Ashgabat vs Changhua - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Ashgabat	Changhua
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1584	$813
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3634	$2423
🏠 One person rent	$798	$308
🏘️ Family rent	$1502	$764
🍽️ Food expenses	$609	$352
🚐 Transport expenses	$49.1	$45.6
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$718	$1485
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	24 km
🎓 Higher education	7	83
😀 Quality of life	29	62
🏙️ Population	1.03M	225K

The cost of living in Ashgabat is 95% more expensive than in Changhua. Cities ranked 3105th and 6385th ($1584 vs $813) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 11th in Turkmenistan and Taiwan, respectively. Check Turkmenistan vs Taiwan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.5 months in Ashgabat compared to 1.8 months in Changhua. Ashgabat ranked 1st best city to live in Turkmenistan vs Changhua ranked 14th in Taiwan, while ranked 8250th and 4970th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Ashgabat vs Changhua

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	Ashgabat	Changhua
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$25.9	$4.44
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$60.4	$25.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.1	$4.77
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.4	$2.25
☕ Cappuccino	$5.56	$2.54
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.25	$0.98
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$884	$312
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$607	$231
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1501	$891
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1302	$628
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$45.2	$42
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$70	$64.7
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$90.5	$18.5
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	8.58%	2.08%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3897	$5666
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3006	$3781
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.14	$0.69
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$8.52	$33.3
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$9.74	$10.9
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.38	$0.94
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$3	$3.34
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.35	$1.72
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.49	$2.57
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.83	$2.87
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.29	$13.3
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.83	$6.89
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$18.9	$15.5
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.02	$4.1
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.36	$1.88
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.81	$2.08
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.06	$2.91
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.57	$1.83
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.41	$1.77
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.74	$0.63
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.08	$1.71
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$27.3	$13.1
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.79	$1.47
🚬 Cigarette pack	$25.2	$3.65
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.01	$10.5
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.8	$6.35
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3	$1.82
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.77	$2.37
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$112	$31.7
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$17.7	$9.25
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$31.8	$40.3
💇 Haircut, simple	$6.36	$12.3
👖 Brand Jeans	$69.9	$81.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$92.4	$84.5
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$22.7	$310
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$6132	$17014

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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 Changhua

Distance	City	Cost of living
16 km or 10 mi	Taichung	$894
23 km or 14 mi	Nantou	$796
40 km or 25 mi	Douliu	$770
63 km or 39 mi	Miaoli	$728
66 km or 41 mi	Chiayi	$747
93 km or 58 mi	Hsinchu	$897
98 km or 61 mi	Zhubei	$821
111 km or 69 mi	Taoyuan	$875
126 km or 78 mi	Tainan	$814
140 km or 87 mi	New Taipei	$1073
145 km or 90 mi	Yilan	$731
149 km or 92 mi	Taipei	$1181
158 km or 98 mi	Taitung	$788
163 km or 101 mi	Kaohsiung	$956
170 km or 106 mi	Keelung	$967
215 km or 133 mi	Jinjiang	$627
217 km or 135 mi	Putian	$625
218 km or 136 mi	Quanzhou	$644
227 km or 141 mi	Kinmen	$823
253 km or 157 mi	Xiamen	$688
256 km or 159 mi	Fuzhou	$669
295 km or 183 mi	Zhangzhou	$664
307 km or 191 mi	Ningde	$648
368 km or 229 mi	Ishigaki	$1155
372 km or 231 mi	Nanping	$630
373 km or 231 mi	Longyan	$649
381 km or 237 mi	Sanming	$603
398 km or 248 mi	Shantou	$581
399 km or 248 mi	Chaozhou	$451
413 km or 257 mi	Rui'an	$681
428 km or 266 mi	Jieyang	$443
437 km or 272 mi	Wenzhou	$726
448 km or 279 mi	Meizhou	$655
452 km or 281 mi	Puning	$569
481 km or 299 mi	Wuyishan	$601
487 km or 302 mi	Wenling	$671
488 km or 303 mi	Miyakojima	$1154
491 km or 305 mi	Lishui	$682
536 km or 333 mi	Linhai	$661
550 km or 342 mi	Shangrao	$671