Ashgabat vs Calgary - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: June 21, 2026

	Ashgabat	Calgary
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1898	$2095
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4362	$4718
🏠 One person rent	$968	$1181
🏘️ Family rent	$1668	$1885
🍽️ Food expenses	$780	$591
🚐 Transport expenses	$50.9	$173
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$210	$3093
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	7	53
😀 Quality of life	43	90
🏙️ Population	1.03M	1.31M

The cost of living in Ashgabat is 9% less expensive than in Calgary. Cities ranked 2383rd and 1759th ($1898 vs $2095) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 27th in Turkmenistan and Canada, respectively. Check Turkmenistan vs Canada comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.1 months in Ashgabat compared to 1.5 months in Calgary. Ashgabat ranked 1st best city to live in Turkmenistan vs Calgary ranked 9th in Canada, while ranked 7430th and 187th among best cities to live in the world.

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	Ashgabat	Calgary
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$31.1	$19.1
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$85	$65.2
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$12.8	$10.9
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.76	$5.66
☕ Cappuccino	$6.83	$4.19
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.58	$2.13
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1017	$1234
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$765	$935
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1798	$1946
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1413	$1549
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$49	$130
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$74.9	$200
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$104	$56.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	9.58%	4.5%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3536	$3751
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2856	$3441
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.14	$2.85
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$9.87	$88
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$9.74	$15.2
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.43	$1.06
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$4.53	$1.86
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.03	$2.39
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.85	$3.39
🥚 Eggs, x12	$6.02	$3.87
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.31	$12.5
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$20	$12
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$23.1	$16.6
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.09	$4.3
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.38	$1.4
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.47	$3.83
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.64	$4.54
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.27	$2.25
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.41	$2.98
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.74	$1.03
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.09	$2.21
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$19.1	$15.2
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.18	$2.92
🚬 Cigarette pack	$25.7	$13.2
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$4.88	$9.27
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.83	$5.57
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.04	$2.51
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.82	$2.43
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$40.7	$53.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$12.2	$13.8
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$31.1	$92.4
💇 Haircut, simple	$6.36	$22.6
👖 Brand Jeans	$56	$57.7
👟 Brand Sneakers	$93.6	$88.1
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$22.7	$820
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$24585	$15881

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Cities near Ashgabat

Distance	City	Cost of living
12 km or 7.2 mi	Anau	$1846
95 km or 59 mi	Quchan	$475
99 km or 61 mi	Baherden	$1864
107 km or 66 mi	Bojnord	$466
197 km or 123 mi	Nishapur	$469
203 km or 126 mi	Sabzevar	$483
212 km or 132 mi	Mashhad	$482
294 km or 183 mi	Gonbad-e Kavus	$458
302 km or 187 mi	Kashmar	$483
306 km or 190 mi	Mary	$1726
307 km or 191 mi	Torbat-e Heydarieh	$476
344 km or 213 mi	Shahrud	$561
361 km or 224 mi	Torbat-e Jam	$467
367 km or 228 mi	Gorgan	$664
451 km or 280 mi	Dasoguz	$1840
469 km or 291 mi	Turkmenabat	$1795
496 km or 308 mi	Sari	$612
513 km or 318 mi	Nukus	$475
516 km or 321 mi	Qaem Shahr	$474
517 km or 321 mi	Semnan	$523
524 km or 325 mi	Herat	$556
528 km or 328 mi	Babol	$359
558 km or 347 mi	Amol	$516
561 km or 349 mi	Bukhara	$439
570 km or 354 mi	Birjand	$542
634 km or 394 mi	Pardis	$563
654 km or 406 mi	Qarshi	$500
657 km or 408 mi	Pakdasht	$570
660 km or 410 mi	Golestan	$584
667 km or 414 mi	Sheberghan	$470
668 km or 415 mi	Qarchak	$570
668 km or 415 mi	Tehran	$638
670 km or 417 mi	Varamin	$557
671 km or 417 mi	Ray	$584
693 km or 431 mi	Qods	$614
694 km or 431 mi	Eslamshahr	$590
695 km or 432 mi	Nasimshahr	$587
700 km or 435 mi	Shahriar	$611
701 km or 435 mi	Karaj	$684
703 km or 437 mi	Fardis	$616

Cities near Calgary

Distance	City	Cost of living
106 km or 66 mi	Banff	$1927
137 km or 85 mi	Red Deer	$1874
174 km or 108 mi	Lethbridge	$1780
248 km or 154 mi	Leduc	$1733
265 km or 165 mi	Medicine Hat	$1579
278 km or 173 mi	Spruce Grove	$1626
279 km or 173 mi	Edmonton	$1835
357 km or 222 mi	Sandpoint	$2595
402 km or 250 mi	Kelowna	$1974
422 km or 262 mi	Coeur d'Alene	$2338
426 km or 265 mi	Post Falls	$2307
429 km or 266 mi	Penticton	$1749
440 km or 273 mi	Spokane Valley	$2197
442 km or 275 mi	Kamloops	$1771
443 km or 275 mi	Great Falls	$1953
452 km or 281 mi	Spokane	$2180
466 km or 289 mi	Missoula	$2135
517 km or 322 mi	Helena	$2505
524 km or 325 mi	Saskatoon	$1781
526 km or 327 mi	Moscow	$1703
531 km or 330 mi	Pullman	$1787
556 km or 345 mi	Grande Prairie	$1867
560 km or 348 mi	Lewiston	$1729
572 km or 355 mi	Butte	$1634
579 km or 360 mi	Moses Lake	$2100
600 km or 373 mi	Chilliwack	$1869
603 km or 375 mi	Moose Jaw	$1451
607 km or 377 mi	Wenatchee	$2290
616 km or 382 mi	Prince Albert	$1442
630 km or 391 mi	Abbotsford	$1953
636 km or 395 mi	Whistler	$2427
637 km or 396 mi	Walla Walla	$2053
638 km or 396 mi	Bozeman	$2930
641 km or 398 mi	Maple Ridge	$2266
650 km or 404 mi	Langley	$2100
650 km or 404 mi	Pasco	$2141
651 km or 405 mi	Coquitlam	$2493
654 km or 406 mi	Bellingham	$2523
654 km or 406 mi	Richland	$2492
655 km or 407 mi	Fort McMurray	$1872