Amman vs Ashgabat - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Amman	Ashgabat
🚶 Cost of living one person	$994	$1584
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2473	$3634
🏠 One person rent	$386	$798
🏘️ Family rent	$700	$1502
🍽️ Food expenses	$345	$609
🚐 Transport expenses	$149	$49.1
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$663	$718
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	6 km	5 km
🎓 Higher education	64	7
😀 Quality of life	68	29
🏙️ Population	4.01M	1.03M

The cost of living in Amman is 37% less expensive than in Ashgabat. Cities ranked 5535th and 3105th ($994 vs $1584) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 1st in Jordan and Turkmenistan, respectively. Check Jordan vs Turkmenistan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.7 months in Amman compared to 0.5 months in Ashgabat. Amman ranked 1st best city to live in Jordan vs Ashgabat ranked 1st in Turkmenistan, while ranked 3048th and 8250th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Amman vs Ashgabat

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	Amman	Ashgabat
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$7.09	$25.9
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$48.9	$60.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.07	$10.1
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.61	$4.4
☕ Cappuccino	$4.08	$5.56
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.48	$3.25
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$408	$884
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$258	$607
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$763	$1501
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$518	$1302
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$64.3	$45.2
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$98.7	$70
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$34	$90.5
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	7.3%	8.58%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1392	$3897
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$875	$3006
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.78	$0.14
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$42.1	$8.52
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$11.9	$9.74
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.42	$0.38
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.47	$3
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.51	$1.35
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.72	$3.49
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.12	$4.83
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.62	$9.29
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.32	$9.83
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.7	$18.9
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.99	$4.02
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.66	$1.36
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.52	$6.81
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.8	$3.06
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.93	$1.57
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.75	$1.41
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.4	$0.74
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.74	$1.08
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$20.9	$27.3
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.84	$3.79
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.51	$25.2
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.93	$5.01
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.76	$4.8
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.99	$3
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.46	$2.77
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$57.5	$112
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$11.3	$17.7
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$35.1	$31.8
💇 Haircut, simple	$9.68	$6.36
👖 Brand Jeans	$61	$69.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$114	$92.4
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$260	$22.7
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$5545	$6132

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Cities near Amman

Distance	City	Cost of living
21 km or 13 mi	Al-Salt	$552
36 km or 22 mi	Jerash	$608
68 km or 42 mi	Irbid	$679
69 km or 43 mi	Ramallah	$996
69 km or 43 mi	Nablus	$877
70 km or 44 mi	Jerusalem	$2114
72 km or 45 mi	Ariel	$1556
74 km or 46 mi	Bethlehem	$905
88 km or 55 mi	Al-Karak	$710
89 km or 56 mi	Modi'in-Maccabim-Re'ut	$1915
91 km or 57 mi	Hebron	$762
92 km or 57 mi	Beit Shemesh	$1506
92 km or 57 mi	Kafr Qasim	$1927
94 km or 58 mi	Rosh HaAyin	$1919
95 km or 59 mi	Tayibe	$1902
95 km or 59 mi	Qalqilya	$761
95 km or 59 mi	Afula	$1652
97 km or 60 mi	Umm al-Fahm	$1756
97 km or 61 mi	Lod	$1891
98 km or 61 mi	Tira	$1931
98 km or 61 mi	Baqa-Jatt	$1782
99 km or 61 mi	Dura	$813
99 km or 62 mi	Yehud	$1931
100 km or 62 mi	Ramla	$2123
100 km or 62 mi	Petah Tikva	$1853
100 km or 62 mi	Kfar Saba	$1965
101 km or 63 mi	Tiberias	$1600
101 km or 63 mi	Hod HaSharon	$2035
102 km or 64 mi	Nof HaGalil	$1709
102 km or 64 mi	Kiryat Ono	$1894
103 km or 64 mi	Arad	$1680
103 km or 64 mi	Nazareth	$1732
104 km or 64 mi	Migdal HaEmek	$1742
104 km or 65 mi	Ra'anana	$1990
105 km or 65 mi	Bnei Brak	$2072
105 km or 65 mi	Herzliya	$2145
105 km or 65 mi	Ramat HaSharon	$1912
106 km or 66 mi	Ramat Gan	$2232
106 km or 66 mi	Rehovot	$1811
107 km or 66 mi	Givatayim	$2156

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