Ashgabat vs Fukuoka - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Ashgabat	Fukuoka
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1584	$1057
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3634	$2609
🏠 One person rent	$798	$430
🏘️ Family rent	$1502	$670
🍽️ Food expenses	$609	$307
🚐 Transport expenses	$49.1	$218
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$718	$1287
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Good
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	5 km
🎓 Higher education	7	80
😀 Quality of life	29	72
🏙️ Population	1.03M	1.6M

The cost of living in Ashgabat is 50% more expensive than in Fukuoka. Cities ranked 3105th and 5120th ($1584 vs $1057) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 316th in Turkmenistan and Japan, respectively. Check Turkmenistan vs Japan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.5 months in Ashgabat compared to 1.2 months in Fukuoka. Ashgabat ranked 1st best city to live in Turkmenistan vs Fukuoka ranked 215th in Japan, while ranked 8250th and 1739th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Ashgabat vs Fukuoka

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	Ashgabat	Fukuoka
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$25.9	$3.85
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$60.4	$25
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.1	$4.51
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.4	$3.66
☕ Cappuccino	$5.56	$3.29
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.25	$1.01
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$884	$435
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$607	$327
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1501	$680
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1302	$525
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$45.2	$62.1
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$70	$95
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$90.5	$18.9
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	8.58%	1.67%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3897	$5198
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3006	$2448
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.14	$1.87
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$8.52	$78.7
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$9.74	$27
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.38	$0.98
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$3	$1.34
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.35	$1.22
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.49	$1.23
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.83	$2.28
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.29	$11.3
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.83	$5.57
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$18.9	$19.9
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.02	$3.82
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.36	$1.35
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.81	$1.34
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.06	$2.73
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.57	$2.26
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.41	$3.16
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.74	$0.48
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.08	$1.31
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$27.3	$8.94
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.79	$1.81
🚬 Cigarette pack	$25.2	$2.91
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.01	$8.19
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.8	$3.27
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3	$0.87
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.77	$1.06
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$112	$43.7
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$17.7	$12.6
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$31.8	$46.3
💇 Haircut, simple	$6.36	$13.6
👖 Brand Jeans	$69.9	$52.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$92.4	$52.3
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$22.7	$398
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$6132	$11983

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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 Fukuoka

Distance	City	Cost of living
7.2 km or 4.5 mi	Shime	$925
7.6 km or 4.7 mi	Kasuya	$922
9 km or 5.6 mi	Kasuga	$920
9.3 km or 5.8 mi	Onojo	$920
9.8 km or 6.1 mi	Sue	$917
10 km or 6.4 mi	Nakagawa	$911
10 km or 6.5 mi	Umi	$918
12 km or 7.5 mi	Sasaguri	$921
14 km or 8.8 mi	Dazaifu	$903
15 km or 9 mi	Shingu	$919
15 km or 9.2 mi	Chikushino	$896
17 km or 11 mi	Koga	$921
19 km or 12 mi	Itoshima	$910
21 km or 13 mi	Fukutsu	$916
23 km or 14 mi	Chikuzen	$872
26 km or 16 mi	Tosu	$838
26 km or 16 mi	Ogori	$847
27 km or 17 mi	Munakata	$916
28 km or 17 mi	Iizuka	$908
29 km or 18 mi	Miyawaka	$913
29 km or 18 mi	Kama	$899
30 km or 19 mi	Miyaki	$834
31 km or 19 mi	Asakura	$866
31 km or 19 mi	Kanzaki	$848
32 km or 20 mi	Kurume	$830
35 km or 22 mi	Nogata	$916
35 km or 22 mi	Okagaki	$913
36 km or 23 mi	Fukuchi	$910
37 km or 23 mi	Saga	$884
38 km or 23 mi	Tagawa	$908
38 km or 24 mi	Nakama	$916
40 km or 25 mi	Mizumaki	$916
42 km or 26 mi	Ogi	$872
42 km or 26 mi	Ukiha	$866
43 km or 27 mi	Okawa	$852
43 km or 27 mi	Chikugo	$839
43 km or 27 mi	Karatsu	$895
44 km or 28 mi	Yame	$842
48 km or 30 mi	Yanagawa	$852
49 km or 31 mi	Miyama	$850