Ashgabat vs Berlin - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	Ashgabat	Berlin
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1806	$2302
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4178	$5175
🏠 One person rent	$887	$1280
🏘️ Family rent	$1506	$2205
🍽️ Food expenses	$763	$553
🚐 Transport expenses	$49.3	$315
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$635	$3706
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Good
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	19 km
🎓 Higher education	7	100
😀 Quality of life	48	95
🏙️ Population	1.03M	3.78M

The cost of living in Ashgabat is 22% less expensive than in Berlin. Cities ranked 2849th and 1275th ($1806 vs $2302) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 2nd in Turkmenistan and Germany, respectively. Check Turkmenistan vs Germany comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.4 months in Ashgabat compared to 1.6 months in Berlin. Ashgabat ranked 1st best city to live in Turkmenistan vs Berlin ranked 7th in Germany, while ranked 6881st and 35th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Ashgabat vs Berlin

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	Ashgabat	Berlin
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$28.8	$16
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$86.1	$65.2
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$12.9	$13.1
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.69	$5.17
☕ Cappuccino	$6.75	$4.72
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.82	$3.77
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1012	$1324
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$667	$952
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1768	$2341
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1221	$1711
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$48.7	$208
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$74.5	$321
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$102	$46.4
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	9.45%	3.51%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4069	$8913
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2839	$6080
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.14	$4.45
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$8.55	$69.8
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$9.63	$29.9
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.43	$1.99
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$4.71	$1.37
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.94	$2.08
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.24	$2.94
🥚 Eggs, x12	$6.15	$4.14
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.23	$15.6
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$18.2	$12.6
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$22.5	$18.6
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.06	$3.49
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.4	$2.07
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.48	$2.85
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.72	$3.62
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.27	$2.38
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.52	$1.78
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.78	$0.69
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.07	$2.06
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$18.9	$7.38
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.21	$1.33
🚬 Cigarette pack	$25.5	$10.1
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$4.8	$10.5
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.88	$3.95
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.02	$1.69
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.81	$2.17
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$40.8	$35.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$14.3	$15.8
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$31.3	$68.6
💇 Haircut, simple	$6.46	$22.1
👖 Brand Jeans	$65.6	$97.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$92.4	$101
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$22.9	$135
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$24723	$10963

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Cities near Ashgabat

Distance	City	Cost of living
12 km or 7.2 mi	Anau	$1763
95 km or 59 mi	Quchan	$501
99 km or 61 mi	Baherden	$1769
107 km or 66 mi	Bojnord	$487
197 km or 123 mi	Nishapur	$496
203 km or 126 mi	Sabzevar	$510
212 km or 132 mi	Mashhad	$498
294 km or 183 mi	Gonbad-e Kavus	$466
302 km or 187 mi	Kashmar	$507
306 km or 190 mi	Mary	$1640
307 km or 191 mi	Torbat-e Heydarieh	$501
344 km or 213 mi	Shahrud	$563
361 km or 224 mi	Torbat-e Jam	$494
367 km or 228 mi	Gorgan	$659
451 km or 280 mi	Dasoguz	$1755
469 km or 291 mi	Turkmenabat	$1709
496 km or 308 mi	Sari	$635
513 km or 318 mi	Nukus	$468
516 km or 321 mi	Qaem Shahr	$502
517 km or 321 mi	Semnan	$535
524 km or 325 mi	Herat	$532
528 km or 328 mi	Babol	$372
558 km or 347 mi	Amol	$531
561 km or 349 mi	Bukhara	$436
570 km or 354 mi	Birjand	$589
634 km or 394 mi	Pardis	$575
654 km or 406 mi	Qarshi	$513
657 km or 408 mi	Pakdasht	$583
660 km or 410 mi	Golestan	$592
667 km or 414 mi	Sheberghan	$457
668 km or 415 mi	Qarchak	$586
668 km or 415 mi	Tehran	$639
670 km or 417 mi	Varamin	$571
671 km or 417 mi	Ray	$591
693 km or 431 mi	Qods	$631
694 km or 431 mi	Eslamshahr	$602
695 km or 432 mi	Nasimshahr	$601
700 km or 435 mi	Shahriar	$627
701 km or 435 mi	Karaj	$696
703 km or 437 mi	Fardis	$639

Cities near Berlin

Distance	City	Cost of living
15 km or 9.2 mi	Teltow	$1931
18 km or 11 mi	Hohen Neuendorf	$1930
18 km or 11 mi	Hennigsdorf	$1921
20 km or 13 mi	Falkensee	$1905
21 km or 13 mi	Bernau bei Berlin	$1940
25 km or 16 mi	Potsdam	$1940
25 km or 16 mi	Ludwigsfelde	$1889
28 km or 18 mi	Oranienburg	$1920
30 km or 19 mi	Konigs Wusterhausen	$1896
34 km or 21 mi	Werder	$1870
34 km or 21 mi	Strausberg	$1895
46 km or 29 mi	Eberswalde	$1878
49 km or 31 mi	Furstenwalde	$1816
50 km or 31 mi	Luckenwalde	$1853
57 km or 36 mi	Brandenburg an der Havel	$1859
60 km or 37 mi	Neuruppin	$1846
72 km or 44 mi	Rathenow	$1846
81 km or 50 mi	Frankfurt	$1698
86 km or 53 mi	Schwedt	$1857
88 km or 55 mi	Wittenberg	$1460
97 km or 60 mi	Neustrelitz	$1557
97 km or 60 mi	Eisenhuttenstadt	$1587
104 km or 65 mi	Stendal	$1493
106 km or 66 mi	Cottbus	$1382
107 km or 67 mi	Burg bei Magdeburg	$1483
107 km or 67 mi	Zerbst	$1490
109 km or 68 mi	Dessau-Rolau	$1489
109 km or 68 mi	Torgau	$1488
116 km or 72 mi	Neubrandenburg	$1597
119 km or 74 mi	Senftenberg	$1502
121 km or 75 mi	Waren	$1543
124 km or 77 mi	Bitterfeld-Wolfen	$1457
124 km or 77 mi	Schonebeck	$1481
125 km or 78 mi	Spremberg	$1464
127 km or 79 mi	Magdeburg	$1473
128 km or 79 mi	Szczecin	$1240
128 km or 80 mi	Kothen	$1467
128 km or 80 mi	Gorzow Wielkopolski	$1121
131 km or 81 mi	Delitzsch	$1553
134 km or 83 mi	Hoyerswerda	$1474