Ashgabat vs Dushanbe - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Ashgabat	Dushanbe
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1584	$605
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3634	$1616
🏠 One person rent	$798	$265
🏘️ Family rent	$1502	$503
🍽️ Food expenses	$609	$227
🚐 Transport expenses	$49.1	$25.9
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$718	$150
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	5 km
🎓 Higher education	7	35
😀 Quality of life	29	36
🏙️ Population	1.03M	863K

The cost of living in Ashgabat is 162% more expensive than in Dushanbe. Cities ranked 3105th and 7600th ($1584 vs $605) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 7th in Turkmenistan and Tajikistan, respectively. Check Turkmenistan vs Tajikistan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.5 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 8250th and 7359th 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	$25.9	$5.46
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$60.4	$14.5
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.1	$8.95
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.4	$1.09
☕ Cappuccino	$5.56	$1.9
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.25	$0.63
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$884	$366
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$607	$184
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1501	$605
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1302	$407
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$45.2	$22.5
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$70	$34.6
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$90.5	$21.7
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	8.58%	20.09%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3897	$859
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3006	$522
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.14	$0.23
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$8.52	$4.56
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$9.74	$3.18
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.38	$0.85
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$3	$0.79
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.35	$0.56
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.49	$1.65
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.83	$1.71
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.29	$8.12
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.83	$4.09
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$18.9	$6.89
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.02	$1.18
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.36	$2.32
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.81	$2.37
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.06	$0.83
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.57	$0.73
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.41	$0.52
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.74	$0.43
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.08	$1.56
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$27.3	$7.8
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.79	$1.36
🚬 Cigarette pack	$25.2	$2.29
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.01	$1.64
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.8	$2.79
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3	$0.79
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.77	$1.43
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$112	$36
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$17.7	$4.57
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$31.8	$71.6
💇 Haircut, simple	$6.36	$3.64
👖 Brand Jeans	$69.9	$30.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$92.4	$75.3
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$22.7	$106
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$6132	$13506

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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 Dushanbe

Distance	City	Cost of living
49 km or 30 mi	Tursunzoda	$593
82 km or 51 mi	Qurghonteppa	$596
145 km or 90 mi	Panjakent	$602
150 km or 93 mi	Istaravshan	$613
190 km or 118 mi	Jizzakh	$507
198 km or 123 mi	Samarkand	$472
200 km or 124 mi	Ghafurov	$614
201 km or 125 mi	Buston	$615
203 km or 126 mi	Khujand	$623
205 km or 127 mi	Kunduz	$394
234 km or 145 mi	Istiklol	$613
236 km or 147 mi	Konibodom	$613
255 km or 158 mi	Mazar-i-Sharif	$408
261 km or 162 mi	Qarshi	$484
292 km or 181 mi	Puli Khumri	$381
306 km or 190 mi	Tashkent	$853
327 km or 203 mi	Fergana	$626
328 km or 204 mi	Margilan	$591
329 km or 204 mi	Chirchiq	$444
341 km or 212 mi	Sheberghan	$414
365 km or 227 mi	Namangan	$538
386 km or 240 mi	Andijan	$430
399 km or 248 mi	Bukhara	$431
406 km or 252 mi	Osh	$477
420 km or 261 mi	Shymkent	$569
445 km or 276 mi	Jalal-Abad	$538
451 km or 280 mi	Kabul	$474
456 km or 283 mi	Turkmenabat	$1523
484 km or 301 mi	Jalalabad	$303
511 km or 318 mi	Toktogul	$607
526 km or 327 mi	Taraz	$441
526 km or 327 mi	Talas	$623
528 km or 328 mi	Turkistan	$512
529 km or 329 mi	Mingora	$364
550 km or 342 mi	Kentau	$501
555 km or 345 mi	Gardez	$386
560 km or 348 mi	Ghazni	$389
564 km or 350 mi	Peshawar	$346
566 km or 352 mi	Mardan	$366
591 km or 367 mi	Khost	$366