Ashgabat vs Berlin - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Ashgabat	Berlin
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1833	$2222
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4223	$4975
🏠 One person rent	$893	$1217
🏘️ Family rent	$1483	$2066
🍽️ Food expenses	$782	$555
🚐 Transport expenses	$49.8	$304
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$747	$3412
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Good
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	19 km
🎓 Higher education	7	100
😀 Quality of life	49	96
🏙️ Population	1.03M	3.78M

The cost of living in Ashgabat is 17% less expensive than in Berlin. Cities ranked 2595th and 1418th ($1833 vs $2222) 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 1.5 months in Berlin. Ashgabat ranked 1st best city to live in Turkmenistan vs Berlin ranked 4th in Germany, while ranked 6667th 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	$31.3	$16.6
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$85.3	$66.5
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$12.8	$13.4
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.48	$5.2
☕ Cappuccino	$7.08	$4.41
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.16	$3.43
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1020	$1250
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$674	$928
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1780	$2200
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1190	$1631
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$47.3	$180
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$73.2	$277
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$102	$45.2
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	9.49%	3.62%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4806	$8887
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2978	$6036
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.14	$4.44
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$8.51	$66.5
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$9.77	$28.6
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.43	$1.98
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$4.77	$1.38
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.69	$2.12
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.3	$2.73
🥚 Eggs, x12	$6.17	$4.11
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.26	$15.1
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$18.7	$12.2
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$19.4	$17.3
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.44	$3.44
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.39	$2.05
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.58	$2.7
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.56	$3.89
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.99	$2.48
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.79	$2.09
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.78	$0.75
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.1	$2.13
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$19.1	$7.24
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.69	$1.22
🚬 Cigarette pack	$25.7	$10.1
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.19	$10.5
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.85	$3.6
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3	$1.93
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.81	$1.89
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$41.2	$36.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$14.3	$14.8
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$33.8	$67
💇 Haircut, simple	$6.4	$19.1
👖 Brand Jeans	$65.8	$86.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$93.9	$104
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$23	$149
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$25686	$9480

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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 Berlin

Distance	City	Cost of living
15 km or 9.2 mi	Teltow	$1868
18 km or 11 mi	Hohen Neuendorf	$1893
18 km or 11 mi	Hennigsdorf	$1892
20 km or 13 mi	Falkensee	$1862
21 km or 13 mi	Bernau bei Berlin	$1888
25 km or 16 mi	Potsdam	$1902
25 km or 16 mi	Ludwigsfelde	$1851
28 km or 18 mi	Oranienburg	$1887
30 km or 19 mi	Konigs Wusterhausen	$1841
34 km or 21 mi	Werder	$1826
34 km or 21 mi	Strausberg	$1856
46 km or 29 mi	Eberswalde	$1862
49 km or 31 mi	Furstenwalde	$1776
50 km or 31 mi	Luckenwalde	$1810
57 km or 36 mi	Brandenburg an der Havel	$1839
60 km or 37 mi	Neuruppin	$1826
72 km or 44 mi	Rathenow	$1822
81 km or 50 mi	Frankfurt	$1681
86 km or 53 mi	Schwedt	$1852
88 km or 55 mi	Wittenberg	$1454
97 km or 60 mi	Neustrelitz	$1484
97 km or 60 mi	Eisenhuttenstadt	$1567
104 km or 65 mi	Stendal	$1430
106 km or 66 mi	Cottbus	$1363
107 km or 67 mi	Burg bei Magdeburg	$1425
107 km or 67 mi	Zerbst	$1424
109 km or 68 mi	Dessau-Rolau	$1436
109 km or 68 mi	Torgau	$1471
116 km or 72 mi	Neubrandenburg	$1501
119 km or 74 mi	Senftenberg	$1486
121 km or 75 mi	Waren	$1479
124 km or 77 mi	Bitterfeld-Wolfen	$1421
124 km or 77 mi	Schonebeck	$1417
125 km or 78 mi	Spremberg	$1435
127 km or 79 mi	Magdeburg	$1411
128 km or 79 mi	Szczecin	$1166
128 km or 80 mi	Kothen	$1422
128 km or 80 mi	Gorzow Wielkopolski	$1113
131 km or 81 mi	Delitzsch	$1563
134 km or 83 mi	Hoyerswerda	$1446