Ashgabat vs Dushanbe - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Ashgabat	Dushanbe
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1833	$712
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4223	$1759
🏠 One person rent	$893	$316
🏘️ Family rent	$1483	$549
🍽️ Food expenses	$782	$259
🚐 Transport expenses	$49.8	$36.1
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$747	$140
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	5 km
🎓 Higher education	7	35
😀 Quality of life	49	42
🏙️ Population	1.03M	863K

The cost of living in Ashgabat is 157% more expensive than in Dushanbe. Cities ranked 2595th and 7031st ($1833 vs $712) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 1st in Turkmenistan and Tajikistan, respectively. Check Turkmenistan vs Tajikistan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.4 months in Ashgabat compared to 0.2 months in Dushanbe. Ashgabat ranked 1st best city to live in Turkmenistan vs Dushanbe ranked 1st in Tajikistan, while ranked 6667th and 7474th among best cities to live in the world.

Salary adjustment calculator
the estimated difference in money purchasing power

Cost of living in Ashgabat vs Dushanbe infographic

Share this infographic!

Use the link below to embed the infographic from our site and automatically keep the data layer up to date.

If you prefer to download the image, please credit us as a source.

<img src="https://livingcost.org/assets/photo/cost/ashgabat/dushanbe.jpg" alt="Cost of living in Ashgabat vs Dushanbe infographic" style="max-width: 100%; height: auto;"><p>Source: <a href="https://livingcost.org/cost/ashgabat/dushanbe" target="_blank">Ashgabat vs Dushanbe - Cost of Living Comparison</a></p>

Prices in Ashgabat vs Dushanbe

Prices for goods and services in Ashgabat and Dushanbe are partly crowdsourced by our visitors, just like yourself. Please consider telling us about your city.

	Ashgabat	Dushanbe
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$31.3	$5.97
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$85.3	$15.2
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$12.8	$8.96
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.48	$1.08
☕ Cappuccino	$7.08	$1.99
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.16	$0.6
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1020	$402
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$674	$229
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1780	$739
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1190	$413
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$47.3	$34.4
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$73.2	$52.9
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$102	$17.6
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	9.49%	25.66%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4806	$1032
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2978	$658
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.14	$0.27
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$8.51	$10.8
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$9.77	$3.69
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.43	$1.11
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$4.77	$1.06
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.69	$0.57
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.3	$2.16
🥚 Eggs, x12	$6.17	$1.83
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.26	$11.9
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$18.7	$4.67
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$19.4	$11.2
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.44	$1.83
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.39	$3.02
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.58	$2.07
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.56	$1.31
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.99	$0.72
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.79	$0.56
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.78	$0.37
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.1	$1.39
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$19.1	$10.3
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.69	$1.54
🚬 Cigarette pack	$25.7	$3.25
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.19	$1.92
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.85	$3.34
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3	$0.96
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.81	$1.71
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$41.2	$42.3
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$14.3	$5.46
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$33.8	$85.8
💇 Haircut, simple	$6.4	$4.29
👖 Brand Jeans	$65.8	$33.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$93.9	$81.5
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$23	$108
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$25686	$7848

Cost of living in other countries

Cost of living

Cost of Living in the nearest cities

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 Dushanbe

Distance	City	Cost of living
49 km or 30 mi	Tursunzoda	$680
82 km or 51 mi	Qurghonteppa	$684
145 km or 90 mi	Panjakent	$674
150 km or 93 mi	Istaravshan	$658
190 km or 118 mi	Jizzakh	$555
198 km or 123 mi	Samarkand	$475
200 km or 124 mi	Ghafurov	$600
201 km or 125 mi	Buston	$650
203 km or 126 mi	Khujand	$603
205 km or 127 mi	Kunduz	$428
234 km or 145 mi	Istiklol	$620
236 km or 147 mi	Konibodom	$626
255 km or 158 mi	Mazar-i-Sharif	$470
261 km or 162 mi	Qarshi	$512
292 km or 181 mi	Puli Khumri	$404
306 km or 190 mi	Tashkent	$844
327 km or 203 mi	Fergana	$680
328 km or 204 mi	Margilan	$648
329 km or 204 mi	Chirchiq	$754
341 km or 212 mi	Sheberghan	$432
365 km or 227 mi	Namangan	$562
386 km or 240 mi	Andijan	$451
399 km or 248 mi	Bukhara	$433
406 km or 252 mi	Osh	$549
420 km or 261 mi	Shymkent	$525
445 km or 276 mi	Jalal-Abad	$585
451 km or 280 mi	Kabul	$458
456 km or 283 mi	Turkmenabat	$1716
484 km or 301 mi	Jalalabad	$354
511 km or 318 mi	Toktogul	$615
526 km or 327 mi	Taraz	$445
526 km or 327 mi	Talas	$532
528 km or 328 mi	Turkistan	$480
529 km or 329 mi	Mingora	$351
550 km or 342 mi	Kentau	$468
555 km or 345 mi	Gardez	$401
560 km or 348 mi	Ghazni	$396
564 km or 350 mi	Peshawar	$334
566 km or 352 mi	Mardan	$354
591 km or 367 mi	Khost	$393