Ashgabat vs Budapest - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Ashgabat	Budapest
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1584	$1109
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3634	$2730
🏠 One person rent	$798	$553
🏘️ Family rent	$1502	$965
🍽️ Food expenses	$609	$342
🚐 Transport expenses	$49.1	$105
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$718	$1229
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Good
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	18 km
🎓 Higher education	7	92
😀 Quality of life	29	79
🏙️ Population	1.03M	1.69M

The cost of living in Ashgabat is 43% more expensive than in Budapest. Cities ranked 3105th and 4777th ($1584 vs $1109) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 1st in Turkmenistan and Hungary, respectively. Check Turkmenistan vs Hungary comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.5 months in Ashgabat compared to 1.1 months in Budapest. Ashgabat ranked 1st best city to live in Turkmenistan vs Budapest ranked 1st in Hungary, while ranked 8250th and 618th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Ashgabat vs Budapest

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	Ashgabat	Budapest
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$25.9	$9.45
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$60.4	$45
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.1	$7.53
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.4	$2.55
☕ Cappuccino	$5.56	$2.77
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.25	$1.48
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$884	$574
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$607	$426
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1501	$1044
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1302	$769
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$45.2	$79.4
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$70	$123
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$90.5	$18.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	8.58%	6.95%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3897	$4106
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3006	$2694
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.14	$1.18
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$8.52	$23.7
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$9.74	$11.7
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.38	$1.62
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$3	$1.13
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.35	$1.24
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.49	$1.52
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.83	$2.78
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.29	$10
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.83	$5.66
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$18.9	$11.6
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.02	$1.66
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.36	$1.73
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.81	$1.88
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.06	$2.99
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.57	$1.13
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.41	$1.15
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.74	$0.34
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.08	$1.96
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$27.3	$5.79
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.79	$1.03
🚬 Cigarette pack	$25.2	$5.93
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.01	$9.29
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.8	$3.38
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3	$2.15
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.77	$2.73
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$112	$51
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$17.7	$7.6
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$31.8	$49.5
💇 Haircut, simple	$6.36	$12.8
👖 Brand Jeans	$69.9	$71.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$92.4	$82.8
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$22.7	$374
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$6132	$11151

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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 Budapest

Distance	City	Cost of living
8.2 km or 5.1 mi	Budafok-Teteny	$901
16 km or 9.8 mi	Erd	$790
16 km or 10 mi	Dunakeszi	$939
17 km or 11 mi	Szigetszentmiklos	$843
27 km or 17 mi	Godollo	$924
32 km or 20 mi	Vac	$827
49 km or 31 mi	Tatabanya	$794
58 km or 36 mi	Szekesfehervar	$762
58 km or 36 mi	Dunaujvaros	$684
67 km or 42 mi	Cegled	$855
74 km or 46 mi	Komarno	$1045
82 km or 51 mi	Kecskemet	$781
84 km or 52 mi	Nove Zamky	$1019
86 km or 53 mi	Salgotarjan	$823
86 km or 53 mi	Levice	$987
93 km or 58 mi	Szolnok	$666
96 km or 59 mi	Veszprem	$786
104 km or 65 mi	Lucenec	$922
107 km or 67 mi	Gyor	$784
109 km or 68 mi	Eger	$784
115 km or 72 mi	Nitra	$1039
121 km or 75 mi	Zvolen	$1237
123 km or 76 mi	Ozd	$802
130 km or 81 mi	Szekszard	$747
138 km or 86 mi	Banska Bystrica	$1080
139 km or 86 mi	Mosonmagyarovar	$794
145 km or 90 mi	Prievidza	$892
146 km or 91 mi	Trnava	$1181
146 km or 91 mi	Miskolc	$676
146 km or 91 mi	Baja	$692
150 km or 93 mi	Piestany	$935
153 km or 95 mi	Hodmezovasarhely	$681
158 km or 98 mi	Kaposvar	$750
160 km or 99 mi	Petrzalka	$1202
161 km or 100 mi	Bratislava	$1275
163 km or 101 mi	Subotica	$768
163 km or 101 mi	Szeged	$766
170 km or 106 mi	Pecs	$848
172 km or 107 mi	Trencin	$1118
174 km or 108 mi	Martin	$1039