Ashgabat vs Doha - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Ashgabat	Doha
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1833	$1849
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4223	$4110
🏠 One person rent	$893	$1204
🏘️ Family rent	$1483	$2063
🍽️ Food expenses	$782	$412
🚐 Transport expenses	$49.8	$101
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$747	$3003
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	5 km
🎓 Higher education	7	44
😀 Quality of life	49	82
🏙️ Population	1.03M	1.19M

The cost of living in Ashgabat is 0.9% less expensive than in Doha. Cities ranked 2595th and 2509th ($1833 vs $1849) 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 0.4 months in Ashgabat compared to 1.6 months in Doha. Ashgabat ranked 1st best city to live in Turkmenistan vs Doha ranked 1st in Qatar, while ranked 6667th and 608th 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	$31.3	$10.4
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$85.3	$55.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$12.8	$7.4
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.48	$12.3
☕ Cappuccino	$7.08	$5.46
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.16	$0.86
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1020	$1391
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$674	$974
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1780	$2548
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1190	$1715
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$47.3	$62.9
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$73.2	$96.7
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$102	$84.5
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	9.49%	6.15%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4806	$5456
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2978	$3618
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.14	$0.55
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$8.51	$30.8
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$9.77	$16.3
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.43	$0.56
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$4.77	$2.06
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.69	$1.43
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.3	$1.88
🥚 Eggs, x12	$6.17	$2.85
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.26	$11.3
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$18.7	$7.82
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$19.4	$10.8
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.44	$2.05
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.39	$1.59
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.58	$1.66
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.56	$1.52
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.99	$1.12
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.79	$1.15
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.78	$0.33
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.1	$1.78
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$19.1	$16.7
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.69	$4.26
🚬 Cigarette pack	$25.7	$5.94
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.19	$6.09
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.85	$4.89
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3	$2.87
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.81	$2.07
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$41.2	$118
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$14.3	$11.9
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$33.8	$49.3
💇 Haircut, simple	$6.4	$9.52
👖 Brand Jeans	$65.8	$64.6
👟 Brand Sneakers	$93.9	$100
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$23	$825
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$25686	$11426

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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 Doha

Distance	City	Cost of living
43 km or 27 mi	Al Khor	$1770
135 km or 84 mi	Riffa	$1201
138 km or 86 mi	Isa Town	$1230
139 km or 87 mi	Manama	$1237
175 km or 109 mi	Dhahran	$908
188 km or 117 mi	Al-Mubarraz	$806
191 km or 119 mi	Dammam	$1008
236 km or 147 mi	Qatif	$873
265 km or 165 mi	Jubail	$930
282 km or 175 mi	Madinat Zayed	$1730
300 km or 187 mi	Abu Dhabi	$1942
380 km or 236 mi	Dubai	$2514
388 km or 241 mi	Sharjah	$1419
397 km or 247 mi	Ajman	$2521
405 km or 252 mi	Umm al-Quwain	$1183
409 km or 254 mi	Jahrom	$530
414 km or 257 mi	Bushehr	$453
442 km or 275 mi	Borazjan	$477
442 km or 275 mi	Al Ain	$1449
455 km or 283 mi	Fasa	$529
466 km or 289 mi	Ras al-Khaimah	$1398
480 km or 298 mi	Kazerun	$503
483 km or 300 mi	Fujairah	$1228
489 km or 304 mi	Shiraz	$553
491 km or 305 mi	Riyadh	$1627
515 km or 320 mi	Al Wafrah	$1283
516 km or 320 mi	Bandar Abbas	$632
524 km or 325 mi	Marvdasht	$530
573 km or 356 mi	Kuwait City	$1454
597 km or 371 mi	Yasuj	$463
601 km or 374 mi	Al-Faw	$730
602 km or 374 mi	Behbahan	$483
617 km or 383 mi	Sirjan	$534
628 km or 390 mi	Bandar-e Mahshahr	$521
635 km or 394 mi	Umm Qasr	$726
644 km or 400 mi	Abadan	$549
659 km or 409 mi	Khorramshahr	$542
663 km or 412 mi	Nizwa	$792
679 km or 422 mi	Az Zubayr	$719
683 km or 424 mi	Basra	$889