Ashgabat vs Columbus - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Ashgabat	Columbus
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1584	$2145
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3634	$5059
🏠 One person rent	$798	$1248
🏘️ Family rent	$1502	$2171
🍽️ Food expenses	$609	$632
🚐 Transport expenses	$49.1	$125
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$718	$4018
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	10 km
🎓 Higher education	7	73
😀 Quality of life	29	88
🏙️ Population	1.03M	906K

The cost of living in Ashgabat is 26% less expensive than in Columbus. Cities ranked 3105th and 1476th ($1584 vs $2145) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 1323rd 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 1.9 months in Columbus. Ashgabat ranked 1st best city to live in Turkmenistan vs Columbus ranked 59th in the United States, while ranked 8250th and 249th among best cities to live in the world.

Salary adjustment calculator
the estimated difference in money purchasing power

Cost of living in Ashgabat vs Columbus infographic

Share this infographic!

Use the link below to embed the infographic from our site and automatically keep the data layer up to date.

If you prefer to download the image, please credit us as a source.

<img src="https://livingcost.org/assets/photo/cost/ashgabat/columbus.jpg" alt="Cost of living in Ashgabat vs Columbus infographic" style="max-width: 100%; height: auto;"><p>Source: <a href="https://livingcost.org/cost/ashgabat/columbus" target="_blank">Ashgabat vs Columbus - Cost of Living Comparison</a></p>

Prices in Ashgabat vs Columbus

Prices for goods and services in Ashgabat and Columbus are partly crowdsourced by our visitors, just like yourself. Please consider telling us about your city.

	Ashgabat	Columbus
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$25.9	$18.9
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$60.4	$66.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.1	$11.7
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.4	$5.69
☕ Cappuccino	$5.56	$4.78
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.25	$2.44
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$884	$1314
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$607	$972
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1501	$2378
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1302	$1757
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$45.2	$149
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$70	$232
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$90.5	$57.9
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	8.58%	6.57%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3897	$3095
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3006	$2954
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.14	$2.01
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$8.52	$60.8
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$9.74	$15.4
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.38	$0.86
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$3	$0.92
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.35	$2.74
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.49	$3.43
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.83	$3.4
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.29	$13.3
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.83	$13.8
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$18.9	$15.4
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.02	$5.29
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.36	$1.32
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.81	$5.69
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.06	$4.95
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.57	$3.12
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.41	$3.04
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.74	$1.47
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.08	$3.28
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$27.3	$18.6
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.79	$2.66
🚬 Cigarette pack	$25.2	$9.45
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.01	$9.35
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.8	$3.76
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3	$4.07
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.77	$2.2
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$112	$42.3
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$17.7	$11.7
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$31.8	$85.5
💇 Haircut, simple	$6.36	$19.9
👖 Brand Jeans	$69.9	$61
👟 Brand Sneakers	$92.4	$89.4
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$22.7	$1236
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$6132	$15423

Cost of living in other countries

Cost of living

$349

$907

$6.64K

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 Columbus

Distance	City	Cost of living
8.6 km or 5.3 mi	Upper Arlington	$2084
11 km or 7.1 mi	Grove	$2062
13 km or 8.3 mi	Gahanna	$1986
15 km or 9 mi	Hilliard	$2085
17 km or 11 mi	Reynoldsburg	$1994
18 km or 11 mi	Dublin	$2095
19 km or 12 mi	Westerville	$1798
22 km or 13 mi	Pickerington	$1983
38 km or 24 mi	Delaware	$1851
43 km or 27 mi	Lancaster	$1903
43 km or 27 mi	Marysville	$1968
51 km or 32 mi	Newark	$1881
69 km or 43 mi	Springfield	$1897
70 km or 43 mi	Chillicothe	$1764
70 km or 44 mi	Marion	$1871
84 km or 52 mi	Zanesville	$1825
86 km or 53 mi	Xenia	$1870
89 km or 55 mi	Fairborn	$1798
94 km or 59 mi	Beavercreek	$1862
97 km or 60 mi	Huber Heights	$1852
97 km or 60 mi	Mansfield	$1832
98 km or 61 mi	Riverside	$1865
103 km or 64 mi	Kettering	$1890
103 km or 64 mi	Troy	$1897
104 km or 65 mi	Athens	$1674
104 km or 65 mi	Centerville	$1902
105 km or 65 mi	Dayton	$1783
105 km or 65 mi	Sidney	$1973
108 km or 67 mi	Piqua	$1914
112 km or 69 mi	Trotwood	$1870
116 km or 72 mi	Ashland	$1681
120 km or 74 mi	Lebanon	$1834
128 km or 80 mi	Middletown	$1427
128 km or 80 mi	Lima	$1923
130 km or 81 mi	Wooster	$1481
131 km or 81 mi	Mason	$1853
132 km or 82 mi	Findlay	$1839
136 km or 84 mi	Portsmouth	$1428
144 km or 90 mi	New Philadelphia	$1683
146 km or 91 mi	Norwalk	$1858