Ashgabat vs Berlin - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Ashgabat	Berlin
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1584	$2027
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3634	$4661
🏠 One person rent	$798	$1127
🏘️ Family rent	$1502	$2029
🍽️ Food expenses	$609	$505
🚐 Transport expenses	$49.1	$258
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$718	$3225
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Good
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	19 km
🎓 Higher education	7	100
😀 Quality of life	29	95
🏙️ Population	1.03M	3.78M

The cost of living in Ashgabat is 22% less expensive than in Berlin. Cities ranked 3105th and 1762nd ($1584 vs $2027) 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 0.5 months in Ashgabat compared to 1.6 months in Berlin. Ashgabat ranked 1st best city to live in Turkmenistan vs Berlin ranked 3rd in Germany, while ranked 8250th and 21st 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	$25.9	$14.6
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$60.4	$65.3
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.1	$12.5
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.4	$4.57
☕ Cappuccino	$5.56	$3.85
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.25	$2.94
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$884	$1156
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$607	$832
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1501	$2233
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1302	$1562
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$45.2	$190
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$70	$293
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$90.5	$40.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	8.58%	3.88%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3897	$8133
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3006	$5908
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.14	$3.68
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$8.52	$57.5
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$9.74	$23.9
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.38	$1.81
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$3	$1.28
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.35	$1.93
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.49	$2.88
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.83	$3.66
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.29	$13.2
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.83	$11
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$18.9	$16.7
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.02	$2.93
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.36	$1.94
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.81	$2.27
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.06	$3.75
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.57	$1.99
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.41	$1.81
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.74	$0.55
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.08	$1.9
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$27.3	$6.55
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.79	$1.2
🚬 Cigarette pack	$25.2	$9.01
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.01	$9.37
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.8	$3.2
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3	$1.73
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.77	$2.11
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$112	$33.3
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$17.7	$13
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$31.8	$59.3
💇 Haircut, simple	$6.36	$19.3
👖 Brand Jeans	$69.9	$88.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$92.4	$95.1
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$22.7	$186
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$6132	$9774

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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 Berlin

Distance	City	Cost of living
15 km or 9.2 mi	Teltow	$1707
18 km or 11 mi	Hohen Neuendorf	$1782
18 km or 11 mi	Hennigsdorf	$1770
20 km or 13 mi	Falkensee	$1714
21 km or 13 mi	Bernau bei Berlin	$1763
25 km or 16 mi	Potsdam	$1724
25 km or 16 mi	Ludwigsfelde	$1691
28 km or 18 mi	Oranienburg	$1796
30 km or 19 mi	Konigs Wusterhausen	$1695
34 km or 21 mi	Werder	$1665
34 km or 21 mi	Strausberg	$1711
46 km or 29 mi	Eberswalde	$1714
49 km or 31 mi	Furstenwalde	$1632
50 km or 31 mi	Luckenwalde	$1663
57 km or 36 mi	Brandenburg an der Havel	$1686
60 km or 37 mi	Neuruppin	$1723
72 km or 44 mi	Rathenow	$1690
81 km or 50 mi	Frankfurt	$1534
86 km or 53 mi	Schwedt	$1644
88 km or 55 mi	Wittenberg	$1354
97 km or 60 mi	Neustrelitz	$1442
97 km or 60 mi	Eisenhuttenstadt	$1437
104 km or 65 mi	Stendal	$1319
106 km or 66 mi	Cottbus	$1241
107 km or 67 mi	Burg bei Magdeburg	$1315
107 km or 67 mi	Zerbst	$1332
109 km or 68 mi	Dessau-Rolau	$1340
109 km or 68 mi	Torgau	$1350
116 km or 72 mi	Neubrandenburg	$1421
119 km or 74 mi	Senftenberg	$1351
121 km or 75 mi	Waren	$1395
124 km or 77 mi	Bitterfeld-Wolfen	$1308
124 km or 77 mi	Schonebeck	$1326
125 km or 78 mi	Spremberg	$1310
127 km or 79 mi	Magdeburg	$1282
128 km or 79 mi	Szczecin	$1108
128 km or 80 mi	Kothen	$1346
128 km or 80 mi	Gorzow Wielkopolski	$1022
131 km or 81 mi	Delitzsch	$1419
134 km or 83 mi	Hoyerswerda	$1373