Ashgabat vs Glasgow - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Ashgabat	Glasgow
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1616	$2013
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3750	$4848
🏠 One person rent	$798	$1146
🏘️ Family rent	$1515	$2071
🍽️ Food expenses	$620	$540
🚐 Transport expenses	$48.8	$159
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$756	$3562
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	11 km
🎓 Higher education	7	94
😀 Quality of life	29	96
🏙️ Population	1.03M	626K

The cost of living in Ashgabat is 20% less expensive than in Glasgow. Cities ranked 3187th and 1833rd ($1616 vs $2013) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 97th 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 1.8 months in Glasgow. Ashgabat ranked 1st best city to live in Turkmenistan vs Glasgow ranked 2nd in the United Kingdom, while ranked 8245th and 19th among best cities to live in the world.

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	Ashgabat	Glasgow
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$26.2	$20.1
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$59.7	$90.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.5	$9.22
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.44	$6.44
☕ Cappuccino	$5.58	$4.55
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.27	$2.26
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$894	$1254
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$606	$882
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1482	$2451
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1322	$1640
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$49.3	$148
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$75.8	$227
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$85.1	$41.7
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	7.98%	5.48%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3870	$3909
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2996	$3280
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.14	$3.79
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$8.63	$80.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$9.69	$20.4
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.36	$1.95
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$3.17	$1.67
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.86	$1.67
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.17	$2.38
🥚 Eggs, x12	$5.09	$3.73
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.13	$10.7
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.76	$9.01
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$25.2	$13.9
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.96	$3.33
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.39	$1.54
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.38	$3.01
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.29	$4.31
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.91	$1.4
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.88	$1.46
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.84	$0.78
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.07	$2.71
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$27.1	$10.7
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.3	$2.71
🚬 Cigarette pack	$25.6	$19.6
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.35	$3.01
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.8	$3.62
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.97	$3.03
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.79	$2.52
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$112	$47.3
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$17.6	$17.4
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$35.5	$85.3
💇 Haircut, simple	$6.39	$17.6
👖 Brand Jeans	$83.8	$94.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$141	$121
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$23	$1167
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$6584	$12979

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Cities near Ashgabat

Distance	City	Cost of living
12 km or 7.2 mi	Anau	$1583
95 km or 59 mi	Quchan	$500
99 km or 61 mi	Baherden	$1578
107 km or 66 mi	Bojnord	$458
197 km or 123 mi	Nishapur	$517
203 km or 126 mi	Sabzevar	$515
212 km or 132 mi	Mashhad	$538
294 km or 183 mi	Gonbad-e Kavus	$496
302 km or 187 mi	Kashmar	$511
306 km or 190 mi	Mary	$1531
307 km or 191 mi	Torbat-e Heydarieh	$515
344 km or 213 mi	Shahrud	$603
361 km or 224 mi	Torbat-e Jam	$512
367 km or 228 mi	Gorgan	$689
451 km or 280 mi	Dasoguz	$1572
469 km or 291 mi	Turkmenabat	$1554
496 km or 308 mi	Sari	$670
513 km or 318 mi	Nukus	$394
516 km or 321 mi	Qaem Shahr	$564
517 km or 321 mi	Semnan	$607
524 km or 325 mi	Herat	$514
528 km or 328 mi	Babol	$468
558 km or 347 mi	Amol	$550
561 km or 349 mi	Bukhara	$452
570 km or 354 mi	Birjand	$553
634 km or 394 mi	Pardis	$675
654 km or 406 mi	Qarshi	$435
657 km or 408 mi	Pakdasht	$689
660 km or 410 mi	Golestan	$722
667 km or 414 mi	Sheberghan	$450
668 km or 415 mi	Qarchak	$693
668 km or 415 mi	Tehran	$797
670 km or 417 mi	Varamin	$673
671 km or 417 mi	Ray	$720
693 km or 431 mi	Qods	$706
694 km or 431 mi	Eslamshahr	$716
695 km or 432 mi	Nasimshahr	$706
700 km or 435 mi	Shahriar	$708
701 km or 435 mi	Karaj	$741
703 km or 437 mi	Fardis	$699

Cities near Glasgow

Distance	City	Cost of living
11 km or 6.9 mi	East Kilbride	$1818
11 km or 7.1 mi	Paisley	$1793
16 km or 10 mi	Hamilton	$1793
19 km or 12 mi	Cumbernauld	$1767
32 km or 20 mi	Kilmarnock	$1470
34 km or 21 mi	Greenock	$1599
35 km or 21 mi	Stirling	$1625
37 km or 23 mi	Irvine	$1573
40 km or 25 mi	Alloa	$1710
46 km or 29 mi	Livingston	$1744
50 km or 31 mi	Ayr	$1420
54 km or 34 mi	Dunfermline	$1724
66 km or 41 mi	Edinburgh	$2246
73 km or 45 mi	Kirkcaldy	$1704
78 km or 49 mi	Perth	$1647
97 km or 60 mi	Dumfries	$1390
104 km or 65 mi	Dundee	$1545
136 km or 85 mi	Carlisle	$1732
152 km or 94 mi	Whitehaven	$1828
161 km or 100 mi	Bangor	$1467
170 km or 106 mi	Newtownabbey	$1767
176 km or 110 mi	Belfast	$1830
181 km or 112 mi	Inverness	$1830
187 km or 116 mi	Lisburn	$1805
191 km or 119 mi	Douglas	$1989
193 km or 120 mi	Newcastle upon Tyne	$1847
195 km or 121 mi	Aberdeen	$1701
196 km or 121 mi	Gateshead	$1800
200 km or 124 mi	Jarrow	$1734
201 km or 125 mi	Tynemouth	$1712
202 km or 126 mi	South Shields	$1706
203 km or 126 mi	Washington	$1688
207 km or 128 mi	Elgin	$1459
208 km or 129 mi	Durham	$1602
210 km or 131 mi	Sunderland	$1571
211 km or 131 mi	Bishop Auckland	$1640
218 km or 135 mi	Derry	$1491
219 km or 136 mi	Morecambe	$1783
222 km or 138 mi	Lancaster	$1763
227 km or 141 mi	Darlington	$1364