Antwerp vs Ashgabat - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Antwerp	Ashgabat
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1818	$1833
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4384	$4223
🏠 One person rent	$909	$893
🏘️ Family rent	$1498	$1483
🍽️ Food expenses	$627	$782
🚐 Transport expenses	$143	$49.8
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$2918	$747
😷 Air quality	Good	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	5 km
🎓 Higher education	87	7
😀 Quality of life	91	49
🏙️ Population	529K	1.03M

The cost of living in Antwerp is 0.9% less expensive than in Ashgabat. Cities ranked 2669th and 2595th ($1818 vs $1833) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 20th and 1st in Belgium and Turkmenistan, respectively. Check Belgium vs Turkmenistan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.6 months in Antwerp compared to 0.4 months in Ashgabat. Antwerp ranked 2nd best city to live in Belgium vs Ashgabat ranked 1st in Turkmenistan, while ranked 196th and 6667th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Antwerp vs Ashgabat

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	Antwerp	Ashgabat
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$20.4	$31.3
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$107	$85.3
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$12.2	$12.8
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.6	$5.48
☕ Cappuccino	$4.14	$7.08
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.47	$2.16
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$866	$1020
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$702	$674
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1473	$1780
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1205	$1190
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$122	$47.3
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$187	$73.2
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$52.1	$102
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	2.94%	9.49%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4402	$4806
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3153	$2978
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.25	$0.14
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$48.2	$8.51
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$26.9	$9.77
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.88	$0.43
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.41	$4.77
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.46	$1.69
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.11	$7.3
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.76	$6.17
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$17.8	$9.26
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.8	$18.7
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$21.9	$19.4
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.88	$5.44
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.3	$1.39
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.22	$7.58
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.07	$3.56
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.74	$1.99
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.23	$1.79
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.66	$0.78
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$3.07	$1.1
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$9.18	$19.1
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.84	$4.69
🚬 Cigarette pack	$11.9	$25.7
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$13.9	$5.19
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.74	$4.85
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.06	$3
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.65	$2.81
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$39	$41.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$15.2	$14.3
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$31.8	$33.8
💇 Haircut, simple	$19.9	$6.4
👖 Brand Jeans	$110	$65.8
👟 Brand Sneakers	$109	$93.9
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$646	$23
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$21567	$25686

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Cities near Antwerp

Distance	City	Cost of living
6.2 km or 3.9 mi	Mortsel	$1696
11 km or 6.6 mi	Beveren	$1804
15 km or 9.3 mi	Lier	$1737
19 km or 12 mi	Sint-Niklaas	$1671
23 km or 14 mi	Mechelen	$1835
26 km or 16 mi	Zemst	$1791
28 km or 17 mi	Heist-op-den-Berg	$1830
30 km or 19 mi	Herentals	$1512
31 km or 19 mi	Dendermonde	$1571
32 km or 20 mi	Lokeren	$1745
32 km or 20 mi	Bergen op Zoom	$2224
32 km or 20 mi	Hoogstraten	$1701
32 km or 20 mi	Vilvoorde	$1732
35 km or 22 mi	Roosendaal	$2175
39 km or 24 mi	Schaerbeek	$1854
39 km or 24 mi	Turnhout	$1639
39 km or 24 mi	Herent	$1823
40 km or 25 mi	Aarschot	$1794
41 km or 25 mi	Aalst	$1846
41 km or 25 mi	Woluwe-Saint-Lambert	$1758
41 km or 26 mi	Brussels	$2028
42 km or 26 mi	Geel	$1729
42 km or 26 mi	Etten-Leur	$2057
43 km or 27 mi	Anderlecht	$1889
43 km or 27 mi	Leuven	$1867
44 km or 27 mi	Dilbeek	$1858
45 km or 28 mi	Saint-Gilles	$1876
45 km or 28 mi	Forest	$1931
45 km or 28 mi	Tervuren	$1845
46 km or 29 mi	Scherpenheuvel-Zichem	$1742
46 km or 29 mi	Watermael-Boitsfort	$1847
48 km or 30 mi	Goes	$2374
49 km or 30 mi	Breda	$2087
49 km or 31 mi	Overijse	$1816
49 km or 31 mi	Sint-Pieters-Leeuw	$1870
50 km or 31 mi	Ninove	$1768
51 km or 32 mi	Ghent	$1811
52 km or 33 mi	Diest	$1726
55 km or 34 mi	Halle	$1835
56 km or 35 mi	Waterloo	$2025

Cities near Ashgabat

Distance	City	Cost of living
12 km or 7.2 mi	Anau	$1774
95 km or 59 mi	Quchan	$500
99 km or 61 mi	Baherden	$1796
107 km or 66 mi	Bojnord	$489
197 km or 123 mi	Nishapur	$496
203 km or 126 mi	Sabzevar	$512
212 km or 132 mi	Mashhad	$503
294 km or 183 mi	Gonbad-e Kavus	$467
302 km or 187 mi	Kashmar	$506
306 km or 190 mi	Mary	$1654
307 km or 191 mi	Torbat-e Heydarieh	$502
344 km or 213 mi	Shahrud	$564
361 km or 224 mi	Torbat-e Jam	$493
367 km or 228 mi	Gorgan	$658
451 km or 280 mi	Dasoguz	$1770
469 km or 291 mi	Turkmenabat	$1716
496 km or 308 mi	Sari	$643
513 km or 318 mi	Nukus	$477
516 km or 321 mi	Qaem Shahr	$501
517 km or 321 mi	Semnan	$542
524 km or 325 mi	Herat	$509
528 km or 328 mi	Babol	$372
558 km or 347 mi	Amol	$530
561 km or 349 mi	Bukhara	$433
570 km or 354 mi	Birjand	$588
634 km or 394 mi	Pardis	$598
654 km or 406 mi	Qarshi	$512
657 km or 408 mi	Pakdasht	$604
660 km or 410 mi	Golestan	$628
667 km or 414 mi	Sheberghan	$432
668 km or 415 mi	Qarchak	$607
668 km or 415 mi	Tehran	$684
670 km or 417 mi	Varamin	$588
671 km or 417 mi	Ray	$622
693 km or 431 mi	Qods	$638
694 km or 431 mi	Eslamshahr	$623
695 km or 432 mi	Nasimshahr	$624
700 km or 435 mi	Shahriar	$635
701 km or 435 mi	Karaj	$704
703 km or 437 mi	Fardis	$640