Ashgabat vs Belgrade - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Ashgabat	Belgrade
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1584	$1160
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3634	$2759
🏠 One person rent	$798	$622
🏘️ Family rent	$1502	$1090
🍽️ Food expenses	$609	$349
🚐 Transport expenses	$49.1	$83
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$718	$980
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	12 km
🎓 Higher education	7	51
😀 Quality of life	29	71
🏙️ Population	1.03M	1.2M

The cost of living in Ashgabat is 37% more expensive than in Belgrade. Cities ranked 3105th and 4605th ($1584 vs $1160) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 1st in Turkmenistan and Serbia, respectively. Check Turkmenistan vs Serbia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.5 months in Ashgabat compared to 0.8 months in Belgrade. Ashgabat ranked 1st best city to live in Turkmenistan vs Belgrade ranked 1st in Serbia, while ranked 8250th and 2157th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Ashgabat vs Belgrade

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	Ashgabat	Belgrade
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$25.9	$10.8
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$60.4	$40.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.1	$9.56
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.4	$3.09
☕ Cappuccino	$5.56	$2.42
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.25	$2.41
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$884	$693
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$607	$433
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1501	$1311
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1302	$785
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$45.2	$110
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$70	$172
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$90.5	$27.6
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	8.58%	5.63%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3897	$4299
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3006	$2617
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.14	$0.45
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$8.52	$20.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$9.74	$9.97
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.38	$1.73
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$3	$1.32
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.35	$0.85
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.49	$2.02
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.83	$2.69
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.29	$10.2
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.83	$6.92
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$18.9	$11.5
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.02	$1.17
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.36	$1.72
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.81	$1.71
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.06	$2.13
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.57	$0.91
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.41	$0.74
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.74	$0.44
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.08	$1.44
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$27.3	$8.41
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.79	$0.78
🚬 Cigarette pack	$25.2	$4.02
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.01	$6.13
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.8	$5.01
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3	$2.32
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.77	$2.42
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$112	$34
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$17.7	$7.09
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$31.8	$32.8
💇 Haircut, simple	$6.36	$9.52
👖 Brand Jeans	$69.9	$92.7
👟 Brand Sneakers	$92.4	$105
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$22.7	$400
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$6132	$7674

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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 Belgrade

Distance	City	Cost of living
70 km or 44 mi	Novi Sad	$1012
77 km or 48 mi	Valjevo	$776
97 km or 60 mi	Kragujevac	$807
99 km or 61 mi	Bijeljina	$661
103 km or 64 mi	Cacak	$759
121 km or 75 mi	Timisoara	$816
124 km or 77 mi	Resita	$716
145 km or 90 mi	Tuzla	$636
155 km or 97 mi	Subotica	$768
161 km or 100 mi	Szeged	$766
163 km or 101 mi	Osijek	$958
164 km or 102 mi	Arad	$623
174 km or 108 mi	Drobeta-Turnu Severin	$663
180 km or 112 mi	Hodmezovasarhely	$681
184 km or 115 mi	Doboj	$603
185 km or 115 mi	Novi Pazar	$662
192 km or 120 mi	Baja	$692
194 km or 121 mi	Sarajevo	$796
196 km or 122 mi	Slavonski Brod	$847
202 km or 125 mi	Nis	$711
213 km or 132 mi	Vidin	$605
213 km or 132 mi	Bekescsaba	$804
214 km or 133 mi	Zenica	$559
217 km or 135 mi	Mitrovica	$463
218 km or 136 mi	Mojkovac	$1070
219 km or 136 mi	Hunedoara	$627
219 km or 136 mi	Szekszard	$747
222 km or 138 mi	Targu Jiu	$718
223 km or 139 mi	Pecs	$848
224 km or 139 mi	Berane	$1070
224 km or 139 mi	Deva	$636
240 km or 149 mi	Kecskemet	$781
246 km or 153 mi	Pristina	$595
251 km or 156 mi	Plav	$1030
259 km or 161 mi	Banja Luka	$803
263 km or 164 mi	Szolnok	$666
267 km or 166 mi	Mostar	$693
268 km or 166 mi	Cegled	$855
269 km or 167 mi	Dunaujvaros	$684
271 km or 168 mi	Kaposvar	$750