Asmara vs Taoyuan - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Asmara	Taoyuan
🚶 Cost of living one person	$520	$875
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1283	$2361
🏠 One person rent	$224	$353
🏘️ Family rent	$430	$658
🍽️ Food expenses	$202	$320
🚐 Transport expenses	$45.9	$100
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$389	$1050
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	2 km
🎓 Higher education	8	93
😀 Quality of life	27	83
🏙️ Population	963K	2.33M

The cost of living in Asmara is 41% less expensive than in Taoyuan. Cities ranked 8486th and 6171st ($520 vs $875) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 7th in Eritrea and Taiwan, respectively. Check Eritrea vs Taiwan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.7 months in Asmara compared to 1.2 months in Taoyuan. Asmara ranked 1st best city to live in Eritrea vs Taoyuan ranked 5th in Taiwan, while ranked 8455th and 418th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Asmara vs Taoyuan

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	Asmara	Taoyuan
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$3.04	$4.58
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$18.8	$24.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.54	$4.63
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.79	$1.49
☕ Cappuccino	$1.83	$2.61
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.46	$1.03
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$215	$360
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$145	$284
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$489	$749
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$310	$545
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$38.2	$36
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$57.7	$55.1
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$27.1	$17.4
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	12.33%	1.99%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1560	$7669
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$933	$4912
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.33	$0.61
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$11.9	$36.8
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$5.91	$8.62
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.04	$0.92
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.14	$3.02
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.61	$1.3
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.12	$2.41
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.53	$2.2
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.81	$8.14
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.28	$6.66
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.56	$14.1
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.21	$2.93
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.17	$1.75
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.58	$2.02
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.99	$2.66
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.88	$1.56
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.96	$1.69
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.32	$0.53
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.11	$1.73
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.74	$9.07
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.43	$1.53
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.82	$3.65
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.41	$9.61
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.77	$7.6
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.54	$1.61
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.24	$2.6
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$22.9	$37
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.07	$9.24
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$12.3	$33.8
💇 Haircut, simple	$3.71	$15
👖 Brand Jeans	$25.6	$73.7
👟 Brand Sneakers	$59.2	$75.8
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$80.8	$256
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$2756	$18619

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Cost of Living in the nearest cities

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 Taoyuan

Distance	City	Cost of living
21 km or 13 mi	Zhubei	$821
25 km or 16 mi	Hsinchu	$897
29 km or 18 mi	New Taipei	$1073
39 km or 24 mi	Taipei	$1181
51 km or 32 mi	Miaoli	$728
55 km or 34 mi	Yilan	$731
61 km or 38 mi	Keelung	$967
96 km or 59 mi	Taichung	$894
111 km or 69 mi	Changhua	$813
117 km or 73 mi	Nantou	$796
144 km or 90 mi	Douliu	$770
171 km or 106 mi	Chiayi	$747
232 km or 144 mi	Putian	$625
233 km or 145 mi	Tainan	$814
233 km or 145 mi	Taitung	$788
237 km or 147 mi	Fuzhou	$669
264 km or 164 mi	Ningde	$648
265 km or 165 mi	Kaohsiung	$956
265 km or 165 mi	Quanzhou	$644
266 km or 165 mi	Jinjiang	$627
295 km or 183 mi	Kinmen	$823
302 km or 188 mi	Ishigaki	$1155
319 km or 198 mi	Xiamen	$688
330 km or 205 mi	Rui'an	$681
355 km or 220 mi	Wenzhou	$726
361 km or 224 mi	Zhangzhou	$664
364 km or 226 mi	Nanping	$630
393 km or 244 mi	Wenling	$671
393 km or 244 mi	Sanming	$603
410 km or 255 mi	Miyakojima	$1154
421 km or 261 mi	Lishui	$682
423 km or 263 mi	Longyan	$649
445 km or 277 mi	Linhai	$661
453 km or 282 mi	Wuyishan	$601
483 km or 300 mi	Chaozhou	$451
487 km or 303 mi	Shantou	$581
498 km or 309 mi	Jinhua	$587
509 km or 316 mi	Yiwu	$677
512 km or 318 mi	Quzhou	$616
513 km or 319 mi	Jieyang	$443