Asmara vs Nizhny Novgorod - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Asmara	Nizhny Novgorod
🚶 Cost of living one person	$533	$882
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1268	$2140
🏠 One person rent	$227	$430
🏘️ Family rent	$385	$758
🍽️ Food expenses	$208	$308
🚐 Transport expenses	$46.8	$50.5
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$112	$721
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	13 km
🎓 Higher education	8	46
😀 Quality of life	14	60
🏙️ Population	963K	1.2M

The cost of living in Asmara is 40% less expensive than in Nizhny Novgorod. Cities ranked 8435th and 6322nd ($533 vs $882) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 14th in Eritrea and Russia, respectively. Check Eritrea vs Russia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.2 months in Asmara compared to 0.8 months in Nizhny Novgorod. Asmara ranked 1st best city to live in Eritrea vs Nizhny Novgorod ranked 14th in Russia, while ranked 9205th and 5937th among best cities to live in the world.

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	Asmara	Nizhny Novgorod
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$3.14	$11.6
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$20.2	$37
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.7	$5.79
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.82	$0.97
☕ Cappuccino	$1.88	$2.44
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.5	$1.29
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$220	$495
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$148	$320
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$400	$879
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$274	$588
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$37.7	$67.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$58.7	$105
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$27	$7.16
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	12.74%	18.87%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1543	$2854
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$940	$1848
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.33	$0.49
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$12.7	$15.5
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$6.01	$6.2
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.03	$0.73
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.17	$1.05
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.63	$0.6
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.18	$1.27
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.59	$1.49
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.14	$10.4
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.39	$5.15
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.88	$9.31
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.26	$1.68
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.19	$1.63
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.63	$1.9
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.01	$2.7
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.98	$0.67
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1	$0.65
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.33	$0.48
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.1	$1.5
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.77	$8.62
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.48	$1.07
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.81	$2.68
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.27	$8.18
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.77	$3.13
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.5	$1.36
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.19	$1.27
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$24.1	$28.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.19	$6.15
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$14.7	$16
💇 Haircut, simple	$3.2	$5.62
👖 Brand Jeans	$26.7	$77.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$62.2	$129
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$84.4	$327
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$3125	$3800

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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	$499
71 km or 44 mi	Keren	$500
214 km or 133 mi	Mekelle	$826
270 km or 168 mi	Kassala	$971
342 km or 212 mi	Gondar	$1016
407 km or 253 mi	El-Gadarif	$925
437 km or 272 mi	Al Hudaydah	$522
448 km or 279 mi	Bahir Dar	$864
473 km or 294 mi	Dessie	$1039
490 km or 304 mi	Zabid	$499
498 km or 310 mi	Abha	$911
509 km or 316 mi	Port Sudan	$964
513 km or 319 mi	Bareq	$903
548 km or 340 mi	Sa'dah	$498
567 km or 352 mi	Sanaa	$560
580 km or 361 mi	Sayyan	$498
583 km or 362 mi	Taiz	$522
585 km or 363 mi	Ibb	$512
589 km or 366 mi	Atbara	$1116
596 km or 370 mi	Dhamar	$500
600 km or 373 mi	Dikhil	$559
602 km or 374 mi	Obock	$560
606 km or 376 mi	Najran	$860
618 km or 384 mi	Djibouti City	$586
620 km or 385 mi	Ali Sabieh	$557
633 km or 393 mi	Ad-Damazin	$829
649 km or 403 mi	Bisha	$918
674 km or 419 mi	Khartoum North	$879
684 km or 425 mi	Mecca	$1162
685 km or 426 mi	Khartoum	$896
691 km or 429 mi	Jeddah	$1155
693 km or 430 mi	Omdurman	$910
701 km or 436 mi	Addis Ababa	$1289
715 km or 444 mi	Dire Dawa	$1175
715 km or 444 mi	Kosti	$857
717 km or 446 mi	Aden	$517
755 km or 469 mi	Harar	$1175
758 km or 471 mi	Borama	$502
788 km or 489 mi	Jijiga	$1169

Cities near Nizhny Novgorod

Distance	City	Cost of living
36 km or 22 mi	Dzerzhinsk	$697
198 km or 123 mi	Ivanovo	$615
202 km or 125 mi	Cheboksary	$772
223 km or 139 mi	Vladimir	$650
241 km or 150 mi	Yoshkar-Ola	$693
245 km or 152 mi	Kostroma	$765
250 km or 155 mi	Saransk	$719
290 km or 180 mi	Yaroslavl	$672
323 km or 200 mi	Kazan	$868
331 km or 205 mi	Ryazan	$692
350 km or 217 mi	Elektrostal	$863
353 km or 220 mi	Penza	$537
355 km or 221 mi	Ulyanovsk	$641
366 km or 227 mi	Rybinsk	$678
380 km or 236 mi	Balashikha	$898
386 km or 240 mi	Korolyov	$831
387 km or 240 mi	Lyubertsy	$917
391 km or 243 mi	Mytishchi	$800
402 km or 250 mi	Moscow	$1438
403 km or 250 mi	Vologda	$544
410 km or 255 mi	Khimki	$914
415 km or 258 mi	Podolsk	$876
418 km or 260 mi	Krasnogorsk	$915
421 km or 262 mi	Kirov	$536
434 km or 270 mi	Tambov	$672
453 km or 281 mi	Syzran	$692
466 km or 289 mi	Tolyatti	$686
469 km or 291 mi	Tula	$837
477 km or 297 mi	Cherepovets	$543
482 km or 300 mi	Obninsk	$671
492 km or 305 mi	Nizhnekamsk	$681
498 km or 310 mi	Tver	$727
501 km or 311 mi	Lipetsk	$570
522 km or 324 mi	Naberezhnye Chelny	$755
525 km or 326 mi	Samara	$796
527 km or 328 mi	Kaluga	$582
536 km or 333 mi	Balakovo	$658
544 km or 338 mi	Almetyevsk	$709
549 km or 341 mi	Saratov	$783
558 km or 347 mi	Engels	$758