Ashgabat vs Bishkek - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Ashgabat	Bishkek
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1833	$743
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4223	$1747
🏠 One person rent	$893	$398
🏘️ Family rent	$1483	$699
🍽️ Food expenses	$782	$239
🚐 Transport expenses	$49.8	$35.1
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$747	$362
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	23 km
🎓 Higher education	7	44
😀 Quality of life	49	57
🏙️ Population	1.03M	1.19M

The cost of living in Ashgabat is 147% more expensive than in Bishkek. Cities ranked 2595th and 6893rd ($1833 vs $743) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 1st in Turkmenistan and Kyrgyzstan, respectively. Check Turkmenistan vs Kyrgyzstan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.4 months in Ashgabat compared to 0.5 months in Bishkek. Ashgabat ranked 1st best city to live in Turkmenistan vs Bishkek ranked 1st in Kyrgyzstan, while ranked 6667th and 6164th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Ashgabat vs Bishkek

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	Ashgabat	Bishkek
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$31.3	$6.84
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$85.3	$26.2
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$12.8	$5.66
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.48	$1.38
☕ Cappuccino	$7.08	$2.17
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.16	$0.68
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1020	$450
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$674	$339
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1780	$792
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1190	$615
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$47.3	$24.7
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$73.2	$37.5
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$102	$11.8
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	9.49%	20.35%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4806	$1533
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2978	$1076
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.14	$0.23
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$8.51	$11.7
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$9.77	$3.19
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.43	$0.83
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$4.77	$0.95
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.69	$0.47
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.3	$1.65
🥚 Eggs, x12	$6.17	$1.73
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.26	$8.03
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$18.7	$4.77
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$19.4	$7.91
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.44	$1.03
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.39	$1.84
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.58	$2.01
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.56	$1.61
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.99	$0.56
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.79	$0.47
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.78	$0.34
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.1	$1.16
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$19.1	$8.04
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.69	$1.22
🚬 Cigarette pack	$25.7	$1.83
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.19	$3.97
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.85	$2.04
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3	$0.8
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.81	$1.26
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$41.2	$47.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$14.3	$4.98
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$33.8	$12.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$6.4	$3.82
👖 Brand Jeans	$65.8	$41.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$93.9	$98.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$23	$207
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$25686	$5611

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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 Bishkek

Distance	City	Cost of living
23 km or 14 mi	Kant	$501
59 km or 37 mi	Tokmok	$613
171 km or 106 mi	Toktogul	$615
171 km or 106 mi	Kaskelen	$787
194 km or 121 mi	Almaty	$884
195 km or 121 mi	Talas	$532
198 km or 123 mi	Naryn	$573
207 km or 129 mi	Cholpon-Ata	$629
233 km or 145 mi	Kapchagay	$762
251 km or 156 mi	Jalal-Abad	$585
261 km or 162 mi	Taraz	$445
299 km or 186 mi	Osh	$549
303 km or 188 mi	Andijan	$451
317 km or 197 mi	Namangan	$562
357 km or 222 mi	Margilan	$648
360 km or 224 mi	Fergana	$680
376 km or 233 mi	Artux	$639
387 km or 240 mi	Taldiqorgan	$678
398 km or 247 mi	Kashgar	$651
411 km or 256 mi	Shymkent	$525
439 km or 273 mi	Chirchiq	$754
444 km or 276 mi	Balkhash	$618
449 km or 279 mi	Konibodom	$626
471 km or 292 mi	Tashkent	$844
482 km or 300 mi	Istiklol	$620
497 km or 309 mi	Kentau	$468
498 km or 310 mi	Ghafurov	$600
499 km or 310 mi	Buston	$650
502 km or 312 mi	Khujand	$603
506 km or 314 mi	Aksu	$625
516 km or 320 mi	Turkistan	$480
558 km or 346 mi	Yining	$559
568 km or 353 mi	Istaravshan	$658
614 km or 382 mi	Aral	$614
637 km or 396 mi	Jizzakh	$555
642 km or 399 mi	Bole	$544
682 km or 424 mi	Dushanbe	$712
691 km or 430 mi	Panjakent	$674
721 km or 448 mi	Tursunzoda	$680
729 km or 453 mi	Samarkand	$475