Asmara vs Nur-Sultan - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Asmara	Nur-Sultan
🚶 Cost of living one person	$520	$770
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1283	$1891
🏠 One person rent	$224	$376
🏘️ Family rent	$430	$705
🍽️ Food expenses	$202	$263
🚐 Transport expenses	$45.9	$47.5
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$389	$553
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	12 km
🎓 Higher education	8	43
😀 Quality of life	27	64
🏙️ Population	963K	1.08M

The cost of living in Asmara is 33% less expensive than in Nur-Sultan. Cities ranked 8486th and 6565th ($520 vs $770) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 3rd in Eritrea and Kazakhstan, respectively. Check Eritrea vs Kazakhstan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.7 months in Asmara compared to 0.7 months in Nur-Sultan. Asmara ranked 1st best city to live in Eritrea vs Nur-Sultan ranked 2nd in Kazakhstan, while ranked 8455th and 4554th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Asmara vs Nur-Sultan

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	Asmara	Nur-Sultan
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$3.04	$9.99
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$18.8	$30
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.54	$5.99
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.79	$1.4
☕ Cappuccino	$1.83	$2.24
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.46	$0.94
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$215	$439
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$145	$300
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$489	$854
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$310	$585
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$38.2	$34.6
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$57.7	$52.8
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$27.1	$13.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	12.33%	16.69%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1560	$1127
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$933	$764
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.33	$0.22
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$11.9	$14.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$5.91	$7.18
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.04	$0.49
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.14	$1.1
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.61	$0.49
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.12	$1.53
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.53	$1.71
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.81	$9.7
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.28	$4.8
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.56	$7.45
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.21	$1.32
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.17	$1.88
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.58	$2.03
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.99	$1.82
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.88	$0.53
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.96	$0.44
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.32	$0.47
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.11	$1.15
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.74	$7.08
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.43	$0.96
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.82	$1.79
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.41	$2.83
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.77	$2.45
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.54	$1.13
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.24	$1.02
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$22.9	$52.3
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.07	$5.63
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$12.3	$10.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$3.71	$5.63
👖 Brand Jeans	$25.6	$73.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$59.2	$98
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$80.8	$236
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$2756	$5487

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Cities near Asmara

Distance	City	Cost of living
51 km or 32 mi	Mendefera	$487
63 km or 39 mi	Massawa	$486
71 km or 44 mi	Keren	$488
214 km or 133 mi	Mekelle	$662
270 km or 168 mi	Kassala	$1006
342 km or 212 mi	Gondar	$897
407 km or 253 mi	El-Gadarif	$943
437 km or 272 mi	Al Hudaydah	$505
448 km or 279 mi	Bahir Dar	$752
473 km or 294 mi	Dessie	$838
490 km or 304 mi	Zabid	$482
498 km or 310 mi	Abha	$910
509 km or 316 mi	Port Sudan	$1003
513 km or 319 mi	Bareq	$902
548 km or 340 mi	Sa'dah	$482
567 km or 352 mi	Sanaa	$546
580 km or 361 mi	Sayyan	$481
583 km or 362 mi	Taiz	$507
585 km or 363 mi	Ibb	$496
589 km or 366 mi	Atbara	$1131
596 km or 370 mi	Dhamar	$486
600 km or 373 mi	Dikhil	$542
602 km or 374 mi	Obock	$540
606 km or 376 mi	Najran	$937
618 km or 384 mi	Djibouti City	$571
620 km or 385 mi	Ali Sabieh	$542
633 km or 393 mi	Ad-Damazin	$836
649 km or 403 mi	Bisha	$905
674 km or 419 mi	Khartoum North	$877
684 km or 425 mi	Mecca	$979
685 km or 426 mi	Khartoum	$888
691 km or 429 mi	Jeddah	$1146
693 km or 430 mi	Omdurman	$908
701 km or 436 mi	Addis Ababa	$1180
715 km or 444 mi	Dire Dawa	$756
715 km or 444 mi	Kosti	$860
717 km or 446 mi	Aden	$503
755 km or 469 mi	Harar	$718
758 km or 471 mi	Borama	$518
788 km or 489 mi	Jijiga	$764

Cities near Nur-Sultan

Distance	City	Cost of living
161 km or 100 mi	Temirtau	$626
190 km or 118 mi	Karaganda	$604
276 km or 172 mi	Kokshetau	$619
278 km or 173 mi	Ekibastuz	$507
392 km or 243 mi	Aksu	$553
402 km or 250 mi	Pavlodar	$558
442 km or 275 mi	Petropavl	$557
446 km or 277 mi	Omsk	$631
457 km or 284 mi	Satbayev	$542
460 km or 286 mi	Jezkazgan	$531
543 km or 337 mi	Balkhash	$624
580 km or 361 mi	Kostanay	$710
623 km or 387 mi	Semey	$549
627 km or 389 mi	Kurgan	$531
771 km or 479 mi	Tyumen	$765
800 km or 497 mi	Oskemen	$571
803 km or 499 mi	Chelyabinsk	$617
826 km or 513 mi	Kyzylorda	$518
852 km or 530 mi	Taldiqorgan	$553
855 km or 531 mi	Kamensk-Uralsky	$648
856 km or 532 mi	Municipal Formation of the Kamensk-Uralsky	$646
872 km or 542 mi	Miass	$596
875 km or 544 mi	Kentau	$501
875 km or 544 mi	Barnaul	$662
879 km or 546 mi	Magnitogorsk	$506
880 km or 547 mi	Novosibirsk	$698
893 km or 555 mi	Orsk	$509
902 km or 561 mi	Zlatoust	$600
903 km or 561 mi	Turkistan	$512
910 km or 566 mi	Kapchagay	$749
917 km or 570 mi	Taraz	$441
949 km or 590 mi	Bishkek	$713
949 km or 590 mi	Yekaterinburg	$765
953 km or 592 mi	Kant	$674
955 km or 593 mi	Biysk	$379
960 km or 597 mi	Talas	$623
965 km or 599 mi	Kaskelen	$785
967 km or 601 mi	Tokmok	$667
968 km or 602 mi	Almaty	$881
977 km or 607 mi	Tacheng	$512