Antwerp vs Ashgabat - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Antwerp	Ashgabat
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1762	$1616
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4106	$3750
🏠 One person rent	$893	$798
🏘️ Family rent	$1430	$1515
🍽️ Food expenses	$583	$620
🚐 Transport expenses	$151	$48.8
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$2721	$756
😷 Air quality	Good	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	5 km
🎓 Higher education	87	7
😀 Quality of life	89	29
🏙️ Population	529K	1.03M

The cost of living in Antwerp is 9% more expensive than in Ashgabat. Cities ranked 2671st and 3187th ($1762 vs $1616) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 6th and 1st in Belgium and Turkmenistan, respectively. Check Belgium vs Turkmenistan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.5 months in Antwerp compared to 0.5 months in Ashgabat. Antwerp ranked 2nd best city to live in Belgium vs Ashgabat ranked 1st in Turkmenistan, while ranked 176th and 8245th 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	$19.6	$26.2
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$93.9	$59.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.9	$10.5
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.64	$4.44
☕ Cappuccino	$3.87	$5.58
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.26	$3.27
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$840	$894
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$683	$606
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1437	$1482
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1117	$1322
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$128	$49.3
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$197	$75.8
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$51.6	$85.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.43%	7.98%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4562	$3870
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3518	$2996
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.81	$0.14
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$68	$8.63
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$25.6	$9.69
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.91	$0.36
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.43	$3.17
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.54	$1.86
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.4	$5.17
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.02	$5.09
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.4	$9.13
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.8	$9.76
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$20.6	$25.2
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.73	$4.96
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.14	$1.39
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.78	$1.38
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.91	$3.29
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.48	$1.91
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.87	$1.88
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.63	$0.84
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.95	$1.07
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$8.17	$27.1
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.2	$3.3
🚬 Cigarette pack	$9.36	$25.6
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$12.7	$5.35
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.58	$4.8
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.98	$2.97
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.54	$2.79
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$38.9	$112
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$14.2	$17.6
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$31.1	$35.5
💇 Haircut, simple	$19.2	$6.39
👖 Brand Jeans	$106	$83.8
👟 Brand Sneakers	$108	$141
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$619	$23
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$13064	$6584

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Cities near Antwerp

Distance	City	Cost of living
6.2 km or 3.9 mi	Mortsel	$1611
11 km or 6.6 mi	Beveren	$1709
15 km or 9.3 mi	Lier	$1616
19 km or 12 mi	Sint-Niklaas	$1592
23 km or 14 mi	Mechelen	$1619
26 km or 16 mi	Zemst	$1636
28 km or 17 mi	Heist-op-den-Berg	$1593
30 km or 19 mi	Herentals	$1442
31 km or 19 mi	Dendermonde	$1592
32 km or 20 mi	Lokeren	$1545
32 km or 20 mi	Bergen op Zoom	$1951
32 km or 20 mi	Hoogstraten	$1559
32 km or 20 mi	Vilvoorde	$1675
35 km or 22 mi	Roosendaal	$1920
39 km or 24 mi	Schaerbeek	$1752
39 km or 24 mi	Turnhout	$1421
39 km or 24 mi	Herent	$1693
40 km or 25 mi	Aarschot	$1514
41 km or 25 mi	Aalst	$1779
41 km or 25 mi	Woluwe-Saint-Lambert	$1657
41 km or 26 mi	Brussels	$1958
42 km or 26 mi	Geel	$1602
42 km or 26 mi	Etten-Leur	$1813
43 km or 27 mi	Anderlecht	$1734
43 km or 27 mi	Leuven	$1761
44 km or 27 mi	Dilbeek	$1715
45 km or 28 mi	Saint-Gilles	$1633
45 km or 28 mi	Forest	$1712
45 km or 28 mi	Tervuren	$1799
46 km or 29 mi	Scherpenheuvel-Zichem	$1587
46 km or 29 mi	Watermael-Boitsfort	$1691
48 km or 30 mi	Goes	$2046
49 km or 30 mi	Breda	$1750
49 km or 31 mi	Overijse	$1723
49 km or 31 mi	Sint-Pieters-Leeuw	$1738
50 km or 31 mi	Ninove	$1660
51 km or 32 mi	Ghent	$1645
52 km or 33 mi	Diest	$1611
55 km or 34 mi	Halle	$1701
56 km or 35 mi	Waterloo	$1911

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