Ashgabat vs Beirut - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Ashgabat	Beirut
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1616	$1165
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3750	$2943
🏠 One person rent	$798	$555
🏘️ Family rent	$1515	$1163
🍽️ Food expenses	$620	$318
🚐 Transport expenses	$48.8	$176
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$756	$453
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	8 km
🎓 Higher education	7	75
😀 Quality of life	29	61
🏙️ Population	1.03M	2.42M

The cost of living in Ashgabat is 39% more expensive than in Beirut. Cities ranked 3187th and 4691st ($1616 vs $1165) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 1st in Turkmenistan and Lebanon, respectively. Check Turkmenistan vs Lebanon comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.5 months in Ashgabat compared to 0.4 months in Beirut. Ashgabat ranked 1st best city to live in Turkmenistan vs Beirut ranked 1st in Lebanon, while ranked 8245th and 4996th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Ashgabat vs Beirut

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	Ashgabat	Beirut
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$26.2	$8.92
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$59.7	$50.5
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.5	$6.96
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.44	$3
☕ Cappuccino	$5.58	$2.67
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.27	$1.6
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$894	$646
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$606	$317
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1482	$1699
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1322	$720
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$49.3	$141
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$75.8	$216
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$85.1	$30.9
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	7.98%	11.1%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3870	$3352
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2996	$1315
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.14	$1.5
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$8.63	$80.8
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$9.69	$12.7
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.36	$0.95
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$3.17	$1.67
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.86	$0.9
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.17	$1.78
🥚 Eggs, x12	$5.09	$2.54
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.13	$10.6
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.76	$7.91
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$25.2	$11
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.96	$1.46
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.39	$1.25
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.38	$0.88
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.29	$1.06
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.91	$0.85
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.88	$0.96
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.84	$0.27
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.07	$1.54
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$27.1	$7.04
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.3	$1.18
🚬 Cigarette pack	$25.6	$1.98
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.35	$5.02
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.8	$2.23
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.97	$1.36
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.79	$2.07
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$112	$58.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$17.6	$7
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$35.5	$52.7
💇 Haircut, simple	$6.39	$7.96
👖 Brand Jeans	$83.8	$83.8
👟 Brand Sneakers	$141	$104
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$23	$284
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$6584	$4334

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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 Beirut

Distance	City	Cost of living
13 km or 8.2 mi	Jounieh	$948
37 km or 23 mi	Zahle	$857
38 km or 23 mi	Sidon	$767
68 km or 42 mi	Tripoli	$708
75 km or 46 mi	Tyre	$545
76 km or 47 mi	Kiryat Shmona	$1604
83 km or 52 mi	Damascus	$672
99 km or 62 mi	Ma'alot-Tarshiha	$1619
102 km or 64 mi	Safed	$1635
106 km or 66 mi	Nahariya	$1565
112 km or 69 mi	Karmiel	$1579
114 km or 71 mi	Acre	$1451
115 km or 72 mi	Sakhnin	$1612
116 km or 72 mi	Arraba	$1624
119 km or 74 mi	Tamra	$1617
122 km or 76 mi	Tiberias	$1544
123 km or 77 mi	Kiryat Motzkin	$1585
124 km or 77 mi	Kiryat Yam	$1604
124 km or 77 mi	Kiryat Bialik	$1607
124 km or 77 mi	Shefa-'Amr	$1617
127 km or 79 mi	Kiryat Ata	$1591
130 km or 81 mi	Haifa	$1582
131 km or 82 mi	Nof HaGalil	$1659
132 km or 82 mi	Nesher	$1532
133 km or 83 mi	Nazareth	$1674
137 km or 85 mi	Migdal HaEmek	$1664
142 km or 88 mi	Yokneam Illit	$1706
144 km or 89 mi	Afula	$1614
145 km or 90 mi	Homs	$462
151 km or 94 mi	Irbid	$630
155 km or 97 mi	Zikhron Ya'akov	$1749
156 km or 97 mi	Umm al-Fahm	$1708
165 km or 103 mi	Pardes Hanna-Karkur	$1787
169 km or 105 mi	Baqa-Jatt	$1758
169 km or 105 mi	Hadera	$1556
179 km or 111 mi	Hama	$450
183 km or 114 mi	Jerash	$598
183 km or 114 mi	Netanya	$2045
184 km or 114 mi	Latakia	$427
186 km or 116 mi	Tayibe	$1838