Ashgabat vs Dushanbe - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Ashgabat	Dushanbe
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1616	$672
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3750	$1801
🏠 One person rent	$798	$290
🏘️ Family rent	$1515	$532
🍽️ Food expenses	$620	$245
🚐 Transport expenses	$48.8	$25.9
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$756	$155
😷 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 140% more expensive than in Dushanbe. Cities ranked 3187th and 7107th ($1616 vs $672) 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 0.5 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 8245th and 7353rd 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	$26.2	$5.63
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$59.7	$14.9
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.5	$9.19
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.44	$1.11
☕ Cappuccino	$5.58	$2.32
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.27	$0.62
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$894	$370
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$606	$190
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1482	$578
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1322	$413
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$49.3	$40.1
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$75.8	$62
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$85.1	$24.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	7.98%	19.92%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3870	$862
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2996	$532
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.14	$0.23
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$8.63	$4.69
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$9.69	$3.2
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.36	$0.83
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$3.17	$0.84
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.86	$0.57
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.17	$1.68
🥚 Eggs, x12	$5.09	$1.77
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.13	$8.57
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.76	$4.2
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$25.2	$6.99
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.96	$1.21
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.39	$2.38
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.38	$2.43
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.29	$0.84
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.91	$0.67
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.88	$0.54
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.84	$0.44
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.07	$1.04
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$27.1	$7.57
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.3	$1.38
🚬 Cigarette pack	$25.6	$2.35
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.35	$4.64
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.8	$3.57
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.97	$1.86
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.79	$1.96
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$112	$37.3
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$17.6	$4.7
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$35.5	$119
💇 Haircut, simple	$6.39	$3.22
👖 Brand Jeans	$83.8	$27.8
👟 Brand Sneakers	$141	$76.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$23	$108
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$6584	$13630

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Cities near Ashgabat

Distance	City	Cost of living
12 km or 7.2 mi	Anau	$1583
95 km or 59 mi	Quchan	$500
99 km or 61 mi	Baherden	$1578
107 km or 66 mi	Bojnord	$458
197 km or 123 mi	Nishapur	$517
203 km or 126 mi	Sabzevar	$515
212 km or 132 mi	Mashhad	$538
294 km or 183 mi	Gonbad-e Kavus	$496
302 km or 187 mi	Kashmar	$511
306 km or 190 mi	Mary	$1531
307 km or 191 mi	Torbat-e Heydarieh	$515
344 km or 213 mi	Shahrud	$603
361 km or 224 mi	Torbat-e Jam	$512
367 km or 228 mi	Gorgan	$689
451 km or 280 mi	Dasoguz	$1572
469 km or 291 mi	Turkmenabat	$1554
496 km or 308 mi	Sari	$670
513 km or 318 mi	Nukus	$394
516 km or 321 mi	Qaem Shahr	$564
517 km or 321 mi	Semnan	$607
524 km or 325 mi	Herat	$514
528 km or 328 mi	Babol	$468
558 km or 347 mi	Amol	$550
561 km or 349 mi	Bukhara	$452
570 km or 354 mi	Birjand	$553
634 km or 394 mi	Pardis	$675
654 km or 406 mi	Qarshi	$435
657 km or 408 mi	Pakdasht	$689
660 km or 410 mi	Golestan	$722
667 km or 414 mi	Sheberghan	$450
668 km or 415 mi	Qarchak	$693
668 km or 415 mi	Tehran	$797
670 km or 417 mi	Varamin	$673
671 km or 417 mi	Ray	$720
693 km or 431 mi	Qods	$706
694 km or 431 mi	Eslamshahr	$716
695 km or 432 mi	Nasimshahr	$706
700 km or 435 mi	Shahriar	$708
701 km or 435 mi	Karaj	$741
703 km or 437 mi	Fardis	$699

Cities near Dushanbe

Distance	City	Cost of living
49 km or 30 mi	Tursunzoda	$655
82 km or 51 mi	Qurghonteppa	$659
145 km or 90 mi	Panjakent	$664
150 km or 93 mi	Istaravshan	$667
190 km or 118 mi	Jizzakh	$468
198 km or 123 mi	Samarkand	$530
200 km or 124 mi	Ghafurov	$666
201 km or 125 mi	Buston	$671
203 km or 126 mi	Khujand	$658
205 km or 127 mi	Kunduz	$467
234 km or 145 mi	Istiklol	$660
236 km or 147 mi	Konibodom	$663
255 km or 158 mi	Mazar-i-Sharif	$470
261 km or 162 mi	Qarshi	$435
292 km or 181 mi	Puli Khumri	$457
306 km or 190 mi	Tashkent	$816
327 km or 203 mi	Fergana	$469
328 km or 204 mi	Margilan	$473
329 km or 204 mi	Chirchiq	$429
341 km or 212 mi	Sheberghan	$450
365 km or 227 mi	Namangan	$527
386 km or 240 mi	Andijan	$419
399 km or 248 mi	Bukhara	$452
406 km or 252 mi	Osh	$567
420 km or 261 mi	Shymkent	$596
445 km or 276 mi	Jalal-Abad	$614
451 km or 280 mi	Kabul	$599
456 km or 283 mi	Turkmenabat	$1554
484 km or 301 mi	Jalalabad	$358
511 km or 318 mi	Toktogul	$645
526 km or 327 mi	Taraz	$461
526 km or 327 mi	Talas	$653
528 km or 328 mi	Turkistan	$532
529 km or 329 mi	Mingora	$354
550 km or 342 mi	Kentau	$519
555 km or 345 mi	Gardez	$469
560 km or 348 mi	Ghazni	$476
564 km or 350 mi	Peshawar	$338
566 km or 352 mi	Mardan	$372
591 km or 367 mi	Khost	$441