Asmara vs Vienna - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Asmara	Vienna
🚶 Cost of living one person	$520	$1844
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1283	$4559
🏠 One person rent	$224	$949
🏘️ Family rent	$430	$1773
🍽️ Food expenses	$202	$532
🚐 Transport expenses	$45.9	$184
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$389	$2695
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	18 km
🎓 Higher education	8	98
😀 Quality of life	27	93
🏙️ Population	963K	1.97M

The cost of living in Asmara is 72% less expensive than in Vienna. Cities ranked 8486th and 2270th ($520 vs $1844) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 1st in Eritrea and Austria, respectively. Check Eritrea vs Austria comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.7 months in Asmara compared to 1.5 months in Vienna. Asmara ranked 1st best city to live in Eritrea vs Vienna ranked 1st in Austria, while ranked 8455th and 52nd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Asmara vs Vienna

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	Asmara	Vienna
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$3.04	$14.1
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$18.8	$63.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.54	$10.7
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.79	$5.22
☕ Cappuccino	$1.83	$4.19
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.46	$2.66
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$215	$966
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$145	$676
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$489	$1899
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$310	$1349
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$38.2	$180
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$57.7	$279
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$27.1	$34.6
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	12.33%	3.65%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1560	$10201
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$933	$6325
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.33	$2.5
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$11.9	$49
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$5.91	$19.9
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.04	$1.74
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.14	$1.5
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.61	$2.49
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.12	$2.29
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.53	$4.42
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.81	$15.5
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.28	$13.6
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.56	$20.9
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.21	$2.83
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.17	$2.16
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.58	$2.98
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.99	$3.73
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.88	$2.14
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.96	$1.83
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.32	$0.54
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.11	$2.7
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.74	$7.56
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.43	$1.27
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.82	$6.54
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.41	$12.8
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.77	$3.36
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.54	$1.83
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.24	$2.08
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$22.9	$40.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.07	$12.3
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$12.3	$140
💇 Haircut, simple	$3.71	$18.4
👖 Brand Jeans	$25.6	$99
👟 Brand Sneakers	$59.2	$98.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$80.8	$276
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$2756	$18199

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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 Vienna

Distance	City	Cost of living
11 km or 7.1 mi	Klosterneuburg	$1582
15 km or 9.4 mi	Modling	$1719
25 km or 15 mi	Baden bei Wien	$1627
45 km or 28 mi	Wiener Neustadt	$1586
55 km or 34 mi	Bratislava	$1275
56 km or 35 mi	Petrzalka	$1202
56 km or 35 mi	Sankt Polten	$1559
60 km or 38 mi	Sopron	$919
61 km or 38 mi	Krems an der Donau	$1553
72 km or 45 mi	Breclav	$943
76 km or 47 mi	Znojmo	$1087
77 km or 48 mi	Mosonmagyarovar	$794
91 km or 56 mi	Hodonin	$1098
92 km or 57 mi	Trnava	$1181
110 km or 68 mi	Szombathely	$701
111 km or 69 mi	Gyor	$784
111 km or 69 mi	Brno	$1329
112 km or 70 mi	Amstetten	$1335
116 km or 72 mi	Piestany	$935
118 km or 73 mi	Trebic	$1120
118 km or 73 mi	Kapfenberg	$1323
125 km or 77 mi	Uherske Hradiste	$1381
127 km or 79 mi	Nitra	$1039
132 km or 82 mi	Leoben	$1263
136 km or 84 mi	Nove Zamky	$1019
140 km or 87 mi	Komarno	$1045
142 km or 88 mi	Kromeriz	$1107
144 km or 90 mi	Jihlava	$974
144 km or 90 mi	Trencin	$1118
145 km or 90 mi	Graz	$1594
146 km or 91 mi	Steyr	$1474
148 km or 92 mi	Zlin	$1169
151 km or 94 mi	Prostejov	$1075
155 km or 96 mi	Linz	$1593
156 km or 97 mi	Zalaegerszeg	$750
157 km or 98 mi	Leonding	$1555
158 km or 98 mi	Traun	$1549
160 km or 99 mi	Prerov	$983
164 km or 102 mi	Ceske Budejovice	$1227
166 km or 103 mi	Levice	$987