Asmara vs Riyadh - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Asmara	Riyadh
🚶 Cost of living one person	$520	$1637
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1283	$3629
🏠 One person rent	$224	$944
🏘️ Family rent	$430	$1530
🍽️ Food expenses	$202	$375
🚐 Transport expenses	$45.9	$183
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$389	$2731
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	8	72
😀 Quality of life	27	78
🏙️ Population	963K	7.01M

The cost of living in Asmara is 68% less expensive than in Riyadh. Cities ranked 8486th and 2911th ($520 vs $1637) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 1st in Eritrea and Saudi Arabia, respectively. Check Eritrea vs Saudi Arabia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.7 months in Asmara compared to 1.7 months in Riyadh. Asmara ranked 1st best city to live in Eritrea vs Riyadh ranked 1st in Saudi Arabia, while ranked 8455th and 733rd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Asmara vs Riyadh

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	Asmara	Riyadh
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$3.04	$9.31
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$18.8	$53.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.54	$8.02
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.79	$1.88
☕ Cappuccino	$1.83	$4.16
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.46	$0.76
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$215	$1001
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$145	$748
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$489	$2174
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$310	$1140
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$38.2	$69.4
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$57.7	$107
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$27.1	$75.4
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	12.33%	5.42%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1560	$2485
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$933	$1703
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.33	$1.07
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$11.9	$37.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$5.91	$18.4
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.04	$0.61
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.14	$1.71
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.61	$1.28
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.12	$2.33
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.53	$2.75
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.81	$8.14
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.28	$9.75
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.56	$13.5
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.21	$2.3
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.17	$1.7
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.58	$1.86
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.99	$1.58
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.88	$1.36
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.96	$1.53
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.32	$0.37
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.11	$2.14
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.74	$8.71
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.43	$1.72
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.82	$7.19
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.41	$2.8
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.77	$4.03
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.54	$2.23
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.24	$5.22
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$22.9	$102
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.07	$16
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$12.3	$52.2
💇 Haircut, simple	$3.71	$7.23
👖 Brand Jeans	$25.6	$55.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$59.2	$107
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$80.8	$404
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$2756	$10598

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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 Riyadh

Distance	City	Cost of living
310 km or 193 mi	Al-Mubarraz	$804
316 km or 196 mi	Unaizah	$969
350 km or 217 mi	Ar Rass	$861
389 km or 242 mi	Dhahran	$1068
394 km or 245 mi	Dammam	$1056
395 km or 245 mi	Jubail	$901
417 km or 259 mi	Qatif	$897
420 km or 261 mi	Riffa	$1223
421 km or 262 mi	Isa Town	$1243
426 km or 265 mi	Manama	$1280
460 km or 286 mi	Al Wafrah	$1210
480 km or 298 mi	As Sulayyil	$1041
491 km or 305 mi	Doha	$1779
496 km or 308 mi	Al Khor	$1709
540 km or 336 mi	Kuwait City	$1393
595 km or 369 mi	Ha'il	$846
611 km or 379 mi	Umm Qasr	$740
618 km or 384 mi	Al-Faw	$736
631 km or 392 mi	Bushehr	$551
646 km or 401 mi	Az Zubayr	$723
652 km or 405 mi	Abadan	$547
658 km or 409 mi	Basra	$904
659 km or 410 mi	Khorramshahr	$544
668 km or 415 mi	Bisha	$905
680 km or 423 mi	Borazjan	$546
701 km or 436 mi	Bandar-e Mahshahr	$548
713 km or 443 mi	Madinat Zayed	$1721
714 km or 443 mi	Nasiriyah	$672
719 km or 447 mi	Medina	$1215
737 km or 458 mi	Kazerun	$557
747 km or 464 mi	Behbahan	$536
754 km or 469 mi	Samawah	$582
766 km or 476 mi	Ahvaz	$597
775 km or 481 mi	Abu Dhabi	$1828
790 km or 491 mi	Mecca	$979
798 km or 496 mi	Shiraz	$589
800 km or 497 mi	Amarah	$683
804 km or 499 mi	Bareq	$902
804 km or 500 mi	Jahrom	$547
823 km or 511 mi	Yasuj	$529