Ashgabat vs Barcelona - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Ashgabat	Barcelona
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1616	$1887
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3750	$4219
🏠 One person rent	$798	$1118
🏘️ Family rent	$1515	$1805
🍽️ Food expenses	$620	$475
🚐 Transport expenses	$48.8	$156
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$756	$2221
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Good
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	13 km
🎓 Higher education	7	98
😀 Quality of life	29	88
🏙️ Population	1.03M	1.66M

The cost of living in Ashgabat is 14% less expensive than in Barcelona. Cities ranked 3187th and 2198th ($1616 vs $1887) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 6th 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 1.2 months in Barcelona. Ashgabat ranked 1st best city to live in Turkmenistan vs Barcelona ranked 2nd in Spain, while ranked 8245th and 238th 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	$26.2	$16.1
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$59.7	$59.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.5	$12.5
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.44	$4.54
☕ Cappuccino	$5.58	$3.08
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.27	$2.61
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$894	$1205
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$606	$915
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1482	$2081
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1322	$1482
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$49.3	$109
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$75.8	$168
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$85.1	$35.6
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	7.98%	3.48%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3870	$6469
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2996	$4528
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.14	$2.85
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$8.63	$28.1
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$9.69	$19.5
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.36	$1.88
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$3.17	$1.17
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.86	$1.61
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.17	$1.64
🥚 Eggs, x12	$5.09	$3.41
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.13	$17.4
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.76	$9.3
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$25.2	$19
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.96	$2.43
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.39	$2.04
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.38	$2.29
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.29	$2.46
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.91	$1.79
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.88	$1.87
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.84	$0.58
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.07	$2.28
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$27.1	$8.2
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.3	$1.36
🚬 Cigarette pack	$25.6	$6.07
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.35	$7.01
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.8	$3.76
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.97	$2.37
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.79	$2.59
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$112	$49
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$17.6	$10.4
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$35.5	$65.4
💇 Haircut, simple	$6.39	$20.8
👖 Brand Jeans	$83.8	$82.7
👟 Brand Sneakers	$141	$97.5
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$23	$652
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$6584	$11932

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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

Cities near Barcelona

Distance	City	Cost of living
7 km or 4.4 mi	L'Hospitalet de Llobregat	$1635
7.4 km or 4.6 mi	Badalona	$1914
9.3 km or 5.8 mi	Cornella de Llobregat	$1511
12 km or 7.5 mi	Sant Boi de Llobregat	$1473
13 km or 8 mi	Ripollet	$1573
17 km or 11 mi	Rubi	$1494
19 km or 12 mi	Sabadell	$1577
24 km or 15 mi	Terrassa	$1491
27 km or 17 mi	Granollers	$1507
28 km or 18 mi	Mataro	$1507
42 km or 26 mi	Vilanova i la Geltru	$1321
48 km or 30 mi	Manresa	$1105
61 km or 38 mi	Vic	$1134
65 km or 40 mi	Lloret de Mar	$1259
83 km or 52 mi	Tarragona	$1240
85 km or 53 mi	Girona	$1571
117 km or 73 mi	Figueres	$1485
131 km or 81 mi	Lleida	$1309
136 km or 85 mi	Andorra la Vella	$1688
141 km or 88 mi	Ordino	$1688
158 km or 98 mi	Perpignan	$1245
176 km or 109 mi	Vinaros	$1391
206 km or 128 mi	Palma de Mallorca	$1783
208 km or 129 mi	Ciutadella de Menorca	$1499
212 km or 131 mi	Narbonne	$1177
230 km or 143 mi	Huesca	$1094
234 km or 145 mi	Beziers	$1344
242 km or 150 mi	Mahon	$1548
245 km or 152 mi	Castellon de la Plana	$1209
247 km or 154 mi	Castres	$1456
250 km or 156 mi	Villarreal	$1238
253 km or 157 mi	Borriana	$1244
254 km or 158 mi	Toulouse	$1551
257 km or 159 mi	Zaragoza	$1330
269 km or 167 mi	Tarbes	$1439
281 km or 174 mi	Sagunto	$1274
282 km or 175 mi	Ibiza	$2685
284 km or 177 mi	Montpellier	$1531
299 km or 186 mi	Pau	$1399
303 km or 189 mi	Valencia	$1581