Asmara vs Leipzig - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Asmara	Leipzig
🚶 Cost of living one person	$520	$1516
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1283	$3783
🏠 One person rent	$224	$764
🏘️ Family rent	$430	$1542
🍽️ Food expenses	$202	$505
🚐 Transport expenses	$45.9	$128
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$389	$2738
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	14 km
🎓 Higher education	8	72
😀 Quality of life	27	92
🏙️ Population	963K	620K

The cost of living in Asmara is 66% less expensive than in Leipzig. Cities ranked 8486th and 3353rd ($520 vs $1516) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 271st in Eritrea and Germany, respectively. Check Eritrea vs Germany comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.7 months in Asmara compared to 1.8 months in Leipzig. Asmara ranked 1st best city to live in Eritrea vs Leipzig ranked 14th in Germany, while ranked 8455th and 87th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Asmara vs Leipzig

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	Asmara	Leipzig
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$3.04	$12.5
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$18.8	$63.3
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.54	$10.5
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.79	$4.42
☕ Cappuccino	$1.83	$3.66
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.46	$2.73
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$215	$687
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$145	$504
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$489	$1640
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$310	$1119
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$38.2	$176
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$57.7	$271
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$27.1	$47.6
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	12.33%	3.99%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1560	$3984
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$933	$2535
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.33	$3.65
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$11.9	$52.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$5.91	$17.9
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.04	$1.83
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.14	$1.14
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.61	$2.01
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.12	$3.39
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.53	$3.45
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.81	$13.7
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.28	$14.5
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.56	$17.8
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.21	$2.95
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.17	$1.71
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.58	$2.21
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.99	$4.91
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.88	$1.58
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.96	$1.57
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.32	$0.59
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.11	$1.78
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.74	$6.29
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.43	$0.92
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.82	$8.51
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.41	$9.3
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.77	$1.97
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.54	$1.22
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.24	$1.29
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$22.9	$33.7
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.07	$12.6
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$12.3	$33.7
💇 Haircut, simple	$3.71	$18.5
👖 Brand Jeans	$25.6	$90.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$59.2	$82.9
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$80.8	$372
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$2756	$9452

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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 Leipzig

Distance	City	Cost of living
6.2 km or 3.8 mi	Markkleeberg	$1452
22 km or 13 mi	Delitzsch	$1419
26 km or 16 mi	Grimma	$1353
27 km or 17 mi	Merseburg	$1269
32 km or 20 mi	Bitterfeld-Wolfen	$1308
33 km or 20 mi	Weienfels	$1284
33 km or 21 mi	Halle	$1229
36 km or 22 mi	Halle-Neustadt	$1261
36 km or 22 mi	Zeitz	$1295
39 km or 24 mi	Altenburg	$1281
45 km or 28 mi	Naumburg	$1287
50 km or 31 mi	Torgau	$1350
54 km or 34 mi	Kothen	$1346
55 km or 34 mi	Gera	$1109
56 km or 35 mi	Dobeln	$1278
57 km or 35 mi	Dessau-Rolau	$1340
58 km or 36 mi	Glauchau	$1147
58 km or 36 mi	Limbach-Oberfrohna	$1222
61 km or 38 mi	Eisleben	$1306
62 km or 39 mi	Wittenberg	$1354
63 km or 39 mi	Riesa	$1309
67 km or 41 mi	Werdau	$1118
67 km or 42 mi	Chemnitz	$1187
69 km or 43 mi	Bernburg	$1388
69 km or 43 mi	Zwickau	$1011
70 km or 43 mi	Apolda	$1221
72 km or 45 mi	Jena	$1123
74 km or 46 mi	Zerbst	$1332
77 km or 48 mi	Greiz	$1215
77 km or 48 mi	Sangerhausen	$1312
78 km or 49 mi	Meissen	$1325
79 km or 49 mi	Aschersleben	$1355
80 km or 50 mi	Reichenbach im Vogtland	$1147
82 km or 51 mi	Freiberg	$1202
82 km or 51 mi	Stafurt	$1356
84 km or 52 mi	Weimar	$1288
86 km or 54 mi	Coswig	$1341
88 km or 54 mi	Schonebeck	$1326
93 km or 58 mi	Radebeul	$1351
94 km or 59 mi	Annaberg-Buchholz	$1307