Ashgabat vs Beijing - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Ashgabat	Beijing
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1833	$1029
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4223	$2645
🏠 One person rent	$893	$589
🏘️ Family rent	$1483	$1040
🍽️ Food expenses	$782	$246
🚐 Transport expenses	$49.8	$98
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$747	$658
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	13 km
🎓 Higher education	7	100
😀 Quality of life	49	73
🏙️ Population	1.03M	21.9M

The cost of living in Ashgabat is 78% more expensive than in Beijing. Cities ranked 2595th and 5355th ($1833 vs $1029) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 6th in Turkmenistan and China, respectively. Check Turkmenistan vs China comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.4 months in Ashgabat compared to 0.6 months in Beijing. Ashgabat ranked 1st best city to live in Turkmenistan vs Beijing ranked 11th in China, while ranked 6667th and 2546th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Ashgabat vs Beijing

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	Ashgabat	Beijing
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$31.3	$4.24
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$85.3	$27.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$12.8	$5.16
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.48	$1.12
☕ Cappuccino	$7.08	$2.82
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.16	$0.49
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1020	$850
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$674	$469
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1780	$1549
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1190	$839
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$47.3	$30.5
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$73.2	$46.5
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$102	$13.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	9.49%	3.51%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4806	$14720
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2978	$6180
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.14	$0.56
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$8.51	$31.3
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$9.77	$4.61
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.43	$1.1
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$4.77	$1.82
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.69	$1.69
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.3	$1.1
🥚 Eggs, x12	$6.17	$1.84
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.26	$14.3
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$18.7	$3.4
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$19.4	$10.5
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.44	$2.21
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.39	$1.65
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.58	$1.76
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.56	$1.34
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.99	$0.77
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.79	$0.88
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.78	$0.37
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.1	$1.18
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$19.1	$8.33
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.69	$0.79
🚬 Cigarette pack	$25.7	$4.04
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.19	$4.55
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.85	$3.55
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3	$1.7
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.81	$1.96
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$41.2	$59.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$14.3	$8.35
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$33.8	$33.7
💇 Haircut, simple	$6.4	$8.03
👖 Brand Jeans	$65.8	$61.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$93.9	$78.2
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$23	$713
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$25686	$22823

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Cities near Ashgabat

Distance	City	Cost of living
12 km or 7.2 mi	Anau	$1774
95 km or 59 mi	Quchan	$500
99 km or 61 mi	Baherden	$1796
107 km or 66 mi	Bojnord	$489
197 km or 123 mi	Nishapur	$496
203 km or 126 mi	Sabzevar	$512
212 km or 132 mi	Mashhad	$503
294 km or 183 mi	Gonbad-e Kavus	$467
302 km or 187 mi	Kashmar	$506
306 km or 190 mi	Mary	$1654
307 km or 191 mi	Torbat-e Heydarieh	$502
344 km or 213 mi	Shahrud	$564
361 km or 224 mi	Torbat-e Jam	$493
367 km or 228 mi	Gorgan	$658
451 km or 280 mi	Dasoguz	$1770
469 km or 291 mi	Turkmenabat	$1716
496 km or 308 mi	Sari	$643
513 km or 318 mi	Nukus	$477
516 km or 321 mi	Qaem Shahr	$501
517 km or 321 mi	Semnan	$542
524 km or 325 mi	Herat	$509
528 km or 328 mi	Babol	$372
558 km or 347 mi	Amol	$530
561 km or 349 mi	Bukhara	$433
570 km or 354 mi	Birjand	$588
634 km or 394 mi	Pardis	$598
654 km or 406 mi	Qarshi	$512
657 km or 408 mi	Pakdasht	$604
660 km or 410 mi	Golestan	$628
667 km or 414 mi	Sheberghan	$432
668 km or 415 mi	Qarchak	$607
668 km or 415 mi	Tehran	$684
670 km or 417 mi	Varamin	$588
671 km or 417 mi	Ray	$622
693 km or 431 mi	Qods	$638
694 km or 431 mi	Eslamshahr	$623
695 km or 432 mi	Nasimshahr	$624
700 km or 435 mi	Shahriar	$635
701 km or 435 mi	Karaj	$704
703 km or 437 mi	Fardis	$640

Cities near Beijing

Distance	City	Cost of living
50 km or 31 mi	Langfang	$707
58 km or 36 mi	Zhuozhou	$724
58 km or 36 mi	Sanhe	$750
78 km or 49 mi	Gaobeidian	$634
87 km or 54 mi	Bazhou	$634
109 km or 68 mi	Tianjin	$646
135 km or 84 mi	Renqiu	$565
137 km or 85 mi	Zunhua	$660
139 km or 87 mi	Baoding	$456
151 km or 94 mi	Binhai	$641
155 km or 97 mi	Tangshan	$688
163 km or 101 mi	Zhangjiakou	$652
164 km or 102 mi	Hejian	$558
176 km or 110 mi	Chengde	$694
182 km or 113 mi	Cangzhou	$638
189 km or 117 mi	Huanghua	$619
189 km or 118 mi	Anguo	$533
196 km or 122 mi	Dingzhou	$574
197 km or 122 mi	Qian'an	$616
198 km or 123 mi	Luanzhou	$614
204 km or 127 mi	Botou	$564
224 km or 139 mi	Shenzhou	$505
228 km or 142 mi	Xinle	$535
229 km or 142 mi	Pingquan	$615
239 km or 148 mi	Jinzhou	$527
241 km or 150 mi	Xinji	$523
249 km or 155 mi	Gaocheng	$527
249 km or 155 mi	Hengshui	$454
252 km or 156 mi	Laoling	$580
263 km or 164 mi	Shijiazhuang	$505
265 km or 165 mi	Datong	$748
272 km or 169 mi	Jizhou	$499
273 km or 169 mi	Qinhuangdao	$558
273 km or 170 mi	Dezhou	$480
281 km or 175 mi	Fengzhen	$642
282 km or 175 mi	Huairen	$654
294 km or 183 mi	Lingyuan	$601
296 km or 184 mi	Nangong	$550
302 km or 187 mi	Ulanqab	$629
314 km or 195 mi	Binzhou	$741