Ashgabat vs Glasgow - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Ashgabat	Glasgow
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1833	$2058
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4223	$4930
🏠 One person rent	$893	$1155
🏘️ Family rent	$1483	$2017
🍽️ Food expenses	$782	$551
🚐 Transport expenses	$49.8	$183
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$747	$3074
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	11 km
🎓 Higher education	7	94
😀 Quality of life	49	95
🏙️ Population	1.03M	626K

The cost of living in Ashgabat is 11% less expensive than in Glasgow. Cities ranked 2595th and 1833rd ($1833 vs $2058) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 94th 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 1.5 months in Glasgow. Ashgabat ranked 1st best city to live in Turkmenistan vs Glasgow ranked 3rd in the United Kingdom, while ranked 6667th and 52nd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Ashgabat vs Glasgow

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	Ashgabat	Glasgow
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$31.3	$19.9
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$85.3	$96.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$12.8	$10.1
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.48	$6.73
☕ Cappuccino	$7.08	$4.81
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.16	$1.96
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1020	$1172
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$674	$856
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1780	$2085
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1190	$1575
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$47.3	$197
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$73.2	$301
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$102	$39.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	9.49%	4.83%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4806	$4064
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2978	$3045
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.14	$3.97
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$8.51	$94.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$9.77	$24.9
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.43	$1.93
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$4.77	$1.62
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.69	$1.52
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.3	$2.17
🥚 Eggs, x12	$6.17	$3.74
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.26	$10.2
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$18.7	$9.1
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$19.4	$15.4
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.44	$3.12
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.39	$1.52
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.58	$3.35
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.56	$3.45
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.99	$1.65
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.79	$1.65
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.78	$0.86
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.1	$2.98
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$19.1	$10.6
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.69	$3.1
🚬 Cigarette pack	$25.7	$21.1
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.19	$3.03
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.85	$3.61
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3	$3.03
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.81	$2.5
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$41.2	$49
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$14.3	$16.1
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$33.8	$85.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$6.4	$17.7
👖 Brand Jeans	$65.8	$118
👟 Brand Sneakers	$93.9	$102
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$23	$1138
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$25686	$18105

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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 Glasgow

Distance	City	Cost of living
11 km or 6.9 mi	East Kilbride	$1840
11 km or 7.1 mi	Paisley	$1837
16 km or 10 mi	Hamilton	$1797
19 km or 12 mi	Cumbernauld	$1619
32 km or 20 mi	Kilmarnock	$1527
34 km or 21 mi	Greenock	$1575
35 km or 21 mi	Stirling	$1711
37 km or 23 mi	Irvine	$1630
40 km or 25 mi	Alloa	$1762
46 km or 29 mi	Livingston	$1775
50 km or 31 mi	Ayr	$1522
54 km or 34 mi	Dunfermline	$1728
66 km or 41 mi	Edinburgh	$2310
73 km or 45 mi	Kirkcaldy	$1768
78 km or 49 mi	Perth	$1641
97 km or 60 mi	Dumfries	$1485
104 km or 65 mi	Dundee	$1480
136 km or 85 mi	Carlisle	$1759
152 km or 94 mi	Whitehaven	$1778
161 km or 100 mi	Bangor	$1484
170 km or 106 mi	Newtownabbey	$1808
176 km or 110 mi	Belfast	$1884
181 km or 112 mi	Inverness	$2021
187 km or 116 mi	Lisburn	$1879
191 km or 119 mi	Douglas	$2205
193 km or 120 mi	Newcastle upon Tyne	$1963
195 km or 121 mi	Aberdeen	$1769
196 km or 121 mi	Gateshead	$1906
200 km or 124 mi	Jarrow	$1825
201 km or 125 mi	Tynemouth	$1805
202 km or 126 mi	South Shields	$1780
203 km or 126 mi	Washington	$1797
207 km or 128 mi	Elgin	$1507
208 km or 129 mi	Durham	$2079
210 km or 131 mi	Sunderland	$1602
211 km or 131 mi	Bishop Auckland	$1761
218 km or 135 mi	Derry	$1551
219 km or 136 mi	Morecambe	$1840
222 km or 138 mi	Lancaster	$1839
227 km or 141 mi	Darlington	$1429