Ashgabat vs Chisinau - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Ashgabat	Chisinau
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1584	$892
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3634	$2204
🏠 One person rent	$798	$505
🏘️ Family rent	$1502	$980
🍽️ Food expenses	$609	$270
🚐 Transport expenses	$49.1	$36
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$718	$625
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	10 km
🎓 Higher education	7	51
😀 Quality of life	29	57
🏙️ Population	1.03M	639K

The cost of living in Ashgabat is 78% more expensive than in Chisinau. Cities ranked 3105th and 6080th ($1584 vs $892) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 2nd in Turkmenistan and Moldova, respectively. Check Turkmenistan vs Moldova comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.5 months in Ashgabat compared to 0.7 months in Chisinau. Ashgabat ranked 1st best city to live in Turkmenistan vs Chisinau ranked 1st in Moldova, while ranked 8250th and 5665th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Ashgabat vs Chisinau

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	Ashgabat	Chisinau
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$25.9	$8.05
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$60.4	$32.2
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.1	$6.98
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.4	$1.61
☕ Cappuccino	$5.56	$1.76
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.25	$0.92
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$884	$520
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$607	$361
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1501	$1075
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1302	$744
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$45.2	$102
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$70	$159
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$90.5	$9.95
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	8.58%	9.4%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3897	$1974
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3006	$1449
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.14	$0.32
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$8.52	$12.5
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$9.74	$3.9
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.38	$1.26
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$3	$1.13
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.35	$0.51
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.49	$1.35
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.83	$2.4
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.29	$9.64
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.83	$4.97
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$18.9	$8.07
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.02	$0.76
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.36	$1.62
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.81	$1.55
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.06	$1.85
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.57	$0.69
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.41	$0.6
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.74	$0.53
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.08	$1.62
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$27.3	$5.2
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.79	$1.13
🚬 Cigarette pack	$25.2	$2.96
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.01	$5.48
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.8	$4.74
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3	$1.25
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.77	$1.87
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$112	$36.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$17.7	$7.04
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$31.8	$18
💇 Haircut, simple	$6.36	$3.91
👖 Brand Jeans	$69.9	$61.7
👟 Brand Sneakers	$92.4	$94.3
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$22.7	$356
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$6132	$6466

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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 Chisinau

Distance	City	Cost of living
37 km or 23 mi	Dubasari	$780
42 km or 26 mi	Orhei	$829
51 km or 32 mi	Bender	$502
61 km or 38 mi	Tiraspol	$517
80 km or 50 mi	Comrat	$782
83 km or 52 mi	Ungheni	$1062
95 km or 59 mi	Vaslui	$825
98 km or 61 mi	Iasi	$840
109 km or 68 mi	Balti	$876
126 km or 79 mi	Barlad	$725
132 km or 82 mi	Cahul	$812
135 km or 84 mi	Soroca	$863
146 km or 91 mi	Roman	$637
154 km or 96 mi	Odesa	$555
155 km or 96 mi	Bacau	$650
184 km or 115 mi	Botosani	$727
187 km or 116 mi	Galati	$786
189 km or 117 mi	Piatra Neamt	$676
194 km or 121 mi	Focsani	$752
202 km or 125 mi	Tulcea	$837
205 km or 127 mi	Braila	$741
209 km or 130 mi	Suceava	$709
238 km or 148 mi	Mykolaiv	$400
250 km or 155 mi	Vinnytsia	$562
259 km or 161 mi	Buzau	$729
261 km or 162 mi	Chernivtsi	$533
267 km or 166 mi	Sfantu Gheorghe	$680
288 km or 179 mi	Kherson	$433
292 km or 181 mi	Brasov	$938
295 km or 183 mi	Slobozia	$722
302 km or 187 mi	Khmelnytskyi	$483
305 km or 189 mi	Kropyvnytskyi	$513
307 km or 191 mi	Mamaia	$929
315 km or 196 mi	Constanta	$1002
317 km or 197 mi	Ploiesti	$796
324 km or 201 mi	Bila Tserkva	$454
331 km or 206 mi	Targu Mures	$758
332 km or 206 mi	Bistrita	$663
334 km or 207 mi	Calarasi	$696
348 km or 216 mi	Voluntari	$867