Ashgabat vs Bucharest - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Ashgabat	Bucharest
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1584	$988
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3634	$2566
🏠 One person rent	$798	$474
🏘️ Family rent	$1502	$877
🍽️ Food expenses	$609	$339
🚐 Transport expenses	$49.1	$67.6
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$718	$1247
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	12 km
🎓 Higher education	7	77
😀 Quality of life	29	79
🏙️ Population	1.03M	1.72M

The cost of living in Ashgabat is 60% more expensive than in Bucharest. Cities ranked 3105th and 5565th ($1584 vs $988) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 3rd in Turkmenistan and Romania, respectively. Check Turkmenistan vs Romania comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.5 months in Ashgabat compared to 1.3 months in Bucharest. Ashgabat ranked 1st best city to live in Turkmenistan vs Bucharest ranked 1st in Romania, while ranked 8250th and 645th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Ashgabat vs Bucharest

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	Ashgabat	Bucharest
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$25.9	$10.5
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$60.4	$44.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.1	$7.25
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.4	$2.9
☕ Cappuccino	$5.56	$3.01
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.25	$2.09
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$884	$520
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$607	$337
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1501	$999
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1302	$658
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$45.2	$90.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$70	$141
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$90.5	$9.28
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	8.58%	7.1%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3897	$3094
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3006	$1793
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.14	$0.63
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$8.52	$17.3
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$9.74	$5.57
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.38	$1.52
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$3	$1.6
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.35	$0.98
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.49	$1.35
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.83	$3.05
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.29	$8.55
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.83	$6.56
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$18.9	$10.9
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.02	$1.15
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.36	$1.62
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.81	$1.6
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.06	$2.05
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.57	$0.94
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.41	$0.89
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.74	$0.57
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.08	$2.01
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$27.3	$7.28
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.79	$1.12
🚬 Cigarette pack	$25.2	$5.84
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.01	$6.38
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.8	$4.93
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3	$1.61
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.77	$3.03
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$112	$42.7
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$17.7	$7.92
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$31.8	$51.8
💇 Haircut, simple	$6.36	$10.4
👖 Brand Jeans	$69.9	$72.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$92.4	$84
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$22.7	$569
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$6132	$11573

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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 Bucharest

Distance	City	Cost of living
13 km or 8.3 mi	Voluntari	$867
56 km or 35 mi	Giurgiu	$847
60 km or 37 mi	Ploiesti	$796
62 km or 39 mi	Ruse	$633
77 km or 48 mi	Targoviste	$704
77 km or 48 mi	Alexandria	$629
102 km or 63 mi	Buzau	$729
102 km or 63 mi	Calarasi	$696
103 km or 64 mi	Slobozia	$722
108 km or 67 mi	Pitesti	$743
137 km or 85 mi	Slatina	$623
143 km or 89 mi	Shumen	$622
144 km or 90 mi	Brasov	$938
151 km or 94 mi	Veliko Tarnovo	$731
156 km or 97 mi	Ramnicu Valcea	$770
161 km or 100 mi	Pleven	$594
164 km or 102 mi	Sfantu Gheorghe	$680
168 km or 104 mi	Dobrich	$702
168 km or 105 mi	Focsani	$752
177 km or 110 mi	Braila	$741
180 km or 112 mi	Craiova	$848
181 km or 112 mi	Gabrovo	$598
192 km or 119 mi	Galati	$786
192 km or 119 mi	Sliven	$631
198 km or 123 mi	Varna	$892
203 km or 126 mi	Mamaia	$929
205 km or 127 mi	Constanta	$1002
216 km or 134 mi	Yambol	$546
217 km or 135 mi	Sibiu	$698
223 km or 138 mi	Stara Zagora	$646
232 km or 144 mi	Tulcea	$837
233 km or 145 mi	Targu Jiu	$718
236 km or 146 mi	Cahul	$812
237 km or 147 mi	Barlad	$725
238 km or 148 mi	Medias	$574
239 km or 148 mi	Burgas	$721
243 km or 151 mi	Vratsa	$687
251 km or 156 mi	Bacau	$650
260 km or 161 mi	Vidin	$605
267 km or 166 mi	Targu Mures	$758