Al Ain vs Ashgabat - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Al Ain	Ashgabat
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1844	$1584
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5338	$3634
🏠 One person rent	$1325	$798
🏘️ Family rent	$3717	$1502
🍽️ Food expenses	$349	$609
🚐 Transport expenses	$57.1	$49.1
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3607	$718
😷 Air quality	Bad	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	15 km	5 km
🎓 Higher education	38	7
😀 Quality of life	75	29
🏙️ Population	767K	1.03M

The cost of living in Al Ain is 16% more expensive than in Ashgabat. Cities ranked 2271st and 3105th ($1844 vs $1584) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 3rd and 1st in the United Arab Emirates and Turkmenistan, respectively. Check the United Arab Emirates vs Turkmenistan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 2 months in Al Ain compared to 0.5 months in Ashgabat. Al Ain ranked 5th best city to live in the United Arab Emirates vs Ashgabat ranked 1st in Turkmenistan, while ranked 1000th and 8250th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Al Ain vs Ashgabat

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	Al Ain	Ashgabat
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$9.12	$25.9
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$51.4	$60.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.64	$10.1
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$7.46	$4.4
☕ Cappuccino	$5.02	$5.56
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.61	$3.25
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$668	$884
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1309	$607
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$4401	$1501
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$3318	$1302
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$68.3	$45.2
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$106	$70
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$76.1	$90.5
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	5.33%	8.58%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2055	$3897
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1218	$3006
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.85	$0.14
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$25.2	$8.52
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$7.44	$9.74
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.75	$0.38
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.75	$3
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.05	$1.35
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.89	$3.49
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.72	$4.83
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.77	$9.29
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.08	$9.83
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.86	$18.9
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.27	$4.02
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.62	$1.36
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.35	$6.81
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.04	$3.06
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.87	$1.57
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.41	$1.41
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.36	$0.74
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.53	$1.08
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$12.8	$27.3
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.67	$3.79
🚬 Cigarette pack	$5.16	$25.2
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.19	$5.01
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.1	$4.8
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.48	$3
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.15	$2.77
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$63.1	$112
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$12.4	$17.7
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$64.6	$31.8
💇 Haircut, simple	$6.42	$6.36
👖 Brand Jeans	$32.4	$69.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$88.2	$92.4
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$640	$22.7
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$3802	$6132

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Cost of Living in the nearest cities

Cities near Al Ain

Distance	City	Cost of living
119 km or 74 mi	Fujairah	$1239
126 km or 78 mi	Dubai	$2379
133 km or 82 mi	Sharjah	$1494
135 km or 84 mi	Ajman	$2240
143 km or 89 mi	Abu Dhabi	$1828
152 km or 94 mi	Umm al-Quwain	$1196
192 km or 119 mi	Ras al-Khaimah	$1540
221 km or 138 mi	Madinat Zayed	$1721
231 km or 143 mi	Nizwa	$780
253 km or 157 mi	Seeb	$967
297 km or 184 mi	Muscat	$1090
337 km or 209 mi	Bandar Abbas	$634
442 km or 275 mi	Doha	$1779
458 km or 284 mi	Al Khor	$1709
507 km or 315 mi	Chabahar	$585
525 km or 326 mi	Jahrom	$547
535 km or 333 mi	Jiroft	$518
564 km or 351 mi	Riffa	$1223
565 km or 351 mi	Manama	$1280
566 km or 352 mi	Fasa	$548
567 km or 352 mi	Isa Town	$1243
583 km or 362 mi	Sirjan	$514
596 km or 371 mi	Iranshahr	$605
604 km or 375 mi	Bam	$515
607 km or 377 mi	Dhahran	$1068
619 km or 385 mi	Dammam	$1056
629 km or 391 mi	Al-Mubarraz	$804
649 km or 404 mi	Qatif	$897
679 km or 422 mi	Shiraz	$589
684 km or 425 mi	Jubail	$901
688 km or 428 mi	Kerman	$464
689 km or 428 mi	Rafsanjan	$507
694 km or 431 mi	Marvdasht	$563
720 km or 447 mi	Bushehr	$551
720 km or 447 mi	Borazjan	$546
726 km or 451 mi	Kazerun	$557
776 km or 482 mi	Zahedan	$829
818 km or 508 mi	Salalah	$809
827 km or 514 mi	Yasuj	$529
866 km or 538 mi	Yazd	$573

Cities near Ashgabat

Distance	City	Cost of living
12 km or 7.2 mi	Anau	$1553
95 km or 59 mi	Quchan	$515
99 km or 61 mi	Baherden	$1541
107 km or 66 mi	Bojnord	$510
197 km or 123 mi	Nishapur	$509
203 km or 126 mi	Sabzevar	$524
212 km or 132 mi	Mashhad	$508
294 km or 183 mi	Gonbad-e Kavus	$495
302 km or 187 mi	Kashmar	$521
306 km or 190 mi	Mary	$1503
307 km or 191 mi	Torbat-e Heydarieh	$521
344 km or 213 mi	Shahrud	$598
361 km or 224 mi	Torbat-e Jam	$550
367 km or 228 mi	Gorgan	$685
451 km or 280 mi	Dasoguz	$1535
469 km or 291 mi	Turkmenabat	$1523
496 km or 308 mi	Sari	$658
513 km or 318 mi	Nukus	$392
516 km or 321 mi	Qaem Shahr	$554
517 km or 321 mi	Semnan	$580
524 km or 325 mi	Herat	$512
528 km or 328 mi	Babol	$458
558 km or 347 mi	Amol	$557
561 km or 349 mi	Bukhara	$431
570 km or 354 mi	Birjand	$574
634 km or 394 mi	Pardis	$665
654 km or 406 mi	Qarshi	$484
657 km or 408 mi	Pakdasht	$680
660 km or 410 mi	Golestan	$714
667 km or 414 mi	Sheberghan	$414
668 km or 415 mi	Qarchak	$681
668 km or 415 mi	Tehran	$788
670 km or 417 mi	Varamin	$651
671 km or 417 mi	Ray	$710
693 km or 431 mi	Qods	$698
694 km or 431 mi	Eslamshahr	$700
695 km or 432 mi	Nasimshahr	$697
700 km or 435 mi	Shahriar	$698
701 km or 435 mi	Karaj	$736
703 km or 437 mi	Fardis	$688