Ashgabat vs Dusseldorf - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: June 21, 2026

	Ashgabat	Dusseldorf
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1898	$1913
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4362	$4660
🏠 One person rent	$968	$1048
🏘️ Family rent	$1668	$1825
🍽️ Food expenses	$780	$536
🚐 Transport expenses	$50.9	$178
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$210	$3858
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	7 km
🎓 Higher education	7	92
😀 Quality of life	43	94
🏙️ Population	1.03M	631K

The cost of living in Ashgabat is 0.8% less expensive than in Dusseldorf. Cities ranked 2383rd and 2319th ($1898 vs $1913) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 30th in Turkmenistan and Germany, respectively. Check Turkmenistan vs Germany comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.1 months in Ashgabat compared to 2 months in Dusseldorf. Ashgabat ranked 1st best city to live in Turkmenistan vs Dusseldorf ranked 4th in Germany, while ranked 7430th and 26th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Ashgabat vs Dusseldorf

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	Ashgabat	Dusseldorf
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$31.1	$15.6
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$85	$68.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$12.8	$12.9
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.76	$5.28
☕ Cappuccino	$6.83	$4.43
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.58	$3.28
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1017	$1061
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$765	$795
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1798	$1892
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1413	$1453
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$49	$157
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$74.9	$242
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$104	$42.5
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	9.58%	3.93%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3536	$9744
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2856	$5208
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.14	$4.19
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$9.87	$69
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$9.74	$28.1
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.43	$2.12
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$4.53	$1.4
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.03	$2.26
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.85	$2.89
🥚 Eggs, x12	$6.02	$4.34
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.31	$12.9
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$20	$12.5
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$23.1	$25.3
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.09	$3.09
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.38	$2.3
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.47	$2.34
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.64	$3.72
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.27	$1.57
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.41	$1.28
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.74	$0.86
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.09	$2.47
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$19.1	$6.52
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.18	$1.24
🚬 Cigarette pack	$25.7	$9.44
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$4.88	$6.53
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.83	$3.27
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.04	$1.59
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.82	$1.65
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$40.7	$44.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$12.2	$16.5
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$31.1	$59.4
💇 Haircut, simple	$6.36	$16.7
👖 Brand Jeans	$56	$104
👟 Brand Sneakers	$93.6	$106
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$22.7	$1041
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$24585	$20776

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Cities near Ashgabat

Distance	City	Cost of living
12 km or 7.2 mi	Anau	$1846
95 km or 59 mi	Quchan	$475
99 km or 61 mi	Baherden	$1864
107 km or 66 mi	Bojnord	$466
197 km or 123 mi	Nishapur	$469
203 km or 126 mi	Sabzevar	$483
212 km or 132 mi	Mashhad	$482
294 km or 183 mi	Gonbad-e Kavus	$458
302 km or 187 mi	Kashmar	$483
306 km or 190 mi	Mary	$1726
307 km or 191 mi	Torbat-e Heydarieh	$476
344 km or 213 mi	Shahrud	$561
361 km or 224 mi	Torbat-e Jam	$467
367 km or 228 mi	Gorgan	$664
451 km or 280 mi	Dasoguz	$1840
469 km or 291 mi	Turkmenabat	$1795
496 km or 308 mi	Sari	$612
513 km or 318 mi	Nukus	$475
516 km or 321 mi	Qaem Shahr	$474
517 km or 321 mi	Semnan	$523
524 km or 325 mi	Herat	$556
528 km or 328 mi	Babol	$359
558 km or 347 mi	Amol	$516
561 km or 349 mi	Bukhara	$439
570 km or 354 mi	Birjand	$542
634 km or 394 mi	Pardis	$563
654 km or 406 mi	Qarshi	$500
657 km or 408 mi	Pakdasht	$570
660 km or 410 mi	Golestan	$584
667 km or 414 mi	Sheberghan	$470
668 km or 415 mi	Qarchak	$570
668 km or 415 mi	Tehran	$638
670 km or 417 mi	Varamin	$557
671 km or 417 mi	Ray	$584
693 km or 431 mi	Qods	$614
694 km or 431 mi	Eslamshahr	$590
695 km or 432 mi	Nasimshahr	$587
700 km or 435 mi	Shahriar	$611
701 km or 435 mi	Karaj	$684
703 km or 437 mi	Fardis	$616

Cities near Dusseldorf

Distance	City	Cost of living
6.5 km or 4 mi	Neuss	$1685
9.4 km or 5.8 mi	Ratingen	$1637
9.9 km or 6.2 mi	Erkrath	$1653
10 km or 6.3 mi	Kaarst	$1658
13 km or 8.3 mi	Hilden	$1673
14 km or 8.5 mi	Mettmann	$1629
16 km or 9.8 mi	Dormagen	$1699
16 km or 9.9 mi	Willich	$1611
17 km or 11 mi	Monheim am Rhein	$1713
17 km or 11 mi	Haan	$1662
17 km or 11 mi	Heiligenhaus	$1588
18 km or 11 mi	Langenfeld	$1716
18 km or 11 mi	Krefeld	$1594
19 km or 12 mi	Korschenbroich	$1633
19 km or 12 mi	Wulfrath	$1605
20 km or 13 mi	Grevenbroich	$1652
21 km or 13 mi	Leichlingen	$1696
22 km or 14 mi	Tonisvorst	$1580
22 km or 14 mi	Velbert	$1580
22 km or 14 mi	Duisburg	$1507
23 km or 14 mi	Solingen	$1698
23 km or 14 mi	Mulheim	$1575
24 km or 15 mi	Monchengladbach	$1657
26 km or 16 mi	Pulheim	$1726
26 km or 16 mi	Leverkusen	$1972
27 km or 17 mi	Viersen	$1613
27 km or 17 mi	Oberhausen	$1636
27 km or 17 mi	Moers	$1544
28 km or 17 mi	Neukirchen-Vluyn	$1564
28 km or 17 mi	Wuppertal	$1547
29 km or 18 mi	Kempen	$1584
29 km or 18 mi	Remscheid	$1617
30 km or 18 mi	Bedburg	$1653
30 km or 18 mi	Essen	$1519
31 km or 19 mi	Bergheim	$1667
32 km or 20 mi	Wermelskirchen	$1631
34 km or 21 mi	Bottrop	$1468
34 km or 21 mi	Kamp-Lintfort	$1563
34 km or 21 mi	Hattingen	$1552
35 km or 22 mi	Cologne	$1941