Ashgabat vs Birmingham - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 01, 2024

	Ashgabat	Birmingham
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1679	$2004
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3854	$4769
🏠 One person rent	$836	$1189
🏘️ Family rent	$1553	$1948
🍽️ Food expenses	$658	$479
🚐 Transport expenses	$47.3	$177
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$573	$3056
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	11 km
🎓 Higher education	7	95
😀 Quality of life	30	93
🏙️ Population	828K	1.14M

The cost of living in Ashgabat is 16% less expensive than in Birmingham. Cities ranked 2737th and 1780th ($1679 vs $2004) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 54th in Turkmenistan and the United Kingdom, respectively. Check Turkmenistan vs the United Kingdom comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.3 months in Ashgabat compared to 1.5 months in Birmingham. Ashgabat ranked 1st best city to live in Turkmenistan vs Birmingham ranked 3rd in the United Kingdom, while ranked 8379th and 58th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Ashgabat vs Birmingham

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	Ashgabat	Birmingham
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$31.6	$19
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$55.7	$63.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10	$8.18
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.39	$5.64
☕ Cappuccino	$4.59	$3.93
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.91	$2.09
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$915	$1103
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$647	$928
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1453	$2219
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1376	$1470
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$48.2	$191
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$73.7	$293
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$87.4	$35.5
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	7.98%	5.95%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4561	$4896
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3442	$3766
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.29	$3.1
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$9.98	$75.1
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$9.68	$17.6
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.38	$2.04
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$3.63	$1.64
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.85	$1.51
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.65	$2.24
🥚 Eggs, x12	$5.07	$3.75
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.3	$8.15
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.9	$7.27
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$24.8	$11
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.66	$2.34
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.38	$1.48
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.31	$1.93
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.82	$1.69
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.76	$1.49
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.83	$1.26
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.83	$0.91
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.09	$3.13
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$27.2	$8.79
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.61	$2.67
🚬 Cigarette pack	$25.4	$18.4
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.03	$10.5
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.84	$6.03
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.02	$2.98
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.8	$2.42
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$65.9	$33.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$16.5	$13.3
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$33.8	$114
💇 Haircut, simple	$6.42	$14.3
👖 Brand Jeans	$83.7	$86.7
👟 Brand Sneakers	$144	$95.5
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$22.6	$1501
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$6425	$18689

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Cities near Ashgabat

Distance	City	Cost of living
12 km or 7.2 mi	Anau	$1648
95 km or 59 mi	Quchan	$487
99 km or 61 mi	Baherden	$1642
107 km or 66 mi	Bojnord	$427
197 km or 123 mi	Nishapur	$509
203 km or 126 mi	Sabzevar	$489
212 km or 132 mi	Mashhad	$532
294 km or 183 mi	Gonbad-e Kavus	$473
302 km or 187 mi	Kashmar	$507
306 km or 190 mi	Mary	$1644
307 km or 191 mi	Torbat-e Heydarieh	$520
344 km or 213 mi	Shahrud	$576
361 km or 224 mi	Torbat-e Jam	$558
367 km or 228 mi	Gorgan	$661
451 km or 280 mi	Dasoguz	$1657
469 km or 291 mi	Turkmenabat	$1662
496 km or 308 mi	Sari	$640
513 km or 318 mi	Nukus	$427
516 km or 321 mi	Qaem Shahr	$533
517 km or 321 mi	Semnan	$558
524 km or 325 mi	Herat	$514
528 km or 328 mi	Babol	$434
558 km or 347 mi	Amol	$519
561 km or 349 mi	Bukhara	$399
570 km or 354 mi	Birjand	$554
634 km or 394 mi	Pardis	$619
654 km or 406 mi	Qarshi	$416
657 km or 408 mi	Pakdasht	$633
660 km or 410 mi	Golestan	$655
667 km or 414 mi	Sheberghan	$446
668 km or 415 mi	Qarchak	$636
668 km or 415 mi	Tehran	$700
670 km or 417 mi	Varamin	$616
671 km or 417 mi	Ray	$653
693 km or 431 mi	Qods	$655
694 km or 431 mi	Eslamshahr	$655
695 km or 432 mi	Nasimshahr	$651
700 km or 435 mi	Shahriar	$653
701 km or 435 mi	Karaj	$693
703 km or 437 mi	Fardis	$651

Cities near Birmingham

Distance	City	Cost of living
4.7 km or 2.9 mi	Smethwick	$1809
6.8 km or 4.2 mi	West Bromwich	$1765
11 km or 6.6 mi	Halesowen	$1751
12 km or 7.2 mi	Solihull	$1817
12 km or 7.6 mi	Walsall	$1680
14 km or 8.7 mi	Dudley	$1733
14 km or 8.7 mi	Aldridge	$1723
15 km or 9.6 mi	Willenhall	$1716
17 km or 10 mi	Stourbridge	$1664
19 km or 12 mi	Wolverhampton	$1687
19 km or 12 mi	Bromsgrove	$1713
20 km or 12 mi	Redditch	$1586
22 km or 14 mi	Tamworth	$1683
25 km or 15 mi	Cannock	$1722
26 km or 16 mi	Kidderminster	$1727
27 km or 17 mi	Coventry	$2320
30 km or 19 mi	Nuneaton	$1497
31 km or 19 mi	Warwick	$1711
32 km or 20 mi	Leamington Spa	$1969
35 km or 22 mi	Stratford-upon-Avon	$1831
37 km or 23 mi	Hinckley	$1688
39 km or 24 mi	Worcester	$1603
39 km or 24 mi	Stafford	$1751
40 km or 25 mi	Burton upon Trent	$1675
43 km or 27 mi	Telford	$1472
45 km or 28 mi	Rugby	$1588
55 km or 34 mi	Leicester	$1797
57 km or 35 mi	Derby	$1654
57 km or 35 mi	Loughborough	$1761
60 km or 37 mi	Banbury	$1737
61 km or 38 mi	Stoke-on-Trent	$1497
63 km or 39 mi	Shrewsbury	$1674
63 km or 39 mi	Newcastle-under-Lyme	$1564
66 km or 41 mi	Cheltenham	$1784
66 km or 41 mi	Market Harborough	$1785
70 km or 44 mi	Leek	$1675
72 km or 45 mi	Gloucester	$1653
73 km or 45 mi	Hereford	$1815
73 km or 46 mi	Nottingham	$1966
73 km or 46 mi	Northampton	$1673