Ashgabat vs Crete - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Ashgabat	Crete
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1584	$1150
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3634	$2795
🏠 One person rent	$798	$530
🏘️ Family rent	$1502	$978
🍽️ Food expenses	$609	$414
🚐 Transport expenses	$49.1	$103
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$718	$997
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	26 km
🎓 Higher education	7	32
😀 Quality of life	29	56
🏙️ Population	1.03M	623K

The cost of living in Ashgabat is 38% more expensive than in Crete. Cities ranked 3105th and 4640th ($1584 vs $1150) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 11th in Turkmenistan and Greece, respectively. Check Turkmenistan vs Greece comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.5 months in Ashgabat compared to 0.9 months in Crete. Ashgabat ranked 1st best city to live in Turkmenistan vs Crete ranked 28th in Greece, while ranked 8250th and 5717th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Ashgabat vs Crete

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	Ashgabat	Crete
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$25.9	$12.8
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$60.4	$48.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.1	$9.64
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.4	$5.04
☕ Cappuccino	$5.56	$3.64
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.25	$1.86
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$884	$476
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$607	$361
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1501	$873
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1302	$743
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$45.2	$114
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$70	$176
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$90.5	$32.6
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	8.58%	4.44%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3897	$3570
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3006	$2751
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.14	$1.45
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$8.52	$53.7
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$9.74	$11.9
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.38	$1.95
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$3	$1.68
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.35	$1.32
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.49	$2.31
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.83	$4.43
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.29	$14.3
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.83	$9.59
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$18.9	$13.5
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.02	$2.13
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.36	$1.89
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.81	$1.4
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.06	$2.06
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.57	$1.13
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.41	$1.51
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.74	$0.41
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.08	$2.11
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$27.3	$7.6
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.79	$1.88
🚬 Cigarette pack	$25.2	$4.86
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.01	$5.09
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.8	$3.82
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3	$2.18
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.77	$2.99
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$112	$48.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$17.7	$8.32
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$31.8	$34.7
💇 Haircut, simple	$6.36	$10.4
👖 Brand Jeans	$69.9	$85.6
👟 Brand Sneakers	$92.4	$77.5
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$22.7	$386
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$6132	$4629

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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 Crete

Distance	City	Cost of living
22 km or 14 mi	Heraklion	$1093
39 km or 24 mi	Rethymno	$1052
83 km or 51 mi	Chania	$1131
132 km or 82 mi	Santorini	$1659
241 km or 150 mi	Mykonos	$1838
298 km or 185 mi	Bodrum	$1038
300 km or 187 mi	Voula	$1296
303 km or 189 mi	Glyfada	$1437
306 km or 190 mi	Argyroupoli	$1284
310 km or 193 mi	Palaio Faliro	$1258
311 km or 193 mi	Nea Smyrni	$1150
312 km or 194 mi	Kallithea	$1159
313 km or 195 mi	Piraeus	$1045
314 km or 195 mi	Kalamata	$1033
315 km or 196 mi	Athens	$1272
316 km or 196 mi	Nikaia	$1054
317 km or 197 mi	Salamina	$967
320 km or 199 mi	Nea Ionia	$1142
320 km or 199 mi	Peristeri	$1082
320 km or 199 mi	Nea Filadelfeia	$1131
323 km or 201 mi	Kifissia	$1265
324 km or 202 mi	Rhodes	$1070
327 km or 203 mi	Eleusis	$1022
328 km or 204 mi	Aspropyrgos	$957
332 km or 207 mi	Tripoli	$990
340 km or 211 mi	Corinth	$955
349 km or 217 mi	Marmaris	$1049
351 km or 218 mi	Derna	$380
353 km or 220 mi	Kusadasi	$764
358 km or 223 mi	Chios	$1099
369 km or 229 mi	Chalcis	$980
369 km or 229 mi	Tobruk	$381
377 km or 234 mi	Mugla	$773
386 km or 240 mi	Aydin	$655
399 km or 248 mi	Izmir	$909
399 km or 248 mi	Tire	$681
407 km or 253 mi	Fethiye	$843
421 km or 262 mi	Nazilli	$643
431 km or 268 mi	Patras	$1011
432 km or 269 mi	Manisa	$638