Ashgabat vs Damascus - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Ashgabat	Damascus
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1833	$671
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4223	$1492
🏠 One person rent	$893	$315
🏘️ Family rent	$1483	$505
🍽️ Food expenses	$782	$250
🚐 Transport expenses	$49.8	$61.5
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$747	$47.6
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	24 km
🎓 Higher education	7	28
😀 Quality of life	49	39
🏙️ Population	1.03M	2.69M

The cost of living in Ashgabat is 173% more expensive than in Damascus. Cities ranked 2595th and 7287th ($1833 vs $671) 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 0.4 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 6667th and 7834th 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	$31.3	$7.99
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$85.3	$28.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$12.8	$5.96
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.48	$1.61
☕ Cappuccino	$7.08	$1.95
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.16	$1.38
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1020	$219
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$674	$160
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1780	$398
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1190	$295
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$47.3	$88
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$73.2	$135
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$102	$54.5
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	9.49%	13.62%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4806	$1865
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2978	$645
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.14	$0.1
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$8.51	$17
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$9.77	$6.96
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.43	$0.43
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$4.77	$0.98
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.69	$0.5
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.3	$1.66
🥚 Eggs, x12	$6.17	$1.83
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.26	$3.22
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$18.7	$7.18
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$19.4	$11.5
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.44	$1
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.39	$1.53
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.58	$1.07
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.56	$0.76
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.99	$0.71
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.79	$0.65
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.78	$0.46
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.1	$1.1
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$19.1	$5.97
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.69	$1.01
🚬 Cigarette pack	$25.7	$3.02
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.19	$3.03
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.85	$0.86
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3	$0.48
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.81	$0.59
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$41.2	$16.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$14.3	$2.98
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$33.8	$3.82
💇 Haircut, simple	$6.4	$2.78
👖 Brand Jeans	$65.8	$44.4
👟 Brand Sneakers	$93.9	$58
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$23	$49.6
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$25686	$1711

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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 Damascus

Distance	City	Cost of living
51 km or 32 mi	Zahle	$930
75 km or 47 mi	Kiryat Shmona	$1808
81 km or 50 mi	Jounieh	$1028
83 km or 52 mi	Sidon	$822
83 km or 52 mi	Beirut	$1261
96 km or 59 mi	Safed	$1847
105 km or 65 mi	Tyre	$647
108 km or 67 mi	Tiberias	$1808
110 km or 68 mi	Ma'alot-Tarshiha	$1803
111 km or 69 mi	Tripoli	$787
114 km or 71 mi	Irbid	$753
115 km or 72 mi	Arraba	$1789
116 km or 72 mi	Karmiel	$1630
117 km or 73 mi	Sakhnin	$1745
125 km or 78 mi	Tamra	$1798
125 km or 78 mi	Nahariya	$1775
126 km or 78 mi	Nof HaGalil	$1862
129 km or 80 mi	Nazareth	$1850
130 km or 81 mi	Acre	$1633
131 km or 81 mi	Shefa-'Amr	$1828
135 km or 84 mi	Migdal HaEmek	$1917
136 km or 84 mi	Kiryat Motzkin	$1842
136 km or 85 mi	Kiryat Ata	$1769
137 km or 85 mi	Kiryat Yam	$1819
137 km or 85 mi	Kiryat Bialik	$1804
137 km or 85 mi	Afula	$1817
141 km or 88 mi	Homs	$402
142 km or 88 mi	Nesher	$1757
143 km or 89 mi	Jerash	$748
145 km or 90 mi	Haifa	$1840
145 km or 90 mi	Yokneam Illit	$1932
154 km or 95 mi	Umm al-Fahm	$1954
163 km or 101 mi	Zikhron Ya'akov	$1978
168 km or 105 mi	Baqa-Jatt	$2001
169 km or 105 mi	Pardes Hanna-Karkur	$1991
173 km or 107 mi	Al-Salt	$548
173 km or 108 mi	Nablus	$915
174 km or 108 mi	Hadera	$1786
177 km or 110 mi	Amman	$1009
184 km or 114 mi	Tayibe	$2108