Asmara vs Edinburgh - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Asmara	Edinburgh
🚶 Cost of living one person	$533	$2310
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1268	$5713
🏠 One person rent	$227	$1359
🏘️ Family rent	$385	$2393
🍽️ Food expenses	$208	$594
🚐 Transport expenses	$46.8	$166
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$112	$3676
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	11 km
🎓 Higher education	8	88
😀 Quality of life	14	95
🏙️ Population	963K	488K

The cost of living in Asmara is 77% less expensive than in Edinburgh. Cities ranked 8435th and 1247th ($533 vs $2310) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 32nd in Eritrea and the United Kingdom, respectively. Check Eritrea vs the United Kingdom comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.2 months in Asmara compared to 1.6 months in Edinburgh. Asmara ranked 1st best city to live in Eritrea vs Edinburgh ranked 5th in the United Kingdom, while ranked 9205th and 59th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Asmara vs Edinburgh

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	Asmara	Edinburgh
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$3.14	$21.6
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$20.2	$89.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.7	$10
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.82	$8.41
☕ Cappuccino	$1.88	$5.01
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.5	$2.68
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$220	$1388
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$148	$1053
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$400	$2488
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$274	$1942
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$37.7	$198
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$58.7	$300
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$27	$41.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	12.74%	5.08%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1543	$6892
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$940	$4820
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.33	$2.91
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$12.7	$88.4
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$6.01	$27.7
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.03	$1.89
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.17	$1.71
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.63	$1.72
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.18	$1.92
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.59	$4.63
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.14	$11.3
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.39	$10.5
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.88	$17.5
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.26	$3.05
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.19	$1.52
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.63	$3.58
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.01	$4.4
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.98	$1.67
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1	$1.4
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.33	$1.07
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.1	$3.31
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.77	$11.4
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.48	$2.57
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.81	$19.9
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.27	$8.11
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.77	$4.69
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.5	$3.26
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.19	$1.63
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$24.1	$50
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.19	$15.7
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$14.7	$112
💇 Haircut, simple	$3.2	$22.5
👖 Brand Jeans	$26.7	$115
👟 Brand Sneakers	$62.2	$120
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$84.4	$1932
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$3125	$23184

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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 Edinburgh

Distance	City	Cost of living
18 km or 11 mi	Kirkcaldy	$1768
21 km or 13 mi	Livingston	$1775
21 km or 13 mi	Dunfermline	$1728
42 km or 26 mi	Alloa	$1762
49 km or 30 mi	Cumbernauld	$1619
49 km or 31 mi	Stirling	$1711
52 km or 32 mi	Perth	$1641
56 km or 35 mi	Hamilton	$1797
59 km or 37 mi	Dundee	$1480
65 km or 40 mi	East Kilbride	$1840
66 km or 41 mi	Glasgow	$2058
78 km or 48 mi	Paisley	$1837
89 km or 56 mi	Kilmarnock	$1527
98 km or 61 mi	Greenock	$1575
99 km or 61 mi	Irvine	$1630
102 km or 63 mi	Dumfries	$1485
105 km or 65 mi	Ayr	$1522
120 km or 74 mi	Carlisle	$1759
147 km or 91 mi	Newcastle upon Tyne	$1963
149 km or 93 mi	Aberdeen	$1769
150 km or 93 mi	Gateshead	$1906
153 km or 95 mi	Tynemouth	$1805
153 km or 95 mi	Jarrow	$1825
154 km or 96 mi	South Shields	$1780
158 km or 98 mi	Washington	$1797
158 km or 98 mi	Whitehaven	$1778
164 km or 102 mi	Sunderland	$1602
166 km or 103 mi	Durham	$2079
173 km or 107 mi	Bishop Auckland	$1761
182 km or 113 mi	Inverness	$2021
189 km or 117 mi	Hartlepool	$1460
189 km or 117 mi	Elgin	$1507
190 km or 118 mi	Darlington	$1429
194 km or 121 mi	Stockton-on-Tees	$1431
197 km or 123 mi	Middlesbrough	$1638
211 km or 131 mi	Morecambe	$1840
212 km or 132 mi	Bangor	$1484
213 km or 132 mi	Lancaster	$1839
216 km or 134 mi	Douglas	$2205
224 km or 139 mi	Newtownabbey	$1808