Asmara vs Stuttgart - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Asmara	Stuttgart
🚶 Cost of living one person	$533	$2207
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1268	$5086
🏠 One person rent	$227	$1276
🏘️ Family rent	$385	$2185
🍽️ Food expenses	$208	$599
🚐 Transport expenses	$46.8	$174
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$112	$3556
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	10 km
🎓 Higher education	8	83
😀 Quality of life	14	93
🏙️ Population	963K	633K

The cost of living in Asmara is 76% less expensive than in Stuttgart. Cities ranked 8435th and 1455th ($533 vs $2207) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 3rd 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 1.6 months in Stuttgart. Asmara ranked 1st best city to live in Eritrea vs Stuttgart ranked 12th in Germany, while ranked 9205th and 93rd among best cities to live in the world.

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	Asmara	Stuttgart
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$3.14	$17.5
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$20.2	$81.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.7	$13.8
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.82	$5.68
☕ Cappuccino	$1.88	$4.37
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.5	$4.18
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$220	$1201
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$148	$979
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$400	$2051
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$274	$1764
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$37.7	$209
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$58.7	$321
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$27	$42.9
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	12.74%	3.96%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1543	$6802
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$940	$5304
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.33	$3.69
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$12.7	$67
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$6.01	$28.1
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.03	$2.02
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.17	$1.33
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.63	$2.27
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.18	$3.5
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.59	$4.15
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.14	$15.1
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.39	$14.1
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.88	$22
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.26	$3.47
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.19	$1.97
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.63	$2.29
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.01	$4.86
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.98	$1.65
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1	$1.54
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.33	$0.68
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.1	$2.15
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.77	$6.98
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.48	$1.04
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.81	$9.99
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.27	$11.6
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.77	$3.9
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.5	$1.73
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.19	$2.24
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$24.1	$54
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.19	$12.7
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$14.7	$68
💇 Haircut, simple	$3.2	$22.2
👖 Brand Jeans	$26.7	$111
👟 Brand Sneakers	$62.2	$110
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$84.4	$605
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$3125	$17949

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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 Stuttgart

Distance	City	Cost of living
8.1 km or 5 mi	Fellbach	$1954
8.6 km or 5.4 mi	Ostfildern	$1944
9.3 km or 5.8 mi	Kornwestheim	$1931
9.6 km or 6 mi	Leinfelden-Echterdingen	$1922
9.9 km or 6.1 mi	Ditzingen	$1919
11 km or 6.6 mi	Esslingen am Neckar	$1913
12 km or 7.4 mi	Waiblingen	$1900
12 km or 7.7 mi	Leonberg	$1877
13 km or 7.8 mi	Filderstadt	$1900
13 km or 7.8 mi	Remseck	$1893
14 km or 8.4 mi	Ludwigsburg	$1892
14 km or 8.9 mi	Weinstadt	$1879
15 km or 9.1 mi	Sindelfingen	$1871
17 km or 10 mi	Boblingen	$1873
20 km or 12 mi	Winnenden	$1844
20 km or 13 mi	Nurtingen	$1842
21 km or 13 mi	Bietigheim-Bissingen	$1829
24 km or 15 mi	Vaihingen an der Enz	$1769
25 km or 15 mi	Kirchheim unter Teck	$1803
26 km or 16 mi	Schorndorf	$1793
26 km or 16 mi	Backnang	$1846
28 km or 17 mi	Metzingen	$1819
30 km or 19 mi	Tubingen	$1980
30 km or 19 mi	Herrenberg	$1836
31 km or 20 mi	Muhlacker	$1688
33 km or 20 mi	Reutlingen	$1876
33 km or 20 mi	Calw	$1748
36 km or 22 mi	Goppingen	$1726
37 km or 23 mi	Pforzheim	$1565
38 km or 23 mi	Rottenburg am Neckar	$1863
40 km or 25 mi	Eislingen	$1726
41 km or 25 mi	Heilbronn	$1909
42 km or 26 mi	Nagold	$1787
42 km or 26 mi	Mossingen	$1844
44 km or 27 mi	Eppingen	$1791
45 km or 28 mi	Bretten	$1738
46 km or 28 mi	Schwabisch Gmund	$1725
46 km or 29 mi	Neckarsulm	$1846
51 km or 32 mi	Geislingen an der Steige	$1752
51 km or 32 mi	Horb am Neckar	$1763