Ashgabat vs Bratislava - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Ashgabat	Bratislava
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1584	$1275
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3634	$3042
🏠 One person rent	$798	$705
🏘️ Family rent	$1502	$1188
🍽️ Food expenses	$609	$374
🚐 Transport expenses	$49.1	$86.7
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$718	$1458
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Good
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	8 km
🎓 Higher education	7	66
😀 Quality of life	29	80
🏙️ Population	1.03M	476K

The cost of living in Ashgabat is 24% more expensive than in Bratislava. Cities ranked 3105th and 4275th ($1584 vs $1275) 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 0.5 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 8250th and 568th 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	$25.9	$8.92
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$60.4	$44.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.1	$8.61
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.4	$2.47
☕ Cappuccino	$5.56	$2.82
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.25	$1.93
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$884	$691
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$607	$530
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1501	$1238
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1302	$908
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$45.2	$127
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$70	$198
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$90.5	$16.7
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	8.58%	4.37%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3897	$5323
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3006	$3848
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.14	$1.14
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$8.52	$36
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$9.74	$15.5
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.38	$1.63
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$3	$1.19
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.35	$1.29
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.49	$1.42
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.83	$3.63
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.29	$13.6
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.83	$7.66
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$18.9	$12
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.02	$1.75
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.36	$1.82
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.81	$2.31
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.06	$3.92
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.57	$1.55
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.41	$1.62
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.74	$0.54
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.08	$1.92
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$27.3	$5.79
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.79	$1.06
🚬 Cigarette pack	$25.2	$5.54
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.01	$8.14
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.8	$3.33
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3	$1.39
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.77	$2.53
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$112	$39.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$17.7	$11
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$31.8	$33.3
💇 Haircut, simple	$6.36	$15.2
👖 Brand Jeans	$69.9	$72.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$92.4	$85.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$22.7	$586
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$6132	$13266

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Cost of Living in the nearest cities

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 Bratislava

Distance	City	Cost of living
1.3 km or 0.8 mi	Petrzalka	$1202
33 km or 20 mi	Mosonmagyarovar	$794
44 km or 27 mi	Trnava	$1181
55 km or 34 mi	Vienna	$1844
62 km or 38 mi	Klosterneuburg	$1582
62 km or 38 mi	Modling	$1719
64 km or 40 mi	Gyor	$784
65 km or 40 mi	Sopron	$919
67 km or 42 mi	Baden bei Wien	$1627
70 km or 44 mi	Breclav	$943
72 km or 45 mi	Piestany	$935
74 km or 46 mi	Wiener Neustadt	$1586
75 km or 46 mi	Nitra	$1039
78 km or 49 mi	Hodonin	$1098
81 km or 50 mi	Nove Zamky	$1019
87 km or 54 mi	Komarno	$1045
106 km or 66 mi	Uherske Hradiste	$1381
108 km or 67 mi	Szombathely	$701
108 km or 67 mi	Trencin	$1118
111 km or 69 mi	Levice	$987
111 km or 69 mi	Sankt Polten	$1559
111 km or 69 mi	Znojmo	$1087
114 km or 71 mi	Tatabanya	$794
115 km or 71 mi	Krems an der Donau	$1553
123 km or 76 mi	Brno	$1329
128 km or 79 mi	Zlin	$1169
130 km or 81 mi	Kromeriz	$1107
131 km or 81 mi	Veszprem	$786
131 km or 82 mi	Prievidza	$892
143 km or 89 mi	Szekesfehervar	$762
146 km or 91 mi	Povazska Bystrica	$1085
146 km or 91 mi	Zalaegerszeg	$750
148 km or 92 mi	Prostejov	$1075
148 km or 92 mi	Vsetin	$1104
148 km or 92 mi	Prerov	$983
149 km or 93 mi	Trebic	$1120
156 km or 97 mi	Vac	$827
157 km or 98 mi	Zvolen	$1237
157 km or 98 mi	Kapfenberg	$1323
159 km or 99 mi	Erd	$790