Ashgabat vs Dushanbe - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 01, 2024

	Ashgabat	Dushanbe
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1679	$638
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3854	$1683
🏠 One person rent	$836	$276
🏘️ Family rent	$1553	$473
🍽️ Food expenses	$658	$232
🚐 Transport expenses	$47.3	$25.2
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$573	$154
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	5 km
🎓 Higher education	7	35
😀 Quality of life	30	40
🏙️ Population	828K	863K

The cost of living in Ashgabat is 163% more expensive than in Dushanbe. Cities ranked 2737th and 7313th ($1679 vs $638) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 8th in Turkmenistan and Tajikistan, respectively. Check Turkmenistan vs Tajikistan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.3 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 8379th and 7225th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Ashgabat vs Dushanbe

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	Ashgabat	Dushanbe
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$31.6	$4.75
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$55.7	$18.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10	$9.17
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.39	$1.09
☕ Cappuccino	$4.59	$2.24
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.91	$0.52
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$915	$352
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$647	$179
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1453	$571
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1376	$344
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$48.2	$39
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$73.7	$60.1
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$87.4	$23.2
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	7.98%	18.13%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4561	$857
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3442	$488
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.29	$0.23
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$9.98	$4.53
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$9.68	$3.09
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.38	$0.82
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$3.63	$0.72
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.85	$0.49
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.65	$1.54
🥚 Eggs, x12	$5.07	$1.72
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.3	$8.35
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.9	$3.89
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$24.8	$6.64
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.66	$1.02
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.38	$2.25
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.31	$1.97
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.82	$1.07
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.76	$0.52
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.83	$0.41
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.83	$0.36
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.09	$1.01
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$27.2	$7.34
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.61	$1.18
🚬 Cigarette pack	$25.4	$1.84
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.03	$4.57
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.84	$3.52
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.02	$1.81
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.8	$1.93
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$65.9	$33.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$16.5	$4.58
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$33.8	$117
💇 Haircut, simple	$6.42	$3.13
👖 Brand Jeans	$83.7	$31.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$144	$61
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$22.6	$94
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$6425	$13332

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Cities near Ashgabat

Distance	City	Cost of living
12 km or 7.2 mi	Anau	$1648
95 km or 59 mi	Quchan	$487
99 km or 61 mi	Baherden	$1642
107 km or 66 mi	Bojnord	$427
197 km or 123 mi	Nishapur	$509
203 km or 126 mi	Sabzevar	$489
212 km or 132 mi	Mashhad	$532
294 km or 183 mi	Gonbad-e Kavus	$473
302 km or 187 mi	Kashmar	$507
306 km or 190 mi	Mary	$1644
307 km or 191 mi	Torbat-e Heydarieh	$520
344 km or 213 mi	Shahrud	$576
361 km or 224 mi	Torbat-e Jam	$558
367 km or 228 mi	Gorgan	$661
451 km or 280 mi	Dasoguz	$1657
469 km or 291 mi	Turkmenabat	$1662
496 km or 308 mi	Sari	$640
513 km or 318 mi	Nukus	$427
516 km or 321 mi	Qaem Shahr	$533
517 km or 321 mi	Semnan	$558
524 km or 325 mi	Herat	$514
528 km or 328 mi	Babol	$434
558 km or 347 mi	Amol	$519
561 km or 349 mi	Bukhara	$399
570 km or 354 mi	Birjand	$554
634 km or 394 mi	Pardis	$619
654 km or 406 mi	Qarshi	$416
657 km or 408 mi	Pakdasht	$633
660 km or 410 mi	Golestan	$655
667 km or 414 mi	Sheberghan	$446
668 km or 415 mi	Qarchak	$636
668 km or 415 mi	Tehran	$700
670 km or 417 mi	Varamin	$616
671 km or 417 mi	Ray	$653
693 km or 431 mi	Qods	$655
694 km or 431 mi	Eslamshahr	$655
695 km or 432 mi	Nasimshahr	$651
700 km or 435 mi	Shahriar	$653
701 km or 435 mi	Karaj	$693
703 km or 437 mi	Fardis	$651

Cities near Dushanbe

Distance	City	Cost of living
49 km or 30 mi	Tursunzoda	$629
82 km or 51 mi	Qurghonteppa	$632
145 km or 90 mi	Panjakent	$647
150 km or 93 mi	Istaravshan	$672
190 km or 118 mi	Jizzakh	$473
198 km or 123 mi	Samarkand	$562
200 km or 124 mi	Ghafurov	$680
201 km or 125 mi	Buston	$682
203 km or 126 mi	Khujand	$692
205 km or 127 mi	Kunduz	$445
234 km or 145 mi	Istiklol	$682
236 km or 147 mi	Konibodom	$674
255 km or 158 mi	Mazar-i-Sharif	$449
261 km or 162 mi	Qarshi	$416
292 km or 181 mi	Puli Khumri	$437
306 km or 190 mi	Tashkent	$785
327 km or 203 mi	Fergana	$488
328 km or 204 mi	Margilan	$479
329 km or 204 mi	Chirchiq	$416
341 km or 212 mi	Sheberghan	$446
365 km or 227 mi	Namangan	$558
386 km or 240 mi	Andijan	$434
399 km or 248 mi	Bukhara	$399
406 km or 252 mi	Osh	$475
420 km or 261 mi	Shymkent	$651
445 km or 276 mi	Jalal-Abad	$515
451 km or 280 mi	Kabul	$567
456 km or 283 mi	Turkmenabat	$1662
484 km or 301 mi	Jalalabad	$347
511 km or 318 mi	Toktogul	$529
526 km or 327 mi	Taraz	$479
526 km or 327 mi	Talas	$532
528 km or 328 mi	Turkistan	$582
529 km or 329 mi	Mingora	$311
550 km or 342 mi	Kentau	$564
555 km or 345 mi	Gardez	$449
560 km or 348 mi	Ghazni	$455
564 km or 350 mi	Peshawar	$352
566 km or 352 mi	Mardan	$335
591 km or 367 mi	Khost	$423