Ashgabat vs Haiphong - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Ashgabat	Haiphong
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1833	$562
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4223	$1398
🏠 One person rent	$893	$251
🏘️ Family rent	$1483	$443
🍽️ Food expenses	$782	$189
🚐 Transport expenses	$49.8	$47.6
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$747	$358
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	6 km
🎓 Higher education	7	35
😀 Quality of life	49	58
🏙️ Population	1.03M	2.09M

The cost of living in Ashgabat is 226% more expensive than in Haiphong. Cities ranked 2595th and 8171st ($1833 vs $562) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 9th in Turkmenistan and Vietnam, respectively. Check Turkmenistan vs Vietnam comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.4 months in Ashgabat compared to 0.6 months in Haiphong. Ashgabat ranked 1st best city to live in Turkmenistan vs Haiphong ranked 4th in Vietnam, while ranked 6667th and 6112th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Ashgabat vs Haiphong

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	Ashgabat	Haiphong
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$31.3	$1.53
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$85.3	$19
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$12.8	$4.22
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.48	$0.77
☕ Cappuccino	$7.08	$1.81
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.16	$0.47
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1020	$205
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$674	$218
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1780	$361
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1190	$400
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$47.3	$27.1
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$73.2	$41.7
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$102	$8.77
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	9.49%	7.02%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4806	$1241
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2978	$753
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.14	$0.4
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$8.51	$5.74
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$9.77	$5.67
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.43	$0.84
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$4.77	$1.38
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.69	$0.55
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.3	$0.83
🥚 Eggs, x12	$6.17	$1.5
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.26	$9.91
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$18.7	$3.6
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$19.4	$9.91
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.44	$3.28
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.39	$1.08
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.58	$1.4
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.56	$1.02
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.99	$0.92
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.79	$0.84
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.78	$0.35
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.1	$1.03
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$19.1	$12.5
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.69	$0.75
🚬 Cigarette pack	$25.7	$1.17
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.19	$1.65
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.85	$2.28
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3	$0.77
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.81	$1.04
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$41.2	$22.8
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$14.3	$3.81
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$33.8	$39.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$6.4	$2.12
👖 Brand Jeans	$65.8	$43.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$93.9	$87.5
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$23	$151
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$25686	$4514

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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 Haiphong

Distance	City	Cost of living
38 km or 24 mi	Hai Duong	$558
46 km or 29 mi	Ha Long	$559
52 km or 32 mi	Thai Binh	$556
67 km or 42 mi	Nam Dinh	$570
68 km or 42 mi	Cam Pha	$551
77 km or 48 mi	Bac Ninh	$558
89 km or 55 mi	Hanoi	$652
123 km or 76 mi	Thai Nguyen	$461
144 km or 89 mi	Viet Tri	$569
144 km or 90 mi	Thanh Hoa	$568
191 km or 119 mi	Fangchenggang	$579
194 km or 120 mi	Chongzuo	$568
239 km or 149 mi	Qinzhou	$590
258 km or 160 mi	Vinh	$560
263 km or 163 mi	Beihai	$652
282 km or 175 mi	Nanning	$552
285 km or 177 mi	Ha Tinh	$539
340 km or 211 mi	Sa Pa	$529
345 km or 214 mi	Baise	$571
369 km or 229 mi	Dong Hoi	$483
380 km or 236 mi	Wenshan	$563
390 km or 243 mi	Zhanjiang	$790
390 km or 243 mi	Haikou	$677
397 km or 246 mi	Guigang	$693
410 km or 255 mi	Sanya	$758
413 km or 257 mi	Yulin	$726
420 km or 261 mi	Laibin	$598
426 km or 265 mi	Thakhek	$1139
451 km or 280 mi	Maoming	$773
451 km or 280 mi	Gaozhou	$780
457 km or 284 mi	Hechi	$574
482 km or 299 mi	Liuzhou	$574
483 km or 300 mi	Luang Prabang	$1261
487 km or 303 mi	Vang Vieng	$1181
491 km or 305 mi	Hue	$372
510 km or 317 mi	Xingyi	$560
530 km or 329 mi	Vientiane	$1152
555 km or 345 mi	Da Nang	$615
558 km or 346 mi	Udon Thani	$578
561 km or 349 mi	Yangjiang	$892