Asmara vs Kaohsiung - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Asmara	Kaohsiung
🚶 Cost of living one person	$520	$956
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1283	$2684
🏠 One person rent	$224	$361
🏘️ Family rent	$430	$819
🍽️ Food expenses	$202	$390
🚐 Transport expenses	$45.9	$96.8
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$389	$1264
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	7 km
🎓 Higher education	8	80
😀 Quality of life	27	83
🏙️ Population	963K	2.73M

The cost of living in Asmara is 46% less expensive than in Kaohsiung. Cities ranked 8486th and 5750th ($520 vs $956) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 4th in Eritrea and Taiwan, respectively. Check Eritrea vs Taiwan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.7 months in Asmara compared to 1.3 months in Kaohsiung. Asmara ranked 1st best city to live in Eritrea vs Kaohsiung ranked 4th in Taiwan, while ranked 8455th and 417th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Asmara vs Kaohsiung

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	Asmara	Kaohsiung
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$3.04	$3.82
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$18.8	$30.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.54	$4.9
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.79	$1.53
☕ Cappuccino	$1.83	$2.84
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.46	$0.91
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$215	$363
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$145	$234
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$489	$876
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$310	$623
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$38.2	$78.7
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$57.7	$123
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$27.1	$22.8
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	12.33%	2.19%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1560	$4370
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$933	$2797
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.33	$0.76
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$11.9	$28.8
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$5.91	$8.72
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.04	$0.94
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.14	$3.25
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.61	$1.97
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.12	$2.4
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.53	$3.05
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.81	$14.4
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.28	$9.6
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.56	$16.2
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.21	$5.33
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.17	$2.01
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.58	$2.65
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.99	$3.56
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.88	$2.24
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.96	$1.93
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.32	$0.75
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.11	$1.68
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.74	$9.06
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.43	$1.62
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.82	$3.85
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.41	$11.7
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.77	$4.83
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.54	$2.25
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.24	$2.09
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$22.9	$33.5
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.07	$9.18
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$12.3	$50.3
💇 Haircut, simple	$3.71	$8.75
👖 Brand Jeans	$25.6	$83
👟 Brand Sneakers	$59.2	$80.1
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$80.8	$378
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$2756	$10905

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Cost of Living in the nearest cities

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 Kaohsiung

Distance	City	Cost of living
42 km or 26 mi	Tainan	$814
88 km or 55 mi	Taitung	$788
97 km or 60 mi	Chiayi	$747
124 km or 77 mi	Douliu	$770
150 km or 93 mi	Nantou	$796
163 km or 101 mi	Changhua	$813
175 km or 108 mi	Taichung	$894
224 km or 139 mi	Miaoli	$728
253 km or 157 mi	Hsinchu	$897
257 km or 160 mi	Zhubei	$821
265 km or 165 mi	Taoyuan	$875
280 km or 174 mi	Yilan	$731
285 km or 177 mi	Kinmen	$823
291 km or 181 mi	New Taipei	$1073
298 km or 185 mi	Taipei	$1181
301 km or 187 mi	Jinjiang	$627
307 km or 191 mi	Xiamen	$688
309 km or 192 mi	Quanzhou	$644
315 km or 196 mi	Keelung	$967
340 km or 211 mi	Putian	$625
341 km or 212 mi	Zhangzhou	$664
379 km or 235 mi	Shantou	$581
393 km or 244 mi	Chaozhou	$451
398 km or 247 mi	Fuzhou	$669
416 km or 258 mi	Jieyang	$443
430 km or 267 mi	Puning	$569
432 km or 268 mi	Longyan	$649
437 km or 271 mi	Ishigaki	$1155
457 km or 284 mi	Ningde	$648
466 km or 289 mi	Meizhou	$655
487 km or 302 mi	Sanming	$603
497 km or 309 mi	Nanping	$630
510 km or 317 mi	Shanwei	$936
562 km or 349 mi	Miyakojima	$1154
575 km or 357 mi	Rui'an	$681
575 km or 357 mi	Tuguegarao	$431
587 km or 365 mi	Heyuan	$764
600 km or 373 mi	Wenzhou	$726
605 km or 376 mi	Huizhou	$601
616 km or 382 mi	Wuyishan	$601