Ashgabat vs Cologne - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Ashgabat	Cologne
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1833	$1968
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4223	$4619
🏠 One person rent	$893	$1091
🏘️ Family rent	$1483	$1830
🍽️ Food expenses	$782	$536
🚐 Transport expenses	$49.8	$196
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$747	$3266
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	15 km
🎓 Higher education	7	91
😀 Quality of life	49	96
🏙️ Population	1.03M	1.09M

The cost of living in Ashgabat is 7% less expensive than in Cologne. Cities ranked 2595th and 2104th ($1833 vs $1968) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 11th in Turkmenistan and Germany, respectively. Check Turkmenistan vs Germany comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.4 months in Ashgabat compared to 1.7 months in Cologne. Ashgabat ranked 1st best city to live in Turkmenistan vs Cologne ranked 1st in Germany, while ranked 6667th and 23rd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Ashgabat vs Cologne

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	Ashgabat	Cologne
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$31.3	$15.4
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$85.3	$71.5
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$12.8	$11.3
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.48	$5.26
☕ Cappuccino	$7.08	$4.06
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.16	$3.38
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1020	$1103
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$674	$870
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1780	$1997
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1190	$1478
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$47.3	$133
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$73.2	$206
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$102	$41.8
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	9.49%	3.8%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4806	$6855
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2978	$5848
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.14	$3.93
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$8.51	$67.6
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$9.77	$24
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.43	$2.03
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$4.77	$1.38
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.69	$2.03
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.3	$2.87
🥚 Eggs, x12	$6.17	$4.16
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.26	$14.7
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$18.7	$12.6
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$19.4	$23.3
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.44	$3.25
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.39	$2.05
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.58	$2.17
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.56	$4.63
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.99	$1.73
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.79	$1.22
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.78	$0.77
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.1	$2.45
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$19.1	$7.3
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.69	$1.14
🚬 Cigarette pack	$25.7	$9.05
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.19	$8.07
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.85	$2.45
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3	$1.93
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.81	$1.67
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$41.2	$40.3
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$14.3	$13.3
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$33.8	$54.3
💇 Haircut, simple	$6.4	$20.9
👖 Brand Jeans	$65.8	$98
👟 Brand Sneakers	$93.9	$109
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$23	$773
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$25686	$19386

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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 Cologne

Distance	City	Cost of living
9.2 km or 5.7 mi	Hurth	$1759
10 km or 6.4 mi	Leverkusen	$2037
10 km or 6.4 mi	Frechen	$1745
13 km or 7.9 mi	Bruhl	$1744
13 km or 7.9 mi	Pulheim	$1741
14 km or 8.4 mi	Wesseling	$1740
14 km or 8.5 mi	Bergisch Gladbach	$1726
15 km or 9.3 mi	Niederkassel	$1750
16 km or 10 mi	Rosrath	$1699
18 km or 11 mi	Monheim am Rhein	$1740
19 km or 12 mi	Dormagen	$1711
19 km or 12 mi	Erftstadt	$1702
19 km or 12 mi	Langenfeld	$1727
20 km or 12 mi	Troisdorf	$1736
20 km or 12 mi	Leichlingen	$1708
20 km or 12 mi	Kerpen	$1695
21 km or 13 mi	Bornheim	$1770
21 km or 13 mi	Lohmar	$1694
22 km or 14 mi	Bergheim	$1678
23 km or 15 mi	Siegburg	$1716
24 km or 15 mi	Overath	$1642
25 km or 16 mi	Sankt Augustin	$1747
25 km or 16 mi	Bonn	$1957
26 km or 16 mi	Hilden	$1674
26 km or 16 mi	Solingen	$1691
27 km or 17 mi	Elsdorf	$1654
28 km or 17 mi	Wermelskirchen	$1630
28 km or 17 mi	Haan	$1645
28 km or 18 mi	Bedburg	$1650
29 km or 18 mi	Hennef	$1666
31 km or 19 mi	Grevenbroich	$1659
31 km or 19 mi	Remscheid	$1608
31 km or 20 mi	Erkrath	$1661
33 km or 20 mi	Konigswinter	$1611
34 km or 21 mi	Euskirchen	$1674
34 km or 21 mi	Neuss	$1650
34 km or 21 mi	Mettmann	$1613
35 km or 21 mi	Zulpich	$1662
35 km or 21 mi	Meckenheim	$1689
35 km or 22 mi	Dusseldorf	$1979