Ashgabat vs Doha - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Ashgabat	Doha
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1584	$1779
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3634	$4033
🏠 One person rent	$798	$1140
🏘️ Family rent	$1502	$2017
🍽️ Food expenses	$609	$408
🚐 Transport expenses	$49.1	$104
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$718	$3416
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	5 km
🎓 Higher education	7	45
😀 Quality of life	29	80
🏙️ Population	1.03M	1.19M

The cost of living in Ashgabat is 11% less expensive than in Doha. Cities ranked 3105th and 2449th ($1584 vs $1779) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 1st in Turkmenistan and Qatar, respectively. Check Turkmenistan vs Qatar comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.5 months in Ashgabat compared to 1.9 months in Doha. Ashgabat ranked 1st best city to live in Turkmenistan vs Doha ranked 1st in Qatar, while ranked 8250th and 562nd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Ashgabat vs Doha

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	Ashgabat	Doha
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$25.9	$9.28
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$60.4	$52.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.1	$7.25
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.4	$12
☕ Cappuccino	$5.56	$5.25
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.25	$0.86
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$884	$1393
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$607	$888
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1501	$2490
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1302	$1664
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$45.2	$65.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$70	$103
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$90.5	$85.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	8.58%	5.84%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3897	$4779
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3006	$3550
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.14	$0.55
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$8.52	$34.3
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$9.74	$16.1
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.38	$0.57
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$3	$2.09
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.35	$1.52
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.49	$1.83
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.83	$2.87
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.29	$11.9
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.83	$8.69
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$18.9	$11
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.02	$1.93
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.36	$1.58
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.81	$1.51
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.06	$1.54
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.57	$1.1
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.41	$1.27
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.74	$0.31
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.08	$1.98
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$27.3	$17
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.79	$4.28
🚬 Cigarette pack	$25.2	$6.25
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.01	$6.11
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.8	$4.92
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3	$2.85
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.77	$2.07
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$112	$108
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$17.7	$11.8
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$31.8	$48.7
💇 Haircut, simple	$6.36	$9.65
👖 Brand Jeans	$69.9	$63
👟 Brand Sneakers	$92.4	$97.1
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$22.7	$770
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$6132	$11200

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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 Doha

Distance	City	Cost of living
43 km or 27 mi	Al Khor	$1709
135 km or 84 mi	Riffa	$1223
138 km or 86 mi	Isa Town	$1243
139 km or 87 mi	Manama	$1280
175 km or 109 mi	Dhahran	$1068
188 km or 117 mi	Al-Mubarraz	$804
191 km or 119 mi	Dammam	$1056
236 km or 147 mi	Qatif	$897
265 km or 165 mi	Jubail	$901
282 km or 175 mi	Madinat Zayed	$1721
300 km or 187 mi	Abu Dhabi	$1828
380 km or 236 mi	Dubai	$2379
388 km or 241 mi	Sharjah	$1494
397 km or 247 mi	Ajman	$2240
405 km or 252 mi	Umm al-Quwain	$1196
409 km or 254 mi	Jahrom	$547
414 km or 257 mi	Bushehr	$551
442 km or 275 mi	Borazjan	$546
442 km or 275 mi	Al Ain	$1844
455 km or 283 mi	Fasa	$548
466 km or 289 mi	Ras al-Khaimah	$1540
480 km or 298 mi	Kazerun	$557
483 km or 300 mi	Fujairah	$1239
489 km or 304 mi	Shiraz	$589
491 km or 305 mi	Riyadh	$1637
515 km or 320 mi	Al Wafrah	$1210
516 km or 320 mi	Bandar Abbas	$634
524 km or 325 mi	Marvdasht	$563
573 km or 356 mi	Kuwait City	$1393
597 km or 371 mi	Yasuj	$529
601 km or 374 mi	Al-Faw	$736
602 km or 374 mi	Behbahan	$536
617 km or 383 mi	Sirjan	$514
628 km or 390 mi	Bandar-e Mahshahr	$548
635 km or 394 mi	Umm Qasr	$740
644 km or 400 mi	Abadan	$547
659 km or 409 mi	Khorramshahr	$544
663 km or 412 mi	Nizwa	$780
679 km or 422 mi	Az Zubayr	$723
683 km or 424 mi	Basra	$904