Ashgabat vs Edinburgh - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Ashgabat	Edinburgh
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1833	$2310
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4223	$5713
🏠 One person rent	$893	$1359
🏘️ Family rent	$1483	$2393
🍽️ Food expenses	$782	$594
🚐 Transport expenses	$49.8	$166
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$747	$3676
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	11 km
🎓 Higher education	7	88
😀 Quality of life	49	95
🏙️ Population	1.03M	488K

The cost of living in Ashgabat is 21% less expensive than in Edinburgh. Cities ranked 2595th and 1247th ($1833 vs $2310) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 32nd in Turkmenistan and the United Kingdom, respectively. Check Turkmenistan vs the United Kingdom comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.4 months in Ashgabat compared to 1.6 months in Edinburgh. Ashgabat ranked 1st best city to live in Turkmenistan vs Edinburgh ranked 5th in the United Kingdom, while ranked 6667th and 59th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Ashgabat vs Edinburgh

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	Ashgabat	Edinburgh
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$31.3	$21.6
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$85.3	$89.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$12.8	$10
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.48	$8.41
☕ Cappuccino	$7.08	$5.01
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.16	$2.68
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1020	$1388
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$674	$1053
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1780	$2488
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1190	$1942
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$47.3	$198
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$73.2	$300
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$102	$41.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	9.49%	5.08%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4806	$6892
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2978	$4820
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.14	$2.91
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$8.51	$88.4
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$9.77	$27.7
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.43	$1.89
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$4.77	$1.71
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.69	$1.72
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.3	$1.92
🥚 Eggs, x12	$6.17	$4.63
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.26	$11.3
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$18.7	$10.5
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$19.4	$17.5
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.44	$3.05
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.39	$1.52
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.58	$3.58
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.56	$4.4
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.99	$1.67
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.79	$1.4
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.78	$1.07
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.1	$3.31
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$19.1	$11.4
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.69	$2.57
🚬 Cigarette pack	$25.7	$19.9
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.19	$8.11
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.85	$4.69
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3	$3.26
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.81	$1.63
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$41.2	$50
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$14.3	$15.7
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$33.8	$112
💇 Haircut, simple	$6.4	$22.5
👖 Brand Jeans	$65.8	$115
👟 Brand Sneakers	$93.9	$120
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$23	$1932
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$25686	$23184

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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 Edinburgh

Distance	City	Cost of living
18 km or 11 mi	Kirkcaldy	$1768
21 km or 13 mi	Livingston	$1775
21 km or 13 mi	Dunfermline	$1728
42 km or 26 mi	Alloa	$1762
49 km or 30 mi	Cumbernauld	$1619
49 km or 31 mi	Stirling	$1711
52 km or 32 mi	Perth	$1641
56 km or 35 mi	Hamilton	$1797
59 km or 37 mi	Dundee	$1480
65 km or 40 mi	East Kilbride	$1840
66 km or 41 mi	Glasgow	$2058
78 km or 48 mi	Paisley	$1837
89 km or 56 mi	Kilmarnock	$1527
98 km or 61 mi	Greenock	$1575
99 km or 61 mi	Irvine	$1630
102 km or 63 mi	Dumfries	$1485
105 km or 65 mi	Ayr	$1522
120 km or 74 mi	Carlisle	$1759
147 km or 91 mi	Newcastle upon Tyne	$1963
149 km or 93 mi	Aberdeen	$1769
150 km or 93 mi	Gateshead	$1906
153 km or 95 mi	Tynemouth	$1805
153 km or 95 mi	Jarrow	$1825
154 km or 96 mi	South Shields	$1780
158 km or 98 mi	Washington	$1797
158 km or 98 mi	Whitehaven	$1778
164 km or 102 mi	Sunderland	$1602
166 km or 103 mi	Durham	$2079
173 km or 107 mi	Bishop Auckland	$1761
182 km or 113 mi	Inverness	$2021
189 km or 117 mi	Hartlepool	$1460
189 km or 117 mi	Elgin	$1507
190 km or 118 mi	Darlington	$1429
194 km or 121 mi	Stockton-on-Tees	$1431
197 km or 123 mi	Middlesbrough	$1638
211 km or 131 mi	Morecambe	$1840
212 km or 132 mi	Bangor	$1484
213 km or 132 mi	Lancaster	$1839
216 km or 134 mi	Douglas	$2205
224 km or 139 mi	Newtownabbey	$1808