Asmara vs Nuremberg - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Asmara	Nuremberg
🚶 Cost of living one person	$533	$1767
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1268	$4215
🏠 One person rent	$227	$898
🏘️ Family rent	$385	$1523
🍽️ Food expenses	$208	$582
🚐 Transport expenses	$46.8	$152
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$112	$3627
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	5 km
🎓 Higher education	8	56
😀 Quality of life	14	92
🏙️ Population	963K	526K

The cost of living in Asmara is 70% less expensive than in Nuremberg. Cities ranked 8435th and 2865th ($533 vs $1767) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 145th in Eritrea and Germany, respectively. Check Eritrea vs Germany comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.2 months in Asmara compared to 2.1 months in Nuremberg. Asmara ranked 1st best city to live in Eritrea vs Nuremberg ranked 19th in Germany, while ranked 9205th and 132nd 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	$3.14	$17.5
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$20.2	$86.5
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.7	$11.7
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.82	$4.6
☕ Cappuccino	$1.88	$4.39
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.5	$3.88
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$220	$868
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$148	$608
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$400	$1598
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$274	$1079
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$37.7	$194
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$58.7	$297
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$27	$43.2
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	12.74%	3.96%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1543	$7384
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$940	$4983
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.33	$4.09
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$12.7	$68
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$6.01	$24
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.03	$1.98
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.17	$1.32
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.63	$2.25
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.18	$3.12
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.59	$3.52
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.14	$14.8
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.39	$12.8
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.88	$20.5
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.26	$3.21
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.19	$2.03
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.63	$2.31
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.01	$4.62
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.98	$1.5
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1	$1.33
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.33	$0.75
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.1	$2.25
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.77	$7
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.48	$1.06
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.81	$10.1
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.27	$15.2
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.77	$2.01
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.5	$1.38
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.19	$1.52
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$24.1	$32.1
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.19	$14.6
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$14.7	$47.3
💇 Haircut, simple	$3.2	$17.5
👖 Brand Jeans	$26.7	$107
👟 Brand Sneakers	$62.2	$89.5
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$84.4	$510
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$3125	$15497

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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 Nuremberg

Distance	City	Cost of living
6.9 km or 4.3 mi	Furth	$1679
9.2 km or 5.7 mi	Zirndorf	$1665
14 km or 8.9 mi	Schwabach	$1629
16 km or 9.8 mi	Lauf an der Pegnitz	$1643
17 km or 10 mi	Erlangen	$1688
19 km or 12 mi	Herzogenaurach	$1759
23 km or 14 mi	Roth	$1630
30 km or 18 mi	Forchheim	$1655
34 km or 21 mi	Neumarkt in der Oberpfalz	$1601
40 km or 25 mi	Ansbach	$1445
51 km or 31 mi	Bamberg	$1622
56 km or 35 mi	Amberg	$1320
66 km or 41 mi	Bayreuth	$1423
73 km or 45 mi	Kitzingen	$1538
75 km or 47 mi	Schwandorf	$1545
76 km or 47 mi	Lichtenfels	$1590
76 km or 47 mi	Kulmbach	$1545
79 km or 49 mi	Nordlingen	$1657
80 km or 50 mi	Neuburg an der Donau	$1671
81 km or 50 mi	Ingolstadt	$1659
81 km or 50 mi	Crailsheim	$1726
82 km or 51 mi	Weiden in der Oberpfalz	$1599
85 km or 53 mi	Donauworth	$1697
88 km or 54 mi	Regensburg	$1720
88 km or 55 mi	Ellwangen	$1686
90 km or 56 mi	Schweinfurt	$1506
90 km or 56 mi	Coburg	$1590
91 km or 57 mi	Wurzburg	$1307
95 km or 59 mi	Bad Mergentheim	$1560
99 km or 62 mi	Aalen	$1664
100 km or 62 mi	Sonneberg	$1346
104 km or 65 mi	Schwabisch Hall	$1766
107 km or 67 mi	Pfaffenhofen an der Ilm	$1725
109 km or 68 mi	Heidenheim an der Brenz	$1712
110 km or 69 mi	Bad Kissingen	$1546
112 km or 69 mi	Aichach	$1784
113 km or 70 mi	Hof	$1632
116 km or 72 mi	Gersthofen	$1848
116 km or 72 mi	Cheb	$1258
117 km or 73 mi	Wertheim am Main	$1719