Amsterdam vs Ashgabat - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Amsterdam	Ashgabat
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2791	$1584
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$6603	$3634
🏠 One person rent	$1828	$798
🏘️ Family rent	$3238	$1502
🍽️ Food expenses	$586	$609
🚐 Transport expenses	$226	$49.1
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4145	$718
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	12 km	5 km
🎓 Higher education	95	7
😀 Quality of life	95	29
🏙️ Population	921K	1.03M

The cost of living in Amsterdam is 76% more expensive than in Ashgabat. Cities ranked 331st and 3105th ($2791 vs $1584) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 1st in the Netherlands and Turkmenistan, respectively. Check the Netherlands vs Turkmenistan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.5 months in Amsterdam compared to 0.5 months in Ashgabat. Amsterdam ranked 1st best city to live in the Netherlands vs Ashgabat ranked 1st in Turkmenistan, while ranked 29th and 8250th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Amsterdam vs Ashgabat

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	Amsterdam	Ashgabat
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$21	$25.9
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$93.8	$60.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$13.9	$10.1
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$6.3	$4.4
☕ Cappuccino	$4.22	$5.56
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.13	$3.25
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1920	$884
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1536	$607
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$3785	$1501
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2716	$1302
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$172	$45.2
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$264	$70
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$43.6	$90.5
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4.17%	8.58%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$9911	$3897
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$7140	$3006
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.59	$0.14
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$93.9	$8.52
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$29.2	$9.74
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$2.11	$0.38
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.31	$3
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.08	$1.35
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.64	$3.49
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.65	$4.83
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.3	$9.29
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.1	$9.83
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.7	$18.9
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.17	$4.02
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.2	$1.36
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.9	$6.81
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.93	$3.06
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.89	$1.57
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.93	$1.41
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.65	$0.74
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$3.1	$1.08
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$6.64	$27.3
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.5	$3.79
🚬 Cigarette pack	$13	$25.2
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$4.93	$5.01
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.67	$4.8
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.02	$3
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.25	$2.77
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$59.3	$112
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$15.7	$17.7
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$38.9	$31.8
💇 Haircut, simple	$30.2	$6.36
👖 Brand Jeans	$88.7	$69.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$105	$92.4
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$2405	$22.7
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$18104	$6132

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Cities near Amsterdam

Distance	City	Cost of living
14 km or 8.8 mi	Purmerend	$1944
18 km or 11 mi	Haarlem	$2291
21 km or 13 mi	IJmuiden	$2085
22 km or 14 mi	Almere	$1937
25 km or 16 mi	Zandvoort	$2090
26 km or 16 mi	Hilversum	$2049
26 km or 16 mi	Huizen	$1957
35 km or 22 mi	Langedijk	$1995
36 km or 22 mi	Utrecht	$2251
38 km or 23 mi	Leiden	$2081
38 km or 24 mi	Oegstgeest	$1934
40 km or 25 mi	Zeist	$2180
42 km or 26 mi	Lelystad	$1357
48 km or 30 mi	Leidschendam	$2042
49 km or 30 mi	Harderwijk	$1844
52 km or 32 mi	The Hague	$2199
53 km or 33 mi	Scheveningen	$2049
55 km or 34 mi	Delft	$1861
57 km or 36 mi	Dronten	$1760
59 km or 36 mi	Rotterdam	$2359
60 km or 37 mi	Veenendaal	$1631
61 km or 38 mi	Ridderkerk	$2062
64 km or 40 mi	Sliedrecht	$1969
64 km or 40 mi	Ede	$1651
65 km or 40 mi	Elburg	$1829
66 km or 41 mi	Tiel	$2432
67 km or 42 mi	Zaltbommel	$2026
70 km or 43 mi	Wageningen	$2105
72 km or 45 mi	Kampen	$1823
75 km or 47 mi	Apeldoorn	$1893
76 km or 47 mi	Texel	$1941
81 km or 50 mi	's-Hertogenbosch	$1975
82 km or 51 mi	Arnhem	$1613
83 km or 51 mi	Zwolle	$1764
83 km or 52 mi	Zwartewaterland	$1813
86 km or 54 mi	Deventer	$1851
89 km or 55 mi	Nijmegen	$1999
89 km or 55 mi	Sneek	$1890
89 km or 55 mi	Breda	$1739
91 km or 57 mi	Tilburg	$1862

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