Ashgabat vs Brussels - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Ashgabat	Brussels
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1584	$1816
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3634	$4478
🏠 One person rent	$798	$1024
🏘️ Family rent	$1502	$1880
🍽️ Food expenses	$609	$567
🚐 Transport expenses	$49.1	$85.5
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$718	$2931
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	11 km
🎓 Higher education	7	96
😀 Quality of life	29	89
🏙️ Population	1.03M	196K

The cost of living in Ashgabat is 13% less expensive than in Brussels. Cities ranked 3105th and 2354th ($1584 vs $1816) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 1st in Turkmenistan and Belgium, respectively. Check Turkmenistan vs Belgium comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.5 months in Ashgabat compared to 1.6 months in Brussels. Ashgabat ranked 1st best city to live in Turkmenistan vs Brussels ranked 1st in Belgium, while ranked 8250th and 190th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Ashgabat vs Brussels

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	Ashgabat	Brussels
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$25.9	$18.9
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$60.4	$76.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.1	$12.8
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.4	$5.16
☕ Cappuccino	$5.56	$4.01
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.25	$2.85
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$884	$973
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$607	$770
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1501	$1932
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1302	$1489
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$45.2	$161
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$70	$250
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$90.5	$52.7
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	8.58%	3.61%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3897	$4675
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3006	$4207
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.14	$2.62
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$8.52	$53.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$9.74	$23.8
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.38	$1.79
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$3	$1.53
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.35	$2.42
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.49	$2.5
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.83	$4.19
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.29	$14.9
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.83	$12.2
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$18.9	$17.6
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.02	$2.53
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.36	$2.22
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.81	$2.49
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.06	$3.08
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.57	$2.11
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.41	$2.11
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.74	$0.81
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.08	$3.21
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$27.3	$8.6
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.79	$2.32
🚬 Cigarette pack	$25.2	$10.7
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.01	$9.25
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.8	$4.54
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3	$1.93
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.77	$2.78
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$112	$34.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$17.7	$13.8
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$31.8	$38.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$6.36	$24.2
👖 Brand Jeans	$69.9	$94.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$92.4	$107
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$22.7	$975
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$6132	$19505

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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 Brussels

Distance	City	Cost of living
3.2 km or 2 mi	Schaerbeek	$1651
3.3 km or 2.1 mi	Saint-Gilles	$1663
4 km or 2.5 mi	Anderlecht	$1667
4.2 km or 2.6 mi	Forest	$1692
4.5 km or 2.8 mi	Woluwe-Saint-Lambert	$1580
6.2 km or 3.8 mi	Watermael-Boitsfort	$1647
7.3 km or 4.6 mi	Dilbeek	$1642
10 km or 6.3 mi	Sint-Pieters-Leeuw	$1660
10 km or 6.4 mi	Vilvoorde	$1539
11 km or 6.8 mi	Tervuren	$1685
15 km or 9 mi	Overijse	$1618
15 km or 9.1 mi	Waterloo	$1788
15 km or 9.1 mi	Halle	$1626
17 km or 11 mi	Zemst	$1556
19 km or 12 mi	Braine-l'Alleud	$1615
19 km or 12 mi	Rixensart	$1594
21 km or 13 mi	Mechelen	$1541
21 km or 13 mi	Tubize	$1607
23 km or 14 mi	Ottignies-Louvain-la-Neuve	$1585
23 km or 14 mi	Wavre	$1536
23 km or 15 mi	Herent	$1599
24 km or 15 mi	Ninove	$1560
24 km or 15 mi	Aalst	$1663
25 km or 15 mi	Leuven	$1683
26 km or 16 mi	Dendermonde	$1446
28 km or 17 mi	Nivelles	$1492
31 km or 20 mi	Braine-le-Comte	$1537
35 km or 22 mi	Lier	$1523
35 km or 22 mi	Geraardsbergen	$1461
36 km or 23 mi	Heist-op-den-Berg	$1488
37 km or 23 mi	Mortsel	$1530
37 km or 23 mi	Aarschot	$1362
37 km or 23 mi	Soignies	$1509
38 km or 23 mi	Zottegem	$1520
38 km or 24 mi	Lokeren	$1475
38 km or 24 mi	Sint-Niklaas	$1514
40 km or 25 mi	Gembloux	$1578
40 km or 25 mi	Beveren	$1613
41 km or 26 mi	Tienen	$1488
41 km or 26 mi	Antwerp	$1640