Ashgabat vs Hamburg City - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Ashgabat	Hamburg City
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1584	$2007
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3634	$4961
🏠 One person rent	$798	$1066
🏘️ Family rent	$1502	$2044
🍽️ Food expenses	$609	$557
🚐 Transport expenses	$49.1	$235
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$718	$3346
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Good
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	7	84
😀 Quality of life	29	94
🏙️ Population	1.03M	1.91M

The cost of living in Ashgabat is 21% less expensive than in Hamburg City. Cities ranked 3105th and 1818th ($1584 vs $2007) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 3rd in Turkmenistan and Germany, respectively. Check Turkmenistan vs Germany comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.5 months in Ashgabat compared to 1.7 months in Hamburg City. Ashgabat ranked 1st best city to live in Turkmenistan vs Hamburg City ranked 6th in Germany, while ranked 8250th and 40th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Ashgabat vs Hamburg City

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	Ashgabat	Hamburg City
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$25.9	$17.5
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$60.4	$83.9
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.1	$10.6
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.4	$5.27
☕ Cappuccino	$5.56	$4.1
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.25	$3.08
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$884	$1071
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$607	$755
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1501	$2236
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1302	$1550
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$45.2	$209
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$70	$318
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$90.5	$39
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	8.58%	3.92%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3897	$8190
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3006	$5824
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.14	$3.69
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$8.52	$52.1
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$9.74	$29
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.38	$1.86
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$3	$1.17
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.35	$2.04
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.49	$3.14
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.83	$3.38
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.29	$13
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.83	$13.9
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$18.9	$18.8
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.02	$2.92
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.36	$1.66
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.81	$2.19
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.06	$4.38
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.57	$1.64
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.41	$1.69
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.74	$0.6
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.08	$2.12
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$27.3	$6.28
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.79	$1.01
🚬 Cigarette pack	$25.2	$8.67
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.01	$11.6
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.8	$3.11
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3	$1.57
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.77	$1.77
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$112	$45.5
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$17.7	$14.6
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$31.8	$58.4
💇 Haircut, simple	$6.36	$23.1
👖 Brand Jeans	$69.9	$85.6
👟 Brand Sneakers	$92.4	$108
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$22.7	$233
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$6132	$24460

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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 Hamburg City

Distance	City	Cost of living
17 km or 11 mi	Reinbek	$1514
17 km or 11 mi	Norderstedt	$1501
18 km or 11 mi	Pinneberg	$1489
20 km or 13 mi	Wedel	$1482
21 km or 13 mi	Ahrensburg	$1515
21 km or 13 mi	Buxtehude	$1437
21 km or 13 mi	Quickborn	$1485
25 km or 15 mi	Winsen	$1425
28 km or 17 mi	Geesthacht	$1514
32 km or 20 mi	Elmshorn	$1473
32 km or 20 mi	Kaltenkirchen	$1484
35 km or 22 mi	Stade	$1428
38 km or 24 mi	Bad Oldesloe	$1530
43 km or 27 mi	Luneburg	$1397
52 km or 33 mi	Itzehoe	$1459
57 km or 36 mi	Lubeck	$1599
58 km or 36 mi	Neumunster	$1456
62 km or 38 mi	Bad Schwartau	$1552
63 km or 39 mi	Rotenburg an der Wumme	$1456
64 km or 40 mi	Soltau	$1469
75 km or 47 mi	Uelzen	$1488
81 km or 50 mi	Walsrode	$1482
83 km or 52 mi	Geestland	$1382
86 km or 54 mi	Kiel	$1452
87 km or 54 mi	Verden an der Aller	$1468
87 km or 54 mi	Rendsburg	$1432
88 km or 54 mi	Osterholz-Scharmbeck	$1432
88 km or 55 mi	Achim	$1450
93 km or 57 mi	Cuxhaven	$1382
93 km or 58 mi	Heide	$1451
94 km or 58 mi	Bremerhaven	$1626
94 km or 58 mi	Schwerin	$1231
95 km or 59 mi	Bremen City	$1556
102 km or 63 mi	Nordenham	$1358
103 km or 64 mi	Celle	$1458
103 km or 64 mi	Eckernforde	$1442
104 km or 64 mi	Wismar	$1307
106 km or 66 mi	Syke	$1451
107 km or 66 mi	Delmenhorst	$1451
109 km or 68 mi	Salzwedel	$1321