Asmara vs Stuttgart - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: June 21, 2026

	Asmara	Stuttgart
🚶 Cost of living one person	$513	$2011
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1241	$4813
🏠 One person rent	$212	$1082
🏘️ Family rent	$354	$1874
🍽️ Food expenses	$206	$595
🚐 Transport expenses	$45.3	$180
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$114	$4366
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	10 km
🎓 Higher education	9	84
😀 Quality of life	15	94
🏙️ Population	963K	633K

The cost of living in Asmara is 74% less expensive than in Stuttgart. Cities ranked 8615th and 1987th ($513 vs $2011) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 8th 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 Stuttgart. Asmara ranked 1st best city to live in Eritrea vs Stuttgart ranked 5th in Germany, while ranked 9202nd and 33rd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Asmara vs Stuttgart

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	Asmara	Stuttgart
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$3.14	$17.4
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$19.8	$83.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.61	$13.9
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.83	$6.06
☕ Cappuccino	$1.89	$4.32
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.51	$4.66
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$206	$1057
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$135	$788
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$376	$1925
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$244	$1424
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$38.5	$197
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$59.1	$308
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$24.8	$42.5
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	12.87%	3.82%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1413	$7341
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$788	$4476
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.27	$3.83
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$11	$73.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$6.18	$28
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1	$2.13
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.2	$1.32
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.6	$2.32
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.14	$3.65
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.52	$4.73
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.98	$15.8
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.37	$13.1
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.73	$23.3
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.33	$3.29
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.17	$2.12
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.6	$2.11
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.01	$4.31
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.95	$1.43
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.94	$1.5
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.33	$0.66
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.04	$2.1
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.73	$6.06
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.42	$1.18
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.15	$10.1
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.37	$11.6
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.75	$3.88
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.51	$1.69
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.19	$2.23
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$23.1	$58.8
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$3.95	$13
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$14.3	$67
💇 Haircut, simple	$3.62	$22.2
👖 Brand Jeans	$26.3	$97.7
👟 Brand Sneakers	$60.1	$105
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$108	$801
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$3926	$18116

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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 Stuttgart

Distance	City	Cost of living
8.1 km or 5 mi	Fellbach	$1817
8.6 km or 5.4 mi	Ostfildern	$1821
9.3 km or 5.8 mi	Kornwestheim	$1810
9.6 km or 6 mi	Leinfelden-Echterdingen	$1820
9.9 km or 6.1 mi	Ditzingen	$1809
11 km or 6.6 mi	Esslingen am Neckar	$1813
12 km or 7.4 mi	Waiblingen	$1807
12 km or 7.7 mi	Leonberg	$1784
13 km or 7.8 mi	Filderstadt	$1818
13 km or 7.8 mi	Remseck	$1794
14 km or 8.4 mi	Ludwigsburg	$1788
14 km or 8.9 mi	Weinstadt	$1793
15 km or 9.1 mi	Sindelfingen	$1794
17 km or 10 mi	Boblingen	$1788
20 km or 12 mi	Winnenden	$1777
20 km or 13 mi	Nurtingen	$1800
21 km or 13 mi	Bietigheim-Bissingen	$1769
24 km or 15 mi	Vaihingen an der Enz	$1724
25 km or 15 mi	Kirchheim unter Teck	$1774
26 km or 16 mi	Schorndorf	$1764
26 km or 16 mi	Backnang	$1772
28 km or 17 mi	Metzingen	$1817
30 km or 19 mi	Tubingen	$1896
30 km or 19 mi	Herrenberg	$1780
31 km or 20 mi	Muhlacker	$1660
33 km or 20 mi	Reutlingen	$1893
33 km or 20 mi	Calw	$1717
36 km or 22 mi	Goppingen	$1740
37 km or 23 mi	Pforzheim	$1521
38 km or 23 mi	Rottenburg am Neckar	$1801
40 km or 25 mi	Eislingen	$1735
41 km or 25 mi	Heilbronn	$1807
42 km or 26 mi	Nagold	$1747
42 km or 26 mi	Mossingen	$1803
44 km or 27 mi	Eppingen	$1773
45 km or 28 mi	Bretten	$1735
46 km or 28 mi	Schwabisch Gmund	$1719
46 km or 29 mi	Neckarsulm	$1771
51 km or 32 mi	Geislingen an der Steige	$1726
51 km or 32 mi	Horb am Neckar	$1733