Antwerp vs Ashgabat - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Antwerp	Ashgabat
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1640	$1584
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3817	$3634
🏠 One person rent	$832	$798
🏘️ Family rent	$1320	$1502
🍽️ Food expenses	$556	$609
🚐 Transport expenses	$128	$49.1
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$2545	$718
😷 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 4% more expensive than in Ashgabat. Cities ranked 2896th and 3105th ($1640 vs $1584) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 14th 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 0.5 months in Ashgabat. Antwerp ranked 2nd best city to live in Belgium vs Ashgabat ranked 1st in Turkmenistan, while ranked 203rd and 8250th 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	$18.3	$25.9
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$88.2	$60.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$11	$10.1
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.91	$4.4
☕ Cappuccino	$3.61	$5.56
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.05	$3.25
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$794	$884
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$636	$607
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1346	$1501
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1030	$1302
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$117	$45.2
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$178	$70
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$47.7	$90.5
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.38%	8.58%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4167	$3897
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3351	$3006
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.6	$0.14
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$43.6	$8.52
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$24.1	$9.74
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.74	$0.38
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.29	$3
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.24	$1.35
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.11	$3.49
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.57	$4.83
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$16.3	$9.29
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.1	$9.83
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$18.9	$18.9
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.6	$4.02
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2	$1.36
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.58	$6.81
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.88	$3.06
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.49	$1.57
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.06	$1.41
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.55	$0.74
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.76	$1.08
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.83	$27.3
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.75	$3.79
🚬 Cigarette pack	$10.1	$25.2
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$12.7	$5.01
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.37	$4.8
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.86	$3
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.39	$2.77
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$33.5	$112
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$12.6	$17.7
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$28.8	$31.8
💇 Haircut, simple	$18.3	$6.36
👖 Brand Jeans	$101	$69.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$98.4	$92.4
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$586	$22.7
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$12170	$6132

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Cost of Living in the nearest cities

Cities near Antwerp

Distance	City	Cost of living
6.2 km or 3.9 mi	Mortsel	$1530
11 km or 6.6 mi	Beveren	$1613
15 km or 9.3 mi	Lier	$1523
19 km or 12 mi	Sint-Niklaas	$1514
23 km or 14 mi	Mechelen	$1541
26 km or 16 mi	Zemst	$1556
28 km or 17 mi	Heist-op-den-Berg	$1488
30 km or 19 mi	Herentals	$1318
31 km or 19 mi	Dendermonde	$1446
32 km or 20 mi	Lokeren	$1475
32 km or 20 mi	Bergen op Zoom	$1917
32 km or 20 mi	Hoogstraten	$1492
32 km or 20 mi	Vilvoorde	$1539
35 km or 22 mi	Roosendaal	$1890
39 km or 24 mi	Schaerbeek	$1651
39 km or 24 mi	Turnhout	$1421
39 km or 24 mi	Herent	$1599
40 km or 25 mi	Aarschot	$1362
41 km or 25 mi	Aalst	$1663
41 km or 25 mi	Woluwe-Saint-Lambert	$1580
41 km or 26 mi	Brussels	$1816
42 km or 26 mi	Geel	$1542
42 km or 26 mi	Etten-Leur	$1805
43 km or 27 mi	Anderlecht	$1667
43 km or 27 mi	Leuven	$1683
44 km or 27 mi	Dilbeek	$1642
45 km or 28 mi	Saint-Gilles	$1663
45 km or 28 mi	Forest	$1692
45 km or 28 mi	Tervuren	$1685
46 km or 29 mi	Scherpenheuvel-Zichem	$1486
46 km or 29 mi	Watermael-Boitsfort	$1647
48 km or 30 mi	Goes	$2001
49 km or 30 mi	Breda	$1739
49 km or 31 mi	Overijse	$1618
49 km or 31 mi	Sint-Pieters-Leeuw	$1660
50 km or 31 mi	Ninove	$1560
51 km or 32 mi	Ghent	$1559
52 km or 33 mi	Diest	$1515
55 km or 34 mi	Halle	$1626
56 km or 35 mi	Waterloo	$1788

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