Amsterdam vs Ashgabat - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Amsterdam	Ashgabat
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2859	$1616
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$6482	$3750
🏠 One person rent	$1887	$798
🏘️ Family rent	$3118	$1515
🍽️ Food expenses	$599	$620
🚐 Transport expenses	$216	$48.8
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4389	$756
😷 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 77% more expensive than in Ashgabat. Cities ranked 252nd and 3187th ($2859 vs $1616) 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 25th and 8245th among best cities to live in the world.

Salary adjustment calculator
the estimated difference in money purchasing power

Cost of living in Amsterdam vs Ashgabat infographic

Share this infographic!

Use the link below to embed the infographic from our site and automatically keep the data layer up to date.

If you prefer to download the image, please credit us as a source.

<img src="https://livingcost.org/assets/photo/cost/amsterdam/ashgabat.jpg" alt="Cost of living in Amsterdam vs Ashgabat infographic" style="max-width: 100%; height: auto;"><p>Source: <a href="https://livingcost.org/cost/amsterdam/ashgabat" target="_blank">Amsterdam vs Ashgabat - Cost of Living Comparison</a></p>

Prices in Amsterdam vs Ashgabat

Prices for goods and services in Amsterdam and Ashgabat are partly crowdsourced by our visitors, just like yourself. Please consider telling us about your city.

	Amsterdam	Ashgabat
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$20	$26.2
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$85.7	$59.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$14.3	$10.5
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$6.72	$4.44
☕ Cappuccino	$4.45	$5.58
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.44	$3.27
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1928	$894
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1599	$606
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$3529	$1482
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2619	$1322
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$172	$49.3
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$267	$75.8
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$49.6	$85.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4.24%	7.98%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$10663	$3870
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$7824	$2996
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.81	$0.14
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$91.7	$8.63
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$26.1	$9.69
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$2.28	$0.36
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.41	$3.17
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.22	$1.86
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.66	$5.17
🥚 Eggs, x12	$5.01	$5.09
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.4	$9.13
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.7	$9.76
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$16.6	$25.2
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.32	$4.96
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.38	$1.39
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.04	$1.38
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.98	$3.29
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.98	$1.91
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.18	$1.88
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.62	$0.84
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$3.76	$1.07
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.41	$27.1
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.62	$3.3
🚬 Cigarette pack	$12.6	$25.6
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.16	$5.35
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.66	$4.8
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.24	$2.97
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.44	$2.79
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$62.8	$112
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$15.8	$17.6
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$42.3	$35.5
💇 Haircut, simple	$28.8	$6.39
👖 Brand Jeans	$99.1	$83.8
👟 Brand Sneakers	$113	$141
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$2462	$23
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$13828	$6584

Cost of living in other countries

Cost of living

Cost of Living in the nearest cities

Cities near Amsterdam

Distance	City	Cost of living
14 km or 8.8 mi	Purmerend	$2064
18 km or 11 mi	Haarlem	$2373
21 km or 13 mi	IJmuiden	$2170
22 km or 14 mi	Almere	$2076
25 km or 16 mi	Zandvoort	$2246
26 km or 16 mi	Hilversum	$2180
26 km or 16 mi	Huizen	$2072
35 km or 22 mi	Langedijk	$2088
36 km or 22 mi	Utrecht	$2184
38 km or 23 mi	Leiden	$2228
38 km or 24 mi	Oegstgeest	$2039
40 km or 25 mi	Zeist	$2375
42 km or 26 mi	Lelystad	$1412
48 km or 30 mi	Leidschendam	$2053
49 km or 30 mi	Harderwijk	$1916
52 km or 32 mi	The Hague	$2094
53 km or 33 mi	Scheveningen	$2010
55 km or 34 mi	Delft	$1991
57 km or 36 mi	Dronten	$1821
59 km or 36 mi	Rotterdam	$2219
60 km or 37 mi	Veenendaal	$1916
61 km or 38 mi	Ridderkerk	$2034
64 km or 40 mi	Sliedrecht	$1987
64 km or 40 mi	Ede	$1782
65 km or 40 mi	Elburg	$1897
66 km or 41 mi	Tiel	$1968
67 km or 42 mi	Zaltbommel	$1985
70 km or 43 mi	Wageningen	$1831
72 km or 45 mi	Kampen	$1891
75 km or 47 mi	Apeldoorn	$2027
76 km or 47 mi	Texel	$1994
81 km or 50 mi	's-Hertogenbosch	$1953
82 km or 51 mi	Arnhem	$1661
83 km or 51 mi	Zwolle	$1841
83 km or 52 mi	Zwartewaterland	$1886
86 km or 54 mi	Deventer	$2006
89 km or 55 mi	Nijmegen	$1827
89 km or 55 mi	Sneek	$1845
89 km or 55 mi	Breda	$1750
91 km or 57 mi	Tilburg	$1865

Cities near Ashgabat

Distance	City	Cost of living
12 km or 7.2 mi	Anau	$1583
95 km or 59 mi	Quchan	$500
99 km or 61 mi	Baherden	$1578
107 km or 66 mi	Bojnord	$458
197 km or 123 mi	Nishapur	$517
203 km or 126 mi	Sabzevar	$515
212 km or 132 mi	Mashhad	$538
294 km or 183 mi	Gonbad-e Kavus	$496
302 km or 187 mi	Kashmar	$511
306 km or 190 mi	Mary	$1531
307 km or 191 mi	Torbat-e Heydarieh	$515
344 km or 213 mi	Shahrud	$603
361 km or 224 mi	Torbat-e Jam	$512
367 km or 228 mi	Gorgan	$689
451 km or 280 mi	Dasoguz	$1572
469 km or 291 mi	Turkmenabat	$1554
496 km or 308 mi	Sari	$670
513 km or 318 mi	Nukus	$394
516 km or 321 mi	Qaem Shahr	$564
517 km or 321 mi	Semnan	$607
524 km or 325 mi	Herat	$514
528 km or 328 mi	Babol	$468
558 km or 347 mi	Amol	$550
561 km or 349 mi	Bukhara	$452
570 km or 354 mi	Birjand	$553
634 km or 394 mi	Pardis	$675
654 km or 406 mi	Qarshi	$435
657 km or 408 mi	Pakdasht	$689
660 km or 410 mi	Golestan	$722
667 km or 414 mi	Sheberghan	$450
668 km or 415 mi	Qarchak	$693
668 km or 415 mi	Tehran	$797
670 km or 417 mi	Varamin	$673
671 km or 417 mi	Ray	$720
693 km or 431 mi	Qods	$706
694 km or 431 mi	Eslamshahr	$716
695 km or 432 mi	Nasimshahr	$706
700 km or 435 mi	Shahriar	$708
701 km or 435 mi	Karaj	$741
703 km or 437 mi	Fardis	$699