Adelaide vs Ashgabat - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	Adelaide	Ashgabat
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2338	$1806
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4797	$4178
🏠 One person rent	$1428	$887
🏘️ Family rent	$2032	$1506
🍽️ Food expenses	$589	$763
🚐 Transport expenses	$180	$49.3
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3804	$635
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	5 km
🎓 Higher education	50	7
😀 Quality of life	93	48
🏙️ Population	1.39M	1.03M

The cost of living in Adelaide is 29% more expensive than in Ashgabat. Cities ranked 1210th and 2849th ($2338 vs $1806) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 9th and 1st in Australia and Turkmenistan, respectively. Check Australia vs Turkmenistan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.6 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 73rd and 6881st 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	$15.9	$28.8
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$79.2	$86.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.5	$12.9
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$8.33	$5.69
☕ Cappuccino	$4.02	$6.75
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.76	$1.82
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1521	$1012
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1196	$667
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2231	$1768
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1697	$1221
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$114	$48.7
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$174	$74.5
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$53.2	$102
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.37%	9.45%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$8511	$4069
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5565	$2839
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.19	$0.14
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$81.2	$8.55
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$16.7	$9.63
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.24	$0.43
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.68	$4.71
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.56	$1.94
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.1	$6.24
🥚 Eggs, x12	$5.2	$6.15
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.7	$9.23
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.67	$18.2
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.7	$22.5
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.48	$5.06
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.84	$1.4
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.14	$7.48
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.67	$3.72
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.78	$2.27
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.31	$1.52
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.21	$0.78
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.55	$1.07
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$14.6	$18.9
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.74	$5.21
🚬 Cigarette pack	$23	$25.5
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.16	$4.8
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.16	$4.88
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.61	$3.02
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.49	$2.81
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$41.7	$40.8
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$15.1	$14.3
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$52.6	$31.3
💇 Haircut, simple	$15.1	$6.46
👖 Brand Jeans	$80.5	$65.6
👟 Brand Sneakers	$123	$92.4
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1013	$22.9
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$8002	$24723

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Cities near Adelaide

Distance	City	Cost of living
253 km or 157 mi	Whyalla	$2128
337 km or 209 mi	Mildura	$1904
377 km or 235 mi	Mount Gambier	$1901
518 km or 322 mi	Warrnambool	$1870
551 km or 342 mi	Bendigo	$1487
555 km or 345 mi	Ballarat	$1604
618 km or 384 mi	Melton	$1906
623 km or 387 mi	Sunbury	$1928
627 km or 390 mi	Geelong	$2217
633 km or 393 mi	Tarneit	$1822
636 km or 395 mi	Shepparton	$1815
637 km or 396 mi	Hoppers Crossing	$1854
655 km or 407 mi	Melbourne	$2496
658 km or 409 mi	South Yarra	$1829
683 km or 424 mi	Dandenong	$1894
686 km or 426 mi	Griffith	$1824
686 km or 426 mi	Frankston	$1889
694 km or 431 mi	Cranbourne	$1798
695 km or 432 mi	Berwick	$1860
709 km or 440 mi	Pakenham	$1896
797 km or 496 mi	Traralgon	$1979
800 km or 497 mi	Wagga Wagga	$1583
959 km or 596 mi	Canberra	$2223
971 km or 603 mi	Devonport	$1898
974 km or 605 mi	Dubbo	$1867
985 km or 612 mi	Orange	$1477
1016 km or 631 mi	Goulburn	$1821
1025 km or 637 mi	Bathurst	$1699
1040 km or 646 mi	Launceston	$1753
1125 km or 699 mi	Wollongong	$1695
1138 km or 707 mi	Blacktown	$1710
1143 km or 710 mi	Kellyville	$2050
1146 km or 712 mi	Parramatta	$2482
1162 km or 722 mi	Hobart	$2308
1163 km or 723 mi	Sydney	$2844
1173 km or 729 mi	Dee Why	$2379
1234 km or 767 mi	Newcastle	$1997
1318 km or 819 mi	Armidale	$1288
1330 km or 826 mi	Alice Springs	$1590
1387 km or 862 mi	Port Macquarie	$1796

Cities near Ashgabat

Distance	City	Cost of living
12 km or 7.2 mi	Anau	$1763
95 km or 59 mi	Quchan	$501
99 km or 61 mi	Baherden	$1769
107 km or 66 mi	Bojnord	$487
197 km or 123 mi	Nishapur	$496
203 km or 126 mi	Sabzevar	$510
212 km or 132 mi	Mashhad	$498
294 km or 183 mi	Gonbad-e Kavus	$466
302 km or 187 mi	Kashmar	$507
306 km or 190 mi	Mary	$1640
307 km or 191 mi	Torbat-e Heydarieh	$501
344 km or 213 mi	Shahrud	$563
361 km or 224 mi	Torbat-e Jam	$494
367 km or 228 mi	Gorgan	$659
451 km or 280 mi	Dasoguz	$1755
469 km or 291 mi	Turkmenabat	$1709
496 km or 308 mi	Sari	$635
513 km or 318 mi	Nukus	$468
516 km or 321 mi	Qaem Shahr	$502
517 km or 321 mi	Semnan	$535
524 km or 325 mi	Herat	$532
528 km or 328 mi	Babol	$372
558 km or 347 mi	Amol	$531
561 km or 349 mi	Bukhara	$436
570 km or 354 mi	Birjand	$589
634 km or 394 mi	Pardis	$575
654 km or 406 mi	Qarshi	$513
657 km or 408 mi	Pakdasht	$583
660 km or 410 mi	Golestan	$592
667 km or 414 mi	Sheberghan	$457
668 km or 415 mi	Qarchak	$586
668 km or 415 mi	Tehran	$639
670 km or 417 mi	Varamin	$571
671 km or 417 mi	Ray	$591
693 km or 431 mi	Qods	$631
694 km or 431 mi	Eslamshahr	$602
695 km or 432 mi	Nasimshahr	$601
700 km or 435 mi	Shahriar	$627
701 km or 435 mi	Karaj	$696
703 km or 437 mi	Fardis	$639