Ashgabat vs Ganzhou - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Ashgabat	Ganzhou
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1584	$761
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3634	$1990
🏠 One person rent	$798	$352
🏘️ Family rent	$1502	$593
🍽️ Food expenses	$609	$240
🚐 Transport expenses	$49.1	$83.6
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$718	$922
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	44 km
🎓 Higher education	7	27
😀 Quality of life	29	43
🏙️ Population	1.03M	8.97M

The cost of living in Ashgabat is 108% more expensive than in Ganzhou. Cities ranked 3105th and 6620th ($1584 vs $761) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 37th in Turkmenistan and China, respectively. Check Turkmenistan vs China comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.5 months in Ashgabat compared to 1.2 months in Ganzhou. Ashgabat ranked 1st best city to live in Turkmenistan vs Ganzhou ranked 148th in China, while ranked 8250th and 6697th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Ashgabat vs Ganzhou

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	Ashgabat	Ganzhou
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$25.9	$2.96
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$60.4	$21.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.1	$4.81
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.4	$1.26
☕ Cappuccino	$5.56	$2.92
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.25	$0.43
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$884	$404
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$607	$281
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1501	$699
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1302	$486
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$45.2	$34.5
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$70	$52.2
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$90.5	$12.2
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	8.58%	3.77%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3897	$6871
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3006	$3172
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.14	$0.35
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$8.52	$23.3
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$9.74	$4.19
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.38	$1.15
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$3	$1.9
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.35	$1.82
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.49	$0.99
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.83	$1.67
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.29	$13.1
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.83	$3.55
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$18.9	$12.3
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.02	$1.83
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.36	$1.27
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.81	$1.54
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.06	$1.45
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.57	$0.93
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.41	$1.18
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.74	$0.36
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.08	$1.22
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$27.3	$13.8
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.79	$0.82
🚬 Cigarette pack	$25.2	$3.36
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.01	$5.14
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.8	$5.6
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3	$1.43
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.77	$2.02
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$112	$38.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$17.7	$6.54
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$31.8	$31.4
💇 Haircut, simple	$6.36	$8.9
👖 Brand Jeans	$69.9	$53.8
👟 Brand Sneakers	$92.4	$75.8
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$22.7	$414
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$6132	$17058

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Cost of Living in the nearest cities

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 Ganzhou

Distance	City	Cost of living
143 km or 89 mi	Ji'an	$600
177 km or 110 mi	Shaoguan	$818
191 km or 119 mi	Chenzhou	$724
208 km or 129 mi	Meizhou	$655
219 km or 136 mi	Xinyu	$564
226 km or 140 mi	Longyan	$649
226 km or 141 mi	Yichun	$590
228 km or 141 mi	Pingxiang	$577
232 km or 144 mi	Heyuan	$764
249 km or 155 mi	Liling	$563
262 km or 163 mi	Hengyang	$590
272 km or 169 mi	Sanming	$603
278 km or 173 mi	Fuzhou	$585
282 km or 175 mi	Lianzhou	$755
285 km or 177 mi	Zhuzhou	$575
291 km or 181 mi	Jieyang	$443
295 km or 183 mi	Chaozhou	$451
300 km or 186 mi	Xiangtan	$582
305 km or 190 mi	Qingyuan	$794
307 km or 191 mi	Puning	$569
307 km or 191 mi	Huizhou	$601
311 km or 193 mi	Zhangzhou	$664
326 km or 203 mi	Shantou	$581
327 km or 203 mi	Changsha	$577
331 km or 206 mi	Nanchang	$506
332 km or 206 mi	Dongguan	$656
336 km or 209 mi	Nanping	$630
337 km or 209 mi	Yingtan	$603
340 km or 211 mi	Yongzhou	$609
343 km or 213 mi	Shanwei	$936
345 km or 214 mi	Guangzhou	$774
351 km or 218 mi	Xiamen	$688
354 km or 220 mi	Guixi	$598
361 km or 224 mi	Loudi	$579
362 km or 225 mi	Foshan	$611
363 km or 226 mi	Ningxiang	$570
374 km or 233 mi	Wuyishan	$601
375 km or 233 mi	Kinmen	$823
375 km or 233 mi	Hezhou	$758
377 km or 234 mi	Shenzhen	$916