Ashgabat vs Hangzhou - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 01, 2024

	Ashgabat	Hangzhou
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1679	$831
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3854	$2349
🏠 One person rent	$836	$391
🏘️ Family rent	$1553	$725
🍽️ Food expenses	$658	$262
🚐 Transport expenses	$47.3	$78.8
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$573	$1013
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	12 km
🎓 Higher education	7	91
😀 Quality of life	30	72
🏙️ Population	828K	11.9M

The cost of living in Ashgabat is 102% more expensive than in Hangzhou. Cities ranked 2737th and 6270th ($1679 vs $831) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 25th in Turkmenistan and China, respectively. Check Turkmenistan vs China comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.3 months in Ashgabat compared to 1.2 months in Hangzhou. Ashgabat ranked 1st best city to live in Turkmenistan vs Hangzhou ranked 10th in China, while ranked 8379th and 2093rd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Ashgabat vs Hangzhou

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	Ashgabat	Hangzhou
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$31.6	$3.85
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$55.7	$26.3
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10	$4.78
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.39	$1.86
☕ Cappuccino	$4.59	$3.84
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.91	$0.51
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$915	$510
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$647	$299
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1453	$895
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1376	$596
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$48.2	$36.7
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$73.7	$56.1
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$87.4	$13.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	7.98%	4.39%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4561	$6914
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3442	$4027
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.29	$0.31
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$9.98	$15.3
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$9.68	$5.39
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.38	$1.13
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$3.63	$2.19
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.85	$1.95
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.65	$1.33
🥚 Eggs, x12	$5.07	$2.04
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.3	$16.1
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.9	$3.53
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$24.8	$13.5
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.66	$1.98
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.38	$1.95
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.31	$1.47
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.82	$1.2
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.76	$0.87
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.83	$0.99
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.83	$0.38
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.09	$1.29
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$27.2	$12.4
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.61	$0.88
🚬 Cigarette pack	$25.4	$3.64
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.03	$5.34
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.84	$4.37
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.02	$1.35
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.8	$1.58
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$65.9	$35.3
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$16.5	$7.14
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$33.8	$69.8
💇 Haircut, simple	$6.42	$4.54
👖 Brand Jeans	$83.7	$56.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$144	$75.7
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$22.6	$471
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$6425	$26569

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Cities near Ashgabat

Distance	City	Cost of living
12 km or 7.2 mi	Anau	$1648
95 km or 59 mi	Quchan	$487
99 km or 61 mi	Baherden	$1642
107 km or 66 mi	Bojnord	$427
197 km or 123 mi	Nishapur	$509
203 km or 126 mi	Sabzevar	$489
212 km or 132 mi	Mashhad	$532
294 km or 183 mi	Gonbad-e Kavus	$473
302 km or 187 mi	Kashmar	$507
306 km or 190 mi	Mary	$1644
307 km or 191 mi	Torbat-e Heydarieh	$520
344 km or 213 mi	Shahrud	$576
361 km or 224 mi	Torbat-e Jam	$558
367 km or 228 mi	Gorgan	$661
451 km or 280 mi	Dasoguz	$1657
469 km or 291 mi	Turkmenabat	$1662
496 km or 308 mi	Sari	$640
513 km or 318 mi	Nukus	$427
516 km or 321 mi	Qaem Shahr	$533
517 km or 321 mi	Semnan	$558
524 km or 325 mi	Herat	$514
528 km or 328 mi	Babol	$434
558 km or 347 mi	Amol	$519
561 km or 349 mi	Bukhara	$399
570 km or 354 mi	Birjand	$554
634 km or 394 mi	Pardis	$619
654 km or 406 mi	Qarshi	$416
657 km or 408 mi	Pakdasht	$633
660 km or 410 mi	Golestan	$655
667 km or 414 mi	Sheberghan	$446
668 km or 415 mi	Qarchak	$636
668 km or 415 mi	Tehran	$700
670 km or 417 mi	Varamin	$616
671 km or 417 mi	Ray	$653
693 km or 431 mi	Qods	$655
694 km or 431 mi	Eslamshahr	$655
695 km or 432 mi	Nasimshahr	$651
700 km or 435 mi	Shahriar	$653
701 km or 435 mi	Karaj	$693
703 km or 437 mi	Fardis	$651

Cities near Hangzhou

Distance	City	Cost of living
49 km or 30 mi	Shaoxing	$755
69 km or 43 mi	Huzhou	$699
79 km or 49 mi	Jiaxing	$596
102 km or 63 mi	Guangde	$707
105 km or 65 mi	Yiwu	$725
121 km or 75 mi	Ningguo	$720
125 km or 78 mi	Suzhou	$1020
129 km or 80 mi	Yixing	$707
137 km or 85 mi	Jinhua	$811
139 km or 87 mi	Ningbo	$677
146 km or 90 mi	Liyang	$694
147 km or 91 mi	Wuxi	$687
148 km or 92 mi	Kunshan	$771
156 km or 97 mi	Xuancheng	$789
161 km or 100 mi	Shanghai	$1190
161 km or 100 mi	Taicang	$731
165 km or 102 mi	Changshu	$731
170 km or 106 mi	Pudong	$1074
175 km or 109 mi	Changzhou	$713
182 km or 113 mi	Linhai	$719
185 km or 115 mi	Zhangjiagang	$678
185 km or 115 mi	Jiangyin	$688
188 km or 117 mi	Zhoushan	$690
188 km or 117 mi	Huangshan	$713
191 km or 118 mi	Quzhou	$644
195 km or 121 mi	Jingjiang	$675
202 km or 125 mi	Lishui	$741
202 km or 126 mi	Danyang	$625
205 km or 127 mi	Nantong	$651
206 km or 128 mi	Haimen	$682
210 km or 131 mi	Wuhu	$898
213 km or 132 mi	Jurong	$645
214 km or 133 mi	Taixing	$665
224 km or 139 mi	Yangzhong	$625
224 km or 139 mi	Qidong	$763
228 km or 142 mi	Zhenjiang	$524
237 km or 147 mi	Ma'anshan	$746
238 km or 148 mi	Wenling	$735
240 km or 149 mi	Rugao	$682
240 km or 149 mi	Nanjing	$740