Ashgabat vs Bratislava - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Ashgabat	Bratislava
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1833	$1497
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4223	$3483
🏠 One person rent	$893	$854
🏘️ Family rent	$1483	$1426
🍽️ Food expenses	$782	$424
🚐 Transport expenses	$49.8	$96.6
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$747	$1662
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Good
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	8 km
🎓 Higher education	7	66
😀 Quality of life	49	82
🏙️ Population	1.03M	479K

The cost of living in Ashgabat is 22% more expensive than in Bratislava. Cities ranked 2595th and 3966th ($1833 vs $1497) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 1st in Turkmenistan and Slovakia, respectively. Check Turkmenistan vs Slovakia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.4 months in Ashgabat compared to 1.1 months in Bratislava. Ashgabat ranked 1st best city to live in Turkmenistan vs Bratislava ranked 1st in Slovakia, while ranked 6667th and 595th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Ashgabat vs Bratislava

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	Ashgabat	Bratislava
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$31.3	$10.5
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$85.3	$49.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$12.8	$10
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.48	$2.75
☕ Cappuccino	$7.08	$3.3
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.16	$2.22
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1020	$883
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$674	$637
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1780	$1522
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1190	$1089
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$47.3	$149
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$73.2	$232
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$102	$18.7
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	9.49%	4.08%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4806	$6112
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2978	$4219
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.14	$1.4
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$8.51	$41.7
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$9.77	$16.7
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.43	$1.79
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$4.77	$1.38
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.69	$1.45
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.3	$1.6
🥚 Eggs, x12	$6.17	$4.24
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.26	$15.8
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$18.7	$8.84
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$19.4	$13.5
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.44	$1.99
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.39	$2
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.58	$2.66
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.56	$4.4
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.99	$1.72
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.79	$1.86
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.78	$0.61
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.1	$2.27
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$19.1	$6.58
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.69	$1.16
🚬 Cigarette pack	$25.7	$6.26
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.19	$8.19
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.85	$3.69
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3	$1.56
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.81	$2.8
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$41.2	$45.3
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$14.3	$12.1
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$33.8	$36.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$6.4	$16.6
👖 Brand Jeans	$65.8	$84
👟 Brand Sneakers	$93.9	$96.7
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$23	$643
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$25686	$12603

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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 Bratislava

Distance	City	Cost of living
1.3 km or 0.8 mi	Petrzalka	$1388
33 km or 20 mi	Mosonmagyarovar	$917
44 km or 27 mi	Trnava	$1311
55 km or 34 mi	Vienna	$2132
62 km or 38 mi	Klosterneuburg	$1859
62 km or 38 mi	Modling	$1976
64 km or 40 mi	Gyor	$861
65 km or 40 mi	Sopron	$1052
67 km or 42 mi	Baden bei Wien	$1917
70 km or 44 mi	Breclav	$1148
72 km or 45 mi	Piestany	$985
74 km or 46 mi	Wiener Neustadt	$2019
75 km or 46 mi	Nitra	$1176
78 km or 49 mi	Hodonin	$1229
81 km or 50 mi	Nove Zamky	$1134
87 km or 54 mi	Komarno	$1148
106 km or 66 mi	Uherske Hradiste	$1606
108 km or 67 mi	Szombathely	$823
108 km or 67 mi	Trencin	$1257
111 km or 69 mi	Levice	$946
111 km or 69 mi	Sankt Polten	$1774
111 km or 69 mi	Znojmo	$1233
114 km or 71 mi	Tatabanya	$943
115 km or 71 mi	Krems an der Donau	$1759
123 km or 76 mi	Brno	$1570
128 km or 79 mi	Zlin	$1282
130 km or 81 mi	Kromeriz	$1229
131 km or 81 mi	Veszprem	$973
131 km or 82 mi	Prievidza	$992
143 km or 89 mi	Szekesfehervar	$884
146 km or 91 mi	Povazska Bystrica	$1237
146 km or 91 mi	Zalaegerszeg	$845
148 km or 92 mi	Prostejov	$1182
148 km or 92 mi	Vsetin	$1155
148 km or 92 mi	Prerov	$1056
149 km or 93 mi	Trebic	$1097
156 km or 97 mi	Vac	$1070
157 km or 98 mi	Zvolen	$1346
157 km or 98 mi	Kapfenberg	$1574
159 km or 99 mi	Erd	$936