Asmara vs Dubai - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Asmara	Dubai
🚶 Cost of living one person	$524	$2309
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1293	$5128
🏠 One person rent	$228	$1523
🏘️ Family rent	$435	$2687
🍽️ Food expenses	$202	$458
🚐 Transport expenses	$45.6	$185
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$397	$3493
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	6 km
🎓 Higher education	8	64
😀 Quality of life	27	86
🏙️ Population	963K	3.33M

The cost of living in Asmara is 77% less expensive than in Dubai. Cities ranked 8485th and 1098th ($524 vs $2309) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 1st in Eritrea and the United Arab Emirates, respectively. Check Eritrea vs the United Arab Emirates comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.8 months in Asmara compared to 1.5 months in Dubai. Asmara ranked 1st best city to live in Eritrea vs Dubai ranked 1st in the United Arab Emirates, while ranked 8376th and 306th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Asmara vs Dubai

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	Asmara	Dubai
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$2.97	$10.5
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$19.6	$70.2
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.48	$9.4
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.81	$12.1
☕ Cappuccino	$1.85	$6.12
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.47	$1.36
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$224	$1850
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$150	$1170
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$494	$3310
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$316	$2171
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$36.4	$131
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$56.2	$202
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$27.4	$86
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	12.69%	4.64%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1574	$6006
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$850	$3452
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.31	$1.64
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$11.4	$84.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$5.79	$11.1
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.1	$0.82
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.15	$1.77
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.6	$1.49
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.14	$2.15
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.48	$3.24
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.71	$11
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.32	$9.27
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.48	$10
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.26	$2.38
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.21	$1.87
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.67	$1.89
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.94	$1.65
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.85	$1.26
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.97	$1.52
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.32	$0.41
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.13	$2.19
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.44	$15.2
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.45	$2.6
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.8	$5.98
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.24	$8.18
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.81	$5.49
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.55	$2.95
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.26	$3.85
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$22.6	$75.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.07	$13.4
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$12.5	$88.8
💇 Haircut, simple	$3.76	$9.53
👖 Brand Jeans	$25.7	$56.6
👟 Brand Sneakers	$61.5	$98.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$81.1	$779
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$2898	$12682

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Cities near Asmara

Distance	City	Cost of living
51 km or 32 mi	Mendefera	$490
63 km or 39 mi	Massawa	$492
71 km or 44 mi	Keren	$491
214 km or 133 mi	Mekelle	$686
270 km or 168 mi	Kassala	$988
342 km or 212 mi	Gondar	$946
407 km or 253 mi	El-Gadarif	$935
437 km or 272 mi	Al Hudaydah	$513
448 km or 279 mi	Bahir Dar	$799
473 km or 294 mi	Dessie	$814
490 km or 304 mi	Zabid	$489
498 km or 310 mi	Abha	$915
509 km or 316 mi	Port Sudan	$1096
513 km or 319 mi	Bareq	$895
548 km or 340 mi	Sa'dah	$488
567 km or 352 mi	Sanaa	$550
580 km or 361 mi	Sayyan	$491
583 km or 362 mi	Taiz	$514
585 km or 363 mi	Ibb	$504
589 km or 366 mi	Atbara	$1094
596 km or 370 mi	Dhamar	$491
600 km or 373 mi	Dikhil	$554
602 km or 374 mi	Obock	$553
606 km or 376 mi	Najran	$934
618 km or 384 mi	Djibouti City	$584
620 km or 385 mi	Ali Sabieh	$555
633 km or 393 mi	Ad-Damazin	$827
649 km or 403 mi	Bisha	$895
674 km or 419 mi	Khartoum North	$868
684 km or 425 mi	Mecca	$940
685 km or 426 mi	Khartoum	$889
691 km or 429 mi	Jeddah	$1123
693 km or 430 mi	Omdurman	$902
701 km or 436 mi	Addis Ababa	$1103
715 km or 444 mi	Dire Dawa	$667
715 km or 444 mi	Kosti	$851
717 km or 446 mi	Aden	$509
755 km or 469 mi	Harar	$626
758 km or 471 mi	Borama	$527
788 km or 489 mi	Jijiga	$671

Cities near Dubai

Distance	City	Cost of living
13 km or 8 mi	Sharjah	$1503
22 km or 14 mi	Ajman	$2084
41 km or 25 mi	Umm al-Quwain	$1768
104 km or 65 mi	Fujairah	$1232
108 km or 67 mi	Ras al-Khaimah	$1603
126 km or 78 mi	Al Ain	$1050
129 km or 80 mi	Abu Dhabi	$1802
234 km or 146 mi	Bandar Abbas	$728
246 km or 153 mi	Madinat Zayed	$1630
339 km or 211 mi	Seeb	$994
344 km or 214 mi	Nizwa	$786
380 km or 236 mi	Doha	$1810
380 km or 236 mi	Muscat	$1110
385 km or 239 mi	Al Khor	$1719
399 km or 248 mi	Jahrom	$561
440 km or 273 mi	Fasa	$556
449 km or 279 mi	Jiroft	$547
466 km or 290 mi	Sirjan	$520
485 km or 301 mi	Manama	$1267
486 km or 302 mi	Riffa	$1218
487 km or 303 mi	Isa Town	$1226
523 km or 325 mi	Bam	$531
528 km or 328 mi	Dhahran	$870
534 km or 332 mi	Chabahar	$687
537 km or 334 mi	Dammam	$989
554 km or 345 mi	Shiraz	$558
560 km or 348 mi	Qatif	$878
568 km or 353 mi	Al-Mubarraz	$783
568 km or 353 mi	Marvdasht	$546
574 km or 357 mi	Rafsanjan	$515
578 km or 359 mi	Iranshahr	$639
584 km or 363 mi	Kerman	$467
595 km or 370 mi	Jubail	$928
601 km or 373 mi	Borazjan	$541
603 km or 375 mi	Kazerun	$537
604 km or 375 mi	Bushehr	$548
703 km or 437 mi	Yasuj	$489
721 km or 448 mi	Zahedan	$831
743 km or 461 mi	Yazd	$577
773 km or 481 mi	Behbahan	$507