Asmara vs Nizhny Novgorod - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 01, 2024

	Asmara	Nizhny Novgorod
🚶 Cost of living one person	$498	$596
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1234	$1590
🏠 One person rent	$212	$255
🏘️ Family rent	$404	$507
🍽️ Food expenses	$194	$231
🚐 Transport expenses	$44.7	$46.3
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$359	$550
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	13 km
🎓 Higher education	8	46
😀 Quality of life	17	56
🏙️ Population	963K	1.25M

The cost of living in Asmara is 16% less expensive than in Nizhny Novgorod. Cities ranked 8513th and 7706th ($498 vs $596) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 38th in Eritrea and Russia, respectively. Check Eritrea vs Russia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.7 months in Asmara compared to 0.9 months in Nizhny Novgorod. Asmara ranked 1st best city to live in Eritrea vs Nizhny Novgorod ranked 10th in Russia, while ranked 9076th and 5856th among best cities to live in the world.

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	Asmara	Nizhny Novgorod
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$2.87	$7.61
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$18.7	$33.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.2	$4.35
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.73	$1.08
☕ Cappuccino	$1.74	$1.7
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.46	$0.69
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$208	$258
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$131	$171
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$460	$593
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$285	$362
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$36.9	$60.6
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$56	$93.2
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$28.4	$5.95
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	10.28%	10.54%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1471	$1862
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$785	$1219
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.3	$0.38
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$12.6	$15.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$5.45	$5.51
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.05	$0.58
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.11	$0.81
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.64	$0.42
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.01	$1.08
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.47	$1.08
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.66	$7.45
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.02	$3.74
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.74	$7.38
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.25	$1.07
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.12	$1.08
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.59	$1.64
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.95	$1.81
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.82	$0.47
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.93	$0.44
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.31	$0.35
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.14	$1.52
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.36	$5.49
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.43	$0.78
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.75	$2.25
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.38	$7.01
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.93	$2.69
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.57	$1.16
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.25	$1.1
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$21.1	$27.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.14	$4.38
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$13.1	$14
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.02	$4.84
👖 Brand Jeans	$25.3	$54.4
👟 Brand Sneakers	$56.5	$69.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$78.7	$311
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$2776	$5368

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Cities near Asmara

Distance	City	Cost of living
51 km or 32 mi	Mendefera	$466
63 km or 39 mi	Massawa	$467
71 km or 44 mi	Keren	$466
214 km or 133 mi	Mekelle	$800
270 km or 168 mi	Kassala	$1061
342 km or 212 mi	Gondar	$885
407 km or 253 mi	El-Gadarif	$959
437 km or 272 mi	Al Hudaydah	$489
448 km or 279 mi	Bahir Dar	$883
473 km or 294 mi	Dessie	$820
490 km or 304 mi	Zabid	$466
498 km or 310 mi	Abha	$923
509 km or 316 mi	Port Sudan	$1361
513 km or 319 mi	Bareq	$920
548 km or 340 mi	Sa'dah	$467
567 km or 352 mi	Sanaa	$523
580 km or 361 mi	Sayyan	$467
583 km or 362 mi	Taiz	$490
585 km or 363 mi	Ibb	$481
589 km or 366 mi	Atbara	$1095
596 km or 370 mi	Dhamar	$470
600 km or 373 mi	Dikhil	$524
602 km or 374 mi	Obock	$522
606 km or 376 mi	Najran	$1047
618 km or 384 mi	Djibouti City	$551
620 km or 385 mi	Ali Sabieh	$524
633 km or 393 mi	Ad-Damazin	$857
649 km or 403 mi	Bisha	$938
674 km or 419 mi	Khartoum North	$899
684 km or 425 mi	Mecca	$1032
685 km or 426 mi	Khartoum	$901
691 km or 429 mi	Jeddah	$1100
693 km or 430 mi	Omdurman	$936
701 km or 436 mi	Addis Ababa	$923
715 km or 444 mi	Dire Dawa	$705
715 km or 444 mi	Kosti	$881
717 km or 446 mi	Aden	$486
755 km or 469 mi	Harar	$676
758 km or 471 mi	Borama	$602
788 km or 489 mi	Jijiga	$702

Cities near Nizhny Novgorod

Distance	City	Cost of living
36 km or 22 mi	Dzerzhinsk	$541
198 km or 123 mi	Ivanovo	$497
202 km or 125 mi	Cheboksary	$517
223 km or 139 mi	Vladimir	$597
241 km or 150 mi	Yoshkar-Ola	$545
245 km or 152 mi	Kostroma	$488
250 km or 155 mi	Saransk	$414
290 km or 180 mi	Yaroslavl	$496
323 km or 200 mi	Kazan	$646
331 km or 205 mi	Ryazan	$488
350 km or 217 mi	Elektrostal	$629
353 km or 220 mi	Penza	$542
355 km or 221 mi	Ulyanovsk	$493
366 km or 227 mi	Rybinsk	$612
380 km or 236 mi	Balashikha	$645
386 km or 240 mi	Korolyov	$653
387 km or 240 mi	Lyubertsy	$656
391 km or 243 mi	Mytishchi	$587
402 km or 250 mi	Moscow	$1021
403 km or 250 mi	Vologda	$455
410 km or 255 mi	Khimki	$658
415 km or 258 mi	Podolsk	$525
418 km or 260 mi	Krasnogorsk	$732
421 km or 262 mi	Kirov	$456
434 km or 270 mi	Tambov	$501
453 km or 281 mi	Syzran	$518
466 km or 289 mi	Tolyatti	$500
469 km or 291 mi	Tula	$526
477 km or 297 mi	Cherepovets	$427
482 km or 300 mi	Obninsk	$597
492 km or 305 mi	Nizhnekamsk	$536
498 km or 310 mi	Tver	$573
501 km or 311 mi	Lipetsk	$401
522 km or 324 mi	Naberezhnye Chelny	$501
525 km or 326 mi	Samara	$623
527 km or 328 mi	Kaluga	$490
536 km or 333 mi	Balakovo	$562
544 km or 338 mi	Almetyevsk	$516
549 km or 341 mi	Saratov	$513
558 km or 347 mi	Engels	$511