Ashgabat vs Dresden - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Ashgabat	Dresden
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1584	$1402
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3634	$3491
🏠 One person rent	$798	$684
🏘️ Family rent	$1502	$1301
🍽️ Food expenses	$609	$460
🚐 Transport expenses	$49.1	$138
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$718	$2953
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	10 km
🎓 Higher education	7	65
😀 Quality of life	29	88
🏙️ Population	1.03M	566K

The cost of living in Ashgabat is 13% more expensive than in Dresden. Cities ranked 3105th and 3862nd ($1584 vs $1402) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 512th in Turkmenistan and Germany, respectively. Check Turkmenistan vs Germany comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.5 months in Ashgabat compared to 2.1 months in Dresden. Ashgabat ranked 1st best city to live in Turkmenistan vs Dresden ranked 33rd in Germany, while ranked 8250th and 217th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Ashgabat vs Dresden

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	Ashgabat	Dresden
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$25.9	$12.9
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$60.4	$56.5
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.1	$9.93
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.4	$4.54
☕ Cappuccino	$5.56	$3.48
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.25	$3.58
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$884	$656
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$607	$439
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1501	$1357
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1302	$929
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$45.2	$162
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$70	$248
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$90.5	$39
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	8.58%	3.94%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3897	$4831
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3006	$3685
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.14	$3.14
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$8.52	$61.4
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$9.74	$21.2
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.38	$1.79
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$3	$1.09
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.35	$1.68
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.49	$2.18
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.83	$3.22
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.29	$13
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.83	$11.4
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$18.9	$18.8
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.02	$2.82
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.36	$1.57
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.81	$2.12
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.06	$3.6
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.57	$1.52
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.41	$1.57
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.74	$0.55
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.08	$1.57
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$27.3	$6.07
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.79	$0.91
🚬 Cigarette pack	$25.2	$7.76
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.01	$9.35
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.8	$2.29
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3	$1.3
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.77	$1.5
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$112	$29.7
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$17.7	$11.7
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$31.8	$48.2
💇 Haircut, simple	$6.36	$14.5
👖 Brand Jeans	$69.9	$75.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$92.4	$98.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$22.7	$323
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$6132	$13167

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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 Dresden

Distance	City	Cost of living
7.2 km or 4.5 mi	Freital	$1347
7.7 km or 4.8 mi	Radebeul	$1351
14 km or 8.9 mi	Coswig	$1341
17 km or 11 mi	Pirna	$1352
22 km or 14 mi	Meissen	$1325
32 km or 20 mi	Freiberg	$1202
42 km or 26 mi	Riesa	$1309
44 km or 28 mi	Decin	$1048
44 km or 28 mi	Dobeln	$1278
47 km or 29 mi	Teplice	$880
48 km or 30 mi	Usti nad Labem	$971
50 km or 31 mi	Bautzen	$1420
51 km or 31 mi	Litvinov	$1314
55 km or 34 mi	Senftenberg	$1351
56 km or 35 mi	Hoyerswerda	$1373
61 km or 38 mi	Most	$942
62 km or 39 mi	Chemnitz	$1187
64 km or 40 mi	Litomerice	$1092
69 km or 43 mi	Ceska Lipa	$1081
69 km or 43 mi	Chomutov	$1033
72 km or 45 mi	Limbach-Oberfrohna	$1222
73 km or 45 mi	Spremberg	$1310
73 km or 46 mi	Annaberg-Buchholz	$1307
74 km or 46 mi	Grimma	$1353
76 km or 47 mi	Torgau	$1350
77 km or 48 mi	Zittau	$1352
87 km or 54 mi	Glauchau	$1147
88 km or 55 mi	Gorlitz	$1362
89 km or 55 mi	Cottbus	$1241
92 km or 57 mi	Altenburg	$1281
95 km or 59 mi	Zwickau	$1011
98 km or 61 mi	Liberec	$1030
98 km or 61 mi	Markkleeberg	$1452
100 km or 62 mi	Leipzig	$1516
101 km or 63 mi	Werdau	$1118
104 km or 65 mi	Kladno	$1216
107 km or 66 mi	Jablonec nad Nisou	$950
108 km or 67 mi	Mlada Boleslav	$1092
110 km or 68 mi	Karlovy Vary	$979
111 km or 69 mi	Delitzsch	$1419