Asmara vs Novosibirsk - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Asmara	Novosibirsk
🚶 Cost of living one person	$524	$649
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1293	$1654
🏠 One person rent	$228	$294
🏘️ Family rent	$435	$574
🍽️ Food expenses	$202	$238
🚐 Transport expenses	$45.6	$45.2
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$397	$554
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	8	49
😀 Quality of life	27	58
🏙️ Population	963K	1.63M

The cost of living in Asmara is 19% less expensive than in Novosibirsk. Cities ranked 8485th and 7298th ($524 vs $649) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 26th in Eritrea and Russia, respectively. Check Eritrea vs Russia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.8 months in Asmara compared to 0.9 months in Novosibirsk. Asmara ranked 1st best city to live in Eritrea vs Novosibirsk ranked 8th in Russia, while ranked 8376th and 5501st among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Asmara vs Novosibirsk

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	Asmara	Novosibirsk
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$2.97	$6.49
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$19.6	$32.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.48	$4.3
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.81	$1.62
☕ Cappuccino	$1.85	$1.98
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.47	$0.77
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$224	$319
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$150	$215
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$494	$698
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$316	$438
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$36.4	$50.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$56.2	$77.7
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$27.4	$6.7
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	12.69%	11.64%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1574	$1841
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$850	$1077
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.31	$0.38
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$11.4	$22.4
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$5.79	$2.86
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.1	$0.58
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.15	$0.83
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.6	$0.49
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.14	$1.13
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.48	$1.48
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.71	$8.34
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.32	$4.06
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.48	$7.03
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.26	$1.49
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.21	$1.45
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.67	$1.45
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.94	$2.63
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.85	$0.52
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.97	$0.5
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.32	$0.35
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.13	$1.6
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.44	$6.42
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.45	$0.76
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.8	$2.15
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.24	$6.21
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.81	$3
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.55	$0.95
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.26	$1.59
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$22.6	$31.1
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.07	$4.34
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$12.5	$21.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$3.76	$3.66
👖 Brand Jeans	$25.7	$61.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$61.5	$80.5
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$81.1	$234
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$2898	$3795

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Cities near Asmara

Distance	City	Cost of living
51 km or 32 mi	Mendefera	$490
63 km or 39 mi	Massawa	$492
71 km or 44 mi	Keren	$491
214 km or 133 mi	Mekelle	$686
270 km or 168 mi	Kassala	$988
342 km or 212 mi	Gondar	$946
407 km or 253 mi	El-Gadarif	$935
437 km or 272 mi	Al Hudaydah	$513
448 km or 279 mi	Bahir Dar	$799
473 km or 294 mi	Dessie	$814
490 km or 304 mi	Zabid	$489
498 km or 310 mi	Abha	$915
509 km or 316 mi	Port Sudan	$1096
513 km or 319 mi	Bareq	$895
548 km or 340 mi	Sa'dah	$488
567 km or 352 mi	Sanaa	$550
580 km or 361 mi	Sayyan	$491
583 km or 362 mi	Taiz	$514
585 km or 363 mi	Ibb	$504
589 km or 366 mi	Atbara	$1094
596 km or 370 mi	Dhamar	$491
600 km or 373 mi	Dikhil	$554
602 km or 374 mi	Obock	$553
606 km or 376 mi	Najran	$934
618 km or 384 mi	Djibouti City	$584
620 km or 385 mi	Ali Sabieh	$555
633 km or 393 mi	Ad-Damazin	$827
649 km or 403 mi	Bisha	$895
674 km or 419 mi	Khartoum North	$868
684 km or 425 mi	Mecca	$940
685 km or 426 mi	Khartoum	$889
691 km or 429 mi	Jeddah	$1123
693 km or 430 mi	Omdurman	$902
701 km or 436 mi	Addis Ababa	$1103
715 km or 444 mi	Dire Dawa	$667
715 km or 444 mi	Kosti	$851
717 km or 446 mi	Aden	$509
755 km or 469 mi	Harar	$626
758 km or 471 mi	Borama	$527
788 km or 489 mi	Jijiga	$671

Cities near Novosibirsk

Distance	City	Cost of living
195 km or 121 mi	Barnaul	$619
203 km or 126 mi	Kemerovo	$495
206 km or 128 mi	Tomsk	$519
277 km or 172 mi	Prokopyevsk	$541
307 km or 191 mi	Novokuznetsk	$562
316 km or 197 mi	Biysk	$357
495 km or 308 mi	Pavlodar	$556
518 km or 322 mi	Aksu	$556
545 km or 339 mi	Semey	$605
566 km or 351 mi	Oskemen	$550
569 km or 354 mi	Abakan	$555
608 km or 378 mi	Omsk	$406
623 km or 387 mi	Ekibastuz	$520
635 km or 395 mi	Krasnoyarsk	$669
754 km or 469 mi	Nizhnevartovsk	$628
869 km or 540 mi	Temirtau	$615
876 km or 545 mi	Altay	$586
879 km or 546 mi	Petropavl	$575
880 km or 547 mi	Nur-Sultan	$780
882 km or 548 mi	Karaganda	$534
886 km or 550 mi	Surgut	$612
900 km or 559 mi	Kokshetau	$630
910 km or 565 mi	Tacheng	$595
1059 km or 658 mi	Karamay	$622
1064 km or 661 mi	Balkhash	$628
1100 km or 684 mi	Tyumen	$698
1112 km or 691 mi	Kurgan	$490
1129 km or 701 mi	Bole	$599
1160 km or 721 mi	Taldiqorgan	$570
1178 km or 732 mi	Bratsk	$447
1186 km or 737 mi	Wusu	$624
1189 km or 739 mi	Kuytun	$626
1214 km or 754 mi	Shihezi	$687
1241 km or 771 mi	Yining	$735
1263 km or 785 mi	Fukang	$530
1264 km or 785 mi	Changji	$544
1269 km or 789 mi	Kostanay	$782
1291 km or 802 mi	Urumqi	$535
1308 km or 813 mi	Kapchagay	$791
1318 km or 819 mi	Kamensk-Uralsky	$585