Asmara vs Munich - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	Asmara	Munich
🚶 Cost of living one person	$531	$2499
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1266	$5815
🏠 One person rent	$222	$1483
🏘️ Family rent	$365	$2594
🍽️ Food expenses	$211	$601
🚐 Transport expenses	$47.1	$248
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$95	$4507
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	23 km
🎓 Higher education	9	90
😀 Quality of life	18	94
🏙️ Population	963K	1.51M

The cost of living in Asmara is 79% less expensive than in Munich. Cities ranked 8533rd and 889th ($531 vs $2499) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 1st in Eritrea and Germany, respectively. Check Eritrea vs Germany comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.2 months in Asmara compared to 1.8 months in Munich. Asmara ranked 1st best city to live in Eritrea vs Munich ranked 8th in Germany, while ranked 9169th and 38th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Asmara vs Munich

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	Asmara	Munich
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$3.29	$19.1
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$20.1	$85.3
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.71	$14.4
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.79	$5.63
☕ Cappuccino	$1.94	$5
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.51	$3.86
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$218	$1499
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$142	$1182
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$394	$2689
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$250	$2147
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$39.1	$194
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$60.3	$295
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$26.5	$43.9
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	12.83%	3.76%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1447	$12913
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$823	$8949
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.3	$4.84
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$11.6	$70.4
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$6.53	$29.5
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.99	$2.02
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.21	$1.47
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.64	$2.45
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.16	$2.98
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.59	$4.44
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.03	$16.1
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.4	$11.8
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.73	$18.8
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.4	$3.93
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.17	$2.23
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.65	$2.74
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.03	$4.56
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.95	$2.05
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1	$1.7
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.35	$0.79
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.1	$2.06
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$8.03	$7.71
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.48	$1.31
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.87	$10.2
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.38	$9.22
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.83	$3.78
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.55	$2.16
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.24	$1.6
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$23.9	$55.8
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.1	$16.7
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$15.3	$81.5
💇 Haircut, simple	$3.7	$21.6
👖 Brand Jeans	$26.5	$94.7
👟 Brand Sneakers	$61.1	$105
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$94.5	$1039
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$3558	$16629

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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	$497
71 km or 44 mi	Keren	$498
214 km or 133 mi	Mekelle	$810
270 km or 168 mi	Kassala	$931
342 km or 212 mi	Gondar	$1017
407 km or 253 mi	El-Gadarif	$858
437 km or 272 mi	Al Hudaydah	$515
448 km or 279 mi	Bahir Dar	$863
473 km or 294 mi	Dessie	$1022
490 km or 304 mi	Zabid	$491
498 km or 310 mi	Abha	$902
509 km or 316 mi	Port Sudan	$964
513 km or 319 mi	Bareq	$893
548 km or 340 mi	Sa'dah	$491
567 km or 352 mi	Sanaa	$551
580 km or 361 mi	Sayyan	$492
583 km or 362 mi	Taiz	$514
585 km or 363 mi	Ibb	$504
589 km or 366 mi	Atbara	$1104
596 km or 370 mi	Dhamar	$494
600 km or 373 mi	Dikhil	$572
602 km or 374 mi	Obock	$571
606 km or 376 mi	Najran	$865
618 km or 384 mi	Djibouti City	$601
620 km or 385 mi	Ali Sabieh	$570
633 km or 393 mi	Ad-Damazin	$771
649 km or 403 mi	Bisha	$906
674 km or 419 mi	Khartoum North	$819
684 km or 425 mi	Mecca	$1107
685 km or 426 mi	Khartoum	$832
691 km or 429 mi	Jeddah	$1209
693 km or 430 mi	Omdurman	$848
701 km or 436 mi	Addis Ababa	$1269
715 km or 444 mi	Dire Dawa	$1156
715 km or 444 mi	Kosti	$800
717 km or 446 mi	Aden	$526
755 km or 469 mi	Harar	$1153
758 km or 471 mi	Borama	$509
788 km or 489 mi	Jijiga	$1152

Cities near Munich

Distance	City	Cost of living
16 km or 9.6 mi	Germering	$2008
16 km or 10 mi	Unterschleiheim	$1954
17 km or 10 mi	Puchheim	$1994
17 km or 11 mi	Dachau	$1967
20 km or 13 mi	Olching	$1943
23 km or 15 mi	Starnberg	$1925
24 km or 15 mi	Furstenfeldbruck	$1918
31 km or 19 mi	Erding	$1771
31 km or 19 mi	Geretsried	$1877
32 km or 20 mi	Freising	$1806
44 km or 28 mi	Pfaffenhofen an der Ilm	$1790
47 km or 29 mi	Weilheim in Oberbayern	$1890
48 km or 30 mi	Aichach	$1827
50 km or 31 mi	Friedberg	$1864
52 km or 32 mi	Rosenheim	$1316
53 km or 33 mi	Konigsbrunn	$1853
53 km or 33 mi	Landsberg am Lech	$1840
57 km or 35 mi	Augsburg	$1983
61 km or 38 mi	Gersthofen	$1881
62 km or 38 mi	Landshut	$1785
62 km or 38 mi	Waldkraiburg	$1707
62 km or 39 mi	Neusa	$1877
71 km or 44 mi	Ingolstadt	$1819
71 km or 44 mi	Muhldorf	$1707
72 km or 45 mi	Neuburg an der Donau	$1766
76 km or 48 mi	Kaufbeuren	$1867
77 km or 48 mi	Traunreut	$1635
80 km or 50 mi	Garmisch-Partenkirchen	$2117
85 km or 53 mi	Traunstein	$1638
87 km or 54 mi	Donauworth	$1735
98 km or 61 mi	Innsbruck	$1904
103 km or 64 mi	Gunzburg	$1726
104 km or 65 mi	Kempten	$1696
105 km or 65 mi	Regensburg	$1724
105 km or 65 mi	Memmingen	$1759
110 km or 69 mi	Straubing	$1698
112 km or 70 mi	Nordlingen	$1693
114 km or 71 mi	Senden	$1699
116 km or 72 mi	Salzburg	$2009
119 km or 74 mi	Sonthofen	$1748