Ashgabat vs Glasgow - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	Ashgabat	Glasgow
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1806	$2121
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4178	$5025
🏠 One person rent	$887	$1212
🏘️ Family rent	$1506	$2121
🍽️ Food expenses	$763	$561
🚐 Transport expenses	$49.3	$174
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$635	$3514
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	11 km
🎓 Higher education	7	93
😀 Quality of life	48	94
🏙️ Population	1.03M	626K

The cost of living in Ashgabat is 15% less expensive than in Glasgow. Cities ranked 2849th and 1712th ($1806 vs $2121) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 93rd 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 1.7 months in Glasgow. Ashgabat ranked 1st best city to live in Turkmenistan vs Glasgow ranked 3rd in the United Kingdom, while ranked 6881st and 42nd 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	$28.8	$23
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$86.1	$81.9
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$12.9	$10.5
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.69	$6.57
☕ Cappuccino	$6.75	$4.91
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.82	$1.99
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1012	$1242
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$667	$896
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1768	$2242
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1221	$1636
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$48.7	$206
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$74.5	$322
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$102	$41.2
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	9.45%	4.74%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4069	$4206
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2839	$3169
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.14	$4.14
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$8.55	$96.1
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$9.63	$21.2
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.43	$1.94
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$4.71	$1.67
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.94	$1.62
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.24	$2.41
🥚 Eggs, x12	$6.15	$3.8
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.23	$10.3
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$18.2	$8.88
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$22.5	$17.4
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.06	$3.11
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.4	$1.54
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.48	$2.94
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.72	$3.49
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.27	$1.76
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.52	$1.71
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.78	$0.94
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.07	$3.03
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$18.9	$11
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.21	$3.11
🚬 Cigarette pack	$25.5	$23.6
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$4.8	$3.08
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.88	$3.66
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.02	$3.06
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.81	$2.52
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$40.8	$47
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$14.3	$16.4
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$31.3	$87
💇 Haircut, simple	$6.46	$18.5
👖 Brand Jeans	$65.6	$129
👟 Brand Sneakers	$92.4	$103
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$22.9	$963
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$24723	$20961

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Cities near Ashgabat

Distance	City	Cost of living
12 km or 7.2 mi	Anau	$1763
95 km or 59 mi	Quchan	$501
99 km or 61 mi	Baherden	$1769
107 km or 66 mi	Bojnord	$487
197 km or 123 mi	Nishapur	$496
203 km or 126 mi	Sabzevar	$510
212 km or 132 mi	Mashhad	$498
294 km or 183 mi	Gonbad-e Kavus	$466
302 km or 187 mi	Kashmar	$507
306 km or 190 mi	Mary	$1640
307 km or 191 mi	Torbat-e Heydarieh	$501
344 km or 213 mi	Shahrud	$563
361 km or 224 mi	Torbat-e Jam	$494
367 km or 228 mi	Gorgan	$659
451 km or 280 mi	Dasoguz	$1755
469 km or 291 mi	Turkmenabat	$1709
496 km or 308 mi	Sari	$635
513 km or 318 mi	Nukus	$468
516 km or 321 mi	Qaem Shahr	$502
517 km or 321 mi	Semnan	$535
524 km or 325 mi	Herat	$532
528 km or 328 mi	Babol	$372
558 km or 347 mi	Amol	$531
561 km or 349 mi	Bukhara	$436
570 km or 354 mi	Birjand	$589
634 km or 394 mi	Pardis	$575
654 km or 406 mi	Qarshi	$513
657 km or 408 mi	Pakdasht	$583
660 km or 410 mi	Golestan	$592
667 km or 414 mi	Sheberghan	$457
668 km or 415 mi	Qarchak	$586
668 km or 415 mi	Tehran	$639
670 km or 417 mi	Varamin	$571
671 km or 417 mi	Ray	$591
693 km or 431 mi	Qods	$631
694 km or 431 mi	Eslamshahr	$602
695 km or 432 mi	Nasimshahr	$601
700 km or 435 mi	Shahriar	$627
701 km or 435 mi	Karaj	$696
703 km or 437 mi	Fardis	$639

Cities near Glasgow

Distance	City	Cost of living
11 km or 6.9 mi	East Kilbride	$1902
11 km or 7.1 mi	Paisley	$1906
16 km or 10 mi	Hamilton	$1854
19 km or 12 mi	Cumbernauld	$1652
32 km or 20 mi	Kilmarnock	$1568
34 km or 21 mi	Greenock	$1645
35 km or 21 mi	Stirling	$1852
37 km or 23 mi	Irvine	$1707
40 km or 25 mi	Alloa	$1862
46 km or 29 mi	Livingston	$1784
50 km or 31 mi	Ayr	$1588
54 km or 34 mi	Dunfermline	$1782
66 km or 41 mi	Edinburgh	$2331
73 km or 45 mi	Kirkcaldy	$1821
78 km or 49 mi	Perth	$1656
97 km or 60 mi	Dumfries	$1490
104 km or 65 mi	Dundee	$1585
136 km or 85 mi	Carlisle	$1655
152 km or 94 mi	Whitehaven	$1771
161 km or 100 mi	Bangor	$1496
170 km or 106 mi	Newtownabbey	$1892
176 km or 110 mi	Belfast	$1954
181 km or 112 mi	Inverness	$2053
187 km or 116 mi	Lisburn	$1945
191 km or 119 mi	Douglas	$2265
193 km or 120 mi	Newcastle upon Tyne	$2012
195 km or 121 mi	Aberdeen	$1848
196 km or 121 mi	Gateshead	$1975
200 km or 124 mi	Jarrow	$1827
201 km or 125 mi	Tynemouth	$1803
202 km or 126 mi	South Shields	$1784
203 km or 126 mi	Washington	$1784
207 km or 128 mi	Elgin	$1540
208 km or 129 mi	Durham	$1964
210 km or 131 mi	Sunderland	$1573
211 km or 131 mi	Bishop Auckland	$1755
218 km or 135 mi	Derry	$1620
219 km or 136 mi	Morecambe	$1873
222 km or 138 mi	Lancaster	$1819
227 km or 141 mi	Darlington	$1430