Ashgabat vs Chittagong - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Ashgabat	Chittagong
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1833	$358
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4223	$882
🏠 One person rent	$893	$93
🏘️ Family rent	$1483	$155
🍽️ Food expenses	$782	$180
🚐 Transport expenses	$49.8	$46
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$747	$182
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Unhealthy
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	7 km
🎓 Higher education	7	45
😀 Quality of life	49	50
🏙️ Population	1.03M	2.58M

The cost of living in Ashgabat is 412% more expensive than in Chittagong. Cities ranked 2595th and 9061st ($1833 vs $358) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 2nd in Turkmenistan and Bangladesh, respectively. Check Turkmenistan vs Bangladesh comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.4 months in Ashgabat compared to 0.5 months in Chittagong. Ashgabat ranked 1st best city to live in Turkmenistan vs Chittagong ranked 2nd in Bangladesh, while ranked 6667th and 6631st among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Ashgabat vs Chittagong

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	Ashgabat	Chittagong
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$31.3	$2.08
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$85.3	$14.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$12.8	$6.62
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.48	$5.82
☕ Cappuccino	$7.08	$1.63
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.16	$0.38
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1020	$115
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$674	$53.3
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1780	$213
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1190	$96.2
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$47.3	$14
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$73.2	$21.8
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$102	$13.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	9.49%	11.5%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4806	$728
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2978	$421
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.14	$0.23
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$8.51	$4.12
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$9.77	$4.71
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.43	$1.04
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$4.77	$0.77
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.69	$0.67
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.3	$0.65
🥚 Eggs, x12	$6.17	$1.17
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.26	$9.2
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$18.7	$1.82
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$19.4	$7.4
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.44	$2.15
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.39	$0.88
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.58	$2.11
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.56	$0.76
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.99	$0.47
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.79	$0.97
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.78	$0.2
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.1	$0.86
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$19.1	$10.4
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.69	$0.82
🚬 Cigarette pack	$25.7	$2.9
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.19	$1.11
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.85	$2.58
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3	$0.66
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.81	$0.97
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$41.2	$15.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$14.3	$3.33
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$33.8	$8.04
💇 Haircut, simple	$6.4	$1.96
👖 Brand Jeans	$65.8	$22.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$93.9	$55.2
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$23	$27
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$25686	$1379

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Cities near Ashgabat

Distance	City	Cost of living
12 km or 7.2 mi	Anau	$1774
95 km or 59 mi	Quchan	$500
99 km or 61 mi	Baherden	$1796
107 km or 66 mi	Bojnord	$489
197 km or 123 mi	Nishapur	$496
203 km or 126 mi	Sabzevar	$512
212 km or 132 mi	Mashhad	$503
294 km or 183 mi	Gonbad-e Kavus	$467
302 km or 187 mi	Kashmar	$506
306 km or 190 mi	Mary	$1654
307 km or 191 mi	Torbat-e Heydarieh	$502
344 km or 213 mi	Shahrud	$564
361 km or 224 mi	Torbat-e Jam	$493
367 km or 228 mi	Gorgan	$658
451 km or 280 mi	Dasoguz	$1770
469 km or 291 mi	Turkmenabat	$1716
496 km or 308 mi	Sari	$643
513 km or 318 mi	Nukus	$477
516 km or 321 mi	Qaem Shahr	$501
517 km or 321 mi	Semnan	$542
524 km or 325 mi	Herat	$509
528 km or 328 mi	Babol	$372
558 km or 347 mi	Amol	$530
561 km or 349 mi	Bukhara	$433
570 km or 354 mi	Birjand	$588
634 km or 394 mi	Pardis	$598
654 km or 406 mi	Qarshi	$512
657 km or 408 mi	Pakdasht	$604
660 km or 410 mi	Golestan	$628
667 km or 414 mi	Sheberghan	$432
668 km or 415 mi	Qarchak	$607
668 km or 415 mi	Tehran	$684
670 km or 417 mi	Varamin	$588
671 km or 417 mi	Ray	$622
693 km or 431 mi	Qods	$638
694 km or 431 mi	Eslamshahr	$623
695 km or 432 mi	Nasimshahr	$624
700 km or 435 mi	Shahriar	$635
701 km or 435 mi	Karaj	$704
703 km or 437 mi	Fardis	$640

Cities near Chittagong

Distance	City	Cost of living
84 km or 52 mi	Cox's Bazar	$324
155 km or 96 mi	Barisal	$312
178 km or 110 mi	Agartala	$362
182 km or 113 mi	Aizawl	$456
198 km or 123 mi	Brahmanbaria	$332
198 km or 123 mi	Narayanganj	$348
209 km or 130 mi	Narsingdi	$352
213 km or 132 mi	Dhaka	$464
239 km or 149 mi	Khulna	$301
266 km or 165 mi	Sittwe	$558
283 km or 176 mi	Jessore	$300
287 km or 179 mi	Sylhet	$321
307 km or 191 mi	Mymensingh	$282
340 km or 211 mi	Rajarhat	$328
342 km or 213 mi	Monywa	$519
347 km or 215 mi	Barasat	$333
348 km or 217 mi	Madhyamgram	$317
349 km or 217 mi	Rajpur Sonarpur	$332
350 km or 218 mi	Bidhannagar	$335
351 km or 218 mi	North Dumdum	$320
353 km or 219 mi	South Dumdum	$327
353 km or 219 mi	Imphal	$370
354 km or 220 mi	Bhatpara	$320
355 km or 220 mi	Naihati	$313
356 km or 221 mi	Baranagar	$318
356 km or 221 mi	Kamarhati	$320
356 km or 222 mi	Panihati	$324
358 km or 222 mi	Barrackpore	$315
358 km or 222 mi	Hugli-Chuchura	$312
358 km or 222 mi	Chandannagar	$313
358 km or 223 mi	Uttarpara	$312
358 km or 223 mi	Kolkata	$366
359 km or 223 mi	Bally	$318
360 km or 224 mi	Serampore	$315
361 km or 224 mi	Krishnanagar	$272
362 km or 225 mi	Howrah	$323
362 km or 225 mi	Shillong	$354
362 km or 225 mi	Shantipur	$286
376 km or 234 mi	Bogra	$287
381 km or 237 mi	Maheshtala	$344