Ashgabat vs Barcelona - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Ashgabat	Barcelona
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1584	$1841
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3634	$4103
🏠 One person rent	$798	$1100
🏘️ Family rent	$1502	$1762
🍽️ Food expenses	$609	$452
🚐 Transport expenses	$49.1	$152
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$718	$2025
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Good
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	13 km
🎓 Higher education	7	98
😀 Quality of life	29	87
🏙️ Population	1.03M	1.7M

The cost of living in Ashgabat is 14% less expensive than in Barcelona. Cities ranked 3105th and 2276th ($1584 vs $1841) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 4th in Turkmenistan and Spain, respectively. Check Turkmenistan vs Spain comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.5 months in Ashgabat compared to 1.1 months in Barcelona. Ashgabat ranked 1st best city to live in Turkmenistan vs Barcelona ranked 2nd in Spain, while ranked 8250th and 270th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Ashgabat vs Barcelona

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	Ashgabat	Barcelona
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$25.9	$15
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$60.4	$56.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.1	$12.3
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.4	$4.49
☕ Cappuccino	$5.56	$2.87
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.25	$2.44
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$884	$1176
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$607	$912
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1501	$2073
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1302	$1446
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$45.2	$101
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$70	$157
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$90.5	$33.9
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	8.58%	3.43%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3897	$5914
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3006	$4127
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.14	$2.65
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$8.52	$26.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$9.74	$19.7
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.38	$1.71
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$3	$1.12
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.35	$1.67
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.49	$1.55
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.83	$3.17
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.29	$15.7
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.83	$8.93
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$18.9	$17.5
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.02	$2.28
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.36	$2.06
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.81	$1.99
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.06	$2.42
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.57	$1.72
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.41	$1.71
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.74	$0.53
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.08	$2.29
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$27.3	$7.88
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.79	$1.31
🚬 Cigarette pack	$25.2	$6.26
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.01	$6.71
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.8	$2.86
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3	$2.16
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.77	$2.38
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$112	$54.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$17.7	$9.64
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$31.8	$58.5
💇 Haircut, simple	$6.36	$24
👖 Brand Jeans	$69.9	$80
👟 Brand Sneakers	$92.4	$97.1
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$22.7	$635
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$6132	$13290

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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 Barcelona

Distance	City	Cost of living
7 km or 4.4 mi	L'Hospitalet de Llobregat	$1567
7.4 km or 4.6 mi	Badalona	$1747
9.3 km or 5.8 mi	Cornella de Llobregat	$1434
12 km or 7.5 mi	Sant Boi de Llobregat	$1389
13 km or 8 mi	Ripollet	$1454
17 km or 11 mi	Rubi	$1393
19 km or 12 mi	Sabadell	$1431
24 km or 15 mi	Terrassa	$1361
27 km or 17 mi	Granollers	$1415
28 km or 18 mi	Mataro	$1428
42 km or 26 mi	Vilanova i la Geltru	$1269
48 km or 30 mi	Manresa	$1089
61 km or 38 mi	Vic	$1076
65 km or 40 mi	Lloret de Mar	$1237
83 km or 52 mi	Tarragona	$1217
85 km or 53 mi	Girona	$1539
117 km or 73 mi	Figueres	$1338
131 km or 81 mi	Lleida	$1235
136 km or 85 mi	Andorra la Vella	$1601
141 km or 88 mi	Ordino	$1592
158 km or 98 mi	Perpignan	$1197
176 km or 109 mi	Vinaros	$1275
206 km or 128 mi	Palma de Mallorca	$1696
208 km or 129 mi	Ciutadella de Menorca	$1435
212 km or 131 mi	Narbonne	$1093
230 km or 143 mi	Huesca	$1071
234 km or 145 mi	Beziers	$1233
242 km or 150 mi	Mahon	$1470
245 km or 152 mi	Castellon de la Plana	$1100
247 km or 154 mi	Castres	$1391
250 km or 156 mi	Villarreal	$1131
253 km or 157 mi	Borriana	$1150
254 km or 158 mi	Toulouse	$1499
257 km or 159 mi	Zaragoza	$1101
269 km or 167 mi	Tarbes	$1369
281 km or 174 mi	Sagunto	$1220
282 km or 175 mi	Ibiza	$2528
284 km or 177 mi	Montpellier	$1472
299 km or 186 mi	Pau	$1296
303 km or 189 mi	Valencia	$1522