Asmara vs Munich - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: June 21, 2026

	Asmara	Munich
🚶 Cost of living one person	$513	$2525
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1241	$5816
🏠 One person rent	$212	$1500
🏘️ Family rent	$354	$2602
🍽️ Food expenses	$206	$604
🚐 Transport expenses	$45.3	$252
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$114	$4312
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	23 km
🎓 Higher education	9	90
😀 Quality of life	15	94
🏙️ Population	963K	1.51M

The cost of living in Asmara is 80% less expensive than in Munich. Cities ranked 8615th and 863rd ($513 vs $2525) 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 1.7 months in Munich. Asmara ranked 1st best city to live in Eritrea vs Munich ranked 8th in Germany, while ranked 9202nd and 44th 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	$3.14	$19.2
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$19.8	$79
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.61	$14.2
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.83	$5.43
☕ Cappuccino	$1.89	$4.75
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.51	$3.92
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$206	$1520
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$135	$1185
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$376	$2776
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$244	$2116
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$38.5	$206
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$59.1	$313
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$24.8	$41.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	12.87%	3.86%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1413	$13704
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$788	$9217
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.27	$4.76
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$11	$73.3
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$6.18	$29.4
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1	$2.16
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.2	$1.53
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.6	$2.43
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.14	$2.97
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.52	$4.57
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.98	$16.2
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.37	$12.5
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.73	$21.6
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.33	$3.36
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.17	$2.16
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.6	$2.78
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.01	$4.65
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.95	$2.14
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.94	$1.94
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.33	$0.77
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.04	$2.35
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.73	$7.65
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.42	$1.35
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.15	$10.7
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.37	$10.6
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.75	$3.91
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.51	$2.11
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.19	$1.83
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$23.1	$56.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$3.95	$16.8
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$14.3	$77.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$3.62	$24.7
👖 Brand Jeans	$26.3	$99.8
👟 Brand Sneakers	$60.1	$102
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$108	$871
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$3926	$17274

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Cities near Asmara

Distance	City	Cost of living
51 km or 32 mi	Mendefera	$481
63 km or 39 mi	Massawa	$484
71 km or 44 mi	Keren	$483
214 km or 133 mi	Mekelle	$748
270 km or 168 mi	Kassala	$947
342 km or 212 mi	Gondar	$923
407 km or 253 mi	El-Gadarif	$872
437 km or 272 mi	Al Hudaydah	$499
448 km or 279 mi	Bahir Dar	$800
473 km or 294 mi	Dessie	$931
490 km or 304 mi	Zabid	$476
498 km or 310 mi	Abha	$871
509 km or 316 mi	Port Sudan	$976
513 km or 319 mi	Bareq	$873
548 km or 340 mi	Sa'dah	$475
567 km or 352 mi	Sanaa	$532
580 km or 361 mi	Sayyan	$476
583 km or 362 mi	Taiz	$497
585 km or 363 mi	Ibb	$488
589 km or 366 mi	Atbara	$1124
596 km or 370 mi	Dhamar	$478
600 km or 373 mi	Dikhil	$563
602 km or 374 mi	Obock	$564
606 km or 376 mi	Najran	$864
618 km or 384 mi	Djibouti City	$590
620 km or 385 mi	Ali Sabieh	$561
633 km or 393 mi	Ad-Damazin	$753
649 km or 403 mi	Bisha	$890
674 km or 419 mi	Khartoum North	$803
684 km or 425 mi	Mecca	$1031
685 km or 426 mi	Khartoum	$809
691 km or 429 mi	Jeddah	$1210
693 km or 430 mi	Omdurman	$834
701 km or 436 mi	Addis Ababa	$1148
715 km or 444 mi	Dire Dawa	$1050
715 km or 444 mi	Kosti	$788
717 km or 446 mi	Aden	$509
755 km or 469 mi	Harar	$1050
758 km or 471 mi	Borama	$521
788 km or 489 mi	Jijiga	$1045

Cities near Munich

Distance	City	Cost of living
16 km or 9.6 mi	Germering	$2002
16 km or 10 mi	Unterschleiheim	$1940
17 km or 10 mi	Puchheim	$1976
17 km or 11 mi	Dachau	$1960
20 km or 13 mi	Olching	$1925
23 km or 15 mi	Starnberg	$1910
24 km or 15 mi	Furstenfeldbruck	$1890
31 km or 19 mi	Erding	$1748
31 km or 19 mi	Geretsried	$1841
32 km or 20 mi	Freising	$1770
44 km or 28 mi	Pfaffenhofen an der Ilm	$1753
47 km or 29 mi	Weilheim in Oberbayern	$1858
48 km or 30 mi	Aichach	$1790
50 km or 31 mi	Friedberg	$1835
52 km or 32 mi	Rosenheim	$1292
53 km or 33 mi	Konigsbrunn	$1816
53 km or 33 mi	Landsberg am Lech	$1789
57 km or 35 mi	Augsburg	$1938
61 km or 38 mi	Gersthofen	$1828
62 km or 38 mi	Landshut	$1731
62 km or 38 mi	Waldkraiburg	$1668
62 km or 39 mi	Neusa	$1834
71 km or 44 mi	Ingolstadt	$1788
71 km or 44 mi	Muhldorf	$1660
72 km or 45 mi	Neuburg an der Donau	$1726
76 km or 48 mi	Kaufbeuren	$1808
77 km or 48 mi	Traunreut	$1610
80 km or 50 mi	Garmisch-Partenkirchen	$2075
85 km or 53 mi	Traunstein	$1606
87 km or 54 mi	Donauworth	$1704
98 km or 61 mi	Innsbruck	$1887
103 km or 64 mi	Gunzburg	$1669
104 km or 65 mi	Kempten	$1678
105 km or 65 mi	Regensburg	$1667
105 km or 65 mi	Memmingen	$1717
110 km or 69 mi	Straubing	$1647
112 km or 70 mi	Nordlingen	$1647
114 km or 71 mi	Senden	$1636
116 km or 72 mi	Salzburg	$2003
119 km or 74 mi	Sonthofen	$1714