Adelaide vs Ashgabat - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: June 21, 2026

	Adelaide	Ashgabat
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2355	$1898
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4952	$4362
🏠 One person rent	$1426	$968
🏘️ Family rent	$2084	$1668
🍽️ Food expenses	$596	$780
🚐 Transport expenses	$188	$50.9
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3842	$210
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	5 km
🎓 Higher education	50	7
😀 Quality of life	92	43
🏙️ Population	1.39M	1.03M

The cost of living in Adelaide is 24% more expensive than in Ashgabat. Cities ranked 1178th and 2383rd ($2355 vs $1898) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 8th 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 0.1 months in Ashgabat. Adelaide ranked 6th best city to live in Australia vs Ashgabat ranked 1st in Turkmenistan, while ranked 75th and 7430th among best cities to live in the world.

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	Adelaide	Ashgabat
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$15.8	$31.1
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$71.8	$85
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.9	$12.8
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$8.12	$5.76
☕ Cappuccino	$4.01	$6.83
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.73	$1.58
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1640	$1017
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1164	$765
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2242	$1798
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1758	$1413
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$116	$49
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$179	$74.9
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$51	$104
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.04%	9.58%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$9174	$3536
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6193	$2856
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.21	$0.14
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$82.9	$9.87
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$17.9	$9.74
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.31	$0.43
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.85	$4.53
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.47	$2.03
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.04	$5.85
🥚 Eggs, x12	$5.44	$6.02
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.9	$9.31
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.9	$20
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$17.5	$23.1
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.85	$5.09
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.88	$1.38
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.53	$7.47
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.83	$3.64
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.96	$2.27
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.29	$1.41
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.39	$0.74
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.6	$1.09
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$14.3	$19.1
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.97	$5.18
🚬 Cigarette pack	$23	$25.7
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.18	$4.88
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.24	$4.83
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.6	$3.04
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.53	$2.82
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$45.5	$40.7
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$15.6	$12.2
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$54.3	$31.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$15.2	$6.36
👖 Brand Jeans	$84.5	$56
👟 Brand Sneakers	$126	$93.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1172	$22.7
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$9256	$24585

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Cities near Adelaide

Distance	City	Cost of living
253 km or 157 mi	Whyalla	$2133
337 km or 209 mi	Mildura	$1905
377 km or 235 mi	Mount Gambier	$1880
518 km or 322 mi	Warrnambool	$1876
551 km or 342 mi	Bendigo	$1493
555 km or 345 mi	Ballarat	$1606
618 km or 384 mi	Melton	$1896
623 km or 387 mi	Sunbury	$1933
627 km or 390 mi	Geelong	$2179
633 km or 393 mi	Tarneit	$1813
636 km or 395 mi	Shepparton	$1816
637 km or 396 mi	Hoppers Crossing	$1847
655 km or 407 mi	Melbourne	$2543
658 km or 409 mi	South Yarra	$1834
683 km or 424 mi	Dandenong	$1913
686 km or 426 mi	Griffith	$1825
686 km or 426 mi	Frankston	$1889
694 km or 431 mi	Cranbourne	$1810
695 km or 432 mi	Berwick	$1915
709 km or 440 mi	Pakenham	$1936
797 km or 496 mi	Traralgon	$2000
800 km or 497 mi	Wagga Wagga	$1608
959 km or 596 mi	Canberra	$2258
971 km or 603 mi	Devonport	$1868
974 km or 605 mi	Dubbo	$1855
985 km or 612 mi	Orange	$1460
1016 km or 631 mi	Goulburn	$1795
1025 km or 637 mi	Bathurst	$1701
1040 km or 646 mi	Launceston	$1728
1125 km or 699 mi	Wollongong	$1695
1138 km or 707 mi	Blacktown	$1709
1143 km or 710 mi	Kellyville	$2040
1146 km or 712 mi	Parramatta	$2481
1162 km or 722 mi	Hobart	$2364
1163 km or 723 mi	Sydney	$2844
1173 km or 729 mi	Dee Why	$2354
1234 km or 767 mi	Newcastle	$1995
1318 km or 819 mi	Armidale	$1273
1330 km or 826 mi	Alice Springs	$1566
1387 km or 862 mi	Port Macquarie	$1786

Cities near Ashgabat

Distance	City	Cost of living
12 km or 7.2 mi	Anau	$1846
95 km or 59 mi	Quchan	$475
99 km or 61 mi	Baherden	$1864
107 km or 66 mi	Bojnord	$466
197 km or 123 mi	Nishapur	$469
203 km or 126 mi	Sabzevar	$483
212 km or 132 mi	Mashhad	$482
294 km or 183 mi	Gonbad-e Kavus	$458
302 km or 187 mi	Kashmar	$483
306 km or 190 mi	Mary	$1726
307 km or 191 mi	Torbat-e Heydarieh	$476
344 km or 213 mi	Shahrud	$561
361 km or 224 mi	Torbat-e Jam	$467
367 km or 228 mi	Gorgan	$664
451 km or 280 mi	Dasoguz	$1840
469 km or 291 mi	Turkmenabat	$1795
496 km or 308 mi	Sari	$612
513 km or 318 mi	Nukus	$475
516 km or 321 mi	Qaem Shahr	$474
517 km or 321 mi	Semnan	$523
524 km or 325 mi	Herat	$556
528 km or 328 mi	Babol	$359
558 km or 347 mi	Amol	$516
561 km or 349 mi	Bukhara	$439
570 km or 354 mi	Birjand	$542
634 km or 394 mi	Pardis	$563
654 km or 406 mi	Qarshi	$500
657 km or 408 mi	Pakdasht	$570
660 km or 410 mi	Golestan	$584
667 km or 414 mi	Sheberghan	$470
668 km or 415 mi	Qarchak	$570
668 km or 415 mi	Tehran	$638
670 km or 417 mi	Varamin	$557
671 km or 417 mi	Ray	$584
693 km or 431 mi	Qods	$614
694 km or 431 mi	Eslamshahr	$590
695 km or 432 mi	Nasimshahr	$587
700 km or 435 mi	Shahriar	$611
701 km or 435 mi	Karaj	$684
703 km or 437 mi	Fardis	$616