Asmara vs Kharkiv - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Asmara	Kharkiv
🚶 Cost of living one person	$520	$506
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1283	$1360
🏠 One person rent	$224	$207
🏘️ Family rent	$430	$413
🍽️ Food expenses	$202	$198
🚐 Transport expenses	$45.9	$42.9
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$389	$388
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	8	60
😀 Quality of life	27	56
🏙️ Population	963K	1.42M

The cost of living in Asmara is 3% more expensive than in Kharkiv. Cities ranked 8486th and 8600th ($520 vs $506) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 20th in Eritrea and Ukraine, respectively. Check Eritrea vs Ukraine comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.7 months in Asmara compared to 0.8 months in Kharkiv. Asmara ranked 1st best city to live in Eritrea vs Kharkiv ranked 3rd in Ukraine, while ranked 8455th and 5713th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Asmara vs Kharkiv

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	Asmara	Kharkiv
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$3.04	$5.71
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$18.8	$20.5
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.54	$4.87
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.79	$1.02
☕ Cappuccino	$1.83	$1.15
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.46	$0.63
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$215	$207
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$145	$132
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$489	$444
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$310	$293
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$38.2	$55.2
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$57.7	$85
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$27.1	$5.01
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	12.33%	17.9%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1560	$1187
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$933	$662
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.33	$0.32
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$11.9	$9.94
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$5.91	$3.47
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.04	$1.26
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.14	$0.98
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.61	$0.51
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.12	$0.98
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.53	$1.53
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.81	$7.21
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.28	$3.65
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.56	$5.94
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.21	$0.66
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.17	$1.62
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.58	$1.73
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.99	$1.84
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.88	$0.49
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.96	$0.61
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.32	$0.35
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.11	$0.77
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.74	$4.63
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.43	$0.74
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.82	$1.94
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.41	$4.19
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.77	$1.38
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.54	$0.66
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.24	$1.3
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$22.9	$21.1
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.07	$4.16
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$12.3	$8.94
💇 Haircut, simple	$3.71	$2.96
👖 Brand Jeans	$25.6	$50.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$59.2	$76.4
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$80.8	$360
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$2756	$3129

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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 Kharkiv

Distance	City	Cost of living
72 km or 45 mi	Belgorod	$552
128 km or 80 mi	Poltava	$490
143 km or 89 mi	Sumy	$486
172 km or 107 mi	Kramatorsk	$586
183 km or 114 mi	Stary Oskol	$434
184 km or 115 mi	Starooskolsky	$473
193 km or 120 mi	Kursk	$490
195 km or 121 mi	Dnipro	$718
200 km or 125 mi	Sievierodonetsk	$550
203 km or 126 mi	Kamianske	$605
227 km or 141 mi	Kremenchuk	$444
230 km or 143 mi	Horlivka	$611
249 km or 155 mi	Donetsk	$536
250 km or 156 mi	Makiivka	$534
253 km or 157 mi	Zaporizhia	$459
275 km or 171 mi	Luhansk	$574
280 km or 174 mi	Voronezh	$448
306 km or 190 mi	Cherkasy	$455
314 km or 195 mi	Kryvyi Rih	$486
330 km or 205 mi	Oryol	$505
332 km or 206 mi	Kropyvnytskyi	$513
334 km or 207 mi	Mariupol	$507
358 km or 222 mi	Melitopol	$550
365 km or 227 mi	Taganrog	$494
373 km or 232 mi	Lipetsk	$430
384 km or 238 mi	Bryansk	$513
385 km or 239 mi	Chernihiv	$433
389 km or 242 mi	Shakhty	$571
400 km or 249 mi	Rostov-on-Don	$683
403 km or 250 mi	Novocherkassk	$617
409 km or 254 mi	Kyiv	$850
438 km or 272 mi	Bila Tserkva	$454
455 km or 283 mi	Gomel	$440
459 km or 285 mi	Mykolaiv	$400
460 km or 286 mi	Kherson	$433
471 km or 293 mi	Tambov	$561
477 km or 296 mi	Tula	$552
504 km or 313 mi	Kaluga	$538
514 km or 319 mi	Volgodonsk	$595
540 km or 336 mi	Zhytomyr	$549