Asmara vs Nuremberg - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Asmara	Nuremberg
🚶 Cost of living one person	$520	$1672
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1283	$4194
🏠 One person rent	$224	$877
🏘️ Family rent	$430	$1732
🍽️ Food expenses	$202	$544
🚐 Transport expenses	$45.9	$129
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$389	$3273
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	5 km
🎓 Higher education	8	59
😀 Quality of life	27	91
🏙️ Population	963K	526K

The cost of living in Asmara is 69% less expensive than in Nuremberg. Cities ranked 8486th and 2788th ($520 vs $1672) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 75th in Eritrea and Germany, respectively. Check Eritrea vs Germany comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.7 months in Asmara compared to 2 months in Nuremberg. Asmara ranked 1st best city to live in Eritrea vs Nuremberg ranked 20th in Germany, while ranked 8455th and 107th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Asmara vs Nuremberg

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	Asmara	Nuremberg
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$3.04	$15.8
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$18.8	$81.2
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.54	$10.6
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.79	$4.21
☕ Cappuccino	$1.83	$3.95
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.46	$3.72
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$215	$815
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$145	$599
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$489	$1587
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$310	$1350
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$38.2	$190
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$57.7	$290
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$27.1	$45.2
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	12.33%	3.99%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1560	$6830
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$933	$5673
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.33	$3.62
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$11.9	$51
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$5.91	$21.4
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.04	$1.82
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.14	$1.18
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.61	$2.05
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.12	$2.94
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.53	$3.31
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.81	$13.4
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.28	$13.9
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.56	$18.2
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.21	$2.7
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.17	$1.52
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.58	$2.09
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.99	$4.35
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.88	$1.45
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.96	$1.53
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.32	$0.59
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.11	$2.04
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.74	$5.72
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.43	$0.92
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.82	$8.61
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.41	$14
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.77	$2.21
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.54	$1.23
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.24	$1.35
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$22.9	$31.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.07	$12.8
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$12.3	$42.2
💇 Haircut, simple	$3.71	$16
👖 Brand Jeans	$25.6	$95.7
👟 Brand Sneakers	$59.2	$81.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$80.8	$480
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$2756	$13791

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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 Nuremberg

Distance	City	Cost of living
6.9 km or 4.3 mi	Furth	$1576
9.2 km or 5.7 mi	Zirndorf	$1567
14 km or 8.9 mi	Schwabach	$1547
16 km or 9.8 mi	Lauf an der Pegnitz	$1540
17 km or 10 mi	Erlangen	$1581
19 km or 12 mi	Herzogenaurach	$1666
23 km or 14 mi	Roth	$1528
30 km or 18 mi	Forchheim	$1533
34 km or 21 mi	Neumarkt in der Oberpfalz	$1488
40 km or 25 mi	Ansbach	$1322
51 km or 31 mi	Bamberg	$1489
56 km or 35 mi	Amberg	$1249
66 km or 41 mi	Bayreuth	$1330
73 km or 45 mi	Kitzingen	$1444
75 km or 47 mi	Schwandorf	$1440
76 km or 47 mi	Lichtenfels	$1498
76 km or 47 mi	Kulmbach	$1445
79 km or 49 mi	Nordlingen	$1509
80 km or 50 mi	Neuburg an der Donau	$1508
81 km or 50 mi	Ingolstadt	$1465
81 km or 50 mi	Crailsheim	$1567
82 km or 51 mi	Weiden in der Oberpfalz	$1466
85 km or 53 mi	Donauworth	$1544
88 km or 54 mi	Regensburg	$1627
88 km or 55 mi	Ellwangen	$1566
90 km or 56 mi	Schweinfurt	$1419
90 km or 56 mi	Coburg	$1541
91 km or 57 mi	Wurzburg	$1172
95 km or 59 mi	Bad Mergentheim	$1456
99 km or 62 mi	Aalen	$1560
100 km or 62 mi	Sonneberg	$1274
104 km or 65 mi	Schwabisch Hall	$1594
107 km or 67 mi	Pfaffenhofen an der Ilm	$1568
109 km or 68 mi	Heidenheim an der Brenz	$1589
110 km or 69 mi	Bad Kissingen	$1433
112 km or 69 mi	Aichach	$1613
113 km or 70 mi	Hof	$1476
116 km or 72 mi	Gersthofen	$1644
116 km or 72 mi	Cheb	$1098
117 km or 73 mi	Wertheim am Main	$1557