Ashgabat vs Edinburgh - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Ashgabat	Edinburgh
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1584	$2140
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3634	$5387
🏠 One person rent	$798	$1269
🏘️ Family rent	$1502	$2336
🍽️ Food expenses	$609	$530
🚐 Transport expenses	$49.1	$161
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$718	$3522
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	11 km
🎓 Higher education	7	88
😀 Quality of life	29	94
🏙️ Population	1.03M	488K

The cost of living in Ashgabat is 26% less expensive than in Edinburgh. Cities ranked 3105th and 1491st ($1584 vs $2140) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 36th 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 0.5 months in Ashgabat compared to 1.6 months in Edinburgh. Ashgabat ranked 1st best city to live in Turkmenistan vs Edinburgh ranked 3rd in the United Kingdom, while ranked 8250th and 34th 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	$25.9	$17.4
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$60.4	$75.9
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.1	$9.21
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.4	$7.09
☕ Cappuccino	$5.56	$4.64
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.25	$2.55
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$884	$1331
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$607	$970
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1501	$2573
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1302	$1865
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$45.2	$188
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$70	$291
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$90.5	$38.4
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	8.58%	5.75%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3897	$6219
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3006	$4199
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.14	$2.54
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$8.52	$83
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$9.74	$27.8
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.38	$1.82
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$3	$1.6
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.35	$1.69
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.49	$1.87
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.83	$4.14
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.29	$11.1
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.83	$9.87
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$18.9	$16.2
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.02	$2.87
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.36	$1.41
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.81	$3.62
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.06	$4.38
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.57	$1.56
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.41	$1.37
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.74	$0.87
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.08	$3.07
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$27.3	$10.5
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.79	$2.31
🚬 Cigarette pack	$25.2	$18.9
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.01	$6.9
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.8	$4.45
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3	$3.07
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.77	$1.53
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$112	$50.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$17.7	$15.1
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$31.8	$106
💇 Haircut, simple	$6.36	$21.5
👖 Brand Jeans	$69.9	$111
👟 Brand Sneakers	$92.4	$106
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$22.7	$1772
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$6132	$21911

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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 Edinburgh

Distance	City	Cost of living
18 km or 11 mi	Kirkcaldy	$1610
21 km or 13 mi	Livingston	$1608
21 km or 13 mi	Dunfermline	$1692
42 km or 26 mi	Alloa	$1649
49 km or 30 mi	Cumbernauld	$1475
49 km or 31 mi	Stirling	$1604
52 km or 32 mi	Perth	$1500
56 km or 35 mi	Hamilton	$1699
59 km or 37 mi	Dundee	$1482
65 km or 40 mi	East Kilbride	$1763
66 km or 41 mi	Glasgow	$2011
78 km or 48 mi	Paisley	$1765
89 km or 56 mi	Kilmarnock	$1480
98 km or 61 mi	Greenock	$1601
99 km or 61 mi	Irvine	$1551
102 km or 63 mi	Dumfries	$1246
105 km or 65 mi	Ayr	$1404
120 km or 74 mi	Carlisle	$1567
147 km or 91 mi	Newcastle upon Tyne	$1726
149 km or 93 mi	Aberdeen	$1614
150 km or 93 mi	Gateshead	$1705
153 km or 95 mi	Tynemouth	$1638
153 km or 95 mi	Jarrow	$1651
154 km or 96 mi	South Shields	$1628
158 km or 98 mi	Washington	$1637
158 km or 98 mi	Whitehaven	$1732
164 km or 102 mi	Sunderland	$1510
166 km or 103 mi	Durham	$1707
173 km or 107 mi	Bishop Auckland	$1592
182 km or 113 mi	Inverness	$1722
189 km or 117 mi	Hartlepool	$1328
189 km or 117 mi	Elgin	$1393
190 km or 118 mi	Darlington	$1288
194 km or 121 mi	Stockton-on-Tees	$1377
197 km or 123 mi	Middlesbrough	$1500
211 km or 131 mi	Morecambe	$1714
212 km or 132 mi	Bangor	$1382
213 km or 132 mi	Lancaster	$1629
216 km or 134 mi	Douglas	$1968
224 km or 139 mi	Newtownabbey	$1692