Ashgabat vs Djibouti City - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: June 21, 2026

	Ashgabat	Djibouti City
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1898	$590
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4362	$1446
🏠 One person rent	$968	$246
🏘️ Family rent	$1668	$408
🍽️ Food expenses	$780	$232
🚐 Transport expenses	$50.9	$50.8
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$210	$246
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	5 km
🎓 Higher education	7	8
😀 Quality of life	43	43
🏙️ Population	1.03M	604K

The cost of living in Ashgabat is 222% more expensive than in Djibouti City. Cities ranked 2383rd and 8069th ($1898 vs $590) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 1st in Turkmenistan and Djibouti, respectively. Check Turkmenistan vs Djibouti comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.1 months in Ashgabat compared to 0.4 months in Djibouti City. Ashgabat ranked 1st best city to live in Turkmenistan vs Djibouti City ranked 1st in Djibouti, while ranked 7430th and 7471st among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Ashgabat vs Djibouti City

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	Ashgabat	Djibouti City
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$31.1	$4.29
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$85	$23.3
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$12.8	$5.38
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.76	$1.9
☕ Cappuccino	$6.83	$2
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.58	$0.71
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1017	$239
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$765	$163
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1798	$429
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1413	$290
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$49	$43.5
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$74.9	$66.5
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$104	$24.4
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	9.58%	12%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3536	$1416
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2856	$879
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.14	$0.47
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$9.87	$19.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$9.74	$7.86
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.43	$1.05
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$4.53	$1.24
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.03	$0.87
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.85	$1.21
🥚 Eggs, x12	$6.02	$1.79
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.31	$7.5
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$20	$4.5
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$23.1	$7.52
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.09	$2.32
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.38	$1.26
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.47	$1.59
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.64	$1.2
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.27	$1.06
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.41	$1.05
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.74	$0.4
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.09	$1.29
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$19.1	$8.04
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.18	$1.46
🚬 Cigarette pack	$25.7	$3.17
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$4.88	$4.1
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.83	$3.16
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.04	$1.56
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.82	$1.26
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$40.7	$24.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$12.2	$4.7
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$31.1	$22.2
💇 Haircut, simple	$6.36	$4.71
👖 Brand Jeans	$56	$34.6
👟 Brand Sneakers	$93.6	$68.4
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$22.7	$168
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$24585	$5247

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Cities near Ashgabat

Distance	City	Cost of living
12 km or 7.2 mi	Anau	$1846
95 km or 59 mi	Quchan	$475
99 km or 61 mi	Baherden	$1864
107 km or 66 mi	Bojnord	$466
197 km or 123 mi	Nishapur	$469
203 km or 126 mi	Sabzevar	$483
212 km or 132 mi	Mashhad	$482
294 km or 183 mi	Gonbad-e Kavus	$458
302 km or 187 mi	Kashmar	$483
306 km or 190 mi	Mary	$1726
307 km or 191 mi	Torbat-e Heydarieh	$476
344 km or 213 mi	Shahrud	$561
361 km or 224 mi	Torbat-e Jam	$467
367 km or 228 mi	Gorgan	$664
451 km or 280 mi	Dasoguz	$1840
469 km or 291 mi	Turkmenabat	$1795
496 km or 308 mi	Sari	$612
513 km or 318 mi	Nukus	$475
516 km or 321 mi	Qaem Shahr	$474
517 km or 321 mi	Semnan	$523
524 km or 325 mi	Herat	$556
528 km or 328 mi	Babol	$359
558 km or 347 mi	Amol	$516
561 km or 349 mi	Bukhara	$439
570 km or 354 mi	Birjand	$542
634 km or 394 mi	Pardis	$563
654 km or 406 mi	Qarshi	$500
657 km or 408 mi	Pakdasht	$570
660 km or 410 mi	Golestan	$584
667 km or 414 mi	Sheberghan	$470
668 km or 415 mi	Qarchak	$570
668 km or 415 mi	Tehran	$638
670 km or 417 mi	Varamin	$557
671 km or 417 mi	Ray	$584
693 km or 431 mi	Qods	$614
694 km or 431 mi	Eslamshahr	$590
695 km or 432 mi	Nasimshahr	$587
700 km or 435 mi	Shahriar	$611
701 km or 435 mi	Karaj	$684
703 km or 437 mi	Fardis	$616

Cities near Djibouti City

Distance	City	Cost of living
44 km or 27 mi	Obock	$564
68 km or 42 mi	Ali Sabieh	$561
101 km or 63 mi	Dikhil	$563
185 km or 115 mi	Borama	$521
240 km or 149 mi	Taiz	$497
245 km or 152 mi	Aden	$509
247 km or 153 mi	Hargeisa	$682
253 km or 157 mi	Jijiga	$1045
264 km or 164 mi	Dire Dawa	$1050
277 km or 172 mi	Harar	$1050
286 km or 178 mi	Ibb	$488
290 km or 180 mi	Zabid	$476
356 km or 221 mi	Dhamar	$478
357 km or 222 mi	Al Hudaydah	$499
387 km or 240 mi	Dessie	$931
418 km or 259 mi	Sayyan	$476
433 km or 269 mi	Sanaa	$532
451 km or 280 mi	Mekelle	$748
561 km or 348 mi	Addis Ababa	$1148
594 km or 369 mi	Mendefera	$481
598 km or 371 mi	Sa'dah	$475
600 km or 373 mi	Massawa	$484
618 km or 384 mi	Asmara	$513
627 km or 390 mi	Bahir Dar	$800
628 km or 390 mi	Gondar	$923
664 km or 413 mi	Najran	$864
689 km or 428 mi	Keren	$483
720 km or 448 mi	Awasa	$910
726 km or 451 mi	Mukalla	$477
740 km or 460 mi	Abha	$871
818 km or 509 mi	Jimma	$746
826 km or 513 mi	Bareq	$873
846 km or 526 mi	Kassala	$947
884 km or 550 mi	El-Gadarif	$872
936 km or 582 mi	Bisha	$890
944 km or 587 mi	Baidoa	$745
958 km or 595 mi	Ad-Damazin	$753
1019 km or 633 mi	As Sulayyil	$993
1090 km or 677 mi	Mogadishu	$721
1095 km or 680 mi	Port Sudan	$976