Ashgabat vs Damascus - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 01, 2024

	Ashgabat	Damascus
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1679	$583
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3854	$1433
🏠 One person rent	$836	$225
🏘️ Family rent	$1553	$409
🍽️ Food expenses	$658	$203
🚐 Transport expenses	$47.3	$117
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$573	$56.5
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	24 km
🎓 Higher education	7	25
😀 Quality of life	30	36
🏙️ Population	828K	2.5M

The cost of living in Ashgabat is 188% more expensive than in Damascus. Cities ranked 2737th and 7822nd ($1679 vs $583) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 1st in Turkmenistan and Syria, respectively. Check Turkmenistan vs Syria comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.3 months in Ashgabat compared to 0.1 months in Damascus. Ashgabat ranked 1st best city to live in Turkmenistan vs Damascus ranked 1st in Syria, while ranked 8379th and 7665th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Ashgabat vs Damascus

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	Ashgabat	Damascus
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$31.6	$4.03
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$55.7	$24
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10	$4.52
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.39	$1.51
☕ Cappuccino	$4.59	$1.29
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.91	$0.95
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$915	$270
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$647	$126
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1453	$474
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1376	$293
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$48.2	$19.9
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$73.7	$30.2
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$87.4	$49.7
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	7.98%	11.93%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4561	$1756
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3442	$1228
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.29	$0.08
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$9.98	$17
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$9.68	$11.4
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.38	$2.66
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$3.63	$1.01
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.85	$1.1
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.65	$1.55
🥚 Eggs, x12	$5.07	$1.6
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.3	$3.88
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.9	$5.76
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$24.8	$9.17
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.66	$1.04
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.38	$1.8
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.31	$0.7
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.82	$0.82
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.76	$0.55
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.83	$0.41
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.83	$0.33
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.09	$1.14
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$27.2	$5.47
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.61	$1.01
🚬 Cigarette pack	$25.4	$3.03
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.03	$3.25
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.84	$0.87
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.02	$0.48
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.8	$0.59
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$65.9	$12.3
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$16.5	$3.01
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$33.8	$3.85
💇 Haircut, simple	$6.42	$2.79
👖 Brand Jeans	$83.7	$30.6
👟 Brand Sneakers	$144	$50.3
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$22.6	$94.1
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$6425	$1634

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Cities near Ashgabat

Distance	City	Cost of living
12 km or 7.2 mi	Anau	$1648
95 km or 59 mi	Quchan	$487
99 km or 61 mi	Baherden	$1642
107 km or 66 mi	Bojnord	$427
197 km or 123 mi	Nishapur	$509
203 km or 126 mi	Sabzevar	$489
212 km or 132 mi	Mashhad	$532
294 km or 183 mi	Gonbad-e Kavus	$473
302 km or 187 mi	Kashmar	$507
306 km or 190 mi	Mary	$1644
307 km or 191 mi	Torbat-e Heydarieh	$520
344 km or 213 mi	Shahrud	$576
361 km or 224 mi	Torbat-e Jam	$558
367 km or 228 mi	Gorgan	$661
451 km or 280 mi	Dasoguz	$1657
469 km or 291 mi	Turkmenabat	$1662
496 km or 308 mi	Sari	$640
513 km or 318 mi	Nukus	$427
516 km or 321 mi	Qaem Shahr	$533
517 km or 321 mi	Semnan	$558
524 km or 325 mi	Herat	$514
528 km or 328 mi	Babol	$434
558 km or 347 mi	Amol	$519
561 km or 349 mi	Bukhara	$399
570 km or 354 mi	Birjand	$554
634 km or 394 mi	Pardis	$619
654 km or 406 mi	Qarshi	$416
657 km or 408 mi	Pakdasht	$633
660 km or 410 mi	Golestan	$655
667 km or 414 mi	Sheberghan	$446
668 km or 415 mi	Qarchak	$636
668 km or 415 mi	Tehran	$700
670 km or 417 mi	Varamin	$616
671 km or 417 mi	Ray	$653
693 km or 431 mi	Qods	$655
694 km or 431 mi	Eslamshahr	$655
695 km or 432 mi	Nasimshahr	$651
700 km or 435 mi	Shahriar	$653
701 km or 435 mi	Karaj	$693
703 km or 437 mi	Fardis	$651

Cities near Damascus

Distance	City	Cost of living
51 km or 32 mi	Zahle	$882
75 km or 47 mi	Kiryat Shmona	$1673
81 km or 50 mi	Jounieh	$982
83 km or 52 mi	Sidon	$770
83 km or 52 mi	Beirut	$1195
96 km or 59 mi	Safed	$1622
105 km or 65 mi	Tyre	$633
108 km or 67 mi	Tiberias	$1427
110 km or 68 mi	Ma'alot-Tarshiha	$1633
111 km or 69 mi	Tripoli	$665
114 km or 71 mi	Irbid	$625
115 km or 72 mi	Arraba	$1635
116 km or 72 mi	Karmiel	$1617
117 km or 73 mi	Sakhnin	$1645
125 km or 78 mi	Tamra	$1622
125 km or 78 mi	Nahariya	$1570
126 km or 78 mi	Nof HaGalil	$1660
129 km or 80 mi	Nazareth	$1689
130 km or 81 mi	Acre	$1447
131 km or 81 mi	Shefa-'Amr	$1619
135 km or 84 mi	Migdal HaEmek	$1674
136 km or 84 mi	Kiryat Motzkin	$1610
136 km or 85 mi	Kiryat Ata	$1594
137 km or 85 mi	Kiryat Yam	$1601
137 km or 85 mi	Kiryat Bialik	$1594
137 km or 85 mi	Afula	$1660
141 km or 88 mi	Homs	$528
142 km or 88 mi	Nesher	$1467
143 km or 89 mi	Jerash	$602
145 km or 90 mi	Haifa	$1567
145 km or 90 mi	Yokneam Illit	$1744
154 km or 95 mi	Umm al-Fahm	$1728
163 km or 101 mi	Zikhron Ya'akov	$1718
168 km or 105 mi	Baqa-Jatt	$1746
169 km or 105 mi	Pardes Hanna-Karkur	$1725
173 km or 107 mi	Al-Salt	$679
173 km or 108 mi	Nablus	$849
174 km or 108 mi	Hadera	$1593
177 km or 110 mi	Amman	$981
184 km or 114 mi	Tayibe	$1850