Antwerp vs Ashgabat - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	Antwerp	Ashgabat
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1857	$1806
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4482	$4178
🏠 One person rent	$927	$887
🏘️ Family rent	$1528	$1506
🍽️ Food expenses	$638	$763
🚐 Transport expenses	$150	$49.3
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3003	$635
😷 Air quality	Good	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	5 km
🎓 Higher education	87	7
😀 Quality of life	90	48
🏙️ Population	529K	1.03M

The cost of living in Antwerp is 3% more expensive than in Ashgabat. Cities ranked 2628th and 2849th ($1857 vs $1806) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 21st 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 3rd best city to live in Belgium vs Ashgabat ranked 1st in Turkmenistan, while ranked 218th and 6881st 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	$20.6	$28.8
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$106	$86.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$13.2	$12.9
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.59	$5.69
☕ Cappuccino	$4.24	$6.75
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.68	$1.82
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$890	$1012
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$711	$667
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1494	$1768
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1226	$1221
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$127	$48.7
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$194	$74.5
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$53.6	$102
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.27%	9.45%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4499	$4069
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3099	$2839
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.6	$0.14
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$55.9	$8.55
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$26.6	$9.63
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$2.01	$0.43
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.44	$4.71
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.52	$1.94
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.12	$6.24
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.99	$6.15
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$17.6	$9.23
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.1	$18.2
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$21.4	$22.5
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.94	$5.06
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.32	$1.4
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.56	$7.48
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.08	$3.72
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.66	$2.27
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.27	$1.52
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.67	$0.78
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$3.14	$1.07
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$9.59	$18.9
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.9	$5.21
🚬 Cigarette pack	$12.5	$25.5
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$13.9	$4.8
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.76	$4.88
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.12	$3.02
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.71	$2.81
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$37.2	$40.8
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$15.5	$14.3
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$33.1	$31.3
💇 Haircut, simple	$20.6	$6.46
👖 Brand Jeans	$113	$65.6
👟 Brand Sneakers	$110	$92.4
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$749	$22.9
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$20480	$24723

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Cities near Antwerp

Distance	City	Cost of living
6.2 km or 3.9 mi	Mortsel	$1734
11 km or 6.6 mi	Beveren	$1849
15 km or 9.3 mi	Lier	$1772
19 km or 12 mi	Sint-Niklaas	$1727
23 km or 14 mi	Mechelen	$1877
26 km or 16 mi	Zemst	$1854
28 km or 17 mi	Heist-op-den-Berg	$1815
30 km or 19 mi	Herentals	$1523
31 km or 19 mi	Dendermonde	$1706
32 km or 20 mi	Lokeren	$1734
32 km or 20 mi	Bergen op Zoom	$2295
32 km or 20 mi	Hoogstraten	$1770
32 km or 20 mi	Vilvoorde	$1866
35 km or 22 mi	Roosendaal	$2264
39 km or 24 mi	Schaerbeek	$1920
39 km or 24 mi	Turnhout	$1730
39 km or 24 mi	Herent	$1864
40 km or 25 mi	Aarschot	$1830
41 km or 25 mi	Aalst	$1890
41 km or 25 mi	Woluwe-Saint-Lambert	$1853
41 km or 26 mi	Brussels	$2065
42 km or 26 mi	Geel	$1756
42 km or 26 mi	Etten-Leur	$2110
43 km or 27 mi	Anderlecht	$1939
43 km or 27 mi	Leuven	$1920
44 km or 27 mi	Dilbeek	$1900
45 km or 28 mi	Saint-Gilles	$1932
45 km or 28 mi	Forest	$1993
45 km or 28 mi	Tervuren	$1894
46 km or 29 mi	Scherpenheuvel-Zichem	$1786
46 km or 29 mi	Watermael-Boitsfort	$1906
48 km or 30 mi	Goes	$2471
49 km or 30 mi	Breda	$2206
49 km or 31 mi	Overijse	$1860
49 km or 31 mi	Sint-Pieters-Leeuw	$1917
50 km or 31 mi	Ninove	$1809
51 km or 32 mi	Ghent	$1846
52 km or 33 mi	Diest	$1787
55 km or 34 mi	Halle	$1886
56 km or 35 mi	Waterloo	$2050

Cities near Ashgabat

Distance	City	Cost of living
12 km or 7.2 mi	Anau	$1763
95 km or 59 mi	Quchan	$501
99 km or 61 mi	Baherden	$1769
107 km or 66 mi	Bojnord	$487
197 km or 123 mi	Nishapur	$496
203 km or 126 mi	Sabzevar	$510
212 km or 132 mi	Mashhad	$498
294 km or 183 mi	Gonbad-e Kavus	$466
302 km or 187 mi	Kashmar	$507
306 km or 190 mi	Mary	$1640
307 km or 191 mi	Torbat-e Heydarieh	$501
344 km or 213 mi	Shahrud	$563
361 km or 224 mi	Torbat-e Jam	$494
367 km or 228 mi	Gorgan	$659
451 km or 280 mi	Dasoguz	$1755
469 km or 291 mi	Turkmenabat	$1709
496 km or 308 mi	Sari	$635
513 km or 318 mi	Nukus	$468
516 km or 321 mi	Qaem Shahr	$502
517 km or 321 mi	Semnan	$535
524 km or 325 mi	Herat	$532
528 km or 328 mi	Babol	$372
558 km or 347 mi	Amol	$531
561 km or 349 mi	Bukhara	$436
570 km or 354 mi	Birjand	$589
634 km or 394 mi	Pardis	$575
654 km or 406 mi	Qarshi	$513
657 km or 408 mi	Pakdasht	$583
660 km or 410 mi	Golestan	$592
667 km or 414 mi	Sheberghan	$457
668 km or 415 mi	Qarchak	$586
668 km or 415 mi	Tehran	$639
670 km or 417 mi	Varamin	$571
671 km or 417 mi	Ray	$591
693 km or 431 mi	Qods	$631
694 km or 431 mi	Eslamshahr	$602
695 km or 432 mi	Nasimshahr	$601
700 km or 435 mi	Shahriar	$627
701 km or 435 mi	Karaj	$696
703 km or 437 mi	Fardis	$639