Asmara vs Edinburgh - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Asmara	Edinburgh
🚶 Cost of living one person	$520	$2140
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1283	$5387
🏠 One person rent	$224	$1269
🏘️ Family rent	$430	$2336
🍽️ Food expenses	$202	$530
🚐 Transport expenses	$45.9	$161
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$389	$3522
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	11 km
🎓 Higher education	8	88
😀 Quality of life	27	94
🏙️ Population	963K	488K

The cost of living in Asmara is 76% less expensive than in Edinburgh. Cities ranked 8486th and 1491st ($520 vs $2140) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 36th 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 0.7 months in Asmara compared to 1.6 months in Edinburgh. Asmara ranked 1st best city to live in Eritrea vs Edinburgh ranked 3rd in the United Kingdom, while ranked 8455th and 34th 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	$3.04	$17.4
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$18.8	$75.9
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.54	$9.21
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.79	$7.09
☕ Cappuccino	$1.83	$4.64
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.46	$2.55
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$215	$1331
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$145	$970
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$489	$2573
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$310	$1865
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$38.2	$188
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$57.7	$291
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$27.1	$38.4
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	12.33%	5.75%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1560	$6219
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$933	$4199
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.33	$2.54
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$11.9	$83
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$5.91	$27.8
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.04	$1.82
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.14	$1.6
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.61	$1.69
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.12	$1.87
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.53	$4.14
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.81	$11.1
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.28	$9.87
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.56	$16.2
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.21	$2.87
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.17	$1.41
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.58	$3.62
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.99	$4.38
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.88	$1.56
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.96	$1.37
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.32	$0.87
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.11	$3.07
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.74	$10.5
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.43	$2.31
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.82	$18.9
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.41	$6.9
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.77	$4.45
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.54	$3.07
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.24	$1.53
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$22.9	$50.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.07	$15.1
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$12.3	$106
💇 Haircut, simple	$3.71	$21.5
👖 Brand Jeans	$25.6	$111
👟 Brand Sneakers	$59.2	$106
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$80.8	$1772
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$2756	$21911

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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 Edinburgh

Distance	City	Cost of living
18 km or 11 mi	Kirkcaldy	$1610
21 km or 13 mi	Livingston	$1608
21 km or 13 mi	Dunfermline	$1692
42 km or 26 mi	Alloa	$1649
49 km or 30 mi	Cumbernauld	$1475
49 km or 31 mi	Stirling	$1604
52 km or 32 mi	Perth	$1500
56 km or 35 mi	Hamilton	$1699
59 km or 37 mi	Dundee	$1482
65 km or 40 mi	East Kilbride	$1763
66 km or 41 mi	Glasgow	$2011
78 km or 48 mi	Paisley	$1765
89 km or 56 mi	Kilmarnock	$1480
98 km or 61 mi	Greenock	$1601
99 km or 61 mi	Irvine	$1551
102 km or 63 mi	Dumfries	$1246
105 km or 65 mi	Ayr	$1404
120 km or 74 mi	Carlisle	$1567
147 km or 91 mi	Newcastle upon Tyne	$1726
149 km or 93 mi	Aberdeen	$1614
150 km or 93 mi	Gateshead	$1705
153 km or 95 mi	Tynemouth	$1638
153 km or 95 mi	Jarrow	$1651
154 km or 96 mi	South Shields	$1628
158 km or 98 mi	Washington	$1637
158 km or 98 mi	Whitehaven	$1732
164 km or 102 mi	Sunderland	$1510
166 km or 103 mi	Durham	$1707
173 km or 107 mi	Bishop Auckland	$1592
182 km or 113 mi	Inverness	$1722
189 km or 117 mi	Hartlepool	$1328
189 km or 117 mi	Elgin	$1393
190 km or 118 mi	Darlington	$1288
194 km or 121 mi	Stockton-on-Tees	$1377
197 km or 123 mi	Middlesbrough	$1500
211 km or 131 mi	Morecambe	$1714
212 km or 132 mi	Bangor	$1382
213 km or 132 mi	Lancaster	$1629
216 km or 134 mi	Douglas	$1968
224 km or 139 mi	Newtownabbey	$1692