Asmara vs Nuremberg - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: June 21, 2026

	Asmara	Nuremberg
🚶 Cost of living one person	$513	$1753
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1241	$4305
🏠 One person rent	$212	$874
🏘️ Family rent	$354	$1508
🍽️ Food expenses	$206	$578
🚐 Transport expenses	$45.3	$165
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$114	$3888
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	5 km
🎓 Higher education	9	56
😀 Quality of life	15	91
🏙️ Population	963K	526K

The cost of living in Asmara is 71% less expensive than in Nuremberg. Cities ranked 8615th and 2992nd ($513 vs $1753) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 152nd 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 2.2 months in Nuremberg. Asmara ranked 1st best city to live in Eritrea vs Nuremberg ranked 25th in Germany, while ranked 9202nd and 131st 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	$19.8	$84
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.61	$13.5
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.83	$5.24
☕ Cappuccino	$1.89	$4.34
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.51	$4.04
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$206	$836
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$135	$591
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$376	$1531
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$244	$1084
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$38.5	$190
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$59.1	$291
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$24.8	$43.9
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	12.87%	3.8%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1413	$7307
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$788	$3825
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.27	$4.37
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$11	$67.5
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$6.18	$27.7
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1	$2.09
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.2	$1.33
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.6	$2.13
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.14	$3.28
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.52	$3.76
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.98	$14
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.37	$11.2
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.73	$24
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.33	$3.01
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.17	$2.32
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.6	$2.05
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.01	$4.15
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.95	$1.32
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.94	$1.28
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.33	$0.73
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.04	$2.27
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.73	$6.05
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.42	$1.17
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.15	$10.2
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.37	$15.1
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.75	$1.97
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.51	$1.35
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.19	$1.51
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$23.1	$33.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$3.95	$14.4
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$14.3	$47.2
💇 Haircut, simple	$3.62	$17.6
👖 Brand Jeans	$26.3	$96.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$60.1	$101
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$108	$664
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$3926	$19685

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Cities near Asmara

Distance	City	Cost of living
51 km or 32 mi	Mendefera	$481
63 km or 39 mi	Massawa	$484
71 km or 44 mi	Keren	$483
214 km or 133 mi	Mekelle	$748
270 km or 168 mi	Kassala	$947
342 km or 212 mi	Gondar	$923
407 km or 253 mi	El-Gadarif	$872
437 km or 272 mi	Al Hudaydah	$499
448 km or 279 mi	Bahir Dar	$800
473 km or 294 mi	Dessie	$931
490 km or 304 mi	Zabid	$476
498 km or 310 mi	Abha	$871
509 km or 316 mi	Port Sudan	$976
513 km or 319 mi	Bareq	$873
548 km or 340 mi	Sa'dah	$475
567 km or 352 mi	Sanaa	$532
580 km or 361 mi	Sayyan	$476
583 km or 362 mi	Taiz	$497
585 km or 363 mi	Ibb	$488
589 km or 366 mi	Atbara	$1124
596 km or 370 mi	Dhamar	$478
600 km or 373 mi	Dikhil	$563
602 km or 374 mi	Obock	$564
606 km or 376 mi	Najran	$864
618 km or 384 mi	Djibouti City	$590
620 km or 385 mi	Ali Sabieh	$561
633 km or 393 mi	Ad-Damazin	$753
649 km or 403 mi	Bisha	$890
674 km or 419 mi	Khartoum North	$803
684 km or 425 mi	Mecca	$1031
685 km or 426 mi	Khartoum	$809
691 km or 429 mi	Jeddah	$1210
693 km or 430 mi	Omdurman	$834
701 km or 436 mi	Addis Ababa	$1148
715 km or 444 mi	Dire Dawa	$1050
715 km or 444 mi	Kosti	$788
717 km or 446 mi	Aden	$509
755 km or 469 mi	Harar	$1050
758 km or 471 mi	Borama	$521
788 km or 489 mi	Jijiga	$1045

Cities near Nuremberg

Distance	City	Cost of living
6.9 km or 4.3 mi	Furth	$1673
9.2 km or 5.7 mi	Zirndorf	$1670
14 km or 8.9 mi	Schwabach	$1629
16 km or 9.8 mi	Lauf an der Pegnitz	$1639
17 km or 10 mi	Erlangen	$1688
19 km or 12 mi	Herzogenaurach	$1760
23 km or 14 mi	Roth	$1625
30 km or 18 mi	Forchheim	$1645
34 km or 21 mi	Neumarkt in der Oberpfalz	$1604
40 km or 25 mi	Ansbach	$1399
51 km or 31 mi	Bamberg	$1601
56 km or 35 mi	Amberg	$1323
66 km or 41 mi	Bayreuth	$1425
73 km or 45 mi	Kitzingen	$1568
75 km or 47 mi	Schwandorf	$1535
76 km or 47 mi	Lichtenfels	$1575
76 km or 47 mi	Kulmbach	$1544
79 km or 49 mi	Nordlingen	$1647
80 km or 50 mi	Neuburg an der Donau	$1726
81 km or 50 mi	Ingolstadt	$1788
81 km or 50 mi	Crailsheim	$1708
82 km or 51 mi	Weiden in der Oberpfalz	$1599
85 km or 53 mi	Donauworth	$1704
88 km or 54 mi	Regensburg	$1667
88 km or 55 mi	Ellwangen	$1673
90 km or 56 mi	Schweinfurt	$1546
90 km or 56 mi	Coburg	$1560
91 km or 57 mi	Wurzburg	$1296
95 km or 59 mi	Bad Mergentheim	$1585
99 km or 62 mi	Aalen	$1648
100 km or 62 mi	Sonneberg	$1331
104 km or 65 mi	Schwabisch Hall	$1736
107 km or 67 mi	Pfaffenhofen an der Ilm	$1753
109 km or 68 mi	Heidenheim an der Brenz	$1684
110 km or 69 mi	Bad Kissingen	$1551
112 km or 69 mi	Aichach	$1790
113 km or 70 mi	Hof	$1593
116 km or 72 mi	Gersthofen	$1828
116 km or 72 mi	Cheb	$1292
117 km or 73 mi	Wertheim am Main	$1729