Asmara vs Glasgow - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Asmara	Glasgow
🚶 Cost of living one person	$533	$2058
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1268	$4930
🏠 One person rent	$227	$1155
🏘️ Family rent	$385	$2017
🍽️ Food expenses	$208	$551
🚐 Transport expenses	$46.8	$183
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$112	$3074
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	11 km
🎓 Higher education	8	94
😀 Quality of life	14	95
🏙️ Population	963K	626K

The cost of living in Asmara is 74% less expensive than in Glasgow. Cities ranked 8435th and 1833rd ($533 vs $2058) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 94th 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 1.5 months in Glasgow. Asmara ranked 1st best city to live in Eritrea vs Glasgow ranked 3rd in the United Kingdom, while ranked 9205th and 52nd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Asmara vs Glasgow

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	Asmara	Glasgow
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$3.14	$19.9
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$20.2	$96.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.7	$10.1
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.82	$6.73
☕ Cappuccino	$1.88	$4.81
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.5	$1.96
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$220	$1172
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$148	$856
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$400	$2085
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$274	$1575
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$37.7	$197
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$58.7	$301
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$27	$39.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	12.74%	4.83%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1543	$4064
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$940	$3045
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.33	$3.97
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$12.7	$94.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$6.01	$24.9
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.03	$1.93
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.17	$1.62
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.63	$1.52
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.18	$2.17
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.59	$3.74
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.14	$10.2
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.39	$9.1
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.88	$15.4
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.26	$3.12
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.19	$1.52
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.63	$3.35
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.01	$3.45
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.98	$1.65
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1	$1.65
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.33	$0.86
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.1	$2.98
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.77	$10.6
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.48	$3.1
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.81	$21.1
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.27	$3.03
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.77	$3.61
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.5	$3.03
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.19	$2.5
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$24.1	$49
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.19	$16.1
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$14.7	$85.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$3.2	$17.7
👖 Brand Jeans	$26.7	$118
👟 Brand Sneakers	$62.2	$102
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$84.4	$1138
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$3125	$18105

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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 Glasgow

Distance	City	Cost of living
11 km or 6.9 mi	East Kilbride	$1840
11 km or 7.1 mi	Paisley	$1837
16 km or 10 mi	Hamilton	$1797
19 km or 12 mi	Cumbernauld	$1619
32 km or 20 mi	Kilmarnock	$1527
34 km or 21 mi	Greenock	$1575
35 km or 21 mi	Stirling	$1711
37 km or 23 mi	Irvine	$1630
40 km or 25 mi	Alloa	$1762
46 km or 29 mi	Livingston	$1775
50 km or 31 mi	Ayr	$1522
54 km or 34 mi	Dunfermline	$1728
66 km or 41 mi	Edinburgh	$2310
73 km or 45 mi	Kirkcaldy	$1768
78 km or 49 mi	Perth	$1641
97 km or 60 mi	Dumfries	$1485
104 km or 65 mi	Dundee	$1480
136 km or 85 mi	Carlisle	$1759
152 km or 94 mi	Whitehaven	$1778
161 km or 100 mi	Bangor	$1484
170 km or 106 mi	Newtownabbey	$1808
176 km or 110 mi	Belfast	$1884
181 km or 112 mi	Inverness	$2021
187 km or 116 mi	Lisburn	$1879
191 km or 119 mi	Douglas	$2205
193 km or 120 mi	Newcastle upon Tyne	$1963
195 km or 121 mi	Aberdeen	$1769
196 km or 121 mi	Gateshead	$1906
200 km or 124 mi	Jarrow	$1825
201 km or 125 mi	Tynemouth	$1805
202 km or 126 mi	South Shields	$1780
203 km or 126 mi	Washington	$1797
207 km or 128 mi	Elgin	$1507
208 km or 129 mi	Durham	$2079
210 km or 131 mi	Sunderland	$1602
211 km or 131 mi	Bishop Auckland	$1761
218 km or 135 mi	Derry	$1551
219 km or 136 mi	Morecambe	$1840
222 km or 138 mi	Lancaster	$1839
227 km or 141 mi	Darlington	$1429