Ashgabat vs Bangkok - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Ashgabat	Bangkok
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1584	$941
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3634	$2857
🏠 One person rent	$798	$416
🏘️ Family rent	$1502	$1154
🍽️ Food expenses	$609	$276
🚐 Transport expenses	$49.1	$148
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$718	$753
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	21 km
🎓 Higher education	7	89
😀 Quality of life	29	74
🏙️ Population	1.03M	5.68M

The cost of living in Ashgabat is 68% more expensive than in Bangkok. Cities ranked 3105th and 5822nd ($1584 vs $941) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 1st in Turkmenistan and Thailand, respectively. Check Turkmenistan vs Thailand comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.5 months in Ashgabat compared to 0.8 months in Bangkok. Ashgabat ranked 1st best city to live in Turkmenistan vs Bangkok ranked 1st in Thailand, while ranked 8250th and 1221st among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Ashgabat vs Bangkok

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	Ashgabat	Bangkok
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$25.9	$2.97
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$60.4	$29.9
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.1	$5.91
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.4	$2.69
☕ Cappuccino	$5.56	$2.5
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.25	$0.61
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$884	$576
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$607	$291
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1501	$1879
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1302	$853
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$45.2	$52.9
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$70	$81
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$90.5	$14.7
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	8.58%	6.06%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3897	$5781
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3006	$2619
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.14	$1.18
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$8.52	$38.8
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$9.74	$10.5
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.38	$1.2
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$3	$1.93
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.35	$1.33
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.49	$1.42
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.83	$2.19
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.29	$19.3
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.83	$2.8
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$18.9	$8.99
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.02	$3.35
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.36	$1.73
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.81	$2.26
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.06	$1.98
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.57	$1.56
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.41	$1.39
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.74	$0.33
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.08	$1.3
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$27.3	$18
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.79	$1.81
🚬 Cigarette pack	$25.2	$4.22
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.01	$2.46
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.8	$4.63
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3	$1.93
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.77	$2.03
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$112	$49.7
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$17.7	$7.38
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$31.8	$40
💇 Haircut, simple	$6.36	$10.5
👖 Brand Jeans	$69.9	$53
👟 Brand Sneakers	$92.4	$102
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$22.7	$579
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$6132	$13301

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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

Cities near Bangkok

Distance	City	Cost of living
13 km or 8.1 mi	Nonthaburi	$717
13 km or 8.4 mi	Lat Luang	$753
14 km or 8.4 mi	Pu Chao Saming Phrai	$748
18 km or 11 mi	Pak Kret	$715
28 km or 18 mi	Rangsit	$595
39 km or 25 mi	Tha Khlong	$641
50 km or 31 mi	Nakhon Pathom	$548
86 km or 53 mi	Laem Chabang	$743
87 km or 54 mi	Chaophraya Surasak	$739
98 km or 61 mi	Pattaya	$781
103 km or 64 mi	Nong Prue	$752
145 km or 90 mi	Hua Hin	$656
164 km or 102 mi	Klaeng	$685
217 km or 135 mi	Nakhon Ratchasima	$588
222 km or 138 mi	Nakhon Sawan	$654
254 km or 158 mi	Myeik	$576
267 km or 166 mi	Serei Saophoan	$639
270 km or 168 mi	Ko Chang	$677
299 km or 186 mi	Battambang	$573
342 km or 212 mi	Phitsanulok	$537
364 km or 226 mi	Siem Reap	$644
388 km or 241 mi	Khon Kaen	$568
416 km or 258 mi	Ko Tao	$777
434 km or 270 mi	Mawlamyine	$569
452 km or 281 mi	Ko Pha-ngan	$730
466 km or 290 mi	Hpa-an	$610
473 km or 294 mi	Udon Thani	$543
475 km or 295 mi	Sihanoukville	$755
475 km or 295 mi	Ko Samui	$705
496 km or 308 mi	Ubon Ratchathani	$545
519 km or 323 mi	Vientiane	$1163
529 km or 329 mi	Surat Thani	$563
529 km or 329 mi	Kampot	$596
536 km or 333 mi	Phnom Penh	$836
542 km or 337 mi	Phu Quoc	$519
569 km or 354 mi	Kampong Cham	$513
578 km or 359 mi	Yangon	$705
579 km or 360 mi	Prey Veng	$721
584 km or 363 mi	Chiang Mai	$691
587 km or 365 mi	Bago	$650