food expenses	$208	$202
🚐 Transport expenses	$46.8	$80.7
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$112	$181
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Unhealthy
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	14 km
🎓 Higher education	8	73
😀 Quality of life	14	57
🏙️ Population	963K	16.8M

The cost of living in Asmara is 15% more expensive than in Dhaka. Cities ranked 8435th and 8829th ($533 vs $464) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 1st in Eritrea and Bangladesh, respectively. Check Eritrea vs Bangladesh comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.2 months in Asmara compared to 0.4 months in Dhaka. Asmara ranked 1st best city to live in Eritrea vs Dhaka ranked 1st in Bangladesh, while ranked 9205th and 6151st among best cities to live in the world.

Salary adjustment calculator
the estimated difference in money purchasing power

Cost of living in Asmara vs Dhaka infographic

Share this infographic!

Use the link below to embed the infographic from our site and automatically keep the data layer up to date.

If you prefer to download the image, please credit us as a source.

<img src="https://livingcost.org/assets/photo/cost/asmara/dhaka.jpg" alt="Cost of living in Asmara vs Dhaka infographic" style="max-width: 100%; height: auto;"><p>Source: <a href="https://livingcost.org/cost/asmara/dhaka" target="_blank">Asmara vs Dhaka - Cost of Living Comparison</a></p>

Prices in Asmara vs Dhaka

Prices for goods and services in Asmara and Dhaka are partly crowdsourced by our visitors, just like yourself. Please consider telling us about your city.

	Asmara	Dhaka
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$3.14	$2.14
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$20.2	$12.2
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.7	$5.03
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.82	$5.09
☕ Cappuccino	$1.88	$2.34
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.5	$0.37
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$220	$149
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$148	$95.5
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$400	$274
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$274	$172
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$37.7	$22.7
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$58.7	$35.1
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$27	$12.5
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	12.74%	11.01%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1543	$939
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$940	$535
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.33	$0.41
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$12.7	$22.3
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$6.01	$4.36
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.03	$1
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.17	$0.78
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.63	$0.6
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.18	$0.64
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.59	$1.2
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.14	$8.02
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.39	$3.38
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.88	$6.6
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.26	$2.76
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.19	$1.08
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.63	$2.67
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.01	$0.71
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.98	$0.35
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1	$0.49
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.33	$0.19
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.1	$1.13
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.77	$10.6
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.48	$3.92
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.81	$3.15
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.27	$3.3
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.77	$4.47
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.5	$0.88
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.19	$0.88
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$24.1	$19.7
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.19	$4.04
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$14.7	$12.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$3.2	$2.15
👖 Brand Jeans	$26.7	$18.7
👟 Brand Sneakers	$62.2	$46.2
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$84.4	$57.7
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$3125	$1844

Cost of living in other countries

Cost of living

Cost of Living in the nearest cities

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 Dhaka

Distance	City	Cost of living
15 km or 9.5 mi	Narayanganj	$348
38 km or 24 mi	Narsingdi	$352
77 km or 48 mi	Brahmanbaria	$332
90 km or 56 mi	Agartala	$362
113 km or 70 mi	Barisal	$312
115 km or 71 mi	Mymensingh	$282
132 km or 82 mi	Khulna	$301
135 km or 84 mi	Jessore	$300
164 km or 102 mi	Bogra	$287
196 km or 122 mi	Rajshahi	$274
196 km or 122 mi	Krishnanagar	$272
199 km or 124 mi	Sylhet	$321
207 km or 129 mi	Shantipur	$286
213 km or 132 mi	Chittagong	$358
221 km or 137 mi	Naihati	$313
222 km or 138 mi	Berhampore	$294
223 km or 139 mi	Bhatpara	$320
224 km or 139 mi	Hugli-Chuchura	$312
226 km or 141 mi	Chandannagar	$313
228 km or 142 mi	Rajarhat	$328
229 km or 142 mi	Madhyamgram	$317
234 km or 145 mi	Barrackpore	$315
234 km or 146 mi	North Dumdum	$320
235 km or 146 mi	Balurghat	$297
236 km or 147 mi	Serampore	$315
236 km or 147 mi	Aizawl	$456
236 km or 147 mi	Panihati	$324
238 km or 148 mi	Kamarhati	$320
238 km or 148 mi	South Dumdum	$327
238 km or 148 mi	Bidhannagar	$335
239 km or 149 mi	Baranagar	$318
239 km or 149 mi	Uttarpara	$312
241 km or 150 mi	Bally	$318
247 km or 154 mi	Howrah	$323
248 km or 154 mi	Kolkata	$366
248 km or 154 mi	Rajpur Sonarpur	$332
254 km or 158 mi	Rangpur	$308
255 km or 159 mi	Shillong	$354
259 km or 161 mi	Barasat	$333
265 km or 165 mi	Bardhaman	$302