Ashgabat vs Charlotte - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Ashgabat	Charlotte
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1584	$2528
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3634	$5839
🏠 One person rent	$798	$1559
🏘️ Family rent	$1502	$2624
🍽️ Food expenses	$609	$636
🚐 Transport expenses	$49.1	$162
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$718	$4485
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Good
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	7	68
😀 Quality of life	29	88
🏙️ Population	1.03M	875K

The cost of living in Ashgabat is 37% less expensive than in Charlotte. Cities ranked 3105th and 761st ($1584 vs $2528) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 705th in Turkmenistan and the United States, respectively. Check Turkmenistan vs the United States comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.5 months in Ashgabat compared to 1.8 months in Charlotte. Ashgabat ranked 1st best city to live in Turkmenistan vs Charlotte ranked 62nd in the United States, while ranked 8250th and 252nd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Ashgabat vs Charlotte

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	Ashgabat	Charlotte
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$25.9	$16.6
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$60.4	$71.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.1	$10.4
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.4	$5.95
☕ Cappuccino	$5.56	$5.06
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.25	$2.56
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$884	$1601
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$607	$1337
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1501	$3268
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1302	$2181
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$45.2	$105
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$70	$162
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$90.5	$63.8
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	8.58%	6.54%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3897	$4188
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3006	$2832
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.14	$2.61
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$8.52	$90.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$9.74	$18.4
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.38	$0.83
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$3	$1.01
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.35	$3.23
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.49	$4.31
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.83	$4.8
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.29	$14.2
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.83	$14.9
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$18.9	$17.6
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.02	$5.44
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.36	$1.43
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.81	$7.8
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.06	$4.64
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.57	$3.33
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.41	$3.19
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.74	$1.28
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.08	$2.74
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$27.3	$15.9
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.79	$2.52
🚬 Cigarette pack	$25.2	$8.65
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.01	$6.14
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.8	$6.97
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3	$4.26
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.77	$1.8
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$112	$52.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$17.7	$14.1
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$31.8	$124
💇 Haircut, simple	$6.36	$25.8
👖 Brand Jeans	$69.9	$54
👟 Brand Sneakers	$92.4	$93.3
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$22.7	$1337
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$6132	$25956

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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 Charlotte

Distance	City	Cost of living
17 km or 10 mi	Matthews	$2271
17 km or 11 mi	Mint Hill	$2269
20 km or 13 mi	Huntersville	$2188
23 km or 14 mi	Indian Trail	$2225
28 km or 18 mi	Cornelius	$2166
30 km or 18 mi	Concord	$2147
31 km or 19 mi	Gastonia	$1891
36 km or 22 mi	Kannapolis	$2136
36 km or 22 mi	Rock Hill	$2177
38 km or 23 mi	Monroe	$2182
40 km or 25 mi	Mooresville	$2072
57 km or 35 mi	Lancaster	$2170
59 km or 37 mi	Salisbury	$2117
62 km or 39 mi	Statesville	$2090
63 km or 39 mi	Shelby	$1474
72 km or 45 mi	Hickory	$1851
94 km or 58 mi	Forest	$1951
101 km or 63 mi	Thomasville	$2058
104 km or 64 mi	Rockingham	$2136
104 km or 65 mi	Spartanburg	$1925
108 km or 67 mi	Asheboro	$2091
111 km or 69 mi	Winston-Salem	$2098
113 km or 70 mi	High Point	$1934
120 km or 75 mi	Kernersville	$2169
130 km or 81 mi	Greer	$2292
132 km or 82 mi	Greensboro	$2011
138 km or 86 mi	Columbia	$1809
142 km or 88 mi	Mauldin	$2404
143 km or 89 mi	Lexington	$1929
147 km or 91 mi	Greenville	$2530
152 km or 94 mi	Florence	$1907
152 km or 95 mi	Sumter	$1902
154 km or 96 mi	Sanford	$2184
159 km or 99 mi	Burlington	$2144
160 km or 99 mi	Asheville	$2697
166 km or 103 mi	Greenwood	$2106
176 km or 109 mi	Fayetteville	$2100
179 km or 111 mi	Chapel Hill	$2309
180 km or 112 mi	Lumberton	$2100
184 km or 114 mi	Anderson	$1888