Adelaide vs Ashgabat - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Adelaide	Ashgabat
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2117	$1833
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4412	$4223
🏠 One person rent	$1269	$893
🏘️ Family rent	$1846	$1483
🍽️ Food expenses	$544	$782
🚐 Transport expenses	$174	$49.8
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3276	$747
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	5 km
🎓 Higher education	50	7
😀 Quality of life	94	49
🏙️ Population	1.39M	1.03M

The cost of living in Adelaide is 15% more expensive than in Ashgabat. Cities ranked 1686th and 2595th ($2117 vs $1833) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 10th and 1st in Australia and Turkmenistan, respectively. Check Australia vs Turkmenistan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.5 months in Adelaide compared to 0.4 months in Ashgabat. Adelaide ranked 5th best city to live in Australia vs Ashgabat ranked 1st in Turkmenistan, while ranked 65th and 6667th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Adelaide vs Ashgabat

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	Adelaide	Ashgabat
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$15.1	$31.3
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$75.5	$85.3
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.61	$12.8
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$7.27	$5.48
☕ Cappuccino	$3.66	$7.08
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.52	$2.16
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1334	$1020
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1047	$674
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1976	$1780
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1526	$1190
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$117	$47.3
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$182	$73.2
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$47.7	$102
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.31%	9.49%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$7414	$4806
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4859	$2978
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.85	$0.14
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$75.3	$8.51
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$17.3	$9.77
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.16	$0.43
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.46	$4.77
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.35	$1.69
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.94	$7.3
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.69	$6.17
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.4	$9.26
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.42	$18.7
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.5	$19.4
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.08	$5.44
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.6	$1.39
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.01	$7.58
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.17	$3.56
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.57	$1.99
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.14	$1.79
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.16	$0.78
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.46	$1.1
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$13.1	$19.1
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.34	$4.69
🚬 Cigarette pack	$20.9	$25.7
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.2	$5.19
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.83	$4.85
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.41	$3
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.26	$2.81
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$37.5	$41.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$13.9	$14.3
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$50	$33.8
💇 Haircut, simple	$16	$6.4
👖 Brand Jeans	$73.9	$65.8
👟 Brand Sneakers	$108	$93.9
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$876	$23
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$6919	$25686

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Cities near Adelaide

Distance	City	Cost of living
253 km or 157 mi	Whyalla	$1911
337 km or 209 mi	Mildura	$1771
377 km or 235 mi	Mount Gambier	$1753
518 km or 322 mi	Warrnambool	$1718
551 km or 342 mi	Bendigo	$1362
555 km or 345 mi	Ballarat	$1464
618 km or 384 mi	Melton	$1738
623 km or 387 mi	Sunbury	$1768
627 km or 390 mi	Geelong	$2058
633 km or 393 mi	Tarneit	$1673
636 km or 395 mi	Shepparton	$1662
637 km or 396 mi	Hoppers Crossing	$1697
655 km or 407 mi	Melbourne	$2308
658 km or 409 mi	South Yarra	$1681
683 km or 424 mi	Dandenong	$1736
686 km or 426 mi	Griffith	$1667
686 km or 426 mi	Frankston	$1728
694 km or 431 mi	Cranbourne	$1674
695 km or 432 mi	Berwick	$1706
709 km or 440 mi	Pakenham	$1725
797 km or 496 mi	Traralgon	$1813
800 km or 497 mi	Wagga Wagga	$1458
959 km or 596 mi	Canberra	$2019
971 km or 603 mi	Devonport	$1786
974 km or 605 mi	Dubbo	$1747
985 km or 612 mi	Orange	$1364
1016 km or 631 mi	Goulburn	$1678
1025 km or 637 mi	Bathurst	$1568
1040 km or 646 mi	Launceston	$1660
1125 km or 699 mi	Wollongong	$1580
1138 km or 707 mi	Blacktown	$1599
1143 km or 710 mi	Kellyville	$1888
1146 km or 712 mi	Parramatta	$2292
1162 km or 722 mi	Hobart	$2127
1163 km or 723 mi	Sydney	$2640
1173 km or 729 mi	Dee Why	$2181
1234 km or 767 mi	Newcastle	$1839
1318 km or 819 mi	Armidale	$1184
1330 km or 826 mi	Alice Springs	$1455
1387 km or 862 mi	Port Macquarie	$1633

Cities near Ashgabat

Distance	City	Cost of living
12 km or 7.2 mi	Anau	$1774
95 km or 59 mi	Quchan	$500
99 km or 61 mi	Baherden	$1796
107 km or 66 mi	Bojnord	$489
197 km or 123 mi	Nishapur	$496
203 km or 126 mi	Sabzevar	$512
212 km or 132 mi	Mashhad	$503
294 km or 183 mi	Gonbad-e Kavus	$467
302 km or 187 mi	Kashmar	$506
306 km or 190 mi	Mary	$1654
307 km or 191 mi	Torbat-e Heydarieh	$502
344 km or 213 mi	Shahrud	$564
361 km or 224 mi	Torbat-e Jam	$493
367 km or 228 mi	Gorgan	$658
451 km or 280 mi	Dasoguz	$1770
469 km or 291 mi	Turkmenabat	$1716
496 km or 308 mi	Sari	$643
513 km or 318 mi	Nukus	$477
516 km or 321 mi	Qaem Shahr	$501
517 km or 321 mi	Semnan	$542
524 km or 325 mi	Herat	$509
528 km or 328 mi	Babol	$372
558 km or 347 mi	Amol	$530
561 km or 349 mi	Bukhara	$433
570 km or 354 mi	Birjand	$588
634 km or 394 mi	Pardis	$598
654 km or 406 mi	Qarshi	$512
657 km or 408 mi	Pakdasht	$604
660 km or 410 mi	Golestan	$628
667 km or 414 mi	Sheberghan	$432
668 km or 415 mi	Qarchak	$607
668 km or 415 mi	Tehran	$684
670 km or 417 mi	Varamin	$588
671 km or 417 mi	Ray	$622
693 km or 431 mi	Qods	$638
694 km or 431 mi	Eslamshahr	$623
695 km or 432 mi	Nasimshahr	$624
700 km or 435 mi	Shahriar	$635
701 km or 435 mi	Karaj	$704
703 km or 437 mi	Fardis	$640